, 1914-02-14
KILOGRAMS
ST. O STATION.
iContnued from 4ih page.)

Ii Is expected that Nj. John Burns, Pre-
sident OF the Local Government Board, will
succeed A1r. Buxton as President of the
Board OF Trade, upon he latteI's appoint
ment rs GoVernor-Genera Of the Union Of
South Africa, in the room Of Lord Glad
stone. whose resignation is said to be IN the
hands of the Government Mr.. Samuel, the
Postmaster General, is mentioned us q sue
cessor to MI. Burns, while Mr. Hobhouse,
Chancellor OF tue Huchy Of Lancaster, will,
il IS thought, succeed Mr.. Samuel, Mr.. Mas
terman, Financial Secretary to the Treasury,
succeeding Mr.. Hobhouse.
The health Of the Earl of Mimic is caus-
ing some anxiety.
AZ Burnley, mills will stop work for four
weeks, during the next sixteen, the spinners
losing thereby thirty thousand pounds III
wages.
Mrs. Pankhurst has returned from
Switzerland aud oddres sed . gathering Of
s~uifragettes from Il window III Campden Hill
Square. The police arrested u woman emer-
Ging from the house, dressed in Mrs. Pank-
hursts clothes, but who proved not to be
Mrs. Pankhurst and was thereupon released.
Sntfra cites have annoyed the Bishop Of
London and many Cabinet Ministers.
1Ir. Thomas Hardy, tue we'll known au-
thor, has married his secretary and typist.
Miss Florence Dugdale, aged thirty-thlee
years.
Advices from Toxic state that the Diet,
by q vote OF 2U5 to 1874, has rejected a mo-
ton Of want Of confluence in the Govern
ment's procedure regarding the charge that
Japanese naval officers had accepted a Ger
man bride for influencing Admiralty con
tracts. There were scenes of great disorder
inside aud outside the Chamber, and the
police harshly repressed riots following a
demand for tue Impeachment of Ministers
by u mass meeting. Dispatches from Stock
holm state that the Cabinet has resigned,
upon the Kings independent stand publicly.
If the Ministers are reelected, His Maiesty's
resignation would not be surprising.
Berlin dispatches report that the Hamburg
American and North German Lloyd lines
will settle the rate war by amaIgam0ting
instead OF dividing the traffic by q pool.
Ottawa, Feb. l2th-The Dominion Minis
ter of Trade and Commerce has officially
announced the terms Of the contract entered
into with the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company for a West Indian service for a
period of five years, the details of which have
already been intimAted.
New York, Feb. 12th-Mr. Carnegie has
endowed the Church of the Peace Union
with 2,00O,0 600 dollars, with Bishop Greer of
New York as President, for the promotion
of international arbitration, When this OBJ
ject has been accomplished, the funds will
be available for charity.
Advices from Quito state that e revolution
has broken ont III Ecuador aud the bonn
parchment of Esmeraldas is threatened.
Jamaica, }2th-H. II, S. Lancaster ar
rived this morning FROM Mexico,
Copenhagen, Feb. 13th-The Members of
the Constitution Committee from the Left
Party have proposed amendments fixing thir-
ty-hVe years of age as a condition for elect
ing members TO the Landsting, which cannot
be dissolved.
The death is announced of author and
Bibliothecary A. c.. Larsen,
The 'BIntangN arrived at Havre on the
eleventh and the est. Croix'' arrived at Rot
terdam yesterday.