GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 97, 1 May 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

THE YELLOW PERIL. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Ottawa, April 28. Captain Rolleston, who was recently in SydlK'f, has arrived in Vancouver. Ho states that he thinks Australians an needlessly alarmed regarding the Japanese menace. There is no likelihood of the friendly relations between Britain and Japan being terminated for many years; therefore Australians are safe. ARMED MERCHAXTMEX. ’ London, April 28. The arming of merchantmen necessitates a searching Admiralty enquiry into the real ownership of vessels, owing to their association with international combines. ATTACKED BY DESPERADOES. Paris, April 29. Ten desperadoes attacked the Chaville station. The stationmaster, stoutly defending, narrowly escaped injury from revolver shots. Two arrests have been made. A XOTABLE ANNIVERSARY. London, April 29. The Royal Geographical Society celebrated the -100th anniversary of Vasco De Balbonr’s discovery of the Pacific Ocean. THE TREATMENT OF RECRUITS. Berlin, April 29. Captain Koehler was sentenced to six months’ detention in a fortress for fifty-five cases of ill-treatment of recruits at Thorn. BAPTISTS DECREASING. . The newspaper Baptist, reports a decrease of 2000 members of the Baptist churches, and nearly 5000 in Sunday School children. A SAD ACCIDENT. Paris, April 29. Ten children at Grenoble exploded a cartridge and all were seriously injured, one dying . POLITICAL UNREST IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon, April 29. Newspapers assert that conspirators have formed a Ministry under Wenceslau De Lima, a former President of the Council under King Manuel, who is at present at Zurich. THE MYSTERY OF A CRUISER. There was d uiy&terioiuv.Ottcurrence. aboardi u then cruiser >San Gabiel, Several shots * wore fir oUfcSua wards. The crew were paraded, but: Aho cul-, prits remain "undetected. SUCCESSFUL AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS. Paris, April 29. In the Old Saloil the exhibitors includo Messrs. Streeton, Birley, Quinn, George ’ Carter, C. Wlieeler,' Cdnith”, and’ Byrant, dnd r JSMS Marife 'Tuck, "Isabel Tuck, Bessie 1 Gibson, HernVina Arndt, Agnes Goodsir and Hilda 'Rix. u i London, April 30. The Academy exhibitors include Mr MacKennal and several of his students* and Messrs Longstaff, Burgess, Hirley Parke,r (three each), Coates, Cohen, Bess, Norris, Fullwood and Streeton (two each), Roberts, Miss Lambert, Quinn, List, Flora Reid, Sid Long, Lever and Will Ashton. POLICE GRAFT. New York, April 30. Jerry Maida, suspected of aiding the Attorney-General in the investigation of police graft, was shot dead the street. Five of the gang have been arrested in connection with the murder. DISASTROUS HEAT WAVE. Berlin, April 30. Twenty-one soldiers drilling at Strasburg were sent to the hospital owing to a heat wave. DIVINITY DEGREES. London, April 30. The Convocation in Oxford overwhelmingly adhered to the limitations of divinity degrees. SMALLPOX ON A BARQUE. Newcastle, April 30.

The barque E. G. Spence has arrived from Mauritius. Five of her crew are down with smallpox. One succumbed to the disease during the voyage. The pilot who hoarded her here will be quarantined with the vessel at Sydney. THE WEST INDIES. Ottawa, April 30. The West Indies agreement was discussed and the third reading carried. It is announced that all the West Indies have agreed to enter into the agreement with the exception of British Guiana. The contract for a new steamer service to the Indies does not permit of calls in American territory.