, 1911-11-01
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MES have resolved to inc. ease the lower.
rates OF wages 10 forestaiI opposition TO the
Commissions report, and i~ucrcas, of FREIGHT
and passenger rates may result.
4 5 ofm OF protest has been raised against
the initiation Of the boxer johnson 40
4 F~reema9on in lho Dundee LoJaa ana
the Grand Lodge OF Scotland, the Maronis
OF IuIIlbaldine presiding, has ordered an
inquiry INTO the regularity Of the proc. dnre
OF the Forfar and Kincardine Lodge.
The Mint report makes the first official
statement Of tire amount of gold circu.atino
N the United X ngIom one hundred and
thirteen million pounds, an increase Of thir-
teen millions since nineteen hundred. This
includes the gold held by the banks.
The BRUSSELS permanent committee con
ference took up Ruasia's reqlo,t for per,
NISSAN to enlarge her exports of sugar.
As Russia's limitation expires shortly it
was resolved to consider Russia's request
in come .tion with the revision OF the.
agreement, and the Conference adjourned.
An alarming fire occurred Oh the Feuch
battleship Justice, but her magazines were
flooded and the fire eXtinguished. An lalr
later . similar fire occurred on the DnIe ct.
Steamship passengers arriving at Malta
say the Italians suffered q reverse ut Tripuli
on Monday, which was almost IL rout. three
companies were annjhiiated, several officers
mutiIlted ard hanged by irregulars, and
seven hundred wounded. Correspondents,
who have been expelled for violating the
censorship, describe the Italian position rs
difficult. An advance into the hinterland is
impos IDLE on account Of cholera, AMI tbe
difficulty Of transportation in The sand. The
Italians say that one thousand turks and
Arabs were killed and many wounded in a
battle on Thursday, the Italian casualties
being one hundred,
Dispatches from Rome state that all the.
wounded, except desperate cases, are sent to
Italy for treatment, it being inpracticabie
to care for them in Tripoli. Italy's losses
strengthen public opinion against consider
ate treatment of Turkey, and reenforcements
are being prepared for prosecution of the
original plan.
Advices from Picking state the Govern
-ment has dismissed Sheug according to the
demand Of the National Assembly, The edict
cashiers him forever, because he was ch jedy
responsible for the naturalization of the
railways. It explains that the Government
intended to benefit the people, but plans
failed through Sheng's procedure. The
troops at Chengtu mutinied, killed the
Viceroy of Szechuen and Joined the
rebels, who now hold the provincial capital.
Upon Yuanshikai's suggestion, the Govern
ment has recalled the Minister for War and
replaced him by General Feng, it being be-
lieyed that the army is better commanded
by Il Chinese than a Manchu in the present
crisis. The foregoing is almost equivalent
to Il surrender by the Manchu element.
1t is believed that Yuanshikai, who is Chi
nese. IS negotiating with the rebels. There
are Indications that Can: Oh, Foochow, Nankin,
Wuhu, and Soochow will soon be taken by
the revo utionlries.
The Daily Mails Picking correspondent re-
ports that the revolutlonlrie5 have outhank-
ed the imperialists one hundred and eighty
miles notth of Hankow, and captured a war
chest of one and a half million taels.
The National Assembly has memorable d
the throne, suggesting that the best
methods for ending the present disaffection
a"e the immediate institution of a popular
parliament, the reconstruction of the Cabinet,
excluding mobiles therefrom, aud a political