SUN CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 29, 4 October 1913, Page 5

SUN CABLES.

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS SYNDICALISTS IN CONFERENCE. [Bt Electric Telegraph — Copyright] Times— Sydney Sun Special Cablm. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, October 3. The Syndicalists’ Congress decided to establish an international bureau at Holland for the purpose of distributing information regarding the movement.

WOMAN’S POSITION. • London, October 8. j The Times, in a leader on Woman’s position, says that women are able to I do a great deal to raise the standard of life in matters particularly within their influence. It is impossible to deny that'the men.’s standard of ' sexual morality is lower than the women’s. The paper concludes: “But j there is antecedent to call upon her I for the maintenance and perpetuation jof life. What shall it profit us to im- ! prove the quality of life if we let the I supply fail. It cannot be denied that the women’s movement involves more than an imaginable danger of this result.

DESTRUCTIVE RIFLE SHELLS.

Paris, October 3.

Experiments have been conducted with two new rifle shells. One is intended to set fire to dirigibles, and the other to destroy everything in the vicinity where it falls. The results were considered most promising.

TRAIN PASSENGERS IN DANCER.

Paris, October 3.

The Barcelona express was pulled up by floods. The passengers passed the night in the carriages which were surrounded by water. They were rescued in boats. ,

CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA.

Delhi, October 8.

A mass movement ’amongst the degraded castes of India towards Christianity is attracting attention. Two million and a-half, converts are expected; m

INFANTILE PARALYSIS.

New York, October 8.

The Eockefeller Institute claims to have 'stfcbeetfckl in artificially * btiKrratihjg'i'the germ pf; infantile paralysis. If ■ : ! . "V

THE IRONY OF FATE.

i .London, October J s An immaculately-dressed Brazilian has been arrested in Bow Street for failing to pay a hotel bill of £lO due in Switzerland. The police found a cablegram in his pocket from Buenos Ayres, informing him that he had in.hqdted £40,000.

CINEMATOGRAPHY.

London, October 3

The British rights of the “Antony and Cleopatra” him have been sold for £BSOO at the' auction-rooms, with a three years’ right, and the right to retail it for 18 months. “Quo Yadis” has produced £30,000 ar^eady.