, 1914-02-18

The Duke of Sutherland w * the court )
a~,alovtl for lie OF q large freehold estate
Assynt, 81 pudshire, to Mr., Stewart,
a Canadian, the = 'ceeds to be applied to
the reduction OF the Duke mortgages.
Further advice, from Stockholm state
that the city resounds with cries of Long
live the King, and Long live the Republic,
but there is no disorder.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg state that
a r4script issued by the Car accepts NJ.
Kokovtsov's resignation rs President Of the
Council of Ministers and Minister of Fin
ance, on the ground Of iIl-health, and creates
HIM a Couut.It Iii is expected that ultimately NJ.
krivoshein, Minister Of Agriculture, will sue
coed Nj. Kohoytsov, and NJ. Schebesco, Am
bassador to Austria Hungary, will succeed
NJ. Snzonof as Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
but meanwhile the policies Of the various
departments remain unchanged.
Ottawa, Feb. l4th-C3Iouel Hughes, Do
minion Minister OF Militia and Defence, has
answered the War Office that he Will not
surrender, md says thnt Canadian shooters
for the Kings prize at BisIey ure not pot
huuters).
The Commissioner appointed to iuvesti-
gate the Trans Continental Railway scandal
report that the original estimate was 6l,4l5,
900 dollars, but that 161, 100000 dollars
have already been expended, aud inl922 IN
terest Will be due upon 237 ,65l ,521 dollars.
They claim that there has been general ex-
travagunce and waste, q single item being
forty million dollars of unnecessary construc-
ton east Of the St. Lawrence River. There is
q rumour that the Grand Trunk Railway will
not take over the operation, leaving the
Trans-contiuental upon the Governments
hands.
The Duke Of Connaugbt viii be asked to
extend his term as Goyeuor-Geueral, The
health Of the Duchess being better.
In the Dominion House Of Commons, Mr..
Borden has introduced his Redistribution
Bill, by which Quebec remains unchanged,
Ontario loses four, and the Western Pro-
vinces gain twenty-five seats.
New York, Feb. l4th-Advices from
Washington state that President Wilson has
instructed the United States Minister to
Peru to recognize the Revolutionary Gov
eminent, ex-President Blllinghurst's admin
|istrative methods having been uncoustltu-
tionul. This is the probable explanation Of
the inconsistency with the United States
Mexican policy, which remains unchanged.
Dispatches from Santo Domingo state that
the Senate has rejected q Bill for the i'm
peachment of Senior Bordas the Provisional
1 IGSlutnbs
st Thomas, 14th. German cruiser Bre-
men arrived from Hay ii one pm.
London, Feb. 10th 1t is announced TINT
Mr.. Edwin Montaeu, Parliamentary Under
Secretqry of State for India, will succeed
Mr.. Masterman, Financial Secretary to the
Treasury, whose appointment as Chancellor
Of the Duchy of Lancaster was recently fore
casted. 1t is also announced that Mr. Munro
Ferguson, NJ. 2. for Leith Burghs, has
been appointed Goyernor-Genera of the
Australian Commonwealth, in the room Of
Lord Denman.
The analysis of the division against Mr..
Longs amendment, as teIe8raphed on 18Th
instant, is as follows Liberals 229, Red
mondites SO, Labourites 35, totat 333
The Chimes" says the Ulster Onionists
will not accept Sir Horace Plunketl's plan,
nevertheless there are rumours that Antrim,
Armagh, Derry and Dow are to be excluded
from the Home Rule Bill for a specified
period, after which a referendum to be
taken regarding the continuance Of their
exclusion or their entrance into the Home
Rule system.
The "Times" correspondent at Belfast
states that the War Office has token over
Rougham Park, in Tyrone, for military uses
IN connection with Home Rule.