GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 63, 9 March 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

'By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Fuited Press Association.) Washington, March 7. Tho House Committee considered tho question of Panama Canal tolls but no decision was arrived at. It is now considered that the Bill will bo reported without any toll provision. London, March 7. The Agents-Goneral has decided to urge Mr Harcourt to inquire into the alleged sales of colonial produce as British. Messrs Streeton, Lambert Leist, Longstaff and Mackennal have been elected a committee to advise on the decoration of the Commonwealth offices. Paris, March 7. Henri Salmet aeroplaned from London to Paris in 205 minutes—a nonstop journey. Bermuda, March 7. Obituary; Lieutenant-General Sir F. Kitchener, Governor of Bermuda, from appendicitis. Calcutta, March 7. Baton Tata, a wealthy Bombay manufacturer, is offering a thousand pounds annually for ten years towards a crusado against tuberculosis,- which is specially prevalent among Purdah women, ~ London, March 7. 1 In the House of Commons Mr, A. H. Loo (member for Farehan) stated that tho Territorial force was 45.000 men and 1800 officers short ,of full strength. Fifty-eight per cent had attended full training, and 53 per cent had failed in the nuisketry course. The Territorials cost £ll per head/ as compared/with £7 for the Volunteers. Colonel Seely said .the Government did not base military strategy on the assumption of a waning sea supremacy. ; He wps that tho oversea garrison was adequate, though circumstances might arise necessitating /its reinforcement. He was unable to withdraw tjie .South African garrison at present, . If.; Britain was really open to attack from highly trained Continental troops, it would be necessary to have full conscription, not Earl Roberts’ noddled form. England’s naval supremacy prevented the landing of great forces. Mr Bonar Law said he did not want the soldiers to think the rifle was worse than it was. He admitted boat: after its adoption it was a groat improvement on the old weapon. Tae “Daily Mail” states that the Civil Service Estimates for the ensuing year show an increase and under the Bill will cost £2,661,00C. Paris, March 7. The Foreign Affairs Committee of Deputies has approved of the ratification of the Declaration of London. Vienna, March 7. The police have recovered £IO,OOO worth of jewels stolen from Co.ii'tess S/cehcnzi, formerly Mrs Vanderbilt, ■it du'iane't Now York, March 7. At Lynn, Massachusetts, Miss Jessie Chapman walked up to a neighbour with whom she had quarrelled and, drawing a revolver, fired 6 shots at her. The neighbour, Mrs Florence Ingullis, died instantly. Miss Chapman gave horselp up, admitting her crime. El Paso, March 7. Despatches from Chihuahua announce that General Crozco has been appointed General of all insurrectionary forces operating in Northern Mexico. The appointment indicates the still greater spread of the insurrection. Constantinople, March 7. The newspaper Tan in states that negotiations have been onenod in Britain in connection with the Persian Gulf section of the Baghdad railway.