, 1911-11-08

George defended clause twenty six of H.
Insurance Bill, which he described as an %
tempt to arrange reciprocity with the colo
MES and foreign countries regarding ins1,r.
ance. This he said, is to be regarded o.
a general offer to the Colonies, not a fnol
settlements.
The Bill has been so thoroughly amend.
ed that there are scarcely three con-
@secutive lines unaltered. One clause ra.
qulred nine hours debate, and the Irish,
amendments have net yet been offered Tbo
second p TT of the Bill will be referred TO 9
grand committee to expedite its pa SAGE
through the House.
The Kaiser has accepted Herr Won Linda.
qnist's resignation.
The Morocco treaty has been stoned W.
NJ. Otn4bon ond Horn Won Kiderlon Woaob
ter, and the Reichstag will debate it on Wed.
nesday. Germany gets from four to seven
miles of the Congo River front, barely al icianf
to maintain a trading station. German Prags
comment is exemplihed by the Berlin Posi-
which says the treaty constitutes . cnn
sorrow and shame for Germany, whicb. with
out drawing the sword, allows France to oc-
cupy the last bit OF earth not Belonging to
a great colonial Power.
French comment, while deplorina concas-
sions in the Congo, halls with iov the consor-
dation Of French power in Africa. TOGO.
land is not mentioned, contrary to preyloo4
reports
In the House Of Commons, Mr. Leanl
Member for Colue Valley, asked whether the
Government would not use its good offices
for prevention of killing Arab men. wo.
men and chi dren in Trip Ii. Sir I'D
ward Grey answered that intervention
would be Inconsistent with the declar-
alton Of neutrality, and Mr.. Asquith
showed resentment at such questions and
quote official Italian deniaIs. Nevertheless
evidence accumulates. lieutenant Montagu
Of the Fifth Fusiliers asks in the name of
Christianity publication Of what he saw. M
one place one hundred and twenty women
aud children were wing bound aud dead and
mutiIated and III a Mosque he saw more then
he could count, from three TO four hundred.
mutilated almost beyond recognition He asks
whether such things are permissible in Eu-
ropean war. Cannot England stop such nor
rors? Photographs are pubIishtd supporting
the reports. The LokaIAnzeiger SAYS the Itol-
ianS have executed four thousand, one tenth
being women and children. One correspond
ent has returned his papers, declaring he IS
unable any longer to witness occurrences
worse than Armenian massacres or Russian
pogroms. Sick cripples and blind beggars
N6I6 QGltD6i dtGIN SilOI,tn iNl'AS29 WI C'AS
ted from their homes, which were burned
and were denied even a drink OF water IN the
desert. The officers were worse than the
men, shooting with revolvers whoever they
met, with not the ~faintest p~retense OF trial
or justice. German correspondents have FOL
lowed the example Of the British, refused
requests to delay their departure and decIln-
ed to communicate except through their con-
suls.
General Caneva says he is fighting the
Turks. and, therefore, ununiformed Arabs
found armed are necessarily executed, and
this explains the slaughter, even under the.
white hrg. Italy further explains, forh her own
justification, that the action of the supposed
~ friendly Arabs in firing from the rear was
such treachery that it j%ustiies their eXter-
mination in self defence. Turkey has pro-
tested to he Hague signatories.
The Times Picking correspondent states
that the National Assembly submitted nine
teen fundamental constitutional principles
to be embodied later in Is draft, an urge@
then immediate acceptance as more power
full than the armies, and the only remedy Tor
the present desperate situation. Prince
Chun, the Regent, accepted them on behaf
Of the throne, making an event of historic