, 1912-08-07
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
(Contihued from Srd pa9e.)

Commits tee, MIR. Borden invited the Minis
ters to visit Canada. Mr.. A-quith regretted
his inability, but Mr.. Churchill accepted the
invitation.
The steamer "Cob!enz'' has sailed from
Leith for Hamburg with fifty Boy Scouts on
board, but kilograms since received say that
Germany viii refuse TO allow them to land.
Messrs. Harland and Wolff have instruct
cd their engineers to rapport upon the start
ing of q shipyard at Dublin.
The Scottish Grand Lodge of Freemasons
has sustained the suspension OF the Forfar
aud Kincardine Lodge for its irregular initi-
alton of the prizeighter johnson.
Sir Edward Grey, replying to Mr.. King
in the House of Commons, stated that the
Britieh and American Consuls will visit the
Putumayo district together, starting on
Monday, and that the practicabi!ity of stop
ping the exports Of rubber will be brought
to the attention of the United States. Sir
Edward Grey recently received members Of
the House desiring an Investigation regard
ing the responsibility of the directors Of the
Peruvian Amazon Company.
Lord Desborough, presiding at the Athle-
tic Advisory Clubs consultation regarding
British representation at the Berlin Olym-
piad, suggested raising five thousand pounds
in each OF the next three years and ten thou
sand pounds in the next year. Sir A. Conan
Doyle also proposed raising $4,000 pounds,
and the Reverend Mr.. Laffan, who proposed
fifty thousand pounds, quoted the Swedish
trljrers' statement that with three months
British preparation the Americans would
certainly have been defeated at Stock
holl0. Lord Desborough said France and
Germany would assist their representa-
tives ut Berlin, and finally it was resolved
TINT funds should be- raised for an Imperial
team. The London County Council has ten
dered the use of the parks for training pur-
poses.
Dispatches from Copenhagen nnounce
thu arrival of the explorers Mikkelsen aud
Iversen, who were given II great and enthu-
siastic popular reception. Later they were
received by the King, who gave q gold medal
to each.
Washington, August 3rd-President Taft
has intimated that he will veto all the Tariff
Bis except Sugar.
Sa0 Juan, Bird. s a. m. Friday, no fresh
eases reported.
London. August Shat Saint Peters.
Eaion Square, the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury performed the marriage service Of the
Ma quis of Anglesey and Lady Marjorie
Manners, eldest daughter of the Duke of
Rutland. Among the hundreds of notable
persons present were many Princes and
Princesses, and the King and Queen and
Queen Alexandra sent presents.
During the holidays the boy scouts of
the county of Kent will be mobilizod for the
defence Of the south eastern coast and the
maintenance of communications with Lon
don. The mannuvres will last three days,
and will be upon an unusual scale afford
ing valuable practice.
Adyices from Hamburg state that the
visiting party of boy scouts from Leith were
70, hidden to land as q body or 10 parade
with their band. and are therefore sight see
ing individually.
A Lisbon despatch states that the British
Minister has interviewed for the protection
Of the Daily Mails correspondent, Miss Alice
Gran, who was arrested after a domiciliary