British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 December 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

[per press association.] ELECTBIC TBIJBGEAPH —COPYBIQHI. (deceived This Day, Si.s a.m.) A SPY'S STORY. Lisbon, Dec. 21. Lanoastre, an Oporto cycle agent, who informed the police of the recent Royalist plot, has disappeared, lie was last seen at Vigo, in company with prominent Royalists, when he asked Sonor Caldas, a journalist, to tell the police that he was always a loyalist and had deceived the police throughout. LOUD HARDINGE WILL SUPPORT. Delhi, Dec. 21. A Sikh deputation presented Lord Hardinge with a Vancouver memorial, praying him to use his influence with the Imperial and Canadian Governments to remove the Indian grievances in liritish Columbia. Lord Hardinge promised his support, but pointed out that political opinion in Canada was opposed to the relaxation of the restrictions. SOUTH AERICA'S OMISSION. Durban, Dec. 21. Ghandi and the others have been released. Ghandi, in an interview, strongly criticised the omission of Indian representation on the Commission of Inquiry. Unless this omission was remedied, the Indians would renew their activities.

REBUKED. Vienna, Dec. 21. Graf Karl Sturgh, President ol the Council in the Peichstrath, sharply rebuked Havislas von Dlugosy, Minister for Galicia, for divulging official secrets, and for stating that Stapenski, leader of the Polish Nationalists, received three thousand pounds sterling from.the secret service fund, to buy off the opposition of his news paper to the Government on the Jive of the elections. The revelations were the outcome of a quarrel between Dhigosy and Stapinski. An Unfavourable impression had been caused by Sturgh's admission that the press was bribed. The resignation of Dlugosy has been demanded. WITNESSING AEIIOPLANES. Paris, Dec. 21. Mr Winston Churchill has witnessed forty armed military aeroplanes manoeuvring simultaneously. ITALIAN NAVY INCREASES. Pome, December 21. The Budget provides for an increase for naval construction, the expenditure permitting an annual addition of one battleship and several auxiliaries for five years. THE GERMAN COMMANDER. Constantinople, December 21. General Yon Dander has assumed the command of the first Turkish army corps. (lieceived This Day 10.5 a.m.) SLMMEP APItESTED. London, December 21. Summer has been arrested- at Liverpool, A SEEK)US EIRE. A huge semaphore tower surrounding a block of stores at Portsmouth dockyard was burned and damaged several hundred pounds' worth of oil. Naval stores" were destroyed in large quantities, and the battleship Queen Mary was threatened, but was towed to safety. The rigging house,sail loft and staff captains' and officers' quarters were burned. A large force of naval'men prevented the spread to the oil tanks. Many interesting documents of Nelson's time were destroyed. THE COMMONWEALTH SCORES. (Sydney Sun). London, Dec. l'J. Captain -Collins, Commonwealth representative, entertained the principal delegates of the International Life-Saving Conference at luncheon at the British Empire Club.

The conference lias completed its labours. Its recommendations are found to coincide curiously with the provisions of the Federal Navigation Act. The Conference approved of open life-boats with internal buoyancy, or pontoon life-boats, in which persons could be accommodated below deck; open life-boats with the upper part of the sides collapsible, or motor boats, each boat having a raft to carry a gallon of oil for distribution on the water, and to have air-tight receptacles containing food and water, a self-igniting life-buoy, and red lights aboard. These rules are to come into force in June, 1915, whilst each contracting country is asked to undertake that provision is made to accommodate all aboard in boats and rafts not later than January, 1915. It is suggested that no passenger vessel, with certain exceptions, should curry cargo which' by its nature or mode or stowage is calculated to endanger the ship or lives of the passengers; three powerful steam pumps to be carried on vessels of four thousand tons, and two on smaller vessels.