BEYOND THE DOMINION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 128, 4 February 1909, Page 5

BEYOND THE DOMINION.

Wireless Telegraphy Ov-irc *••-> *':>■ :-'■■■•■ that lh-- wireless service <-■:-. t'-•.'■ ;;;■'••" lir.-T Republic enable c'n-it v.\«*e! to communicate the news of the disaster to the White Star liner Bultic, on which a wireless service is also installed, and thus secured her assistance in rescuing the passengers and crew, the Government is taking steps for the compulsory installation of cthergraph-t on all oceangoing vessels. A Bill to give .effect to the proposal nas been introduced in the United States Congress. Persian Civil War— A body ' f rioters in Boshire, on the Persian Gulf, killed the Governor of the province and his two sons. The Shah despatched a repessive expedition, commanded by three generals, to the provinces of Osalem and Kanganerau, in both of which the Constitutionalists are in a state of revolt owing to the refusal of the Shah to renew the Constitution. The inhabitants were prepared, however, and they met the treopsfwith a superior force, completely routing them in the fight which ensued. The three generals fled, abandoning their men. Russian Sensation— M. Lopukhin. formerly chief of the Russian detective service, and a member of one of the oldest and most distinguished of Russian families, has been arrested in' St. Petersburg in connection with the "agent provacateur" revelations made by Azeff, the chief terrorist organiser of the Russian revolutionaries, who was arrested in Paris last week. It is alleged Jthat Lopukhin received delegates of the Russian Revolutionary Committee in Paris, and gave information regarding Axeff. liOpukhin is also accused of appointing M. Bakal as director of the Warsaw police, Bakal afterwarsd joining the revolutionaries and revealing police secrets. Seventeen others have been arrested with Lopukhin, and there is great excitement in St Petersburg. Shipping Disaster - A cable from Adelaide states that the steamer Clan Ranald was wrecked in the St. Vincent Gulf, eight miles from Edithburg, late on January 31st, 46 of her crew being drowned. The Clan Ranald was wheat-laden to the United Kingdom. The weather was rough, a sooth-east gale blowing, and it is surmised that the shifting of the cargo caused the vessel to fill and sink. The crew was composed mostly of coloured men. Eighteen were saved, among them the first mate. The white members oi' the crew are reticent as to the actual cause of the disaster. From what can be learned, however, it appears that something must have occurred aboard the Clan Ranald. The hypothesis is that the ship struck the Marion Reef, which lies to the southwest of Troubridge Hill. Attempts to obtain anything definite have been futile. "There is too much at stake" was the reply of the first officer when pressed for information. Earthquake in Morocco— A serious earthquake and landslide has occurred between Centa and Tctuan. on the northern coast'of Morocco. It is reported that over one' hundred people have been killed or injured. Earthquake FundAdvices from Rome state that the various subscriptions for the relief of the stuffcrrrs in the recent earthquake, have reached a total of £3,200,000. Anti-Suffragettes Demonstrations of women against the franchise movement arc being conducted in various parts of the United Knigdom. American Aeronautics — The Federal House of Representatives has added, for the purposes of aeronautical experiments half-a-million dollars to the army apropriation. Trade Revival - The shipbuilding trade reports from the Tyne snd Clyde works for the month of January show an improved] tone.