THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1652, 20 January 1913, Page 4

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

, THREATENING THE KING. A LUNATIC'S LETTER. London, January C. Some remarkable evidenco was given at Horsham, Sussei, to-day in the cose against Percy William Collins, tile man wlio is charged with having cent to the King a 1 letter demanding money with menaces. It was related that Collinshad written to the well-known nctreJs, Lillah M'Crirthy, who in private life is Mrs. Granvillo Barker, begging permission to dedicate to her a lyric that ho had composed. Receiving her consent, he then addressed a. farther letter demanding ,£IOOO, and threatening to shoot her and a certain gentleman whose name was mentioned tinless the amount was forthcoming. The letter was promptly handed to the police, and Scotland Yard officers were told off to shadow Collins. It was subsequently to his correspondence with! Mrs. Barker that the accu«d made his extraordinary threat against the life of the King. The letter was a most remarkable prdduction, Written in capital letters on only half a sheet of.papor, and bearing what purported to be tho signatures of four local constables, it ran.— ' ■ "If you don't send us £400 each "ire shall shoot you dead. No precautions . will help you, and none will believe that we wrote this. You must send' the money by return post. The envelope was addressed:"The King, Buckingham Palace," and on one of the top corners was written,- "Please open." ujiio accused was committecd for trial. | FRENCH SCIENTIST'S DISCOVERY. . Paris, January 8. Professor Carrell, to whom last year's Nobel prize for Medicine has been awarded, has repprted to the French Academy of Medicine the result of a most remark- ! able experiment Of life extra Corporeally. Removing all .the thoracic and abdominal organs from a cat, 1 the professor • placed them in a'box containing a solution of artificial serum, which'was maintained at a temperature of 38deg. Centigrade, and thus succeeded in keeping all . the organs' working normally for 13 hours after the death of the animal. The food that had been placed in tho stomach was found to have been completely digested, and the beats of the heart were strong and regular throughout the experiment.. . FRENCH BEAUTY'S CAPRICE. London, January G. ~ A Paris message reports that Mdlle. Marie Denizard has declared her intention to contest the forthcoming Presidential election in Franco. Young, handsome, talli and dark, Mdllo. Deniznrd has.already figured in public life in France, having' stood as a candidate for the Paris Municipal Council and the Chamber of Deputies.. She is known as a leader of the feminist movement, but in that capacity slip does not appear to have bwn a success. In support of • her candidature, Mdlle. Denizard cites Catherine of Russia and Quoen Victoria as examples of what has been accomplished by women as rulers.' GIANTS WHO WON'T .WORK. London, January 6. The editor of a Belgian newspaper,'wlio has just returned from a journey overland from Cairo to-Johannesburg, asserts that he lias discovered a new race of giants in Central Africa. Tho i men, ■ he rsays, mostly over fift. in height, with clean-cut' features of European type, while the women are of average stature,* of great facial beauty, and are also European in appearance. The males of the tribe disdain manual labour, but they are splendid fighters. They make their living by means of cattle-breeding. ■; . : ARTISTS AND CRITICS. London, January 6. Several press critics damn with faint praise the exhibition of Sir Alma Tadema's collected works now being held at the' Academy. In a letter .to one cf the daily papers, Sir Philip Biirne-Jones, Bt., the well-known painter, suggests that artists should combino to protect themselves .against the degradation of glowing or captious criticism. "There are the halcyon days," writes Sir Philip, "of the amateur, the unabashed artistic wastrel, and the man who dees not know his busi*' ncss. . The writings of these gentlemen, if retrived ami, collected, would form a veritablo" apologia of incompetence." ' . - ORPHANAGE IN FLAMES. ' • . Montreal, January 8. . The utility Of fire drill in schools, orphanages, and similar places was strikingly demonstrated last night. An outbreak of,fire occurred in a home in which' 200 orphans were quartered, and the flamos made such headway that it' was very doubtful whether all the occupants •would be rescued. The children! howover, were promptly mustered, and were, got out of the burning building iri/such an orderly fashion that not one of them' was injured. So-well, indeed, was everything managed;, that there' was not the slightest sign of .panic throughout tho rescue - operations. 'The building was con-" siderably damaged. : CRUSHED LIKE AN'EGGSHELL. London. January .B.' •The Algorinc, a 500-ton steamer trading Out of St. John's, Newfoundland, was caught between: two solid walls of ice while voyaging to tho north of Baffin's' Land, and was crushed like an egg-shell, She foundered almost immediately, but the craw managed,to scramble on to one of the ice-fields, where they passed' through many trials. With feet and hands fearfully frost-bitten, they;at last chanced, upon an Eskimo village, and wero eventually rescued by a steamer returning south. FRIENDLY TO BRITAIN. Berlin, January G One of tho Berlin dailies, the "Lokal Anzeigor," emphasises the statement that Herr von Jagow, tho new Secretary of Foreign Affairs, was, during his Ambas-, sadorship in Rome, the intimate friend: of the British Minister there. Tho paper gives prominence also the fact that : Herr Jagow .has been vigorously supporting all movements that have been undertaken to promote friendship between Britain and Germany. . . . NAPOLEON'S ILLS. London, January 8. Professor Keith, Huntcrian Professor td the Royal College of Surgeons, in a lecture upon Napoleon the First, said that microscopical observations of tho small intestine demonstrated that the great leader suffered from a lymphoidnl disease incidental to a tropical climate before liebecame a subject of cancer of the stomach, from which lie died. GIRL'S-STRANGE STORY . ' London, January 8. " An extraordinary story is told regarding the kidnapping of three children from a London suburb. Ono of the youngsters was found, and returned to its parents, anil it was discovered that tho kidnapper was a gil'l, who said that she wanted the little one for her youne man, Willie, who was returning from Sydney. COLLISION NEAR GIBRALTAR. London, January 8. A collision occurred near Gibraltar today between an unknown vessel and the Speranzai an Italian collier. Tho Speraftza has arrived safely at Ceuta, a Spanish town on tho Moroccan coast, with a rout 16ft. loiiEon the starboard'- side. The captain reports' that vessel which inflicted the damage to his ship was unharmed, and continued on her voyage; EGGS FOR SUFFIfAGISTS. London, January 8. A party of the non-militant women suffragists held a lantern procession at Oxford. They carried banners, but theso were destroyed by the croud, and the women pcltc'd with rotten eggs. Tho suffragists were refused a hearing, and the police had trouble in restoring order. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION. London, January 9. • 'In order to relieve the Department nf the Interior, the Canadian Government is creating n new portfolio of public health, which, among other duties, will control immigration. BUILDING COf,LAPSES. London, January 8, AparlmcnU connected with tho National nul Artistic Musomh in Rome col-

lapsed early this morning, and 12 persons were killed. The apartments were occupied by Beveral families, and overyone was asleep. The collapse of building was due to extensive excavations in the vicinity. Twenty persons were rescued from the ruins. CHURCH AND STATE. London, January 9. Senor Costa's Premiership in Portugal will have the effect of continued separation of Church and State. No pardons are likely to be extended to the bishops and priests who have been expelled from the country. "MINISTER FOR AVIATION." London, January 8. The German Government is reported to b© considering the advisability oiformiiHJ a new Department of. Aerial Affairs, to deal with ( problems of-aviation. FRENCH TRADE UNIONISTS. London, January 8. The trade unionists in; Franco lire steadily diminishing /in numbers, beveral' labour organisations,.comprising 5000 supporters, all pledged to syndicalism, were disbanded during December. BIG SOCCER TRANSFER. ' j : London, January 6. J Shea, the brilliant forward of the West Ham Soccer football team, has been transferred to the Blackburn .Rovers Club the fee being *E2OOO. Shea is to receive 2600 from this amount, besides a permanent position in a leading business house. GERMAN NAVY./ ' London, January 8. i Mr. -Winston' Churchill, replying to questions in the House of Commons, said that the personnel of the German navy in 190-1 was. 38,128. In, 1912 it was 66,783. Great Britain's increase for the same period was MOO. ' V POWDER IN THE .FIRE. London.- January G. A fearful accident took place in a Glasgow home yesterday. Tho. inothert put some coal on the fire, and a .powder-cap, that- had got' among the fuel in some way, exploded. The woman's six children wore badly injured. 1 ; - ' PERSIAN UNREST. , , . - ' London, January ,6. ' Tho "Times" special correspondent in Persia says that to restore order the intervention of Great Britain in northern Persia is inevitable. Ho suggests a now treaty with Russia as the shortest way to do awav with tho existing anarchy and to avoid partition. ' : Tho Above items are taken from the Sydney "Sun's" special cable service.