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Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42784, 28 September 1905, Page 3

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London, Yesterday. The body of Mary Money, a bookl> eeper aged 22, gagged with her veil and "shockingly mutilated by a train, was discovered, in Mertham tunnel. There were marks of violence on arm, wrist and other parts, Finger marks were visible along the grimy walls of the tunnel. It is suggested that she ciu ched the wall in trying to save herself £when ejected from the train from London. The assailant is yet undiscovered. The mystery recalls that of Lafroy murdering Mold in the Mersham tunnel in 1881,

The Anglo-Japanese treaty was signed on August 12th, Count Hayashi interviewed, said the treaty was a sure guarantee of peace which was its aim ani object. He hoped the people in both countries would realise it as a powerful factor for peace and keep the spirit of the treaty for a very long time to come. General Booth urges the public authorities, under the power of the Unemployed Act, to raise a fund for emigration. St Petersburg, Yesterday.

The Czar’s invitation to the Peace Conference at the Hague has been communicated to the powers and an* nonnees that it will deal chiefly with a serious question occurring during the recent war and which it is essential to settle at the earliest opportunity, The Congress at Moscow is the first political one representing the whole empire. 300 delegates are present. Eleven thousand troops with three batteries are on garrison duty at Baku.

The unrest in Russia is not subsiding, there are daily collisions with the police whose brutality is extreme. A bomb was thrown at Kovno yesterday, and wounded three women and four pclicemen. lhe thrower escaped. New York, Yesterday, Baron Komura in:ervievved when starting honn ward, said that Japan, as a result of the war secured a wollrecognised posi.ion in the Far East and there would be no break iu the continuity of Japan’s foreign policy while she adhered to the peaceful expansion of commerce and industry. Capetown, Yesterday. The Cape Argus published an interview with the Boers recently engaged as transport assistants in Damaralund, and who sta f e that they were compelled to fight and saw the Germ ms execut<at leasi. 25 native woman aud children as spks. Th u y were once forced to shoot two wounded prisoners. All are prepared to make affidavits concerning the truth of the statements. The Times states that an AustroChinese bank with a capital of one million sterling is forming, with headquarters at Vienna and branches in China similar to the Deutsch Asiatische Bank at Berlin. It will probably serve as a satellite to the latter in furtherance of German commercial and political interests. Mr Stead in an article in the Times mentions General Tre poff frankly teiltng the Czar in reply to question, that the establishment of the Duma is equivalent to the autocrat’s limitation. Our autocracy, Trepoff added,, thiuk the time has now come when it is necessary to do so. Pretoria, Yesterday. The Transvaal has appointed a commission of enquiry into the safety of miners travelling in shafts. Berlin, Yesterday. Wilbovi’s success is reported as official.

At the Congress of the Progressive party at Wiesbaden, Herr Kopsch, member of the Reichstag, moved a resolution condemning the Governments Colonial policy and urged its abandonment since the Motherland has expended 26 million pounds during the last decade for infinitesimal results. Another deputy declared the colonies to be be so worthless that it is doubtful if any Dation would bid oven if they were offered for sale. The resolution was carried unanimousiy.