General Cables.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 2, 23 April 1914, Page 5

General Cables.

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS THE WELSH CHURCH. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.! London, April 22. Mr Asquith justified the Welsh Diseudowinent Bill because the ancient endowments were given to the Church at a time when the Church and State were eo-oxtensive entities. Air Balfour protested that the Bill robbed the poor and the Church. Air Bonar Law said one of the first acts of the Unionist Government would he to restore the funds whereof the Wish Church was being despoiled. THE PANAMA ROUTE. London, April 22. Shipowners engaged in the frozen meat trade announce that they prefer the colder route via Capo Horn to the Panama Canal, which is hot-water rOute, forcing the refrigerating machines to work longer. When the water is at 84 degrees, the machines work from twelve to fifteen hours daily, but Vhou at 57 degrees, nine hours suffice. OUTRAGE BY STRIKERS.

Berne, April 22. A strike at the second Simplon tunnel necessitated Italy’s sending troops to the southern end. The strikers laid dynamite above the houses occupied by the engineers and managers, and an explosion at midnight sent huge boulders rumbling into the valley where the houses were situated. The occupants had a miraculous escape. CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. Perth, April 22. It is stated that Dr. Paget’s consumption cure consists of snuffing specially prepared tuberculosis material through the nostrils. Dr. Paget has sailed for America to have the treatment tested by famous specialists.

BIG BEQUEST TO CHURCH.' (Received 8.35 a.m.) Berlin, April 22. ' Kopp, the notorious wife-poisoner who was fvanged, left his fortune of £350,000 to the Church. AN ANARCHIST TRIUMPH. (Received 8.35 a.m.) Delhi, April 22. Twenty-three persons were charged with dacoity and conspiracy-* Faridpur was discharged and the prosecution was withdrawn owing to the witnesses refusing to sustain the evidence in consequence of accused’s terrorisation. The collapse is regarded as the greatest triumph of the Anarchists yet achieved. The authorities are being severely criticised for releasing the accused on bail. BABU PLEADER KILLED. (Received 11 a.m.) Calcutta, April 22. Babu Jagatchandra Ghose, the leading pleader at Chittagong, was shot dead while at his residence. The assassin escaped. MR MYERS IN LONDON. Times and Sydney Sun Services.

(Received 8 a.m.) London, April 22. The Maclabean Society entertained Mr A. Myers, of New Zealand, at a political dinner in the Great Central Hotel. Lord Emmott, the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie, Sir John Anderson and Mr Israel Zangwill wore present. Mr Myers, in an interview, strongly opposed the contribution policy. If New Zealand says the Horae Government defends herself it will likely kill national spirit. EXCAVATIONS AT BABYLON. * (Received 8 a.m.) Berlin, April 22. German excavators on the site of Babylon are believed to have discovered traces of the Tower of Babel. They found a colossal staircase of three llights leading to the rrrsc storey. They also unearthed four great gates of the town wall built by Nebuchadnezzar’s father.