British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 December 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

[ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, COPYRIGHT.] [Plill I'IIESS ASSOCIATION. 1 (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) HERR VON JAQOW'S OPINION. Berlin, Dec. 20. Herr Von Jagow, President oi the Police Department, accuses the court martial of convicting Lieutenant Von Foerstner contrary to law. If officers stationed almost in the enemy's country arc threatened with prosecution foi sabring civilians, it will be a disgrace to the noblest profession. The repeal of the law is an urgent political necessity. INVITATION DECLINED. Brunswick's Royal family has declined an invitation to spend Christmas at Potsdam. It is believed this is owing to the presence of the Crown Prince, whoni they have' constantly refused to meet since his intervention in the Brunswick succession question. KIDNAPPED. Delhi, Dec. 2;j. Pathans, supposed to be the same band that recently attacked •a train, raided Khnirabad. They killed two and kidnapped the station master. FAMINE IN JAPAN. Tokio, Dec. 2W. A terrible famine prevails in Ihe Aomori and Hokkaido provinces, owing to the failure of the crops and fishing. JAMESON'S DREAM. Capetown, Dec. 23. Sir Starr Jameson, speaking at Salisbury, said the Crown's annexation of Rhodesia was easy, but confiscation was impossible. The Chartered Company, in the event of annexation, would file a Petition of Rights, and would recover its property. The company would, however, do its best to allay any soreness. He described the 'political situation as electrical, and argued that in the event of sudden prosperity in Rhodesia after the coming renewal of the charter, responsible Government would become inevitable. The only alternative to the Charter was absorption in the Union (loud dissent). The Union ought to settle its internal troubles before inviting Rhodesia to join it. A sensation was caused at tne meeting by Sir Starr Jameson reading the Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt's opinion as cabled. Sir Starr Jameson hinted at the possibility of a great self-govern-ing state stretching from the Congo to Mafeking, and mcludin«' northern and southern Rhodesia and Bechuanaland, thus creating a fitting monument to Uhodes's memory. (Received This Day, 9.50 a..m) CARAMEL. Georgetown, British Guiana 2->. Blocks of buildings containing ei"ht thousand tons oi sugar have been burned. The damage is estimated at several millions of dollars. A LONG MARCH. Capetown, Dec. 2u. The Indian resisters contemplate to begin the march of a large, force on New Year's Day from Natal to Pretoria. Ghandi, the Indian leader, has forwarded to the on. Gokbale a telegram • stating that the imprisoned resisters are being treated with unparelleled cruelty. BETWEEN THE MILLSTONES Sir Starr Jameson, at Salisbury', emphasised the faqt that Rhodesia must choose, between the Chartered Company and the Union, and quoted the Right Hon Lewis Harcourt's opinion that differences between elected members and the Council would inevitably raise the question of entry into the Union. CRICKET. Pretoria, Dec. 2 : j. The Transvaal team in the first innings scored 202. Beaumont scored (32. in their second attempt they •made 100, Beaumont scoring o2: , Marylebone lost eight wickets for 427, and then declared. Hobbs scored 120, Wooiley Lib, Bird U7. COLLEGES CLOSED. Lisbon, Dec. 20. The Government ordered seven colleges, including the new English college at Oporto, to be closed on the grounds that they were illegally ,providing religious instruction. RECOVERED. St. Petersburg, Dec. 20. ■' The Czarvitoh has completely recovered. OBITUARY. • Rome, Dec. 23. General Vittorio CuneTTerti, the inventor of the Dreadnought. RESIGNED. Herr Dlugosy, the Minister for Galicia, has resigned. EASILY SCARED. Delhi, Dec. 2u. The British officers aboard the Peshanvar train collected all the available arms, and making a show of force frightened the robbers away.