BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 4 October 1909, Page 11

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

INTERESTING ITEMS DY MAIL. London, August 21 During the Inst few dajs a document, bear Ing no eignntuio and no publisner'e imprint, , has been circulated Amongst Indian students in London, It purports to gi\o the statement which was found In Dhiugra's room by tho police, And begins na follows —"For tho rcaeons which even they havo not been shaihel"ta i enough to repeal, Itho British Government have > refused, m SpiNs of Mβ poisistent demand to do so, tbo statement o ftho Indian unrtyr, Madar, Lnl Dhingra" It proceodi to elorify ' tho crime. The pohco are making active mqmriM at to tho author of this document, ,_ It is obviously written by an Oriental. J CITY TRAFFIC. t Tho Royal Assent lias just been given to a Bill which will enable tho authorities to icgulato tho traffic in London in a moro effective way than h<i!j Jjiithcrto been poeeible •At present thev k)*l> ho power to prevent ommv. buses select-It/ oircultom routes and crowding into congo/icd thoroughfares; heavy tralhc twinjf tho centre of tho streets; costermoiißcr carl; parading busy thorouglifnics and adding 1 to the congestion; confusion in narrow streets 1 owing to the police having no power to icguhte the traffic and unloading of goods ncio footways at tho busiest hours of tho day. All theso anomalies can now be removed bj the power* whioh the new aot confers. This act onlj applies to tho City, but it i< erpeotod that similar powers for the metropolitan police will bo applied for. " ' ' • RIOT IN MEGAN. "Tho fiercest riot for twenty-five years" is tho description gncn by residents of Lurgan in reference to the disturbance!, "hicli have just taken place in th.vt town. V Protestant _ bind wn« returning from tko Ta>lway station after seeing ho of its comrades oIF United States, whon a croud of Nationalists jeered at tHe bandsmen Immediately tl Protestant croud commenced to tma*h Ilio windows tn tho Komin Catholic shops in tho neighbourhood, and from that moment the rnol mofo, when thej wetc not pelting one another with stones,'were concentrating their , attention on the unfortunate policemen, uho were made the target for both "sides. Many of tho shops in the town were damaged, and 1 eo ferocious was t'w> attact on tho constabulary, that a magistrate who was tent f<» , the Riot Act. roitunatoy, a last charge en the part ot tho police scattered the crowds, and eo obviated tho use of fireaims. FEUDAL RENT An old custom, celebrating thft anniversary of the Battlo of Blenheim, has been opened r with duo ceremony this year—tho two hundri d and fifth after the great victory won bv tho Diike of Marlboroiigh IVs a reward, it will bo lemembsrcd, the duke wis voted XsOOXOO by Parliament, and, with tho aid of this sum, Blenheim Palace «s erected in the rojol demesne of Woodstock A* a feudal rent, tho duke has to present annually a banner to tho sovereign IMi banner i< taken every year to Windsor Castle, and handed over to the Inspeot6r of the Palace m the representative of the King It l< ft small white flag, bearine the flenr-de-lis, with gold bullion fringe, anil it is erected over the Duke of-Marlborough's bust in, the Guard Chamber. EXPLOSIVE IN WARSHIPS' COAl'

■:.;\ 1 ,A : cnrions'-'discflvery/vas:niade by'tho master '.".ef,the,'collier,France3.:DuncanV-«ftet the vessel v hhau :biinKersttijtHe men of Nelsoiv Vie>/.'toribus,:;Swiftsure, and'lsis.- A. canisteref > './explosive, wae foundin ono .of.the liolds.iiftm- •;■. v three-parts /of -...the; cargo. had; been discliarscd, ■' .hinded,over immediately by .Captaiu ; '. ;.K«es"to theVAdmiralty: aothorities. • .-AU.tho '-: x, coal;.and -bags: ; f rom ',.the ifbur.. warships; .wero ! ',v/Uhdtawn.;from,;their;'bunkers and emptied, J/ •;andi.extra'^-precautions.,.wore ■;//" examination'pf/tho: remaining .'portion of .the '; ,;:• cargo.' It .'has '.been ascertained : that- the' cargo ;;■v; ; was t supplied-,bj two -Welsh "collieries; "end .the '■;-most, feasible theory is 'that: tb«. canister con-' ■ :' .jtainirißVthe:eipjoslye':^ae.left ; in ai'coal :tram : .'^Vi.inxfhe;.miijie-^:i;ow«|_ght;;LJ>'-:-'''-r , .: ;.■ ;.■. 'i.v -■:?. : cpmpanios ;■:;;■ et,!thejunited--Kihgdbia, ; -;whioli .has:.just b'een: .;■ :.15sned,^8howe-that at the end, of 1908. the total ';:,.;authorised::capital wa5:^398,000,000/.'.•anil the' •['■■ :'/ayerageirate. : of, dividend\on: Ordinary '■■ capital I.';':.was'2,s9 :per.^nttjlheJMbaiptfcfß«a i -.pais«ili .•.:'v;gerttra|Bo;TOte.-J7dOTirlesXTh4ii,-iilt)W,^n;d , v...:,the: : re6eipts .from:; Roods "traffic ' ! :ehoßed" ; 'a / ■,; /decrease of more: than 1 : '£2,250,000; > -The. total ;/; /namber ■; of ■'passengers ; ;carried, ,: exclusive - of : r : ! ; ; .6eaMn':\ticke&hplders,: ! :s'as:/.1,278,115,000; an :vlT;iuo(ease-of :.OTerilß :milliensj'' Passengers con ,'">7«yed::.sby:?thei ; Lon'don:"Tnbe",: railways in-. (.;.-■ orease^.from :, -130 : :to 161 inil-i /tho ; fljing "machine "wticV a. ■■. '. Sit Hiram M&xim is constrnctini:wjU bj ready' : about :&• inonthi ; ;/Thei grtaMst secrecy -is? ;\ '-/being.'niaSntained^as~tovtho-/details i. of. the i, v,machine j ybat/ jt 'is ■ea'idfto,- be':'yery :mucb v: -.•mailer; than toejearliei , ; bher_' It also.embodies ';■/.-. ma'ny.new/ideas/whicli-Sir.. has formed' ;..',:as.'.the^esult ;, '-:of;Vexperiineiital'•■iwork:in th&~ , .'/interval.':/Some''off.tho 7 f€atutes:aift'.distinctly ; and'.:KaTe:iot's6--faT:/tien'::ritilieod:by. , J'.vaviators."- Sir: Hiram has given auoh/tim'e'and .most' iiii.V:./E 6tt aatLPait:,of-any:;heayier-thah-air;machiiie.: ;.:;ylh.his.first aeroplane ho'had a steam engine: ./;i^pr;:.lUß;-aew l?bl-pland-.--h'e«hiis:i--lia'd-::a,.-petrbl-i'jiengine;.cons.trnottq;to his own'designs.'■■ -It i 9 i: : :yery.;light.-.aad;is:'said,tp : develep;an'i|nmense' ?f,-amount;ot^poirer'.'lii^tbnprtfon:-to , its''weight.'. :,.■■;.Colonel Cody; *ho.'has bsen'.experimentine at: >>/AldersAot /aeroplane]" na'a[ niade -two' v;conseputive. flights, /carrying/.»..passeiiger ; with' S'liiM'. on'.b6ta:.occasions.; acepmi'. ';&, paniedjjhjm ;the;second ; tiffl'ei■;;"y;/. ■•; ■.•:■'■.•■;v v z i?: : :; '! : gfe-f;5:/T|ABlJ:;W^ '.Jpatifiod .yerdtot pfithe iUnited States upon" the y.uuUiome/bf:the Hankow-Szfichnan'irttilvtay-loan'; .;;n<?gotiationß ; ia -I'ckiur,-': "It (vfas -'riot'■; a • inbre .•.vampunt;of:ffloft6y.tha't:'w(is at Stake," the' State ;,Vl)eoaitmenf officials/declared;/tfl'//the"""Daily : s :Jlail'B" i ;iNiwviYbrk:':cbweSpondent IJ .?but:;the :'ipri»eiplbiV.-8y,. ; .0ur ■ aeUdnx: we ;'have ; .served ;;.notice'tpr.China as Well , 'as .Europe that 'wo :; /intend .tP.'idemahd 'and l obtain * our full 'Share "of;the and commercial deyeloplnent .^orthp.middle.kingdom. , '. :?£:;'■/. : /:Ui/; " r\ % active Americani:intervention' in [. : C/hiaa-and its possibly.ubfttvburable" effect•':'on'- ! ■.Anglo-Ainerican.; relatioha form, the text -of■; a v ,. tenons .watning .by the New York "comspondv- * a * ■<?*■s.^o "i ■ Britain's ialli- ;: ante .with.; Japan and, America's friendship' *lth •• : Chin»..ar6i two factsMvhica'iinyiteV superficial ':, inislntcrprotationi. attd.vUnfflrtunatoly./.a: :.cer;;tainwction of the; Press hae already succumbed' ;-to /thevtemptation,-/.Together: with the, Govern-, .{-Kents aotivu-jntervention:in.fOhinese■affaire : nas.coßjeajfvtss-dimpalsn.'led by the "New' j.xorK; iierald,,,/.which.- while;adopting'exagger'' ~:ated.methoQS;calenlated.tft cause-some amuse-./ment^abrpadjv-has':undoubtedly aroused wido,j spread: publip/intcMst: in' thenar F*:i ;i.,tliis jcampaign.-is.:«aaracteris4d thrbughout: by : !>? 9 one ' ;| !l«e i ,frichd.in .the:attempt:to !,.*larMed,:;by.the: : threati of 'her commercial v t Kf^ ( &,«s^i, illll H <)tttlal; n«*spaper4Speaks 'and' forei'BeM.ft.itime.coming .'when/noither-Japan.nor (/her.gopd.friend.and,al!yy• Britain, vcan safely insult/and: humiliate: the /great .Chlnese^mW /'i3 -qubWd" '■'' ■"• e *"e»Pßß<leht'; : ((e Sftyhig:; ll4? i ?ea - d^^nldevious. ■r^V t S : / (^ il ? a '^ r ' 1 ?'- !l Sainst'England: to the