, 1913-08-13

Will Tx the payment of reasonable amounts
proportional to the finances Of the compa-
MES, and differences of opinion are to be
arbitrated.
In the House of Commons, during the
debate on the amendment to the Insurance
Act, two exciting divisions upon the mater
nifty benefit clause occurred, one division re-
sulting in a majority of nine, and another
IN "a maj 'rity of tWenty-one.
Board OF Trade returns show hat the
imports for July increased by three million
four hundred and eighty-seveD thousand
pounds. or six per cent, while the exports
increased by six million three hundred and
ninety-tive thousand pounds, or thirteen
being at a similar rate.
At Cowes, the britannia" with the King,
the Queen, PRINCE Albert and Princess Mary
aboard, won the handicap for cutters, and
Commodore CrlchtOn presented the cup to
Princess Mary, Their Mnjesties subse-
quently left to join Lord Ripon's shooting
party. King Alfonso of Spain had previous
~ departed, upnn an urgent summons
in connection with State affairs.
Mr.. Nicholson says that the victory won
by his schooner "Margherita' will modify
the plans for Shamrock Fourth"
The Select Committee upon the estimates,
under the chAirmanship of Sir Frederick
Banbury, advises the Government to consi-
der the question of the trade rings in com
petitive BIDS for naval supplies. and con
siders it undesirable that inspectors of con-
tract work should retain the same place for
more than Il few years, unless for special
public reasons. Some discover III this an
implication of irregularities resembling the
Krupp scandal
Sir Thomas Upton, in q letter to the
'Times," says he will exhibit at the forth
coming Panama Exposition at San Francisco
with, OF without Government support, be-
cause his experience with EXpositions in
the United States shows it is desira-
bic for commercial reasons, regardless Of
other considerations, and this being 80
when the tariff was at it's highest, it
is unreasonable to sulk at the exact mo-
ment the tariff is under reduction, instead
of entering and possessing the market now
opening.
1t is stated that Italy, Austria, and Austria
liza are hesitating as to whether they Will ex-
hibit at the Panama Exposition.
The police roughly repressed an assault
by suffragettes upon Downing Street aud
arrested II score, including Miss Sylvia Punk-
hurst. Some suffragettes disturbed the ser
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similar to that used by them recently in
St. Pauls.
Dispatches from Barcelona state that the
strike there has ended.
Advices from Milan state that the situa-
ton there is worse, fifty thousand strikers
Joining in a demonstration Thirty thousand
troops have been concentrated and martial
law has been declared. Twenty three persons
have been killed and hundreds wounded,
while thousands have been arrested. Under
one hundred trnmcars are running, instead
of the customary seven hundred.
kilograms from Bucharest announce that
the treaty of peace has been signed and
that King Charles and the Delegates attend
ed a lie Deum service. disqualification and
evacuation will proceed Immediately.
II is understood that Belgium, Holland,
or Switzerland will arbltrnte my differences
over the delimi;ation of The new boundaries.
Turkey manifests an irrevocable resolve
to retain the territory up to the river
Martha, including Adrianople, and threat
ems war with an army larger than in her
first war with the Balkan Allies.
New York, Aug. 12th--DespatcheS from
Mexico City state that Mr.. Lind has arrived
there, and that no serious demonstration
has taken place.