, 1914-01-21

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according to the Imperial Conferences re
eommendation that permanent officials
should become acquainted with the Overseas
D3minious.
The Olympic Games Committee announe-
es It's intention to retire, owing to the failure
OF the movement for the collection Of tie
fund OF one hundred thousand pounds.
AdYice6 from Berlin state that the Budget
committee of the Reichstag has rejected
the appropriation of ten thousand pounds
for the Olympic Games Of l rs, IN resent
ment of the Governments persecution Of
the Workingneu's Gymnastic Societies. The
clericals Joined the Socialists upon the al
gument that it was not the business Of the
Government to sustain private affairs. Da
Delbruek, Minister for the Interior, wall
however reintroduce the appropriation.
Dispatches from Copenhagen state that,
with bis chlldren's consent. the late Mr..
Carl jacobsen bequeathed. with small excep.
tons, nearly eight million pounds for the
development Of art.
Other Copenhagen Dews reports that the
liquor traffic Of the Danish West Indies will
soon be assimiIated to the prohibition Of
Greenland, Iceland aud the Fproe Isles.
according to a recommendation TO the Colon
al Council OF St. Thomas.
Dispatches from Paris state that the
failure is announced of the oociet4
AuxiIlaire de Credit, with u capital Of
Sly hundred thousand pounds and hahli-
ties amounting to two million pounds. The
failure is attributed to a depreciation IN
electrical securities, and sequols are expected
with a reflection in London. Both Paris ana
London are depressed by the MeXicau de
fault ID the payment of interest on her debt.
0tbAr p pYG, ,loa,,o faHas .AtufA. tbot lIa. t0N-t
alton proposals are disliked and that the de
felt IN this yeor's Budget viii be thtrty-oue
million seven hundred and sixty Thousand
pounds. NJ. CailauX, Minister Of FIuauct.
proposes short time loans OF under seven
million pounds each, and a similar eXpedient
for army and navy necessities, thus AVOID
ing recourse to The money market during
1914 aud 1915 with any single application.
The tax on capital, the income tax ana now
taxes and economies are expected To balance
the budget in 1915.
Adyices from Berlin state that the KAISER
has ordered an Investigation into the pro.
pliety Of repeating the statute of 1920 under
which the Zabern army officers We're acquIt-
ted, III order to aIlay the popular d~isapproya
of their acquittal and the refusal OF IN appetJ
The Hamburg-America Lime has recon
sidered stopping at Queenstown, upon obiee
tons from the highest quarters expressed
through diplomatic clanLeIs.
Ottawa, Jan. 17th-Beiore the"Cob equids'
wreck the Canadian newspapers published
an official notice that the Trinity Rock gas
buoy had been extinguished and that a new
buoy was aboard the S. S.. ''Lansdowne" for
placing. This exouerates Captain Howson,
who was on the bridge when the "Cobequid"
struck, ia the opinion of Mr.. Kenny, . Dl-
rector Of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, who was aboard the 'Cobequid
Other dispatches state that Colonel
Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence,
regards the new Bisiey condition, prohibit
ing an aperture in the sight, as preiudical
to the Canadian service rife, and declares
that, if British service conditions are insisted
upon, Canada will not compete at Bi7ley.
Washington, Jan. 17rh President Wilson
has received The Earl Of Kintore, his mission
being to suggest that Americans shoul be
represented at the Anglo-American Exhibi-
ton to be held in London this Spring, their
exhibits being later transferred 10 San
Francisco to close the centennial of Anglo
American peace. The President said he was
genuinely interested in the suggestion.
Upon the announcement made by the Mex
lean Minister for Foreign Affairs of the de-
fault in the payment If the interest on the
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