, 1912-03-27

MI. Edwards, Labour Member for HanIav
says the miners have made their last son.
cesslon and will starve rather than resume
work without the acceptance of their mini
mum. Financial circles are urging the own
ers to agree with the miners, who are under
pressure from the universal distress among
their own class.
Messrs Ben Buck and Charles Buck. pub.
fishers of the Syndicalist, have been sentenced
to six months Imprisonment for allowing its
editor, Mr.. Bowman, to publish an appeal to
soldiers not to perform strike duty, and Bow
man has been sentenced to nine months. the
Court refusing to listen to any defense of
the sentiments of the article.
The three Germans arrested in the Isle of
Wight upon suspicion of espionage have been
released and the charge withdrawn.
The death is announced of the MaroDis
of Hartford.
At the annual Oxford and Cambridge field
sports meeting on Saturday each side scored
five, although Oxford led until the last event
The weather was execrable.
A despatch from Wellington, New Zealand,
announces the return of the japanese
Antarctic expedition, which explored the
coasts of King Edward Land. Nothing has
been heard of Captain Scott, who is now
overdue back, but Sir Ernest Shackleton
says no uanSet is lnQlcat6d.
Mr.. Thomas Mackenzie, Minister of indus
tries and commerce, has been elected Prime
Minister of New Zealand, vice Sir Joseph
Ward.
The German army Bill submitted to the
Federal Council provides for two additional
Prussiau army corps, and other smaller in-
creases, and the navy bill provides for an
extra battle squadron of three battleships,
and two cruisers before 1920, the personnel
to be enlarged accordingly by seventy five
officers and sixteen hundred men annually:
these and sundry smaller additions to the
existing programme are regarded rs an an
swer to Mr.. Churchil's speech, Indicating
Admiral Won Tirpitz's influence over the
Kaiser and Herr Won Bethmann Hollweg, al
though the problem of finance is not. solved.
The Kaiser has passed through Paris and
Vienna, Ell route to Venice and Corfu.
A Telegram from Corunna reports the ar
rival there of the French steamer Montreal.
from Bordeaux for the West Indies; a storm
necessitated a week for her crossing the
Bay of B,scay, and her passengers were so
alarmed, that many refused to proceed, and
disembarked.
Ottawa, March 25th Elaborate prepara-
tons are being made to receive the Dele
gates to the West Indian Reciprocity Confer
ence, the Cabinet Will entertain them at the
L arliament restaurant, and Government will
entertain them at dinner.
New York, March 25th-Americans pro-
pose to allow Cuba's rebate upon sugar TO
the British West Indies if no treaty is made
with Canada.
The corpses recovered from the Maine
have been buried in Arlington cemetery with
elaborate ceremonial, President Taft, the
Cabinet, Members of Congress and Diplomats
participating.
London, March 26;h-This has been the
9loomiest week end within recollection, be-
tween two aud three millions are idle, in
Guiding their dependents, ten millions are
directly affected, and indirectly the entire
nation, in the words Of the Times, sis suffering
now and fearing the worst is yet to come
The miners have lost over five million
pounds in wages, receiving five hundred aud
eighty thousand in strike pay. On S, tur-
day alone other Unions disbursed one hun
dred and twenty thousand pounds in uu-
employed benefits, sixty thousand railway
men are IDLE. On Sunday the Great Eastern
Company ran only five trains because it
carries mails, otherwise it would have run