, 1912-07-31

nunuE6Q lnOltSllu NoIA0lc'
MIR Harcourt, in reply to an enquiry IN
the House of Commons, stated hat the law
of New Zealand gave powers OF retallatlon
for any hypothetical discrimination III taV-
our of American ommerc via the Panama
Canal, but he declined to say whether there
were other similar British laws. 1t is I'M
derstood that Il discussion is taking pace
regarding the adoption of Imperial laws eX-
Guiding other nations from British waters,
npon the analogy Of the Al ericnn coastW1Se
monopoly.
Advices from Melbourne announce that
the Senate has passed the House Of Repre-
sentatives' resolution condeulning the United
States contemplated Panama discliminat'on.
Paris Dispatches state tha5 several OF the
Canadian Ministers have arrived there for
negotiations regarding penny postage, ana
cheaper cable and steamship cOmmunlca-
tons.
Doctor Rentoul has outlined before the Brit
ish Medical Associations project establish
ing q Medical Civil Service.
The Daily Telegraph and the Morning
Post do not expect that Mr.. Lloyd George
will resign. The Daily Express thinks the
Cabinet is willing that MIR. George should
stump the country regarding a land tax, the
result TO decide whether TO split the Cabinet
by The adoption Of his proposals or 10y GUST
ing him. The Daily News thinks it unre0son-
able that London houses, valued at thin
tv million pounds, should be taxed, and
twenty millions Of ground rents untaxed.
Trinidad, 27th.-A letter appears III this
mornings papers from the Honorary Secreta-
ny OF the Chamber of explaining
that there were twenty three who voted for
and twenty one who voted against the reel
procity agreement. making the majority i'll
favour of it two, instead of one, as previously
wired.
San Juan, 27th.-Eight a. n. Friday no
fresh cases.
London, July 29th-Inab;lity to extend
the lockers strike throughout the United
Kingdom has compelled the strikers to sur
render Internationally. Forty five thousand
resumed work to-day, and others Will resume
as opportunity enables them. A man festo
accuses the employers of using remorselessly
the capitalists most powerful weapon, that
is, starvation. The strike has possibly been
the most distressing since the coal miners
of 1898 or the lockers of1S69. Almost one
hundred thousand men were idle, and fifteen
million pounds in wages We're sacrificed,
while the losses of the employers were even
higher. The Unions are bankrupted and
their leaders discredited.
In the House of Commons, Mr.. Lloyd
George moved that Monday should be de-
voted to the discussion of the Supplementary
Appropriations. The aftendapce was thln'
and a snap vote Carried the motion by 1876
to 1873 The result was greeted with shouts
of "a esi4n!"
The eli, elton for Member of Parliament
for Crewe,v vice the late Mr.. NcLaren (LIberaD,
resulted in the return Of Nh. Craig, the
Upionist candidate, by $3.50 votes. MIR.
Murphy, who contested the seat N The Ii
berai interest, received 1924 votes, and MIR.
Holmes, Laboulne, 2,405.
A Unionist rally in Blenhoim Palace
grounds at Woodstock, to emphasize the
Governments weakness through dIsaensioLs
between the Liberals and Labourites, was
attended by three thousand delegates, re
presenting the Primrose League and the
TTuionist Association generally. including the
Working Mems. The Duke of Marlborough
received the guests in the courtyard OF the
Palace, and speeches were delivered by
Mr.. Bonar Law, Sir Edward Carson and
MIR. f. e. Smith, showing that the fighting
temper was high. The occasion recalled a
similar gathering at the same place ten Years
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