Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 15 January 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

SPIES AS COSNERS.

J>r Electric Telegraph—Copyright] lihes— Syuney Sun Special Cables.

Paris, January 12

Pierre Jacob and Charlotte liulot, who were charged at the Seine Assizes with coining, stated that for two years they were empJoyed as.pe-» ce spies amongst the Anarchists, being ultimately acquainted with the notorious motor bandits, the Anarchists accusing Jacob of causing the arrest of Lacombe Saute, who committed suicide from the Chantilly Prison roof. The prisoners took up coining to allay suspicion, the police conniving. They called five police functionaries, who admitted informing Jacob that the Anarchists intended taking his life, owing to his supposed connection with the police. Jacob stated that he was about to abandon his coinage implements when! he was arrested.'

THE KiKUYU CONTROVERSY.

London, January 13

Twelve hundred Anglican clergy, at a conference at Mildmay Park, greeted all sympathetic references to the action of the Bisheps of Uganda and Mombasa in the Kikuyu affair with hearty cheering.

A MARVELLOUS OPERATION.

[United Press Association.]

London, January 14

The Daily Mail states that the surgeons describe the operation at Bartholomew Hospital on Anderson, an Australian miner, as one of the most astounding on record. As the result of. an explosion, a stone, an inch in diameter, -entered the orbit of the eye, lacerated the brain, and embedded itself in the skull.

The operation was carried out under difficulties, but it was successful. Anderson is practically blind in one eye, otherwise he is well, and is returning to Australia on Friday.

THE TRIAL OF CARL KOPF.

Berlin, January 14

Several witnesses, who were heard in camera, testified to Hopf's addiction to cruelties.

Numerous strange implements were found in Hopf's rooms. The .officer arresting Hopf found a bottle of virulent poison on Hopf's person. Hopf declared that if ho had not been arrested so suddenly he would have committed suicide.

THE FAMINE IN JAPAN.

Tokio, January 14

The officials have bidden the extent of the Hokkaido famine, fearing the effects onjhe Government's financial standing. The people are so inured to conditions approaching destitution, that they only complain when faced with starvation. The real remedy is the cultivation of rice on scientific principles. Two million sterling was lost through the failure of the present rice crop and the fisheries.

THE MONA LISA AFFAIR.

Pnris, January 11

Geri, who was identified with the "JHoiia Lisa" affair, is suing the French Government" for ten per cent. of the picture's value, though receiving £IOOO from the Society of Friends of the Louvre, and a decoration.

THE HUNGARIAN TRAGEDY.

Budapesth, January 14

A man who was attempting to pawn one of Elsa's jewels was arrested. He confessed that the woman had been strangled, while asleep, by her housekeeper and the hitter's lovers.