British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 February 1914, Page 3

British and Foreign.

[ [ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, COPYRIGHT. | ( [PER PRESS ASSOC lAT lON. I i (.Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) DISAPPOINTED. Constantinople, Feb. 15. The Porte is disappointed at the. Powers' Aegean Note as it 1 hoped for an eleventh hour modification. It will now probably endeavour to reach ;i direct understanding with Greece. CONSULATE 13 UP NED. Guayaquil, February 15. The British Consulate and cable office were burned during the fighting at Esmeraldos. CHINESE RAILWAY. Peking, February 15. By promising £800,000 sterling bargain money the FrancoChinese Industrial Bank has obtained a concession to construct a railway from Yamchou, via Singfu, Yunnanfu and Chunking. JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT. Tokio, February 15. Riotous scenes occurred in the Diet. An outsider enteral ilie committee room and assaults! a member, wlio was sent to the hospital seriously injured. The interlopers were arrested. TRIBAL WARFARE. ( Nairobi, February la. The Borani tribe of Southern Abyssinia crossed the British I frontier and annihilated a village, killing 200 men, women ami children. NO RECOGNTI IOX The British railway companies deny the recognition of the National Union of railway employees. OBITUARY. The Honourable Thomas Sinclair, P.C., Belfast, Ireland. THE UMGENI. The leader of the Labour Party . coutemplate hiring a tug boat to meet the Umgeni, but uncertainty of the port of arrival is likely to frustrate the idea. NOT GUILTY. The Kiots Commission exonerated the police on the charges of brutality in suppressing the riots in August and September. HORSES IN GERMANY. A lawsuit respecting a horse revealed the fact that a German Baron, residing in Market Drayton, in 1913, exported 321 thoroughbreds for the German army. BY-ELECTIONS. The candidates at the Poplar election will be Mr Clark (Unionist), Mr Yeo (exinayor, Liberal), and Mr Jones (Labour). The Insurance Act will be prominent in the Betlinal Green election. The Right Hon. C. F. G. Masterman has announced a scheme to deal with /the grievances of casual labourers. Mr Wilson, the Unionist candidate, proposes drastic amendment of the Act. WASHINGTON'S STATUE. The promoters of the 100 years peace celebration are considering the placing of Washington's statue in the Abbey or some public place, if Canadian opinion is agreeable.