, 1912-02-03
MS
ST. GROIN

died at AssOuan, and the deepest sympathy
with the Princess Royal is expressed. There.
r. no precedent regarding court mour hing
for personages not of royal birth, and no
announcement will be made until tile King
is heard from. Doubtless the Royal Family
will mourn, as when Prince FrancIs Of Teak
died. It is presumed TINT the state cere.
monial and military display in connecttia6fn
with Their MaJesties' homecoming will be
modified or abandoned as well as the coiIrt
functions during the spring season, and onlv
the King can say whether he will open Par
Lament personally, as planned, or whether
the thanksgiving ceremony at Saint Pants
Cathedral will be postponed until after tie
funeral.
The Belfast Liberals being unable TO hire.
q hall, Mr.. Churchill will speak at midday
instead of i'll the evening at The Celtic Club
football grounds. -
Lord Dunraven, in an interview, attri-
butes the Ulsterites' agitation 10 u long
standing mental afiIctiou, in consi,ierih{;
themselves superior to their counfFYmenr
and that it would be an outrage to place
them upon conditions of equality. There iS,
no reason to suppose that the Catholic
majority would persecute the Protestant
minority, since persecution has always been
pBacticed by Proteatants hitherto.
A Baronetcy has been conferred upon Mr..
Henniker Heaton. The advancement has
been Delayed on account Of his aahbsence
abfoad. He declined a knightEood. =
Tho Times in a LEADING article says tie
Treasury is the sole a bit er Of death dntigs.
and there is no appeal. Ii MIR. Morgan ~ pc
moving his art collections for this sole rea-
son, the Treasury might guarantee exemptions
unless they were sold, and the Treasury
could make such arrangement as tbs law al
lows. Mr.. Lloyd George, in an Interview,
sad duty wNs not collected unless sold The
incident impresses those opposed to Str
Lloyd Georges Sociaiistic finance With ifs
resulting depression of gilt edged securities,
the city would welcome a. general election
with the prospect Of better markets after the
usual election depression.
The death is announced of Lord Stan
more.
At yesterdays sitting of the Sugar Com
mission at Brussels the German Delegate
opposed the increase Of Russia's surplus. The
majority of the Delegates are of opinion
that if Russia is authorized to export part
of her surplus sugar, q tall in price would
ensue, and that would be d matter for salts
faction, since the interest of consumers
should outweigh those of the few producers.
The Commission adjourned till Friday.
Two hundred influential persons attended
the etFlner to MIR. Shuster at the Savoy
Hotel. Mr. Shuster spoke calmly and etiti-
cnlly, but not bitterly, regarding Russo-Bti-
fish Polio. demonstrating that the ten com.
mandments do not apply to International
affairs, lie made no fresh revelations.
The Daily News says Mr. Shuster's speech
is lamentabIe reading for Engfishmen, whose
country is involved III a betrayal as fragrant
as any recorded.
The Daily Chronicle says England has
acquiesced in acts which are uniustifabfe,
and whose perpetrator paid equally little res
gard to British interests or Persian freedom.
A despatch from Teheran says Persia has,
offered Mr Shuster's terms of settlement to
three other Americans, and unacceptable
proposals TO eleven others. The, grain corn
er, which Mr. Shuster broke, has again be-
come effective, and prices are three times
their normal, almost famine; tax ayments
have stopped, the election has been indet-
nitely postponed and the Constitution is
practically suspended.
The Berliner Tageblatt hints that Prince
Henry will replace Count Paul WALTZ Meter
Mich as German Ambassadors in london. A
Royal Ambassador is without precedent.
AuVicpN from China state thot ,tI,a o..,.u