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will thereby test the maximum obtaiuable by
compromise.
Lord Robert Cecil denounced the sutfIa-
gette anarchy and suggested deportation rs
the sole remedy Gaughterl. Mr.. McKenna,
in reply, stated that the Government was
contemplating the prosecution of contributors
to the sutfragette funds for damages by CON
spiracy, and that it was entitled to considera.
ton in its infringement of snch unpreeedent-
ed conditions, Crimes were more Numerous
and more serious, and the public iudigua-
ton greater especially regarding the insults
to the King and Queen, nevertheless the
flet them die policy was an erroneous one
and would increase crime aud produce a
reaction in public opinion. 1t was, he CON
tinued, impossible to deport them, or to
treat them rs luuatics without Il medical
certificate. Few who had been released un-
der the Cat and Mouse Law had re-
peated their crimes, and he counselIed
less publicity, which ouIy stimulated the
fanaticA courage OF those willing to become
martyrs, and predicted that the agitation
will diminish with the stoppage Of their
campaign funds.
While Mr., McKenna was speaking, the
sutfragettes were exploding bombs under
Saint Edwards, OF the Coronation Chair in
Westminster Abbey, causing members OF the
AOItoC "a NOIll4AOIo W lS mo- L a. lHil4tlih
Square 20 Learn the cnuse Of the terrific
detonations. The pinnacle wns blown off
the top Of the chair back and the coronation
stone Of Scone was clipped, while the carved
stone of the great Altar was nicked, as mp
pareutly by missiles in the bomb. The
damage IS not great, but repairs to the chair
will be difficult on account Of its antiquity
and the weakening of the fabric OF both
wood and stone.
Wild scenes were witnessed at Liverpool
upon the arrival Of the survivors from the
empress of Ireland" aboard the s. S. Cor
sicuu, the police being hardly uble to CON
tloI Inc throng Of hy,terc1I women.
Nh. Redmond'a sanction of lie Nationalist
Volunteers has stimulated recruiting, 50 That
the enrolment Of 300, 0OO men is predicted
within SIX weeks. An appeal for funds is
under consideration and also a demand for
the repeal Of the restriction against the Inn
portation of arms.
Paris udyices state that the Ribot Cabinet
is resolved TO rule only with a republican
majority, otherwise it will resign immedi-
ateIy
The London "Times" ~foresees the out
break of a Greco-Iurkish war, az the result
of the increasing unrest in the Balkans, each
OF the several States expelling uudesirabIes,
and cons. deto that Turkeys expulsion Of
Greeks is n prelude to the reconquest OF
Salonika and the reoccupation Of Maccdo-
MIA.
Dispatches from Deutsch Wilmersdorf nm
nounce the death Of the Grand Duke AdoI-
phus Friedrich Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz n
cousin of the King and Queen of England.
Advices from Rome state that the Social
lists are prolougiDg the strike after 1t has
been formally ended, the rallwaymen cooper
ating. A state of siege has been declared
and six warships have been sent to Ancona,
while barricade lighting has occurred ia
several cities. The Chamber Of Deputies has
rejected by a vote of 254 to 112 the Socialist
censure Of the Government for the fatalities
which have occurred in REFRESHING the dis
orders,
Ottawa, June 13th-In the Dominion
House of Commons, the Redistribution bill,
creating thirteen additional constituencies,
is being pressed for speedy passage, which
indicates an early general election, perhaps
in September. Mr.. MCLEAN moved that the
Senate should be elective, declaring that the
present body is uudemocratic, unrepresenta-
tive and irresponsible and initiates nothing,
unlike the United States Senate.
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