, 1912-10-02

that, in it's Panama Canal procedure, Con
gress dishonours treaty obligations. The
Times repudiates such a charge, but declares
that President Taft virtually makes a similar
charge against England. The Times further
states that the controversy is over the inter
probation of the treaty, which is incapable OF
settlement in domestic courts or by diploma
CIV, and that international arbitration Is he
cessary, being equally honourable to England
and the United States.
The Picking correspondent of the Times
reports that China has nswered Sir John
Jordan, the British Minister, declining to
cancel the loan, and that the prospectus has
been issued,
The Daily Telegraph says that China will
apply the, d oceeds to the cancellation Of the
powers' demands as asserted yesterday.
The Daily Chronicles Rome correspondent
reports that either Archbishop Begin of
Quebec or Archbishop Bruchesi OF Montreal
will be created a Cardinal at the next con-
sistoty.
AT Copenhagen on Thursday King Chris
tan celebrated his first birthday as n mon
arch, and received the Diplomatic Corps.
The Spanish railway strike is assuming
revolutionary aspects, and IS extending, dea-
pite Tue military control.
1t is stated that Mr.. Marconi is improving.
News from 1oRio reports a typhoon, the
worst III fifty years, causing twenty million
dollars damage, Two hundred and sixty
persons were killed at Glfu, and twenty thou
sand houses destroyed at Osaka,
New York, Sept. 28th.-The international
Rubber Exhibition here sulpasses the Lon
don exhibition Of 1908, and rivals the one
held in that city in 1911. The management
have assigned excellent positions for the ex-
bibits from Trinidad, British Guiana, British
Honduras, the Bahamas, St. LUCIA, Dominica
and Jamaica. The quality IS excellent, but
the Quantity deficient. Tie management
regrets that the exhibits are iradequately
representative, and attributes same TO lie
6cautiDess ct support through the non-oppre-
citation of then value 10 the Colonies.
Barbados, 28lh-A message from HIS Ex-
cellency he Governor was presented to tile
House of Assembly at its special meeting
yesterday, called Tor the purpose Of granting
permission to the Colonial IleasuIeT TO act
as Colonial Secretary during H. L. approach
ing Temporary absence from the island.
The following oecurs IL he first para
graph of the message at is a fact that
should the drought On severity without pre-
cedent( continue to the date when the Lee
gislature-Ieussembles after the present recess,
ii viii be imperative TO consider whether
exceptional steps Will not be needed III order
10 mitigate the effects which all abnormal
shortage il the sugar crop must necessarily
> have upon all classes"
Antigua, 27th-H NJ, S Melpomene left
Nor ST. Vincent / 20 7. II.
london, Sept. 30th-Sir David Burnett
has been elected Lord Mayor Of Lon,on.
being the seven hundredth to hold that cffice.
The Admiralty announces that the Medi-
terrauean force is 10 be largely increased.
A steamer has arrived at Newcastle on
Tyne from Hamburg with three cases of
Bubonlc plague, OF which one Las died.
The conferences at Balmoral between the
King, Sir Edward Grey, NJ. Suzonoff, the
Russian Minister for Foreign aft ans, and
Count B4~nckendolff, the Russian Ambassa-
dor, have come to an end WI hout any state
meDt Of the result, and the party has dispers-
ed. NJ. Sazonoff viii remain i'll England
aud pay some personal visits.
The Chinese loan has been quoted at a
fractional premium, but the bankers viii not
announce the subsc. options. Adyices from
Peking state thai the assembly IS secretly
considering the loan.
At Belfast on saturday shops were closed,