GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 13, 23 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLEGRAMS

By Teleeraph—Presa Association—OoDTrtslll « BRITISH JEWS IN RUSSIA. (Rce. Dccembcr 22,. 0.10 p.m.) London, December 22. The Anglo-Jewish Association is urging tho abrogation of the Anglo-Russian. Treaty, which differentiates against British Jewish subjects. THE MOROCCAN AGREEMENT. Paris, December 22 The Senate has referred tho Moroccan . agreement to a Special Committee. TEE NEW PAPAL DECREE. London, December 21. Tho toxt of tho Papal deoreo forbidding Roman Catholics to sue a priest in t a State Court without permission of thn ecclesiastical authorities ordains (hat any layman so doing incurs excommunication. DYERS' STRIKE ENDS.' London, Doccmbcr 21. Tho strike of 2000 dyers in tho Yale of Lcven, Scotland, who demand a 10 per ceut. advanco iu wages, lias ended. 1 BEIT FELLOWSHIP. London, Deccmbor 21. Mr. J. W. Jona., a student at Melbourne University, has boon awarded ilia Beit Memorial Fellowship of Medical Research. Thn memorial is valued at ,£250, uud is tenablo for three years. . A PASTOR J LIST'S ESTATE. London, December 21. The net personally iu the estate ol tho lato Captain William Warner, formerly a North Australian pasloraliit, has been sworn at Jil3l,lTß. CANADA'S DEFENCE. . Montreal, December 21. Tho Minister for Militia, Mr. Hughes, proposes to ostablish training schools for every rogimont in Canada. Arrangements are to bo made in 1012' t.o train upwards of twenty-fivo thousand cadets, ANNEXATION OF THE YUKON. 1 ' Ottawa. December '21". From Dawson City, it is roportofl. that; tho scheme for (ho annexation of the Yukon Territory to British' Columbia has aroused tho opposition of the- people of Yukon, who declare that British Columbia wishes to capture the-'.Yukon trade, and to exclufivdy oontrol the gold output. A CANADIAN CLEANING-UP. Ottawa, December 21. Messrs. Morino, Lake, and Duchann# have boon appointed n commission In investigate the working expenditures nf Government Departments. TRAMWAY MEN'S WAGES RAISED. Sydney, December 22. A Wages Board Award operating from to-morrow raises tho Sydney tramway men's wages by a shilling a day all round. MR. PETER BOWLING DEFEATED. Sydney, December 22. Mr. D. Watson lias been re-elected president of the Northern Minors' Federation, defeating Mr. Peter Bowling by a heavy majority. NAVAL DESERTERS. Sydney, December 22. During the last commission cf JI.M.S. Powerfnl, in Sydney, one hundred ?.r,J fifty men deserted.