, 1914-05-06
ST. STATION.

u II al r. - VA NV AONOAA IAC HILLS NAN SoCCA
from attending the gala performance at
the Opera to be given in honour Of the
King and Queen Of Denmark. The King
has commanded that the Court shall wear
mourning for a month.
The deaths are announced of Lady Alfred
Paget, and of the Revd. c.. Sylvester Horne,
NJ. P for Ipswich, who dropped dead at his
wife's side on board a steamer en- route from
Niagara to Toronto.
Mr.. Asquith will to-day receive a commit
tee composed of Sir Arthur Mond, Mr..
Hayes Fisher and Mr.. Arthur Henderson,
representing 366 members of the House of
Commons DESTROYS of Eu9land's exhibiting
at the Panama Exposition 10 be held at San
Francisco. The 'Times' and the "Daily
Mall predict u reversal of the Govern
ment's policy Of abstention.
Mr.. Lloyd George estimates the revenue
ut 200, $4,000 pounds and the expen-
diture at $685. s. 900 pounds. He states
that it will be necessary to readjust
the relations between Imperial and .ocai
taxation, in order to save some mnnici-
palities from bankruptcy, and for this
purpose 4,218,0 900 pounds will be required,
and a margin Of one million pounds is
needed, making the total necessary addition
al taxation 100000 pounds.
Lord Lansdowne, addressing a meeting OF
the Primrose League in the Albert Hall,
declared that the time limit upon listers
exclusion from the Home Rule Bill was Il
grotesque proposal and that Ulster will not
submit to exclusion torIninoble without hef
consent. H added that there was no man
date for the federalizin8 proposal, splitting
the United Kingdom into an inspected
pumber of fragments, and in conclusion he
ii Ll,oA 46oro m1,1ll ha 0iv;l yUoT If Home
Rule was passed and grave trouble if it was
not passed.
The "Times' complains that Mr.. Church
i'll. having surpassed his party in the direc-
ton Of strife, now sUrpasses it in cences-
S ons. The "Daily News says the only re-
suit is that the Opposition has raised its
terms.
Dispatches from Berlin state that the
newspapers are sarcastic regarding the I'm
perial Chancellor's order establishing corporal
punishment for the native troops in the colo
MES. Non-commissioned officers may order
twenty-five lashes, and the commissioned
officers twice twenty-five, and appeals are not
allowed. The reason given for the order Is
that the blacks do not possess o sense OF
soldiorly honour and Joy in obedience to
orders.
Advices from Pekin report that China's
Constitution has been promulgated and a
new Cabinet appointed.
Dispatches from Madrid state that the
Minister Of the Interior has outlined a pro
gramme for the new Cortes and invited the
Socialists and Republicans to cooperate with
the Monarchists. There have been lerce
recrimination and disorder between the Vafl-
GUS parties.
Ottawa, May 5th-The London stand
ards statement that Mr.. Borden,the Doml-
MON Premier, will be the late Lord otrath-
cona's successor as High Commissioner for
Canada, is disbelieved, although Sir Charles
Upper set the precedent and Mr.. Borden's
strength is unequal to his political burdens.
Probably an acting Commissioner will be
appointed.
New York, May 5th--Despatches from
san Jose, Costa RIGA, state that, in default OF
a popular election for President, Congress
D.