, 1912-06-15

Seely succeeds Lord Haldaue as Secretary Of
State for War, and there are rumours of a
new war policy.
Mi and Mrs PetEick Lawrence having uu-
dertaken not to repeat their offence, they
have been transferred to the first division.
and will be treated as political INSIDE
meanants. Mr. McKenna said, social consi-
deration7 are unimportnnt, and he varied
that future cases viii be dealt with more
severely, and according to future conditions.
Sir Henniker Heaton, addressing a meet
ing Of West Tndinus, said he expected that
soon Imperial cablegrams would be Il penny
a word. The Government, he dec AIRED.
should subsidize the cable rylce as form
er}y it subsidized the mtiIs. He cou ,ider-
ed the deferred rate ridiculous when cables
with n capacity Of 1925 million words carry
only twenty millions.
England having asked the United Stats
Congress to increase her representation ut
the wireless conference from one to six %
account of her colon es, the Americans have
agreed upon condition that The United States
received five delegates. The proposal for
the adoption OF a standard wave length for
distress signals has passed the committee
stage, but an American proposal of the same
length for weather warnings was reiec. ed.
and taken before Congress.
The King and Queen yesterday rec 'ivet
the wireless Delegates in the Garden OF
Buckingham Palace and later epl ertaineA
them at tea in the state dining room
Queen Alexandra, returning from King
Frederick's funeral, narrowly escaped tinding
p Iunatic in Marlborough house. He was
discovered snoring in equerry Colonel Sir
Arthur Davidsou'5 bed, and was eiectel
Just before Her Mtiesty's arrival. It
IS almost incredible that the man. whose
name is Woodley, aged forty, from Nor
wich. evaded the military and police,
climbed q ten foot wall without visible
means or assistance. broke ii window nust
roamed about inside within easy reach Of
the costliest souvenirs Of the reign of King
lward and Qlyen Alexandra, none uf
which we've however touched, went upstairs,
undresoed aud returned. He was discnI-
cred by a hpuSenlil, who informed Princess
Victoria, h gave the alarm, whereup0a
the guards removed him to Eulell street
workhouse. Woody, who appeared much
surprised ut the excitement, escaped Il yenr
ago and was fooled IN an attempt to entec
Queen AIexandra's residence at Saudring-
ham.
The Cabinet received a delegation of en-
ployers with the. Duke of Devonshire as
Chairman, who presented the resolutions Of
the shipowners, who are willing severalIy to
make agreements with the employees subject
to the power OF arbitrotors to make awards,
acceptance of which to be guaranteed by
cash guaraL tees by both sides, provided the
employers would have the RICH. to employ
Unionists and non Unionjsts separately or
together, and the strikers to resume before
negotiations for the above are begun. The
G~Jyernmant's proposals are con iidere,l
imprncticlble and unacceptable. The Port
of London authority has made a similar re-
ply.
The Government has communicated tho
foregoing to the Strikers Federation Cou j.
ell, which has telegraphed everywhere % r.
commentator for q general stoppage Of
three hun lred thousand workers containing
3 possibility OF The most disastrous results IN
any Inbour controversy. There is no panic,
aud already there are signs of djsaffectlon,
for example at Newcastle the spokesman Of
the North East Cotst Unions said there was
no quarrel with the employers there, and
conditions We're subject to Il contract with
two years to run. Mr.. Goslin he said. has
no authority to cancel that agreement and
there is no reason to expect that Newcastle
will j"in The Sea mems and Firemens' Union
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