, 1913-03-29

er Acknowledgements Hindenburg, Etatsraad
Neser and the French Minister to Denmark
Count de Beaucaire.
The Est. Jan" left London yesterday.
Among her passengers are engineer Hey
and Baron Lerche.
London, March 28th.-In submitting the
Naval Estimates in the House of Commons,
Mr.. Churchill proposed that all the nations
should suspend naval construction in 1914.
He declared that Great Britain was better
able to continue than any other country, but
an effort to arrest or modify the pitiful folly OF
rivalry III should rank first among
international obligations. Scores of millions,
he said, were being squandered without re.
suit, and the pace was increasing without
altering the relative positions Of the
competitors, md he submitted that q no.
liday for all would leave all we'll affected
towards all. His appeal was one of
strength, not of weakness, and was ad-
dressed to all nations, but to none with
greater sincerity than to Germany, the Gov
ernment having welcomed the calm and
friendly tone Of the recent debate in the
Reichstag. The Developments in the Brit
ish DominiOns, be said, should not affect
Germany's acceptance of the proposed holt
days, and if England and Germany arranged
a stoppage for 1914 and 1915, other nations
would do the same, and the effect upon the
worlds peace and welfare would be price
less. He concluded by announcing that the
Admiralty had arranged to lend first class
liners guns, gunners and munitions, ena-
bling them to protect during war.
The Opposition plotted q snap division
during the committee stage of the CONSOLE
dated Fund Bill, which customarily is purely
d formal matter, but the Government, becom-
ing alarmed by the unusual attendance, pro-
longed the proceedings until it was safe to
take a vote, which resulted in 253 to 213.
Exasperated by the Ministerialists success
in converting % minority into q majority,
the Opposition became disorderly, and used
unparIiumentary language, based upon the
Marconi disclosures. Mr.. Whitley, the Chair
man, summoned the Speaker and reported
MIR. w. Moore NJ. P. for Armagh, who
had resisted control. Mr.. Asquith there
upon moved that Mr.. Moore be suspended
for the remainder of the session, which was
carried 10y 263 votes to $50.
The Chairman suspended Sir A. Markham
M. T. for Mansf cid, for one day, for refuS-
ing to withdraw his characterization of the
Opposition as q p%othouse crowd.
Mr., Asquith, answering o question by
Major Archer Shee, stated that Sir Rufus
Isaacs had informed him Of the facts as
testified yesterday and that he, Mr.. Asquith,
thought it too remote from the scandalous
charges in circulation for attention.
Field Marshal Viscount Wolsely will be
buried in ST. PauIs Cathedral, and his tomb
will be near to that of the Duke of Yelling
ton.
Advices from AIlahabad state that Lieu
tenant Clark, of the Indian Army Medical
Service, has been hanged for the murder of
Mr.. Fulham, of the same Service, and also
of Mrs. Clark, so as to enable him to marry
Mrs. Fulham.
The Bank of highlands ratio Of reserves
to liabilities stands at under forty per cent,
the lowest since 1899.
Gar Ferdinand Of Bulgaria has entered
Adrianople after a siege among the most
remarkable in history. Military critics con-
denim the bayonet assault over mines, when
nothing was to be gained or kept, the war
being over, aud the terms dictated by the
Powers. Hard fighting is also proceeding
along the Tchataldja line and the Allies
boast they will lombard Constantinople with
the guns of the armies from Adrianople.
New York, March 28th-The present
floods are the greatest calamity since that at
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