BEYOND THE DOMINION

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 131, 15 February 1909, Page 5

BEYOND THE DOMINION

King's Visit Hi* Majcitt; King Edward is in high spirit*, and evidently pleased with the cordial welcome he has received at Berlin, and the elaborate preparations made for his reception at the Rathhaas (City Hall.) There is tremendous enthusiasm amongst Berliners, who are delighted because King Edward is the first British monarch to officially visit Berlin since 1723, and no head of a foreign State has heretofore been the municipality's guest. King Edward and Queen Alexandra today received at the Embassy the British residents of Berlin. A grand State Ball, given at the Err.peror'-* palace last week, in honour of the Royal visitors, was a great success.

United States President The formal election of Mr W. H. Taft as President of the United States took plarc on Wednesday last, in the presence of members of Cngre».

Sooth Australian Harvest The Register estimates the South Australian wheat yield at 22,250,000 bushels, an average of 124 bushels per acre. The exportable surplus is estimated at 18,643,000 bushels. All these figures are records.

Sydney Wool Sales The Sydney wool sales closed on Thursday very firm. There was keen competition for greasies at best rates of the week, and for scoured* at best of the season

Indian Unrest The assassination in the Alipur Courthouse on Thursday last of Asutosh Biswas, the prosecutor in the anarchist cases, and the throwing of n bomb at a train n*-ar Bnrrackpur upon the same line as the Viceroy. Lord Minto. travelled when going for a few day's shooting in Assam, arc believed to emanate from the anarchist organisation with which the prisoners now on trial at Alipur are connected. The train aimed at was that in which Mr Hume. Public Prosecutor, was travelling. not Lord Minfo's, which was specially guarded on leaving Calcutta, but in any case the outrage is interpreted as a parting warning to the Viceroy. The authorities in Calcutta recognise that the anarchist movement is of larger dimensions than at first imagined, and ttmt incessant vigilance is necessary. Indian officials strongly warn the Home authorities that the Indian anarchist leaders arc likely to show an increasing tendency to reside in !»®ndon or Paris. According to Renter's Agency the protracted trial at Alipur is inflaming the prevalent

Britain's Navy The Daily Mail reports that the Admiralty's programme of five improved Dreadnoughts, or a sixth according to the progress of German construction. has been accepted. It involves an increased expenditure of between three and four millions. The Mail also states that there will be no naval loan, as stated by the Times.

North African Gold French. German, and British syndicates have been formed for the purpose of carrying out mining operations in Morocco.

Taxation of Land Values A conference of the Radical Trade Union Co-operative Associations at Buxton Halt unaniomosly adopted a resolution urging the taxation of land values. Several members of the House of Commons who were present suggested a penny in the £ on the capital values.

derma ay's Taxation The Finance Bill has passed the Reichstag by 14 votes to 13, in spite of the Treasury's appeals. The Bill has withdrawn the exemption from taxation hitherto enjoyed by the Kaiser and members of other reigning houses, so that henceforth rulers must pay all taxes, including the income tax and inheritance duties.

Colonial Education Mr Waller Runciman, President of the Board of Education, said, in the course of a speech at Dcwsbury on the education question, that Australia had obliterated the name of the Deity from the works of Shakespeare and Milton. Such a procedure, he contended, would not be tolerated in England, and any Government attempting to exclude the Bible from schools deserved to be well thrashed at the polls.

King Edward at Berlin Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived in Berlin on Wednesday, receiving a magnificent reception by all clause*. At a banquet given in their honour, atttended by 160 guests, the Kaiser, in warmly toasting the Royal visitors, markedly associated the whole people with his own view that the visit, besides being a token of friendship, was a pledge of future peaceful and friend!) relations between the two countries. His Imperial Majesty added: "I know how much our wishes for the preservation and strengthening of peace arc in accord, and I am firmly convinced that Your Majesties' visit will contribute to the realisation of these, our wishes." King Edward, in an equally cordial reply, concluded by remarking: "The visit aims at the strengthening of the friendly relations between two countries. and thus at the preservation of the general peace towards which all my endeavours are directed." German newspapers publish long reports of the magnificent reception tendered to the I Royal visitors.