GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 59, 8 November 1915, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

MOUNT VESUVIUS ACTIVE AGAIN United Press Association. , London, .November o. Mt. Vesuvius is active, and lava streams threaten Uie villages in the vicinity. MEMORIAL TO CAPTAIN SCOTT. London, November 6. Mr A. J. Balfour unveiled Lady Scott’s statue to her husband (Oapt. R. Scott), which is in Antarctic costume, and is erected to his memory by the officers of the Navy,in Waterloo Place. In his remarks, Mr Balfour said that Captain Scott was worthy to rank with Captain Cook and Sir John Franklin. In times of peace it was good to remember the Navy’s unwarlike, yet dangerous work, wherein Captain Scott showed all the greatest qualities of a sailor, explorer, and a man of science. JAPANESE CORONATION CEREMONY. Tokio, November 0. There were remarkable preparations for the Fiinperor’s coronation at Kyoto. After the ceremony a mighty shout was sent up simultaneously, with the cry of “Banzai” from one end of the Empire to the other. The Court returns to 'Tokio on November 27 th. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. New York, November G. A fire destroyed a six-storey candy factory, in which there were five hundred employees, mostly Brooklyn gilds. They jumped from the fourth storey. Twenty people are dead, including a number of men, and fifty were injured. The lire escapes were jammed, and the stairways were filled with flames and prevented escape. Scores of panicstricken men and girls jumped from the fire escapes, when by descending quietly they could have escaped. ’ Part of the roof collapsed, burning many.

A SCENE AT LIVERPOOL. London, November 7. Exciting scenes occurred at Liverpool. when a large number of Irish emigrants were embarking on a Cunard liner. They were obliged to run the gauntlet of a hooting crowd. Recruiting officers endeavored to dissuade the emigrants, but none responded. Later, the emigrants assembled at the landing stage, and a number of the crew of the vessel walked ashore and told the Canard Company that they refused to sail with eligibles. The Irish firemen emphatically declared that they did not see why they should stoke while slackers were allowed to run away. The Canard Company forthwith decided not to take the emigrants. The decision was taken on the Company’s own initiative, without outside instructions, and the Company issued a notice that until Vfurther advice they cannot accept bookings of British subject who are fit and eligible for military service. ,

“LES CATH EDRALES.” (Received 8.20 a.in.) Paris, November 7. A great event in the theatrical world will be Madame Sarah Bernhardt’s return to the stage in the performance of Eugene Morand’s poem, ‘‘Los Cathedrales,” in aid of the hospitals. The poem depicts the French m the cathedrals praying in the solitude of the night for their children who are lighting at the front in the Cathedral of Strasburg. Sarah joins them and recounts the martyrdom of the sister cathedral at Rbeism, prophesying victory and punishment. The scene shows in an outstanding background of a fiery sky the cathedrals and churches which were destroyed. The poem touchingly pays a tribute to Miss Caveil’s/ heroism.