British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 November 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

« ffc LECT RIC TE L KGltAl'll, COP YRIUI IT. j [I'ISR i'KESS ASSOC? AT I ON. 1 'I'll 10 WOR.lv 01' A SPY. (Received This Day, 9.25 a.m.) Lisbon, .November L'J. Tlie recent .[loyalist rising' was trustrated by a spy named Lancastre, of Oporto. As a cycle agent lie ingratiated himself with I in* [loyalists, until they regarded him as their most valuable agent. Laneastre. with the connivance of the Oporto police, was allowed to clTeet the escape of a [loyalist prisoner: lie also helped to smuggle arms into Portugal, and conveyed the loyalists' correspondence abroad. lie effected the secret entry into the country of the leaders (Captain Coimtiniio and Count Manqualde) and kept ijie Government aware of every Koyalist action. A EROI> LAI'VIST'S EATE. Mans, November I* J. Captain Ligards was killed while aeroplaning. AX APPEAL FOR HELP. Vicuna, November I•"». The Malissori women have appealed io Queen .Mary for help, lo secure < lu* release ol their male relatives capfured by Creeks. London. November l ; >. Reuters New York correspondent says that great excitement lias been caused by .M r W. Linil presenting an ultimatum to Mexieo. Alter lie left Mexico City for Vera Cruz, the time for a reply lo the ultimatum was exleuded from (i o'clock to midnight. LA I! KIN 1! EL EASED. (Received This Day, U..10 a.m.) London, November I Larkin was released from Mountzog Prison this morning. Ciuwds cheered and carried him siioulder high to .Liberty Hall, where he had a great, reception, and lie immediately issued instructions to tin* workers at/the docks. Jii a later speech, lie said, that everyone who hail resumed must strike again. They were going to win and had already beaten the strongest (iovernment of modern limes. The (•.iovernment had made a great mistake in imprisoning liini, and a greater mistake in releasing him. He was going to England to raise the fiery cross, and there would be a general strike in the United Kingdom in a lew hours. SOMA LI LAND HORRORS. Alan Ostler, correspondent for the Daily Express, writes thai -iiii■ e the withdrawal ol: support to ! he friendly natives in Sonialiland : lie atrocities there have been equal to those in the Congo. 'I lie Colonial Oiliee. he says, is seeking lo suppress the facts, and t lie lormation of the camel corps was largely the outcome of these horrors. The nat ive quarter in Berbcra in -luly of last year was tilled with starving and mutilated .'rli ndly natives, some of whom had trailed themselves on ilieii hands, owing to their feet having been lopped oil. DANCE HOI'S LETTERS. Delhi. November I-'!. A. letter addressed to the Bombay Pioneer exploded in the mail train, injuring a sorter. Similar explosions occurred in several other newspaper offices, but did no damage. While Colonel Mttsperat. _ In-spector-General of "Explosives, was examining a letter, addressed io Mu' Calcutta Englishman, it exploded. His moustache and eyebrows were burned oil, the skin was peeled off his face, and his eves narrowlv escaped. (Received This Day, 10.1") a.m.) LABOUR AND HO.\rE It CLE. Loudon, November !•'>. The Westminster Gazette makes a strong appeal to the Nationalist leaders to assist in a settlement of the Dublin strike. The final success of the Home Kule nio\ement is dependent on the support of the working class in Britain, and it is obvious that if workers here feel that they must choose between Labour and Home Kule they will give labour first place. NEARLY ENOUGH. A sum of ;£il,4-ll has been raised towards the hundred thousand pounds required to establish in London a school of tropical medicine. THE NOBEL PIMZE. Stockholm, .November l->. The Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore, has been awerded the Nobel prize for literature. STRUGGLE TO CONTINUE. Johannesburg, Nov. 1 ; >. A large meeting of British .Indians passed a resolution expressing gratitude to Gandhi and the passive? resistors, and it iesol\ed to maintain the struggle to remove their grievances. (lleceived This Day, 11.40 a.m.) TILE DUBLIN STRIKE. London, November Li.

Fifty-throe thousand pounds have been subscribed tor relief in Dublin. Larkin. continuing his address, said that Lord - Aberdeen musi go; he was only a tool in the hands of unscrupulous Dublin capitalists. The only friends oJ the Dublin workers were the working classes of Britain. Miss Asquith, opening a bazaai at Brixton, rejoiced at Larkin'i ■'release, because sedition was ra tlier a mediaeval offence, espee iallv as Sir Edward Carson's con lempt for law and moderi methods had shorn it of all gla mour and lowered it to humdrun respectability. ats t experiment. The War Office has ai experiment in turning all soldier I'reur. I'luk mends boots, u matter where you buy 'em; hi leather's good and so's his workjust'try 'era; bought here or ther —Levin or Tiinbuctoo —bring 'ei ulong to Pink to mend for you.-

Oil furlough into recruiting officers with a special recruiting- reward, according to results. DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE. Lima, November 10. An earthquake killed upwards ni' two liuiHired and fifty people at Clialliuance. (Received. This Day, uoou.) THE AMERICAN STORM. Ottawa, November !•']. Erom further reports of the disasters on the Great Lakes, it is estimated that six freight boats at Chalhuanc. sank, and drowned one hundred sailors. The overturned freight boat now is believed to be the Regina, not the Nerford. Divers who went to seek the identity of Ihe vessel were compelled to return owing to the force of the gale. Lifeboats, water-soaked cargo, and bodies strew the shores of Lake Huron, and a thick fog prevents the succor ol' many other vessels known to be in danger. NVAX YORK'S RIVER VI HATES. Mew York, Nov. 1-1. An extraordinary battle too it place between the detectives and river pirates under the Brooklyn bridge. Wholesale fhefts arong Hie waterfront of goods having been reported to the police, the detectives concealed tiirmseive.i in barges. Following in pursuit they overtook motor boats laden with stolen coffee, ;md ordered the occupants to surrender, but the latter replied with revolver shots, and the detectives returned (ire. All of tlieni were badly wounded, but the thieves surrendered. The police believe they have .stopped !he operations of the gang whose depredations have extended ovei years.