GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 38, 27 January 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, January 25.

The by-election for the Carmarthen district, necessitated by the appointment of the. sitting member, Mr N. L. Williams, to ho recorder at Swansea, resulted in Mr Williams, a Liberal, securing 3836, Bond (Unionist) 2555, and Vivian (Labour) 159 votes.

Mr Arthur Henderson has been elected secretary of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

The earthquake in the Roman Islands was recorded on instruments in England. The Lord Chamberlain vetoed Mr Zangwill’s play “The Next Religion.”

At tho Birmingham conference Mr MacDonald announced that a company was being formed with a capital of a hundred and fifty thousand to establish a daily labour newspaper. Trade unions and others have promised sixty thousand. There have been extraordinary rains in the Thames valley. The streets in Maidenhead were submerged and hundreds of cottages were isolated. Thousands of acres were flooded. A Bunyan window was dedicated in Westminster Abbey with an impressive service. The Primate was present. Dr. Clifford and four leading Free Church ministers assisted the Dean of Westminster. ■

In response to an invitation issued on the eighth the Board of Trade has received eighty thousand applications for appointments in connection with labour exchanges and unemployment insurance.

The cruiser Vigilant arrested an Ostend trawler in tho prohibited area of the Fhth of Clyde. While botli were anchored at Campbe.lltown the trawler slipper her anchor, extinguishedflher lights and escaped.

Tho Agricultural Department Committee’s report on the position of tenant farmers recommends the establishment of a land bank to make advances to enable tenants to purchase holdings. Under the scheme the State would purchase estates as treasurer as a protection again'st tenants’ dispossession. The report also demands ext ended notices to tenants in the event of a sale. New York, January 25. Mrs Longworth, ex-President Roosevelt’s daughter, introduced a new fashion at a ball at Washington. She appeared in glass-heeled dancing slippers which created a sensation. She also wore white chille 1 shoulderwings. The Duke of Connaught has arrived at Washington on a visit to President, Taft. ’ The Duchess and Princess Patricia remain in New York.

Mr McKenzie Rowell, addressing a mooting at Bellville, said. Canada i.<h jee-ted the reciprocity' proposals because .doing so,.will injure lifer financially! He predicted that the Dominion would soon equal the United States in wealth and population. Thou all possible talk, of/.annexation would disappear. The cruiser Colorado and the American liner Cleveland collided at Honolulu. The Cleveland was considerably damaged. The collision was due to the’pilot in charge‘of the Cleveland dropping dead on the bridge. ■ Malta, January 25.

The Medina’s propeller fouled a cable entering the harbour. She lias bean docked. The King visited the French battleship Danton, and received an ovation. Their Majesties dined at Admiralty House. Many French officers were present. Pekin, January 25. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and many persons killed or injured by an explosion of a powder store near Kulja, Eastern Mongolia. Vienna, January 25. Count Von Aehrenthal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, is seriously ill. Athens, January 25. A violent earthquake lias been experienced in tiie Qonian Islands. In Zanto much damage was done. Shocks were also felt in Leukas and Cephalonia. Buenos Ayres, January 25. Owing to Paraguay’s unsatisfactory attitude regarding compensation for outrages on Argentine ships and property the Government is sending warships and destroyers to Paraguay. St. Petersburg, January 25. The forthcoming visit to British Parliamentarians is warmly 7 welcomed by, all sections as tending to strengthen the good relations existing between the two countries. The Labour Party 7 of the Duma, however, will not participate in the festivities, owing to both countries oppressing the Persians in their light for freedom. Berlin, January 25. The Kaiser took a prominent part in the bi-centenary ol Frederick the Great’s birth, and addressed the Potsdam troops. Paris, January 25. The Senate committee’s report regarding tho Moroccan agreement em{piuisisds the need for private ontcrJ prise to help tho Government to make the protectorate a success, and protests against the abuse of the secret treaties, especially appending tho secret modifying clauses to public treat-