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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 January 1913, Page 2

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Cabled News From Abroad. (•Sydney Sun Special.) A MISCHIEVOUS PARROT. LON DON, December 28. Liege, the old-world .Belgian city, has a parrot that is causing a great deal of amusement, and has also been responsible for an accident. The bird is owned by some people who live in a hutise near a tramcar stop, and it has learned to imitate a conductor's whistle. t While wo people were entering a tram the parrot whistled, and the driver, thinking that it was the conductor, started the tiar. The passengers were thrown oil' and rather badly hurt. EXTRAORDINARY LULUKJRATION . OTTAWA, December 28. Air W. J. White, head of tho v'anadian immigiiatiun agencica in tiie L Jiited State;* predicts that the iiiiuber of Americans passing from cne States to Western Canada in iiie couise of the year will be 200,u'oo, which is 70,000 in excess of iiie emigration from the States to .'aitada last year. The rush has been so groat that •ome of the Slate Governments have heroine alarmed, and four States— ' Illinois, Indiana, New York, and Ohio- refused to grant space for I C.madinu exhibits in the State Kairs. BRUTAL AMERICAN MATE. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. '28. The brutal treatment which American sailors receive at the hands of inhuman skippers ami mates has been illustrated hy the story of the schooner Leonor, which has arrived in San Francisco from Mexican ports. The vessel k being held hy the authorities and the chief mate, Jay !ferbeenman, is. in custody. The Leonor left port on December •">. and the crew was immediately subjected to the mate's brutal treatment. He formed a particular hatred for an ordinary seaman, Thomas Hunt. On the night of December 18, Hunt was on duty «t the wheel by himself. Some of the crew heard sounds of a scuffle, rningb'd with indistinguishable cries, but when they ran aft they found no one. Tho wheel bad been lashed, 'md TTnui had disappeared. On arrival at San 'Francisco the crew nccused ITerheenman of cruel treatment towards them all, and of murdering Hunt. MANTEL AS RARMAN. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 28. According to a St. 'Petersburg j' urnal ex-King Manuel of Portugal intends to open a fashionable hotel in southern Crimea. I he scene of the famous Crimean ' W ;rr has become popular as a tourist resort in (he winter months. Hundreds of English people visit there every year. CHASES FR TEND WITH A KNIFE. VANCOUVER. Dec. 28. Rendered insane through \jversludy ol social mid economic (piestioiis, M. P. N'eilson caused wild excitement in his lodging-house. Powell-stivel, last night. I Ik l madman first smashed up the luruifure, and when OluirJos Swen*'»n, another lodger, tried to restrain him, ho turned upon him with a knife. Although Swenson was wearing ■'•nly a shirt he darted out into the •Ireet. Neilson. who was similarly clad, followed, screaming with rage, and chased him through several streets. He was at last overcome by tho police after a. desperate st niggle. FOR THE OYLMpIC GAMES. BERLIN, December 28. I he Germans are already preparing for thej/Olympic Games, which vill be held at Berlin in 1916. A -Jilcii'.lid stadium is being built on Hie Gnicnwald racocour.se, and will be lormally opened by the Kaiser on ■June 8 next year. The occasion will he. celebrated by.,*-, nil extraordinary athletic stration, ,'ind 80,000 atheletea from all parts'*# Germany will parade 1)e----'<y. e tho Kaiser. y The Germans hojVo to train a team of athletes, who, in 1910, - will be strong enough to heat tho"'.world atthe Olympic games! -There"will be20,000 competitors for the ■;>f representing Germany at, games. Of th05e,.1.0,000 will be re!^ : cruitpdv-fvom and colleges, -I . / By , borrowing the- best, American training methods, and with tho help of a liberal Government subsidy, the competitors expect -to make themselves irresistible. r mmiimivK REPmiLrcAx •SUPPORT FOR WILSON WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Senator G. E. Chamberlain de- ( clares that the Democrats can ro- ' vise the tariff downward so as .to deal adequately with the trusts in a special session lasting not more than 90 days. Ihe business interests of the country are not opposed to the reduction in the tariff, says the Senator, so long as it is done quickly, and not too radically. The Democrats do

not wish to disturb tho business of tho country, and npprovo of tho suggestion of President-elect Wilson ( that the Democrats should get to j work promptly. No Democrats have the power in both Houses of getting quick results. Senator La Folletto, speaking at Indianapolis, said that Dr. Wilson would have tho support of all progressive* Republicans. "If he tries to serve the people," said the Senator, "I shall support him, and so long as ho stands for the people other Progressives will do the same. r rho strain will eonio when tho reactionary Democrats try to block Dr. Wilson's efforts. If he breaks down and yields to their compromises I and other Progressives will turn and "hammer him into the ground." <**-"* w_njn|ijriry'