THE WORLD'S NEWS THE LATEST

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43322, 7 May 1908, Page 2

THE WORLD'S NEWS

THE LATEST

PLOT TO KILL KITGEQBNEB. LONDON. Yesterday. The Calcutta th* Daily Express states that OT-uncon-firmed report is circulated *io the effect that the documents the raid on the bomb factoiry. in Calcutta on Saturday reveal a- plot to kill Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India, and other high officials. 1 \ SPECIE SHIPMENT. . r SYDNEY, Y<*fendayThe steamer Aeon, which left for Auckland, the Islands, and.- San Francisco on Tuesday, has a shipment of £IOO,OOO specie on board. PREMIERS’ CONFERENCE.

M33LBQURN®, Yesterday.. The Premiers’ Conference waited all day vainly for Mr Deakin’s financial proposals; ' It is believed the Federal Government is nervous in presenting them for fear of a hostile reception. i; The conference resolved that the providing of lighthouses for the' Australion and Tasmanian coasts was a matter of urgent and pressing necessity, and the Federal Government was asked to take definite action in the matter. THE DUNDEE ELECTION. LONDON, Yesterday. The Dundee contest is becoming hot and fierce. Asked if Mr Asquith had telegraphed forbidding him. to further pledge the Government to Home Rule, Mr' Churchill denied the heckler’s right to ask about private correspondence. H 9 denied any disagreement between himself - and . Mr, Asquith, and stated that he would be prepared to grant Home Rule to Scotland. THE AFGHAN WAR.

LONDON', Yesterday. The Times says that an unofficial war with Afghanistan, has beenJ praotically proceeding since the first I attack upon Landi Kotal, the northern I end of the Khyber Pass, which commenced on Friday last. The enemy in the . field in this division is composed*-of Afghan militia levies, these being the first reserves of the regular army. j r All the stories about the Ameer, - or Nasr Ulla Khan, bis Oommander-in-Chief of« the adrees, > issuing proclamations forbidding Afghans to undertake hostilities is, ; says the Times, absolutely false. The officials of the army known to have actively; assisted the • Mullahs in an organised invasion of - territory under British control. , The' prompt occupation of the Kyber Pass will probably lead to the retirement of the Afghans, but there . is no guarantee that their tactics will not be repeated.

CALCUTTA, r The conduct of the military movement against the Afghans hap been severely censured, and already many officers have been re-called from • duty. The actual orders for the operations \ are being kept secret, and this is causing much excitement.