, 1913-03-01

opening of the Legislative Council on 3rd
March. A garden purity will be given III Her
Honour at Government House on 4th March.
Copenhagen, Feb. 2Sth.-The King and
Queen returned from Berlin Yesterday.
The Defence Fund now amounts to 1900,
600 crowns.
The Premier has proposed to grant the
explorers Mikkelsen and Iversen annuities Of
1000 and 900 crowns respectively.
The East Asiatic Company have declared
a dividend Of eight per cent.
The est. Grojx" arrived at Rotterdam to-
day.
London, Feb. Is h-Mrs. Pankhurst has
been committed for trial without bail, be-
cruse she refused to renew her pledge Of
good conduct until the umfner assizzs IN
the middle Of May. The Sutfragettes have
cut many telegraph aud telephone wires, in
sympathy with Mrs. P~aukhurst, while other
disorders of the familiar varieties have occur
red in Nottingham, WalsalI, Southampton,
Worthington and elsewhere. The number of
auti-sutfrdge demonstration is increasing,
and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle proposes that
the stoppage Of outrages for two years should
ptecede any concessions to women. The
Sutfragettes think their campaign has been
successful and fully expect Legislation during
the next session Of Parliament. Mrs. Pank-
hurst has written Il letter to the Womens
Social Union, in which she declares that the
-fusAl to graut her bail will prevent the
preparation Of her defence, therefore she
will repudiate her duty to submit to officials
over whose appointment and conduct wo-
men have no control, and will resist prison
discipline Immediately, expecting to be dy-
ing or dead within ten days, and either way
will be u defeat for the prosecution, She
looked neNr a collapse.
Mr.. Godfrey Isaacs' counsel has called the
attention OF the Bow Street Magistrate to the
articles Ey Mr.C hestertou, Editor OF the New
Witness, declaring the Marcoui contact
to be Il corrupt conspiracy, and that Mr.. God
frey Isaacs, Sir Rufu4 IsaNcs, aud Mr.. Stmuel
were guilty Of kuavery, the result being thnt
a nasty scandal had been inf cted upon the
public by q particularly low and nasty band.
MI. Chesterton, who is conducting his own
case, asked for the dismissal of the charge,
but the Magistrate advised him to consider
his position, and adjourned the hearing.
The laughter in the Court room was toudest
when the most preposterOus passages were
read.
Mrs. George CORVALLIS West, formerly
Lady Randolph Churchill, has begun a suit
for restitution of c%onjugal rights, which is
believed to be the preliminary to n divorce,
the correspondent being the wife Of an in
sane husband.
At Ascot, Lord Roberts gave away his
daughter, Lady Edwina, to Major Levin of
the Royal Artillery. After the ceremony, the
couple were driven from All Saints Church
to the house behind six horses, ridden by
subalterns from the Bridegroom's battery,
with q Captain as outrider. The town OBJ
served the occasion rs u holiday. The honey
moon will be spent in Algeria.
The Berlin "Post" says the increase III
the German army will cost ten million
pounds, besides one million pounds for air
ships, which are to be provided by new tax
es, and that the Empire and Prussia also
want twenty million pounds for railway con-
struction
Paris Advices state that the Minister for
War has presented to the Cabinet d project
for lengthening the term of military service,
SO as to enIage the army's effective peace
strength by one half.
New York, Feby. 28th.-Advices from
Washington state that the United States
Senate has referred to President elect Will
sons administration the question of a treaty
with Nicaragua for acquiring for three mil
lion dollars the exclusive right to construct
~, oonoJ on1 n naval ofofion IN