, 1914-01-14
ST. CROIX SgATION.

London, Jan. 10th-The deaths are an
nounced Of Earl Cuwdor and Yiscount Cross
and also of Miss Henrietta Keddie, the
novelist. who wrote under the nom de plume
Of Sarah Tytler.
Sir Rufus Isuacs, the Lord Chief Justice
has assumed the title Of Baron Beading.
after his constituency.
i. connection with the pro ceilings by the.
Army Council, regarding the charges Of cor
rnpti0n in the canteeu service, summonses,
have NOW been issued against sixteen army
officers md civilians, returnable on the 17'h
instant. Their names have not been pub
Iished, but all the of1iceys rose from the
ranks il the Quaytermaster's department and
the civilians are contractors clerks.
Mr.. Stanley Buckma8ter, in the course of
a speech at Keighley, said the Government
are united and viii maintain the uuassaiInble
superiority Of the feet without constructing
a single unnecessary unit, and he hoped tins
policy, plainly announced and steadily pur-
sued, would exercise the nightmare OF sus-
yicjon under which the nations Of Europe
were gasping.
The Bank Of En4land's reserve ratio rose
sixteen points to 1891 against the dpcude.s
average of 1919. The money market is
thereby relieved
The daily Chronicle SAYS Mr.. Asquith
via visit Paris this week, and associates it
wjth the divergent policies Of the Drelbund
and the Triplice regarding the E4ean Is
lands which threaten n Turco- GrtcIan war
The Reyd. 2. Il. Amigo, &oman Catholic
Bishop Of Southwark, has refused a personal
git of one hundred thousaud pounds raised
by the Duke OF Norfolk and others upon
the occasion Of his silver jubilee, suggesting
it should be applied to the reduction Of
Church debts in his diocese.
The tonnage launched during 19I1amount-
ed to 2,18G.50 consisting Of 933 w%urships
and merchantmen and creating Il record. 1t
imeludes Messrs. Swan and Hunter with
1GT, 636 tons for twenty TWO, vessels. they
thus holding the record for 1913, as they
did in 1912.
Adyices from Berlin state that the prose
cntor in the recent Zabrru incident suggest
ed that Colonel Won Reuter- Should be com
msitted to prison for a week aud Lieutenant
Schad for three days, the other charges to
be dropped. The verdict will be given
to-day, and the appeal from the sentence Of
forty days imprisonment imposed Oh Lreuten-
ant Baron Won Forstner Will also be hearoa
to-day.
The Crown Prince has visited Dir. Vot
Bethmamn- HoIlweg, presumably in connec-
ton with his telegram c~omplimenting Colo
mel You Reuter-. The Press qu ties the
Princes statement that he is shocked at his,
private utterances being perverted into auto
cratic sentiments which he does not hold.
Adyices from Dublin state thsyt at the Vice
regal inquiry into the transport workers
strike, Mr. Booth, cr0ss-examiuing on behalf
Of the strikers, suggested that the record of
the evidence had been garbled, whereupon
the prosecutor, Mr.. Powell, said it was
humiIiating that a blackguard like Booth
should be allowed to start Controversies.
Mr.. Booth thereupon departed saying
1t was impossible to remain in such y
tainted atmosphere. The Commissioner. eqi-
IDENTITY sympathized with Mr. Powell, and said
Mr.. Booth had received every Indulgence.
Dispatches from South Africa state that
the threatened strike has taken place on the
State railways and is especially serions in the
Transvaal and Orange River Cclonv. A