, 1912-02-14
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.

match at Melbourne JO-uay NJ. \. ~. C'OSeN
their first innings for five hundred and ei8h-
tv niue, being IL test record. Rhodes one hun
bred aud seventy nine, Gum seventy five,
Foster fifty, W%ooIley fifty six, Hearue, Doug,
las and Barnes, duck. Australia in their Sc
cond innings scored eight for no wicket.
Lord Haldane remained with tue Kaiser
on Friday until five in tue afternoon, and IN
the evening was entertained at dinner by
Herr Won Bethmann Ho!lweg, the Imperial
Chancellor, many prominent persons beng
present, including Herr Won KlderIen W4ech-
ter. Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Times
saws Mr.. ChurchilPs speech and Lord Hal.
danes conversations with the Kaiser are por-
tions of the same plan. Mr.. ChurchiIps speech
was not provocative, and Lord Haldane is
not an impracticable pacitist. There is great
activity in political circles. The King has recei-
we'd Mr. LIoydGeorge,a and Lord Knoll ysls kept
busy between Buckingham Palace, the For
eign Office and Mr.. Asquith's residence. The
Daily Telegraph says nothing SPECIFIC is un-
der discussion, merely the creation OF condi-
tCns favourable to cultivation OF ttlenuly
relations. The domestic effect OF MIR. Church
Ills speech at Glasgow rivals It's inter
national effect, even critics of his Home
Rule declaration praise his naval speech,
and many prefer that attitude to Lord
1llIlliuG > " < / tt - " O2O itAlbi - y
dicted. The Daily News says the pres
ent negotiations are the sequel to Ger
many's favourable reply to Englaud's over
lures, in December, for Il world wide entente.
Another account says the Kaiser took the in
~itiative in a letter congratulating the King
upon his safe return from India, and express
ing the hope of better relations between
their peoples. A definite announcement of
the result, it is pr edicted will be made during
King Georges coronation visit to Berlin.
Heinrich Crosse, arrested at Portsmouth
in December as q German spy, has been SEN
fenced to the minimum under the Official Sc
crets act viz three years penal servltude.
His defence was, he came to England to AT
range II business i'll German coal IN the event
Of a strike in England, but the testimony III
open court established the charges made
when he was arrested. Mr.. Justice Darling,
when sentencing HIM, condemned espionage
"a a source of international i'll will. Many
remarks are made upon the contrast between
the procedure in this and the Stewart case, of
which not even the official judgment is
available. Crosse enjoyed every opportuni-
ty for defence, equal publicity for the charges
and the reply to them, the privilege Of coun-
sci, AMI even q chivalrous opportunity for
acquittal, as IL Rufus Isaacs remarked when
prosecuting.
In the university football match,
Cambridge scored three gonis, Oxford one.
The Earl of Spencer has resigned the
Lord Chamberlainship, doubtless on account
of i'll health, but some connect his resigna-
ton with criticism of the appointment of Mr..
Brook6eld as assistant to Mr.. Redford, exam
liner Of plays, who resigned. 1t is suggested
that the censorship may possibly bc nbol-
ished. Earl Spencer's successor will proba-
bly, be the Ear! of Chesterfield OF the Earl
of Granard. Mr.. Bendall, the dramatic critic,
OF the Daily Mail, has been appointed assist
ant to Mr.. Brookfeld.
Mr.. Terah Hoo'ey hne been sentenced at
the Old Bailey to a years imprisonment for
false representations IN connection with II
sale of real estate.
The Glasgow lockers strike has been set
tied with concessions. except the demand for
unemployment of non-Uuionists. The Man
chester dockers have struck against the en-
ployment OF non-Unionists. and q general
strike OF transport workers is threatened in
support of the lockers demand.