, 1912-05-22

covered was overcome by q pnroxysM Of
grief.
The impending bye-elections at South
Hackney and North West Norfolk will pro-
badly result unfavourably for the Govern
ment. MIR. Lloyd Georges denunc alton
of the Cecil and Devonshire families has
hurt his political prospects, and Mr.. Winston
Churchill Is now looked upon as the man of
the hour.
The condemnation of Miss Malecka, Il Bri-
fish subject, at Warsaw, to four years penal
servitude for a political offence, is likely to
become an internntional subject.
Preparations for q great celebration of he
Prince of Wales arrival at his majority on
Jun 23rd are already we'll advanced.
Sir William Ramsay, speaking before the
British Science Guild, declared that Great
Britain's supply of nitric soda, which came
from Chill and Peru, and is an absolute ne
cessity for the manufacture of explosives
might be cut off if Great Britain were in
volved in war, and unless, like some other
countries, she made initiates from the atmos-
phere she would be without ammunition a
few months after the war commenced.
a British cruiser has been sent to Ormuz.
nm island in the Persian Gulf threatened
BY a force of Arab tribesmen.
Lady Duff Gordon had the crew of the
Titanic's lifeboat, which saved her and Sir
C0sino, write their names on Der iifebeit as
q souvenir, and from this data Sir Cosmo
wrote the drafts revarding the crew. Sir
Rufus Isaacs, the Attorney General, sought
to create the impression that Sir Cosmo
Gordon com anded the lifeboat. and was
responsible for it's failure to return and pick
up those who went down with the Titanic.
Mr.. Sydney Buxton, President of the
Board of Trade, has appointed a committee
OF nine prominent naval architects 10 advise
him rs to the best methods to secure safety
at sea, by means of Watertight bulkheads or
other internal subdivisions of the vessels.
The trial of Sutfragettes on the charge of
conspiracy was resumed at the Old Bailey.
MI. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, the editors
of "Votes for Women" and Mrs. Pankhurst,
jaunty and flower bedecked, were placed IN
the dock. The Jury asked that q time limit
for the trial be set, but Lord Coleridge de-
cllned. An lmmense number of documents
have been filed, AMI many witnesses sub
poenaed. Mr.. Timothy Healy, for the de-
feLse, sought TO prevent evidence in relation
to action of people not on trial, but was
oyerruled. Mrs. Pankhulst, who skilfully
cross-examined many of the witnesses, de-
clnred that her speeches, as reported by the
police, were inaccurate, unconnected ex-
tracts, and none was verbatim. Mr.. Healy
fead many OF the SnffEag9tt6S speeches,
wherein they contended they were instigat-
ed to a window smashing campaign by
members of the Cabinet, whose speeches
urged on them the necessity for violent
action.
The japanese cruiser Kingo was launched
at Barrow-in-Furness in the presence of
thousands. She will be twenty seven thou
sand five hundred tons displacement, With
an armament of eight fourteen inch and six
teen SIX inch guns, and be fitted with tur-
bine 9 'gines, giving an estimated speed of
twenty eight knots. Three sister ships are
being built in Japan.
A Rome despatch says the Turkish troops
who surrendered to the Italians in the Isle of
Rhodes, number Thirty eight officers, two
thousand three hundred men, four Thousand
rifles and four batteries of artillery.
A Hamburg despatch states that at a con-
ference between the Kaiser, the Minister of
Marine, the President of the National Ma
rine Association and other experts in naviga-
ton, Oh the question Of safety appliances in
German ships, His Majesty urged added
precautions III construction to keep s Ups
atoat after accidents, extension of the wire
less service and sufficient lifeboats for every-