British and Foreign

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 February 1914, Page 3

British and Foreign

ELECTEIC TELEGEAPH —COPY EIGHT. [PER PPJIBS ASSOCIATION.! UNPOPULAR. Loudon, February 4. The Daily Mail's Johannesburg correspondent says that no visiting cricket team lias been so unpopular as Douglas's, and tlie at- [ titude of certain players is keenly t resented. (Received This Day, 12.2 p.m.) GENERAL SMUTS IN DE- ; FENCE. Capetown, Feb. 4. The House was crowded while General Smuts, in a speech lasting four hours, vindicated the Govern- ■ ment's action. He emphasised' the Syndicalist character of the "recent labour agitation, which compelled the Government to mobilise a larger army than the liepublics had at the outbreak of the Boer war. He reviewed the events of July last and the speeches of the deported men since then.. He also accused Bain of inciting the natives to strike. General Smuts finishes his speech to-morrow. (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) LIVERPOOL CANAL TRAGEDY. Loiidon, Feb. 4. Sumner is cool and alert under cross-examination, and displayed a marked capacity for amplifying detail and explaining every doubtful point. Questioned as to how 'the murderer was able to inflict such terrible injuries while threatening him with a revolver, he suggested that another inan was present whom he did not see. He did not go to the front door to shout for the police because he was half dead with fright. When Eltoft came he told him the story, and they decided that the body should be concealed. He took the head and Eltoft the feet, and they put it into a sack. He did not think they were horrible, repulsive actions until- afterwards. Eltoft brought a needle and thread and witness stitched up the sack. Eltoft, under perfect composure, denied that he knew Miss Bradford was dead. He said that after lie left the shop Sumner shouted "Wait in the street," atfd Sumner afterwards emferged with a handcart, saying that it contained a bundle of their old rubbish. (Received This Day, 12.15 _p.m.) THE REEKS MYSTERY. London, Feb. 4. Owing to the impossibility to distinguish objects in the pitshaft, two cameras were lowered, and with the aid of magnesium light pictures Avere secured. LARGE FAILURES. > Coulon and Birthoud's suspension is partly due to the failure oi* Fry, Miers and Company, representing many Brazilian houses. Coulon and Birtliouds liabilities are £400,000, and Fry Mlers's upwards of £1,000,000. A JOURNALIST'S CLAIM. Capetown, Feb. 4. Thomas Henry Browne, a sporting journalist, unsuccessfully sued Wolf Joel for £2,000 commission oil the purchase of the horse Prince Palatine. He relied on correspondence passing between Jthem in 1912. Defendant denied employing Brown as agent, and added that he bought the horse through Tattersails. A SPIRIT OF GOODWILL. Berlin, Feb. 4. Admiral von Tirpitz, speaking in the Reichstag, said that Britain's ratio of 16 to 10 was still acceptable, but the naval holiday idea, was not realisable. Any positive proposals would however, assuredly be examined in a spirit of goodwill. / Herr Jagow said that the relations of British and German cabinets in every way were marked by mutual confidence. INSANE. Wagner, who committed several murders last year, suffered from the mania that he was being per- ; secuted when lie committed the murders. He has been pTaced in an asylum. SOUTH AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Lima, Feb. 4. ' President Billinghurst is a prisoner in the hands of the revolutionists under Colonel Binavidis. During the course of a sharp fight Dr. Valera, the Premier, was killed. It is expected that Duraiul will form a ministry.