BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 284, 24 April 1911, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

.( TWO DEATHS IN THE PULPIT. I PRESENT! MKNT. FULFILLED. London, April 3. Two ministers fell dead in the pulpit last Sunday in February, one, the Rev. .lames Nicholas Knight, pastor of the Ashton Congregational. Church at Ash-ton-under-Lyne, while making an appeal in a scrmont on behalf of a prayer circle, and the other the' Rev. A. J. Mowatt, of the Erskine Presbyterian Church in Montreal, while giving out the text for his sermon. , Mr. Knight conducted the earlier part of the evening service without giving any sign of illness. He preached the sermon, and toward-s its close he appeared with unusual earnestness and force to the young to join in a prayer circle in connection with the mission convention which was to take place in the town. he spoke the world, "What will happen to you if you do not give yourselves to God," he reeled and fell forward, his hands gripping the pulpit rail and his body slowly sinking to the floor. There was a painful pause, and as he did not rise, some choir boys ran forward and at once ascertained that something was wrong. Mr. Knight and her two daughters and son were among the congregation at the moment. Miss Marion Knight fainted and had to be carried out of the church. In the meantime, Mr. Knight was removed to the vestry, but though medical aid was at once forthcoming he never recovered, and died in a few minutes. Heart failure is believed to have been the cause. Only a few weeks ago Mr. Knight told his wife that he felt he would die in the pulpit. He was a prominent and widely respected figure in the Congregational Church, a preacher of great merit, with a noble record of work in the great towns. He went from Hull to Ashton in 1007, and had previously held a pastorate in Birmingham. "* TTOW CANADA DOES IT. *~ 24.000 EMIGRANTS LEAVE THE CLYDE. London, April 3. A record crowd ,of 24.000 emigrants left the Clyde on Saturday for Canada and the United States. It is stated that many thousands | more are already booked. Professor Leacock, of Montreal, writing in the National Review, discusses the Canadiangimmigration problem, warning "Canada that the immigrants she is receiving from Southern Europe are poor material for the building of a Commonwealth. 1 The writer adds: "It i.s necessary for Canadians to think whether they intend to not only imitate but to far surpass the example of the United States in the' latter's cheap and easy methods of na-tion-building. -, "If v>c aim for ultimate greatness we must be content to remain as yet among the lesser communities of mankind." t WHAT GERMANY WANJS. OUTLET IX THE .MEDITERRANEAN. London. April 3. Referring to the limits of arbitration, and touching on the position of Germany, Sir Oliver Lodge, principal of Birmingham University, said there were some things that nations would not consent to submit to arbitration. He foresaw in the near future the question of an out ret from the Mediterranean Sea occupying the centre of the stage of world politics, and he considered this question quite outside the possibilities of arbitration. More than that, he believed that the securing of such an outlet had been the long-standing and secret policy »f Germany. Germany had even suggested that, on the death of the Austrian Emperor, she would make a great effort to secure a seaport on the Adriatic Sea. with a territorial connection. Sir Oliver contended that the new German fleet was intended to overawe France, in order that operations might be carried out despite protests on the part of France and Italy. In the event of such an attempt Germany would probably expect Britain to keep her hands off, and not try to curb Germany's just colonial ambitions.

TYRANNY OF DUELLING. PREFECT DISMISSED FOR REFUSING A CHALLENGE. Berlin, February 20. Another striking example of the tyranny of the duelling custom is provided by I the dismissal of Count Wartensleben from the position of Prefect of Wirtzitz because he refused to accept a challenge from Count Goltz. The circumstances were peculiar. Count Coltz had been adjudged guilty of unfair conduct by a tribunal of fellow peers, and deprived of certain privileges of nobility, whereupon he challenged these noblemen who voted his expulsion from their order. One of them, Herr von BethmannHollweg. a cousin of the Chancellor, accepted ;i challenge and fought a duel on December 19. Another nobleman, Baron Komierovsky, refused the challenge, whereupon the matter was submitted to the Kaiser, who decided that he need not accept it owing to the cloud hanging over Count Goltz. It is thus clear that Count Wartensleben has been dismissed for pursuing a line of conduct of which the Emperor expressed approval. It is further reported that Count Wartensleben will be dismissed from his post as officer of reserves by order of the general commanding the troops at Broinbcrg. "BLACK HAND'S" REVENGE. MURDER OF THE BETRAYER OF A PLOT. New York, February 20. Mr. Hugo Karos. the manager of a well-known shipping firm, who recently divulged the existence of an astonishing plot to blackmail Mr. William G. Rockefeller, died as the result of a murderous attack made on him in a lonely NewYork .street by five armed men. The ease is attracting unusual attention, as no doubt is felt by the police that the murder was committed by agents of the Hungarian "Black Hand" band, one of who-e plots the dead man communicated to the police. It was in November that Mr. Karos was visited in his office by a swarthy Hungarian, who demanded that he should translate two letters into English, and threatened him with death if he disclosed the contents. Both were addressed to Mr. Rockefeller. The first contained a requesl for £IO.OOO "for our society." The millionaire was informed that fnilnre to furnish the money would lip followed bv speedv vengeance. Tn ithe second letter the "Black Hand" gang gave Mr. Rockefeller exact instructions how to send the money. A third letter, addressed to Mr. Karos, told him that if he warned the police and anyone was arrested, the result would be his death. Mr. Karos, ignoring the threat, went

to the police, who succeeded in arresting a laborer named Peter Lilliyou as ho was entering Mr. Rockefeller's business premises' two weeks later. BATTLE IN AFRICA. 700 NATIVES KILLED AND WOUNDED Paris, February 17. The Governor of French Equatorial Africa reports further fighting, this time at Dar Kouti, where the Senoussi Sultan, having become hostile to France, decided to remove to the Egyption Soudan, taking the whole of the population of the Kouti with him, in spite of their wishes to remain'in French territory. Captain Modat was sent with a company of troops to stop the exodus, and on January 12 attacked the Sultan, who was strongly entrenched at Tata. A vigorous resistance was offered, but the action ended in a complete victory for the French troops. This success, the. Governor adds, has produced the most happy effect on the political situation in Dar Kouti. The enemy lost 300 killed, including the Senoussi Sultan himself, three of his sons, and several important chiefs, and 400 wounded. The French force had 10 tirailleurs wounded.