, 1912-03-02

account of the inconclusive nature OF the
days Conferences. Sir Edward Grey, in an
interview, said the only permanent solution
was the adoption OF a profit sharing or part
nershlp arrangement. An official statement
merely says the Conferences will be c%ontiD-
ued. Mr. Hnslam, Nj. p. for Monmouth, re-
presenting the miners, says there is no out
look, the Government has gone as lar rs 1T
can, and Ministers are as anxious as we are.
The days incidents were: the Miners Fede~
ration after a short session Adjourned in q
body 20 meet Mr. Asquttb, Sir Edward Grey,
Mr. Buxton aud Sir George Askwith, at the
Foreign Office. The Federation then returned
to its meeting place and sent a small com-
mittee, which continues the conference. The
Cabinet also conferred with the owners. AL
though nothing has been disclosed, tension
is increasing as the interval s%hortens, yet
hope persists even while the troops are pre-
pairing in anticipation Of riots, meanwhile dis
organization is spreading to other trades. In
Leeds alone fifty thousand men are working
under notices of suspension if a strike occurs.
One shipbuilding firm lost six contracts
through the uncertainty. A strike of GOLFERS
will affect twice or three times their mil
lion.
At Glasgow the gravediggers at three
cemeteries have struck against interment at
lnconvenient hours, especially on Sundays,
and demand a shorter regular working time
and larger pay.
at Sydney rain fell all night, aud the
wicket to day was unfit for play.
A Brussels telegram reports that the De
liverance, a river steamer in Belgian Congo,
has been sunk with the loss of thirty two
lives.
1t is officially stated that in the lombard
ment If Beirut forty one We're killed on board
the Turkish w~arships, and on shore fifty Sin
civilians were killed and seventy eight
wounded.
Italian warsllips have seized the British
steamer Rescner with a cargo of contrnbaud,
TIL Italians regard this as Il serious loss for
the Turks.
A Paris communicate says France is ready
to cooperate with other Powers for the pro
motion of peace by friendly pressure upon
both combatants, but France reserves her
rights affected by the bombardment of Bel
rut.
A Picking despatch states that the Dele
gates to inform Yuan Shi kui of his election
and request his Inauguration at Marking
have arrived, and were received enthusiastic
cally, they entered through the gate hitherto
reserved for the Emperor alone. Yuan has
Informed Sun Vat Sen he has negotiated o
loan of twenty million taels for urgent ae,
CeSSlCleS untl GHe htpuDllc is OISaulItu.
Montreal, Feb, 29th-American detectives,
investigating the Quebec Bridge disaster,
are asserting it is among the one hundre
dynamite outrages discovered in the United
States. The material, they say, was maliciously
weakened with the object of killing the In
dian Blacklegs employed after u strike.
The PbmniN Bridge Company of Phil
adelphia, however, udhe. os to its origi-
nal explanation that faulty design caused
its fall.
jamaica, 28th.-Annual session of the
Legislative Council opened We ,terday. The
Governor spoke hopefully Of future pros
poets, there will be a surplus on hand on
31st March of about e205, 900, of This f40, 600
will be devoted to sanitation, especially re-
clamation of swamps, and 967, 600 to pay some
Of the railway debt, and probable reduction
of taxation will be suggested later. Proposals
are made which offer fast regular S. S.
service with Canada, making direct com
munication through Halifax with United
Kingdom; he does not see that the canal will
greatly increase the Importance of the island
us q commercial centre, but in view Of expect
ed increase in traffic of ships and to facilitate
their approach q proposal for erection of