HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11486, 20 January 1903, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electiio Telegraph—-Copyright.

THE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

(Received January 19th, 10.56 a.m.) LONDON, January 18. ■ The report of the Union Bank of Australia '■ shows the deposits to be £15,261,000, the each investments £5,738,000, and the bills and other securities £12,494,000. j A SECESSION TO RADICALISM. Negotiations in reference to the proposal of Sir Michael Foster, M.P. for London University, to join the Radicate, conducted ■by postcard, showed that the London UniI versity sanctioned hi a changing eidee. Aci oordingly he will not resign. i fit was recently reported that Sir Michael ! Foster, the Unionist Member for London I University in the House.of Commons, had : decided to secede to Radicalism, provided I that" the University approved of thVstep.j i . THE ARMENIAN OUTRAGES." I CONSTANTINOPLE, January 18. The Porte has just paid twelve thousand pounds sterling to Italian subject* for their I losses in connection with the Armenian I massacre*. The Austrian, Germain, end 1 Rue&kn claims are .still in abeyance., I FULSOME EULOGY OF AMERICA. ! . ■ NEW YORK, January 18. ' Baron Sternberg, who .succeed* Dr. yon Holleben as German Minister to the United Stately in an interview, wae ftofute in hie compliments to America. His remarks, are attributed to tl« KaieerVi influence The American Press ridicules the fulsome"sesi. of hie remarks. .' FATAL EXPLOSION ON A WARSHIP. The explosion of an eight-Inch, gun in the turret of the American battleship killed five and injured four ineu. The pinning wae aceidentallj caught, causing a discharge while the breech was open.' : : '" ■■'" ■' '" ■ ■■■ ", '-■' .. ■ THEFT Of A FAMOUS BAS RELIEF. (Received Jaauaary 20% 12.15 a.m.) '■ -.....■ '■-....;.'.; ROME, January 19. A famous bas relief by the Italian sculptor;.Luca , Delia JRbbbia, *qp*e*m&ig.'t£*. descent from the cross, has been stolen from the Church of Saab Severo, Fkwwafce. . It wee valued at £20,006. LOSS OF A STIAMEE. '': (Received January 20tb; 1g.37 *,m.) . LONDON, January 19. Upupa,bound from Cardiff to Cork, coal laden, with a crew of twenty and some passengers, foundered oft Ballycotton, and all on board perished. OF M. BE BLOWITZ. The:death is announced of M. de Blowitx, l*t«:;-P«*j» correspondent of "Th« Times. ,, ! THE TROUBLE IN MOROCCO- ' The uncle of the Sultan of Morocco, with five thousand troops, "hm started from F«« to march on Teia. has had a slight encounter -with the preteader'e forces. A VENEZUELAN INCIDENT. Advices from Caracas etet« that the German cruiser ; Panther tried to enter Lake Maracaibo, and fired on the fortress at San Carlos. The fortress returned the fire, compelling the cruiser to return. THE KETTLER MEMORIAL AT ; ■ ['■■;■■ .;...■; , PEKIN. '!• .-; ...'. , Prince Chun's dedication of the Kettler memorial arch at P*km wae an imp>es«. eive ceremony. H« bbw«d before the foreign ; diplomatists, declaring that the memorial would be a warning to the people, and a sigti of fri«nd«hip between Germany and China, and a symbol of peace. Baron yon d«r Golts, German Charge A* Affaires, in reply, emphasised the Emperor of China's fulfilment of the obligation of his pledge that h« would perpetuate the friendship of the foreign GovernmenUß The German troops inarched under the arch. PRINCESS LOUISE OF SAXONY. PARIS, January 19. Princess Lo«se, of Saxony, and M. Giron travelled to Mentone as Mons. and Madame Jerard.