British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 January 1914, Page 3

British and Foreign.

[jEXEOTEIC TELEGRAPH, COPYBIGHT.j [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] JAPAN'S VOLCANO. (Received This Day, 8.50 a.m.) London, January 18. The Japanese Embassy states that half the houses in Sakurashima are destroyed. It is believed that all the /inhabitants, except two hundred, escaped. Twenty-four were killed and wounded in Kagoshima. SYLVIA'S ADVICE. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, at Hackney, advised her hearers not to attend her meetings unless they were armed. THE TURKS ASSAILANT. Paris, January 18. Cherif Pasha describes Iskander as a Russian named Kegkowsky, and adds that he was receiving large sums from Talaat Bey. TAXES FOR ARMAMENTS. Stockholm, January 18. The King, at the opening of the Riksdag, announced that the armaments would be increased by special tax on larger fortunes and a higher income tax, He declared that justice" and the welfare of the State demand extensive political rights being granted to women. TWO BODIES RECOVERED. Berlin, January 18. Reports from ilainburg state that the bodies of tiie third officer and a sailor belonging to the -Acilia, reported as overdue last November, have been picked up in the Straits of Magellan, and quantity of wreckage found. The natives report that a big steamer sank in the vicinity. CERTAIN JIUIN. Athens, January 18. It is stated that Germany strongly remonstrated with Turkey regarding the naval preparations, predicting that these would involve the country in certain ruin. THE ALLEGED PLOT. Salonika, January 18. The police are alleged to have discovered a plot 10 assassinate King Constantino. Two Bulgarians have been a third deported and a fourth declares that he is an Italian subject. TURKEY DISAPPOINTED. Constantinople, .January 18. The Turkish press bitterly comments on Europe s action over the Aegean Islands, especially the action of the Triple Alliance, from which Turkey expected support. HELP REQUIRED. Vienna, .January 18., The Neue Freie Presse says that the Provincial Government has requested the presence of international troops in order that a guarantee may be given for tiie security of Valona. EMPIRE DEFENCE IMPERATIVE. Ottawa, January 18. Mr Thomas Tait, formerly commissioner of the \ ictorian State Railways, addressing the Canadian Club, advocated Canada's taking immediate a.;tion to strengthen the Empire s naval forces. They had much to lose,and nothing to gain by ihe dismemberment of the Empire. It was the duty of all parts of the Empire to place it in an impregnable position as quickly as possible. Each dominion ought to act with promptness as the need v, as imperative. A BAD BLOW. Washington, January 18. A bad blow ha;< been dealt to Women's Suffrage owing to a majority of the members of the House Rules Committee deciding against the creation of a special committee to deal with the suffrage question, whereon the suffragettes had built high hopes. BOXING' FATALITY. New York, January 18. Another boxing' fatality is reported from Santa Rosa, in California. Chas. Kirk by, the Canadian middle-weight, struck Philip Shindler a blow on the head. Sliindler collapsed., antl died in the hospital wit <i out regaining consciousness. Kirkby has been arrested. (Received This Day, 8.25 a.m.) CARSON "SEES RED." Loudon, Jan. 18. Sir E. Carson inspected six bat- > talions at Belfast. Addressing them he said: "We ask for nothing but to remain citizens of the United Kingdom. If they dare to attack us red blood will certainly flow." RUSSIANISM. The National Council of the Independent Labour Party has requested Mr Keir Hardie to forward to the Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt a protest by the South African Labour Parly denouncing the Union Government's dispotism and connivance with Lord Gladstone and the Colonial Officc in arresting the strike leaders,, suppressing the Constitution, and proclaiming martial law. It expressed a hope that the workers would resist Russianisni in British institutions. CONDOLENCES. j All the foreign powers have sent condolences over the accident to the submarine. UNCHANGED. The condition of Lord Strathoona is unchanged.

FOR PEACE. Prayers were offered in many of the Churches to-day for peace in Ireland. (.Received This Day, 6.15 a.m.) SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR. Pretoria, January 18. It is officially intimated that it is not the policy of the Government to arrest strikers as strikers. The wholesale arrests at Benoni were effected without deliberate intention by the Government. Kimberley, -Jan. 18. Tho report of an attempt to wreck the main line apparently arose through a man being seen running off on the approach of a patrol. The line is not damaged. Johannesburg, Jan. 18. Mr Hoy states that, more men are now offering than arc required. The resumption of Ihe normal services is expected early this week, and provides for a large number, though the administration will presently be unable to find places for all.