, 1911-12-23

preSCrlbeS Ru5SlAS action upon her internal
affairs. When the United States pose az
Jupiter tonans Europe smiles.
New York, Dec. 20th-A Cape Haiti des-
patch states thu t General Morales fed after
his defeat in a severe engagement, and his
capture will be easy and speedy. General
Guzman was killed. -.
Barbados, 2Oth-The SIS. Jacob Bright.
which was reported on 18th as being ashore.
here, was 1oated yesterday afternoon BY Fl.
NJ. ). Berwick, and arrived in Carlisle Bay
at about 5. p. III. On the steamer being com
municated with it was learnt that the Cap
tain had committed suicide while on the way
to Carlisle Bay. He was found in his ROOM
with a revolver shot through his temple, and
expired soon after.
London, Dec. 2Ist-In Ire Admiralty di-
vision of the High Court, Sir Samuel Evans
has decided that the Hawke and olympic,
must each bear their own costs and damag-
e&. The Olympic's faulty navigation was.
the sole cause of the collision, but the Cap
tain was not lesponsible, because the vessel
was in charge of Il pilot under a compulsory
law. The Hawke did not alter her helm,
but was drawn into the Olympic by suction.
caused by the Olympic coming too close.
their courses were not parallel but crossing,
the Olympic was not a leading vessel al
though she was rammed in the stern, ana
the Hawke was not an overtaking vessel
although she rammed the Olympic from tbs
rear. The Olympic's duty was to keep out
Of the Hawkes. way by keeping closer to-
the buoy, thus giving the Hawke more roome
The Hon. Louvima Knollys, daughter Of
Lord Knollys, has been married in the
Guards Chapel to Lieutenant MacKenzie
of the Grenediers, Princess Victoria at
tended the ceremony, and afterwards Queen
Alexandra received the couple at Marlbo~
rough House.
Two thousand doctors, from all parts Of
the Kingdom, held u mass meeting at Queens
Hall to denounce the Insurance Bill. Sir
William Cheyne presided, and twenty titled
physicians were upon the platform. A re-
solution was adopted, with six nays, that they
would not treat the poor until their demands
were conceded.
At Dundee a number of striking lockers
and carriers rioted and detied the police,
who, though they used their clubs freely,
were unable to. restrain, the strikers from
throwing goods into the docks, AM doing
considerable mischief The Provost finally
requisitioned troops.
The floods in the Avon valley have caused
damages estimated at two hundred thousand
pounds. Twenty bridges have been carried
away, and hundreds of homes submerged.
Inc johannesburg correspon lent OF the
Daily Express reports a rush of diamond
seekers to Bloembof OF the Vaal River, near
Kimberley, where a town of twelve thousand
has been created within a month, and twenty
thousand claims will be announced on Sat-
urday.
Australia has won the first test match by
one hundred and forty six. MEG, in their
second innings, scored two hundred and
ninety one. Horderu took seven for ninety.
The Trinidad Western Ollfelos Compa-
ny is winding up, aud a lquid@tor has been
appointed.
1t is officially stated that the occupations
Of Sollum is merely according to the claims
made by Egypt in 1904, which were them
communicated both to Italy and Turkey.
The German navy officially declares that
the alleged plot to dynamite the entrances.
to the Wilhelmshaven War Han our is: Is
gross exaggeration of an unimpoutant ea-
pionage incident.
A despatch from Vienna states that the
Emperor Francis Joseph is suffering from
attacks of nausea and eatarrh, he sleeps at
his desk when working, and his condition
causes anxiety
Shanghai dispatches state that the add