Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 211, 29 November 1909, Page 3

Beyond The Dominion

RUSSIAN ARMY. St. Re;or?burg. November 24. Judicial prof-' 'Hr.ffrs have been instituted against of!:ciais of the controlline commission of the Moscow commissriat department, who have been charged with irregularities. It is. reported that the army scandals involve embezzlements of 11 millions sterling annually, a million and a half in Moscow alone. Supplies sufficient for a whole army corps were stolen. At Kieff and Odessa the prisoners purchased splendid estates and mansions, and these have been confiscated. Seventy further arrests are impending.

SOUTH AMERICAN ANARCHY. Rio de Janiero, November 24.

The anarchist activity which commenced in Mont Video last week, and spread to Peru, has now extended to Brazil, and at Sao Paolo yesterday an anarchist hurled a bomb at a shop kept by a German trader. The explosion killed several people, and caused a fire, which is threatening the whole quarter of the city in which it originated.

FRANCE AND MOROCCO. Paris, November 24.

The Chamber of Deputies, by 433 votes to 67, expressed confidence in the Government's Moroccan policy. M. Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated that Spain agrees to confine her activities to punishing the rebellious tribes. He laid stress on Germany's loyalty in connection with Morocco, which had resulted in a real detente, which ought to be a satisfaction to both countries.

The present outrageous treatment of French proteges and Jews could not be tolerated longer. If the Sultan persisted in. his present attitude France would be obliged to intervene.

POLAR MEDALS. London, November 24,

King Edward has conferred silver polar medals on Sir Ernest Shackleton's shore party, and bronze medals on those remaining on the ship, including Captain England.

ERUPTIONS IN TENERIFFE London, November 24

The eruptions on the Pico de Teyde —the famous volcanic Peak of Teneriffe—present a magnificent spectacle, the chief crater throwing out incandescent matter to a height of 200 feet,the ashes being carried a distance of 18 miles.

It is calculated that the lav? will take seven days to reach the town of Santiago.

NEW BATTLESHIP. London, November 24.

The new battleship Vanguard, in her eight hours' sea trial, maintained an average speed of 22.4 knots under war conditions, a record for her class.

AMERICAN MINE TRAGEDY. New York, November 25.

Tbe search party that has been exploring tbe workings of the Cherry mine, Spring Valley, in the hope of finding more survivors, today discovered 186 bodies in a great tangled mass blocking the staircase from the third to the second coal vein. Tbe means of escape was blocked by falling debris, and the men had succumbed from black damp after endeavouring to push through the obstructions while waiting for rescuers to arrive.

They had evidently been alive for days. Tow wooden fans had been made, affixed to the shaft wall, and these bad been turned by hand in a frantic effort to brush back the black damp. The body of one miner was found firmly gripping tbe fan. The victims had left notes written on pieces of slate.

DOCTOR COOK'S PROOFS. New York, November 25. Dr. Cook has completed the proofs of his Polar journey, and his secretary has started for Denmark with a report 25,000 words in length, and the original records.

CANADA'S NEXT GOVERNOR. Ottawa, November 25. The Toronto Globe urges the appointment of the Duke of Connaught (brother of the King) to succeed Earl Grey as Governor-General of Canada. DAVIS CUP. Sydney, November 2b. The weather is fine for the Davis Cup matches, which start this afternoon in the Double Bay courts. Brookes has completely recovered from his recent indisposition, and today he meets McLoughlin, while Wilding plays Long. JAPANESE COLLIERY. Tokyo, November 25. An explosion has occurred in the Onowra colliery, Fukuoka, Japan, entombing 228 miners, of whom fifteen are known to have perished. VIOLENT SUFFRAGETTES. London. November 25. The suffragette, Mi.-'s Chaplin, has been sentenced to ;<y.;r months ar.d Mi- N'-ilan to tape Tenths at the •i> r the eieclio: - : voio by pouring asoiutma of : - ;gro-gallot sr.to a nalmt box, ■].*■ .••••lurnir.g officer's eye being injure ;. possibly permanently, by the liquid splashing im> into his face. IRISH RANI> RIRR. n-.ent im the Irish: Rar.d Rid, requiring an a: ;'-a: to a ;m:imal tribunal ins: i f the I.ard i 'o: a miss ion prior to The Unionists urge'; that the reMeuon would imperil the bill.