, 1912-06-08

Lord SAINT AldWyn, pursuing ms inquiries
regarding the conditions of miners work,
held a meeting of the District Board under
ground, the commissioners donniug overalis,
carrying lamps and descending the pit IN the
cage.
1t is expected that upon Mr.. and Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence, the editors of Votes for
Women, undertaking net to repeat the offence,
they will be transferred to The first division
and treated rs political misdemeanants.
Derby day weather was showery and chilly,
and on account of Court mourning otlcIal
gayety was less than usual, but the crowds
were unusually large. Americans lost sixty
thousand pounds, having plunged on Sweep
ell second, who was never prominent. Pin
tadeau ran u good race and finished fourth
Tagaiie's victory was very popular. and the
bookmakers' winnings unprecedented, the
f%avourites all being beaten.
Dispatches from Brussels report tn It hour
ly fresh protests are being made by the
proletarilt against the Governments sue
cesses, election Iii 5orders have occurred in
several districts, and the Conservatives are
alarmed by the tendency of the Civic Guard
or militia to side with the strikers In Brus-
sells the Guard demonstrated before the mon
umont OF Ferret, the Spanish anarchist. The
cOllieries and the majority Of the metal III
dustries have stopped. The women are
more frenzied than the men. Liege resem-
bles q besieged city. In Brussels there have
been all night riots, many churches have
been desecrated, and monlsttrie s aud con-
vents attacked. AT Bruges the Gendarme5
wounded fifty persons, and similar disorders
have occurred i'll Journal, Client, Louvain,
Antwerp aud other towns. The Wulioon
districts demand annexation to France.
A Buda Pest telegram saws the deadlock
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Bills, was broken by IN ndescribable tumult
by every sort of noise producing instrument.
Count Tisza, the new President of the Low
OF Chamber, the police, who re-
moved seventy-fye struggling Deputies IN
three patches, the remainder of the Oppo-
sition then departed, and the Army Bills
were carried without debate. Troops were
held ready for anticipated emergencies.
Montreal, June 6th-A bulletin states that
the Duchess of Connaught passed a COM
Portable Light, having borne the journey
from Quebec well, her condition is satisfac-
tory, and there is no cause for undue anXi-
ETY.. The Duke Of Connaught and party are
stopping at Lord Strathcoua's residence. I'm
mediately upon the Duchess's arrival at the
hospital Il consultation decided she was suffer
from peritonltis, not appendicitis, its origin
is obscure and possibly it may be several
days before the physicians are aOle 10 say
certainly how serious.
Santiago de Cuba, June Gt@-The Bayamo
train was fired upon by a party Of about
fifty rebels on Tuesday morning, about four
miles north of San Luis, The train guards
returned the fire and a panic occurred on
the train. -Four hundred United States
marines, under command of Colonel Lucas,
landed ut Guantanamo yesterday for p%rotec-
tlon of American interests, not intervention.
Copenhagen, June 7th.-The Government
pnrty and Conservative parties III the Rigs
dag agreed about the Tax Bills concerning
the Increase of the income and property ia
and duty on beer, spirits and cigarettes and
the Bills passed on the fourth instant. The
Socialists and Radicals voted against 1t.
Compared with the Government proposal
the new laws show a difference of three mil
lions, but the amount is compensated partly
BY ali Increase of the class lottery stamp tax,
betting duty, and by an increase of ordinary
revenues, especially customs and railways.
The new laws create a balance of the Bud
get.
Ministers N~eergaard, Nielsen, Bulow,
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