, 1911-02-18

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26. Weather and wicket perfect.
Washington, Feb. 16th.-The House of
Representatives has passed the reciprocity
agreement with Canada by POI against 92.
LA Democrats and II Republicans voting
IN it's favour and five Democrats and eighty
seven Republicans against It,.
At the annual dinner of the Canadian Club
in New York the announcement was cheerrd.
aud congratulations telegtaphtd to Sir Vii
frid Laurier.
OTTAWA, Feby. 10th. In the House Of
Commons. Sir Wjlfrid LNurier, Mr.. Fielding
and Mr.. Paterson 10 ned the cheers Of che
Members ut the announcement of the unex-
pected result, which was made during tie
debate upon the agreement Mr.. Foster, who
spoke for three hours, said that Yankee trusts
and Yankee money will holl the natural re-
sources Of the Dominion, with eveufuaiIv
Free Trade from the Arctic circle to the Rio
Grande, and q tariff against the rest Of the
void. This, he declared, was the deathblow
to ChNmbprlaiuism Canadians will become
hewers OF wood for the Americans, whose
aims are political, not commercial, and the
path ahead leads from the :British connec-
ton.
London, FeIy. 16th.-The press express
es alarm over the speeches Of President Taft
dItl ItCpi CS6lfluiIF6 1luth at the Fan AueIJ-
can Conference, and he Morning Post, IN an.
editorial, predicts the annexation Of Canada,
and appeals to both Unionists, and Liberals
who are not yet blinded by partisanship, TO-
unite to save the Empire.
The Cha1nberlainites are arranging n series
Of meetings in support Of i'm oerial preference.
Feyerish interest is being manifested III
the naval estimates Admiral Elrdley Wilmot,
ia a statement prepared for the Navy League,
says England must build thirty eight super
~Dreadnou9hts in six years, other wise she will
be inferior in naval strength to the Triple
Alliance, through the sudden activity of Aus
ia, which England cannot ignore.
The Hague Tribunal has begun considera-
ton Of the extradition from France Of the,
Indian student Savarkar, who swan as hore
at MarseiIIes, when en- route to India to I'M
dergo tri8I for sedition. The French So
c%ialists contend he was improperly surren-
dered to England, being a political offender,
but England contends his crime was simple
murder.
The Prince of Wales and Prince Albert
are better.
In the House Of Commons Mr.. Pointer,
Labour Member for the Atterclitfe division
of Sheffield, asked whether in view Of the pro-
bable establishment OF oil refneries in Til
nidad the Secretary Of State would advise
the Colonial Government to abolish the duty
upon kerosine Mr.. Harcourt replied that
he did not think the time had arrived when
the question of aboishiug the duty could be
u~sefully considered, but doubtless the Trini-
dad Government will bear the possibility in
mind
Sir Edward Grey, answering d question,
said the British Minister reports that China
is doing her utmost against the plague.
Doctor Jackson, an Englishman, has died
exhausted by his work among the Coolies
and the heroism of all the physicians ex-
housts praise. The mortality is worse than
q war.
St. Petersburg telegram announces M
epidemic of measles IN that city, the Cars
daughters, the Grand Duchesses Olga and
Anastasia, are suffering, also the children OF
tho Grord DUNE CreUrSt.
Russia has recalled her troops from Per-
siay which is an Indication of her confidence
III the new Regent.
Two express trains on the Western Of
France state railway eollided at Courville,
near Charities. The debris was burned and
twelve lives were lost. This makes a total of
eighty lives lost on this line in six months.
New York, Feb. l6th.-Collector Loeb has
rCti6aI San nNO1inUO Of nuCtoOoC frauds