, 1913-10-01

engine ard two express cars and dyna~
nrited the safes, escaping with a ve'y
large sum OF money. When the engine
stopped, the robbers were mot aboard, bat
they are being pursued 10y an armed posse
with blood hounds.
London, Sept, 29th-H. NJ. cruisers SUIT
folk, Lancaster and Berwick leave Devon
port to-day for Bermuda, where they will he
permanently stationed in future.
Canada has concluded a contract with lle
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for five
years, for a steamship service between
St. John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova
Scotia, anl the West Indies. The first steam
CT leaves Halifax on November first. Canada
at present pays the entire subsidy, the amount
OF which has not get been announced.
The death is announced of Lady Molra-
worth, death having occurred twenty minutes
after being stung by a wasp on the iugulr
vein.
The death is also announced Of Mr.. Pelll-
sier, Il burlesque Author, actor aud founder
of the Follies Troupe.
At BrookIauls, NJ Pegoud, the French
airman, SUI passed himself III -four successive
sommersuults. He planned with his bands
off and flew for two miles with his head
down and his feet skywards.
Advices from Rheims state that in The
6llihludtIOu COIitSAS INl TIE Ii6HCh Neltuu~
es of the Coupe Iuternationale, NJ. Provost,
NJ. Vedrines and NJ. Gilbeit were successful
approximAting one hundred and twenty miles
an hour and breaking the worlds records.
Dispatches from Belfast state that twenty
thousand spectators witnessed II parade Ivy
eleven thousand Ulster volunteers, formed
into fourteen bNttalions of m INIT Hume
Rule army, under the command of General
Sir George Richardson, who was aided ny
four retired Colonies aud Captains. Upon
IN order being given for tin 90 cheers for the
Union, the worlds largest Union Jack was
bioken from the AngStnff, wherenpon the
volunteers and the crowd Joined in singing
"God Save The King. Sir Edward Carson
addressing them, sid that the days incidents
proved their ability to erect and maintain ~
Provisional Governm mt, whose fail re would
be impossible until their surrender to the
element the most hostile in the United
Kingdom to the throne and constltu ion. He
pledged his resistance to Home Rule whlIe
he received their support. The only disorder
was an attack upon II motor car Which was
decorated with u Union Jack.
The Liberal newspapers are scornful re-
galding what they term Curson's circus, and
ridicule the idea of a Provisional Govern
ment. Nevertheless, there is an earnest de-
sire to discuss Lord Loreburn's proposal
for q conference of the leaders of all pnr-
ties. Mr.. Churchill, Mr.. Asquith, Mr.. LLOYD
George and other Ministers are the guests
Of MIR, I~lIingworth,. NJ. F., aud Chief Lii
beral Whip, which is really a conference
of Minister'S at Brodick, preliminary to MIR.
Asquith's Attendance upon the King at Bal
moral.
Comments are divided between farce and
tragedy, the most plausible suggestion be-
ing that the agitation rests upon Sir Edward
Carson's ambition to become Unionist Lead
er, which is within his reach if he succeeds
III forcing Mr.. Asquith to a conference, or
a compromise.
The Times publishes a letter from Sir
West Ridgeway, stating that what is more
serious than the Uls;erite rebellion is the
undermining of the loyalty of the army by
teaching His Majesty's forces that they
should not fight if they disapprove of the
orders given them.
MIR. Ure, K. g., Lord Advocate of Scot
land, i'll the course of a speech at Ediu-
burgh, SAID that if the principle of Home
Rule is accepted, the Government will lie
willing to confer with the Opposition re-
garding details, for example,, : the larger
representation of Ulster in the irish Purlia-