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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 93, 23 August 1913, Page 5

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HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS EVELYN THAW'S BOOK.. [By Electbic Telegraph—Coi'ybichtJ Times —Sydney Sun Special Cables. (Received 8.0 a.m.) Lonchm, August 22. John Long is publishing "A Story of My Life," by Evelyn Thaw. SWIMMING THE CHANNEL. Lily Smith started to swim the English Channel this morning. She covered five miles and then abandoned the attempt, owing to the coldness of tb» water. TROUBLESOME MEXICANS. Washington, August 22. A resolution introduced in the Senate proposes to allot President Wilson five million sterling for the protection of lives and property in Mexico. A BANK ROBBERY. Berlin, August 22. Two armed men robbed the savings bank at Wilhelmsburg, near Hamburg, shot, and severely wounded the cashier, and escaped in a motor car. THE PANAMA EXPOSITION. The great shipping companies in Germany are conducting a vigorous agitation to secure representation of the national industries at the Panama Exposition, and will possibly forward exhibits on special terms. j AN AIRSHIP OVER LONDON. London, August 22. The airship Beta hovered above all parts of the city. It made the people feel a horrible sense of insecurity. GERMANY AND FRANCE. Hon- Bebel, the Socialist, in his last letter, stated that Germany's is crease in forces indicated a desire to attack France. The Kaiser saw during the Balkan War that the German Army had-completely gone to the dogs. The officers were incapable of commanding. If the French bad attacked them, they would probably havebeen

successful, because Germany was insufficiently strong on the frontier. The Kiiis'er realised that'the French arms wjerfej better than Germany's in the Balkans. While the German officers Were : responsible f oi? ,thei Turks' defeat, to.divert France's attention from the vulnerability, of. the- -Fatherland, *heß:rr elaborated an army scheme to keep "the French employed for several years while Germany repaired the weakneg&es oft "h<» '-aftny#B in KM n MUHI DIVORCE CASE REPORTS. •'''••' -41 "■ ■'■< .».'• i fjH»ilrs 5.% BAH ■ -;.;.*? London, August ,21;.,, , ,', At the'NlournahstS' 1 Conference, MP■ Phillips, Mi toiv of' the YpiiksniVe^^t,-? '■'• read a paper .dealing. witli>th£ decisjjbH A of the House of Lords on the* hearing of divorce cases in camera; It would bo ridiculous to allow novels to deal

with divorce court incidents -grosser than anything the slackest newspaper published. Mr Phillips did not object to severe'restrictions on newspapers but said'it was necessary to apply the .same censorship to novelists and playwrights. Mr Donald agreed, stating that the greatest care was necessary in subediting reports of divorce cases. JACK JOHNSON. The County Council .is in recess, bub still has power to make representations which will deter the licensee •>!' a music hall, owing to a fear of the, non-renewal of his license, from acting against their wishes. The heftd >f the,syndicate is leaving Johnson to lecido the question for himself, Jen'cins, Johnson's manager, says that to prevent him making a living on such private grounds would establish i standard which would be very pre-, judicial to variety performers.

FIRE IN A MUSIC-HALL. A fire at the Empire Music Hall at Chlswick was caused by the fusing of electric wires. The firemen's efforts to quell the conflagration were un- . availing, owing to not being able to | lower the safety curtain. The damage lis estimated at £16,000. A PREHISTORIC RELIC.. The skull, lower jaw, teeth, and legs i of a rhinoceros. 20.000 years old, wore [unearthed in a garden near Ealing. THE CONGO GOLDETELD. The Colonial Minister, interrogated | in Parliament, said that he was unj able jo confirm the report of a great goldfiekl being discovered in the '"'on go. ARMY REMOUNTS. Otiowa, August 21. A National Livestock Exchange has | been formpd in Canada with a cani- | ial of two million dolors. It is spending half-a-inillion dollars on remounts ifor supplying the Canadian mP'tia anal afterwards the British War Office. AN EXTENSIVE FIRE. New York. August 22. i \ fir., -y -Terser Gi+v d<\'.'ro— 1 ! twenty dwellings fou v f-ictn'-i-s. »y\ ; Iwo lr '-her v.i" 1 "" •> cL.n:v.™<? is i .Minuted at JMW.'OIK).