, 1912-12-25

press mas O1FI0d ~ lIdLSit1 IL 4 " UlOttGH
City as Il home for tue Chinese Government.
She is utterly deserted and occupies the city
alone with Emperor Pu u, every relative
having disappeared, and the eunuchs strip
ping the palace Of the Imperial treasures.
She wpeps ceaselessly, and fears to depart to
the Su mer Palace becau-e she has been
told she will be butcLered as soon as size
starts.
1t is reported from Copenhagen that the
Kings private library has been robbed Of
books, miniatures and pictures, which have
been sold in the United States.
Adyices from Rome state that every stock
exchange in Italy has closed, The brokers
having struck against the law increasing
their guarantee to four thousand pounds,
following the premieI's urcomplimentary le-
marks regarding THEN honesty. The pre-
mier refuses to %retracf, and the strike viii
continue.
London, Dec. Dist The West India Com-$
mittee has called the Chancellor Of the
EXchequer's attention to the fact that 10
duty is beng paid on the sugar produced
at CantIey in No folk, with a view to jmme-
diate adoption Of step, to place Colonial
sugar on a footing OF equality with English
sugar produced from beet.
Dominica, 2lst-H.N.S. Sirius arrived z
am.
81, Thomas, 21st- German cruiser Ha4sa
left yesterday afternoon f0r Jama ca.
London, 23rd-ILo Peace Conference Of
the Ambassadors announces that they have
recommended lLoIg respective Governments
to accept the principle of Albanian outono-
my with a guarantee to Servia that she shall
have ~commeIcia! acc So TO the Adriatic. Six
Governments have agreed upon both points.
1t is inferred that Turkey Will retain her
suzerainty. She has Instructed her peaee
plenipotentiaries to iIeat with Greece with
out signing an armi.tIcc, ii Turkey be allow
cd to Ieyictuul AdrianopIe, this condition
being made upon grounds Of humanity, since
it would not affect the military situation aud
there beng 10000 hungry IN that city, be
sides the garrison. The conference adjourn
ed ri TINS stage wi hou: any result, the other
delegates regarding the proposal as unac
cppfabie, by seeking to alter accom- )Iishtt
facts, and permission. 10 Turkey to r~eyctual
being regarded as symbolic oil her retention
Of AdrIauopIe and containing a possibility Of
the renewal Of hUstILtes.
Posslmjsm j, Iessenod BY the belief that
the real control 0! the situation ress with
the Ambassadors rather than with the plenj-
potentjaMes. Austria j, spending nearly
100000 pounds daily and war leans by al
the coDbatlnIs are impending, ag9regatln1
eighty million pounds.
Advicss from Fari, state that NJ. PoincarG,
in tDe course II an op im:stic speech N The
Chamber OF D puttes, declared that if hostI-
htioa were resumed the. Powers would medi-
ate.
The funeral obseqlies Of the Iato Nr,
Whit claw Reid at Westminster Abbey were
attended by $500 OF the most distinguished
persolNges, including members Of the Royal
Family, Diplomats, Cabinet Ministers aud
members OF Parliament. The only flowers
We're those from Their AIajesties Queen
Alexandra and President Taft. On Saturday
detacHments OF the Household Cavalry and
The Scots Guards escorted the remains, borne
upon a guu carriage OF the royal artillery,
to Victoria station while Il battery in Saint
Jaales's Park fired a salute. Nelson's flag
IN the "Flctury" also fired a salute at
'jntisn.onth as H.M.S. 'Nutnl" sailed, to be
NH mid-ocean by the United States war
ships~ Florida,, 'North Dakota, @Roe.
"PauldinS," 'Drayton" and Mccall" 1t
is tie universal opinion that England could
have lone no more.
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