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Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42768, 22 August 1905, Page 3

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Washington August 21. It was stated at Oyster B-.*y that be fore inviting Count von Rosen, Pro sid> at Roosevelt secured an active and cordial support from Britain, France, and Germany, and communicated to the Mikado through Mr Griscom, the American Minister at Tokio and Kane" ko. Count yon Rosen spent an hour with President Roosevelt on Saturday, three with M. de Witte yesterday, and afierwaid'amdssage was despatched to the Czar. Tokio, August 21. The Cabiaef. met at Katsura and received Mr MoDouald, the British Ministei, with whom they had a long interview. The Time’s Portsmouth correspondent reports that telegram received there last evening declares A Council under the presidency of the Czar have apparently unanimously finally decided that further concessions are impossible/* j It is announced at Portsmouth that ' Roosevelt’s proposition .to Count von Rosen related to arbitration. \ Bebun, August 21. i Colonel Leutwein h'as resigned the Governorship of German South West Africa. ’ Colonel Von Lindeguist succeeds him. I Ottawa, August 21. ’ The Maritime Board of Trade of three eastern provinces of Canada resolved to memorialise the Dominion Government to secure the Confederation of the British West Indies with Canada. Pkhth August 21. The Government, which was defeated over the proposal to purchase the Midland Railway, decided to ask for a dissolution, aad it is understood that if refused, Dagleish resigns. j London August 21. j Official advises state thatLordMinto succeeded Lord Curzon who has j resigned. j A blue book dealing with the Indian ; Army reveals a tendered resignation in June. Differences were renewed when ; Lora Curzon recommended General: Marrow as first military member of the ‘ Council, the nomination was overruled practically on the ground that the post should be filled by an officer less dis-; tinguished in the combatant branch, 1 the r of >re less likely io be at variance wi*h Lord Kitchener. Mr Brodrick explained that some authorities pre» \ ferred an officer with some technical j experience ro enable him to supervise j the manufacturing department and it ■ was suggested that Lord Curzon should consult Lord Kitchener in his i selection. Lord Curzon declined, de-> * larini.r that the Government, denied; him tluttconfi enc j without which he : was unt»b e t - Act with advantage as I head of the Indian Government he j therefore again resigned, and strongly compiainel that the system tending to concentrate all Military power in the hands of t e Army would reduce the military supply department to impo- j tenee, and construed the Cabinet’s; decision as proof of the policy of the hotne Government regarding the army administrition which differed fund a* mentally Jfrom what he thought, had been agi# id upon with the Government of {lndia. Svdr.oy, This Day. Inconnection vvi.li the extradition proceedings another charge of false pre‘enceß is preferred again t Willis. It is alleged that by means of a paper purporting to be a genuine transfer of improvement, lease, he obtained £1677 from Mr Hill, a Legislative Councillor, T Melbourne, This Day. Ac employee at. Footscray woollen mills died from stronglus intestinal worm which is prevalent in tropical climates. He became infected through handling cotton from Egypt. ,A richly mineralised reef, four feet ■wide has been struck at a depth of -4524 t; feet at the New Chum mine, Bendigo.