British and Foreign

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 April 1914, Page 3

British and Foreign

ELECTMC TELEGBAPH—COPYmiQUT. [PKll PRESS ASSOCtATJON.I (Received This Dav, 9.10 a.m.) TALLOW SALES. London, April 22. Tallow—l7so casks of tallow were offered and 1232 sold. Prices were unchanged. AN OFFICER'S TELEGRAM. While depreciating inquiries into private correspondence, the Right Hon. Winston Churchill read a telegram from Colonel Hogg, of the 4th Hussars. Colonel Hogg, with Brigadier General Gough's knowledge, stated that the majority of officers were prepared for dismissal, but were willing to preserve order, provided that no offensive action was taken against Ulster. He appealed to the Right Hon. Winston Churchill to handle the situation sensibly. The Right Hon. Winston Churchill has not replied. SENATE AND "PRESIDENT. It was on Senator Hington's motion that the Senate ratified the President's action against Mexico. (Received This Day,.9 a.m.) THE ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS. Paris, April 22. French newspapers consider the King's speech expressed in the. clearest terms the unshakable solidity of the Entente, which shall resist all tests in the eternal future. No nation can take umbrage at its celebration, as the Entente threatens nobody. The King received M. Isvolsky. the Russian Ambassador to France, and also a deputation from the British community in Paris. He accepted from the Brifish colony at Maisons, Lafitte's beautiful model of a racehorse ridden by a jockey. The review at Vincennes was brilliant success.

THE ENTENTE. London, April 22. Reuter's Paris corresponded telegraphs that with respect to the conversations between Sir E. Grey and the French Foreign Minister, there wa9 no question of any formal Anglo-French agreement. Their relations already were well and firmly established on a basis of cordial mutual understanding. Though there would be certainly no amplification of the existing relations, it was likely that a clearer definition may be expected, and doubtless the New Hebrides question will be discussed.

(Received This Day, 9.-30 a.m.) H {'ERTA'S MESSAGE. London, April 22. Huerta cabled to the Mexican Minister: "We are fighting against an attempt to disembark American marines. Lnform the British Government. DRAWN AT VENT I RE. In the House of Commons Sir Kinlock Cooke, M.P. for pevonport, questioned the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill on the nature of a private telegram received by him from the Rt. Hon. Jonathan Hogg, Governor of the Bank of Ireland.

Tbe Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill desired to know the source of Sir Kinloek Cooke's information.

The hitter said he had no informant. The interrogation was merely a bow drawn at venture. The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, in reply to Mr Terrell, M.P., stated that Sir Arthur Paget denied informing officers that the police at Belfast had received orders to seize the arms in the depots. DEFENCE IN THE PACIFIC. London, April 22. In the House of Commons the Right Hon. T. T. MacNamara, replying to Mr Arthur Lynch regarding the 1909 agreement and Senator Milieu's attitude towards the Japanese Alliance in its relation to defence in the Pacific, said this was a proper and desirable subject for debate. Oil the estimates it was impossible to deal adequately with issues of such importance in reply to a question. ASSASSINATION. Calcutta, April 22. Bahu Jagatchandra Ghose, a leading pleader at Chittagong, was shot dead while dining at hi? residence. The assassin escaped. (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) C NIT EI) STATES AND MEXICO. Washington, April 22. There was a brief but effective bombardment of Vera Cruz 11 the early morning. Large reinforcements were landed from the American warships. Admiral Fletcher issued a proclamation confirming the Mexican civil authorities in the exercise of' their authority, and asking their co-opera-tion to restore order.

Many bodies are lying in the streets. The city wa* in -V< 1 nesfl throughout th:.- i.Kiii to the power supply t: ih Patrols of I>l uejai I-.--i- < "<■ t: 1111 ished throughout the streets, and no non-combatants were in-

jured. The bombardment destroyed numbers of buildings along the water front, where Mexican sharpshooters congregated. Huerta has broken off all <leploniatic relations with the Fnited States. ~ President Wilson has ordered M. O'Shaughnessy, American Ministei in charge of affairs, fo withdraw from Mexico City. ATow "Yorlc, April

At. Chicago wheat prices jumped on the announcement of hostilities. Speculation is active, but stocks are steady.