Semi-weekly herald., 1911-07-24
NEWS FORECAST FOR
THE COMING WEEK.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 22.-
An exceedingly busy week is in pros
poet for the law makers of three great
nations, which is rather unusual for
midsummer.
The discussion Of the proposed reci-
procity pact between Canada and the
United States will engage the atten-
ton of the Dominion Parliament at
Ottawa
In Washington the Legislative ac-
tivities will be confined chiefly to the
upper branch Of Congress. According
to the schedule as it now stands the
senate will vote Thursday on r&he
house wool revision bill. and on the
several succeeding days will dispose
Of the free list bill, the re-apportion-
moss hill aisi the statehood hill.
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sSstt III sasyetQsl,sl n efs ~ ]
TfsiI parliament win be reached dnrikg
the coming week, when the house Of
commons will almost certainly reject
the house of lords amendments, and
the peers will have to make final
decision.
OF interest to the politicians will be
the state convention Of the Democrat
ic party in Nebraska, Mr.. Bryan's
home state. The convention is called
draft state platform and elect a
state committee. The populists are to
hold their state convention at the
same time and place.
Mgr. Stagni, the papal delegate at
Ottawa, will go to st. Johns, New
foundland, on Tuesday.
Eminent prelates of the Roman
Catholic church in Canada will assem-
BILE at st. Johns, Newfoundland, on
Tuesday for the consecration of Rt.
Rev Michael Power as bishop of Bay
St. George, West Newfoundland.
The Universal Races congress, the
first gathering of it's kind in the his
tory of the world, will begin its ses-
sions Wednesday at the University of
London. 1t is expected that every
race and every nation will be repre-
sented. The object of the convention
is to discuss, in the light of science
and the modern conscience, the gener-
al relations between the peoples of the
west and those of the east, between
so-called white and so-called colored
peoples, with a view to encouraging
between them n fuller understanding,
friendly feelings, and a heartier CO.
operation"
The annual Bayreuth festival, which
never fails to attract large number
of English and American visitors to
the little Bavarian city, will open
Tuesday and continue its performan-
ces until after the middle of August.
The program this year is TO include
two productions of "The Nibelung
Ring" seven performances Of "Parsi-
fal," and five of Die Meistersinger."
At the end of the week Queen Will
helmina of the Netherlands and her
consort will pay visit to the Belgian
hibB HtNNi az III oooSios AhS wa
it is certain to attract the attention Of
the chancellories of Europe from the
fact that for some time past move
ment has been on foot to establish a
defensive alliance between the Neither
lands and Belgium. The aggressive
policy of Germany, silently but stead
lily pursued, has brought about this de-
sire for closer union between the
two countries.
Admiarl Togo, the foremost naval
hero of Japan, is scheduled to sail
from Liverpool Saturday for New
York and will arrive in the latter city
August 4. He will visit Washington,
, Philadelphia, Niagara Falls, and sew
eral of the large cities Of the west,
sailing from Vancouver about August