VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8406, 22 April 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

CALIFORNIA AND EDUCATION. Received April 21, 4.26 p.m. NEW YORK, April 20. Mr Elihu Root, Secretary of State, addressing the American Society of International Law at Washington, declared that the State of California was not compelled to provide education for foreigners, but if she did so she must not discriminate against the Japanese. QUEEN OF SWAZILAND. Received April 21, 4.26 p.m. LONDON, April 20. The Johannesburg correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that the Queen of Swaziland is prepared to cede to the Transvaal one-third of her country, comprising an area of high mineral worth, for a subsidy of £4,000 per annum. LONDON'S CREDIT. LONDON, April 19. The London County Council has issued a five million 3J per cent, loan at 97. Leading financial houses took half and the public subscribed the remainder twenty-fold. The list was only open for a day and a half. THE SWETTENHAM INCIDENT. Received April 21, 4.40 p.m. LONDON, April 20. A Blue Book published shows that when Lord Elgin was apprised of the letter which Sir J. A. Swettenham was said to have sent to Admiral Davis, after the Kingston earthquake, he cabled him that if the report was correct to withdraw his /statements unreservedly, and express regret, inasmuch as it was a highly improper and unbecoming way 'of addressing an officer of a friendly nation engaged on an errand of mercy. Sir J. A. Swettenham, in reply, forwarded to Lord Elgin Admiral Davis' letter and his reply thereto, showing Kut slight discrepancies with the report that had reached Lord Elgin, and requesting Lord Elgin to forward to Admiral Davis the following communication: "At the instance of the Secretary of State, I desire unreservedly to withdraw my letcer and express my regret." Sir J. A. Swettenham j simultaneously sent in his resignation. | THE WRECK OF THE SUEVIC. Received April Zl, 4.40 p.m. 1 LONDON, April 20. The Board of Trade held an inquiry into the loss of the steamer Suevic. The captain attributed the disaster to a baffling current, and stated that another steamer during the same night was carried eleven miles off her course.