NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 262, 29 October 1908, Page 4

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mil iIOOiSIiVELX'S ESCAPE. -NEW YOKK KJSCEIVJJS AN AiIUSJSU 'X'iiitiiUli. i\e\v York, St 1 1>toi 11 ber S. ■Now V ork was thrilled Ihi- morning by tile report that a desperate attempt to assassinate I'rcsident Hoosevelt had been made. According to a special despatch from Oyster Bay, where the President was slaying, l.jie outrage look place on .Saturday. Ilie correspondent supplied ■full iletails of tile ernno, from which it appeared:. 1. the President was riding in a . well-wooded piece of ground near his house, when a rullian concealed in a thicket lired several revolver shots at • him, 2. With customary prompt coinage, -Mr Koosevelt went in hot .pursuit of his assailant, and was only persuaded to return home at the urgent entreaties of a friend. !!. I'iic chief of the secret detective force was summoned from Washington, and began a search, which resulted yesterday in the arrest 01 a man. armed with a large revolver, wandering about in the neighbourhood ol the President's house. The correspondent added that | .Mr. Koosevelt's guards had in eonsoi|Ueli('C been doubled. F J.hc se<]iici is an ofUcal statement. 1 that .Ml- JSoosevelt is safe, and that lie is quite unaware that any one tried to snoot hini. What happened was that an armed lunatic was arrested yesterday in tile neighbourhood of Oyster Bay, ami it appears that on Saturday a youthful member of tiie numerous Kooseveli family was guilty ol some rather careless target practice in the vicinity of the President. On this flimsy foundation the perfervid correspondent built the story which this morning gave New York a start.

FAMOUS DETECTIVE RETIRES. CHIEF INSPECTOR DREW OF SCOTLAND YARD . London, September 10. Mr Edward Drew, senior chief inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Vard, and 011 c of tlio famous "Council of Seven," wis resigned after more than twenty-six 1 years' service, "lor private reasons. ■ His work in criminal investigation earned him tile reputation 01 tile greatest jewel theft detective of modern times. He has 'been instrumental in the recovery of tens of thousands of pounds worth of property and the capture of some of the cleverest criminals in the world.

Inspector Drew did a great deal of useful and quiet service in preventing robberies as well as in recovering stolen goods, lie invariably had charge of tile valuable presents conveyed to Sajidrmgliaui for the King's birthday. His ingenuity, especially in disguises, has led to many wonderful .captures, lie achieved a typical one a few years ago in the arrest of lour men who had stolen £IO,OOO worth of jewels. To arrest them lie had to affect a sudden entry into the house where the men were staying without arousing suspicion. Milkmen arrived at the house one Sunday morning dressed in the usual aprons and glazed hats. The door was opened and left, ajar while the opener went for a onilk jug. In a moment the ''milkmen," Inspector Drew among Uieiu, wer'e in tile house, and had ar rested the thieves in their bods.

THE WAR OFFICE AND LORD KITCHENER. ORIGIN OF Till': RUMOURS OF TROUBLE IX INDIA. London. September !>. There was substantial ton,malum for the rumour which alarmed Aldcrsho last week that 20.00 i) troops were undo; orders to sail immediately for India. In order to make his luilitarj scheme in India complete. Lord Kitchener arranged with tile late Goveniment to guarantee that there should always be 20,000 troops at Aldershot ready for immediate embarkation in case of trouble".

The present G'weniment, • however,, declined to admit its obligation in this respect, and the complete scheme at. Aldershot which would meet with Lord Kitchener's requirements was allowed more or less to lapse. IJec'entlj* however, such earnest "e----presentations have (been made from India as to the necessity of a mobilisation scheme such as Lord Kitchener laid down that vile War Office reluctantly acceeded to these demands. Orders were givvn that a mohilisatio'a scheme should be quietly reintroduced, and a leakage at Aldcrshoi occasioned great ai.mii, and was responsible for lire story that 20,000 troops were to be despatched to the East at once. It is no,t anticipated that there will fie any need for the despatch of the troops from Aklershot, but at the same time tile Aldershot command is to bo placed in a state of readiness. According to an ollicial return just issuad, t'lie strength of the European army in India is 75,702, and the native army 148,D0G. The total population of India is given as 294,301,000.

THE KAISER'S MIJIIC WAIL MS MAJESTY METES OUT PRAISE AND BLAME. llerliii, September 10. ' The Kaiser's mimic war on tlw French frontier ended to-day, and His Majesty followed tlis usual custom of delivering a speech to the high, participating officers, passing judgment on the way in which the manoeuvres were carried out. His Majesty »at on horse-back oil elevated ground, while high officers of both army corps which took part in the mimic campaign gathered round him and listened to an eloquent lecture delivered with the assurance of a linlifiiry expert. The Kaiser ruthlessly criticised mistakes and praised deserving achievements. He meted out recognition to some officers and Maine to others.

J It is 'e.vpectod that the result of thp various mistakes observed by His .Maj- . csty during tlie operations the officers responsible for them will be placed on tlio retired list in the near future, A iiiiinlier of officers who fall below the Kaiser's high standard of efficiency become victims every year to the' Emperor's personsil observations of the manoeuvres. BRIIYEX OYER A PRECIPICE. HORSE .SACRIFICED TO (iKT C'IXE jMATOdRAPII. I'fCTCRI'. Paris, September 10. The French (society fo.- tile ircvention of Cruelty to Animals has taken action against a cinematograph company for an net of unprecedented brutality to a horse. In a series of pictures called "The Eovers Revenge," a carriage drawn by a hone was seen In rush over I lie edge of a did ami be dashed to pieces. file pictures were not 'fake" pictures. An old blind horse harnessed to a carriage was really driven over the edge °f the cliffs near Boulogne to obtain theni. WOMAN'S RIGHT WITH A MADMAN THE \ Al.l'i: OF ATHLETIC TRAILING. Jsew Vork. September 7. Dr .Mary Crawford, a woman ambulance surgeon of Williamsburg Hospital, had a desperate fight with a madman to-day. She owed her life m the fuel that she had undergone a long course of athletic-training. l)r Crawford went out with the ambulance this morning in response to r ,n "urgent'' call, and' louml a tuna!.!!.' whom tile police had prevented from throwing himself in front of a traincar. While on Hi" wav to the hospital I the madman attackc. Miss Crawford, seizing her by the throat but she knocked him senseless with a wellaimed bb w. and then strapped him to a si n teller hcTori- be recovered consciousness.

| n;]7,i<;s Koii ujiAVKiiv. JiriJJON.MIiK'S OFFKI! TO THK I'lMiNCll 1N r MOJIOirO. Paris. September 7. The .Imirmil stairs tlia( an unknown millionaire is prepared ( u present .CIO In rvery (il)u'cr ami T2O lo every noneonnnissioned nlUcer and private wlio (lis,it iiys'-'Xeeiplional courage uiulabilit.v during the present. .Moroccan campaign. Appliea lions for these grants must, he made to the .Minister of War before October V>.