, 1913-08-20

have been published ana also leading artl-
Giles etnpha> Jzlu8 tue result, of the neglect
Of the opportunity to attract South and Cen
trail American trade, which viii be affected
b. the opening Of the Canal.
Dispatches from Berlin state that Germu-
ny has definitely decided to abstain from ex-
hibiting at the Panama Exposition. The
majority of the newspapers make no COM
ment, but the "Deutscle Tnge4zvitung" and
the "Berliner Tageblatt" disappr"ve, while the
"Lok"l Anziegel" says EngIand's abstenlion
removes the sole argument for Gerlaanys
exhibiting.
Forty thousand persons filed past the
bier Of Herr Bebel, the late Socialist leader.
tie hequeathed most Of his estate of thirty
thousand pounds aud the right to publisl4
his works, to the Socialist party, whose
Leadership has been placed in q committee
there beng no individual fit to be his sue
cessor.
Ottawa, Aug. 18th-The Province of Bri-
fish Columbia has taken charge of the col
liers strike at Vancouver, where soldiers
are guarding the strike breakers.
New York, August IS h-Advices from
Washington state that IN the Senate Il motion
to drop the banana duty was lost by q vote
OF 81 to %. The duty on lemons and or
anges has been fixed at half a cent per
P''HN3 nIVHPCGllF6 VI we size O4 JU0 OOA6S1
while that on cCcoanuts remains unchanged
The vote upon sugar is expected to be more
critical than that on bananas.
The Government expecs that President
Hnerta Will answer MIR. Lind's communica-
ton, which IS Of IA personal and unofficial ma
ture, and perhaps suggests President Huer-
TIA resignation, III order to regularize his
ci,ndlducy for election, which the United
States would recognize, and that meanwhile
Senior Gambo, Minister tor Foreign Affairs,
should be provisional President.
President Wilson's communication has also
been given to other nations simultaneously
The London newspapers express surprise
at the apology for MIR. Wilson's comment on
an unofficial British Statement on Mexican
affairs, which had moi been published in
England until it was considered necessary
III order to explain The United States apollo
gy. 1t is thought that England is not con-
cerued in a United States domestic dispute,
affecting chiefly President Wilson and Am
baSs1dor Wilson.
Trinidad, 18Ih-Three cases Of suspected
small pox from Colon by RMS. "Danube''
have been Guaranteed here at Rock Island.
Passengers landed here have been placed
under surveillance, and that part Of the ship
fumigated.
London, Aug. 10Th Invitations have been
issued to Royal personages for the wedding
of Prince Arthur of Connaught, and the
Duchess Of Fife. The general invitation will
be issued III the first week of September.
Queen Alexandra's gifts will include Danish
ornaments, and the King and Queen will
give diamonds.
In the waterplane race around the coast
of the United KINGDOM, Mr.. Huwkar col
lapsed from the effects of the sun and the
fumes from the exhaust Of his rnachine. Mr..
Pickles, the Australian aviator, continued
the flight with the same machine.
Lord Carbery has flown across tie Channel
from Paris to Hendon, being the first peer
to accomplish the feat.
The DAILY Telegraph" SAYS that Lord
Ashby St. Led8ers is organizing a polo
team to capture from the Unlted States the
cup held against England IN Jane last.
The DAILY Express" correspondent at
Oxford states that the Home Office wants an
Egyptian student, who is suspected of plot
ting to kill Lord Kitchener, acting as, agens
OF the Nationalist Society, and as an accom-
pIice of F"rid Bey, the apoIogist for several
Egyptian assassinatlons and organizer of the
Young Egyptian party on the programme Of
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