, 1912-02-10

Council. which reassembles at the Hague on
the tenth, unless III, are secured from such
criticisms for Italy's procedure against Iur-
key rs occurred at the October meeting.
4 Teheran telegram says NJ. Mornard has
nublishel n criticism Of the extraordinary
disorder of the finances revealed by MT
Shuster's departure, nevertheless customs re-
ceipts increased by eight hundred thousand
pounds in nine months.
With England's approval Russia has notl-
feel Persia she will order the deposed Shah
to depart from Persia upon receipt OF his
pension. Persia will allow him half his pre-
vious pension and will also pension his bto-
Tiers and cancel the coutiscutio of their
property if they depart.
The Chinese NerMNcu,ar Press publishes
the Einpre4-'s terms for ab %1catlon, including
the pa1petuation of the titles Of the entire
court, retention by the Imperial Family OF
the palaces At Picking, support of the I'm
perial Guards by The Repu9lic, ond a decIa-
ration of the Courts right to exact homage
from the notion. 1t is not believed the
Republic will accept all. The armlstlce has
been renewed, as both sides lack funds Tor
effective hostil ties, nevertheless scattered
engagements occur, sometimes upon q con
siderable scale.
A Washington despatch says Germany and
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other powers the results Of their ne9otla-
tons for neutrality and non intervention IN
China and refusal Of loans to either com
Blatant.
Gualelonpe, 8th-Slight prolonged earth
queke felt here at 3.45 am.
Dominica, Sth-Prolouged shock earth
qlake felt here ut 3 So am.
Copenhagen, Feby. 9h-The Kings
illness, the doctors state, was due to q small
limited inflammation Of one lung, but his
health is already improving satisfactorily.
The Danish Sugar Factory in Helsin6oer
Street was totally destroyed by fee during
Che night OF th5 fourth. Loss estimated at
two million crowns,
The st. j IN left London yesterday.
London. Febry 8 Nm Slu5ter lnd Sir
Edward Gt~y have had & prolonged inter
view. Mr.. Shu5ter says he was prep ring to
au lit NJ. M1enard's custOm' accounts when
he was dis missed upon Ru6sia's demand, as
he believes, to save VI. Mornard. His Off %
handled 10 cash even for salaries. an all
accounts were passed by the Persian Bank,
whose books will prove the honesty of his
administration He sails for the United States
Oil Sunday.
The centenary Of the BIRTH Of Charles
Dickens has b en- celebrated thro tShout
the United Kingdom and the colonies with
carnivuls, bang lets and co nmemoratlve ser
vices of every character. Rochester Cathe-
dra) was visited by crowds, and his grave III
Westm suster Abbey was decorated with flow
ers, many from the United States. Hundreds
Of columns OF euiogies are published Ia the
newspapers. The Fund Ccmmittee has seven
thousand pounds for his five necessitous
granddaush ers, and expect ten thousand,
including receip,8 from elsewhere American
cDntribu ions am unt to eighty thousand dol
lars, and the concentration throughout
the United States We're as numerous US the
British,
The Parliamentary correspondent Of The
Standard repor;s discussions in the cabinet,
involving an intrigue to substitute Mr.. Lloyd
George for Mr. Asa nth, primarily as leader
of the House Of Commons, and ultimate
ly rs Premier Whenever II IS praailcah'e
" thout alternating the Asquitiites, an es-
sentju pre}mintry being the fin ling OF MIX
ing Of a suitable place for Mr. a q nth.
Gu Sunday Sr William Go5chen, the Brit
ish Ambassador to Germany, left Berlin for
london On Tuesday the King received