VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10518, 5 January 1912, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

f j THE PERSIAN CRISIS. | EIGHT EXECUTIONS, j (Received Jamm 17 4, 8.10 a.m.) TEHERAN, ,Jannary 3. It is reported tJta-fc tho Russians exec nt<xl oigjht in connection with tho Tabriz massacre, including Sixatulislam, itlio greatest ecclesiastic in Azerbaijan, j Tho Russian and British Legations y aro urging the appointment of Moriiard, a Belgian, as Director .of Cus- " toms, to succeed Mr Morgan Sinister. Hho British traders strongly object. PRINCE SENTENCED. TWENTY YEARS' HARD LABOUR. (Received January ■(, 9.30 a.111.) ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3. Prince David Dadaini has boon sentenced to twenty years' hard labour for instigating the murder of Prince Dadesc'iikeieni. Dadiani is a young guardsman who was in love with Dadcsehkcieni's j wife. Ho paid assassins in the I Caucasus £SO to slioot Dadesclikeieni I in broad daylight. I Thero were two hundred witnesses at | the trial. • . j POLITICAL CRISIS. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PROBLEM. (Received January -1, 10.10 a.m.) ' ADELAIDE, January 4. The South Australian Government appealed to the Colonial Offico in connection with the political crisis, but the Imperial authorities declined to interfere in tho internal affairs of a selfgoverning colony, until ©very constitutional remedy had been exhausted. The Council last night carried a j resolution for forwarding to the Im- j perial authorities, protesting that the I Premier's ■ message to the Colonial t 1 Office was incomplete and misleading. 1 I Both Houses passed Supply to carry I {ho Government oyer tho elections. j It is understood that a dissolution < will take place about the middle of j January, and an election will be held early in February. ALLEGED OVERCROWDING. WHAT THE TRAVELLER OVER- \ LOOKED. (Received January 4, 10.10 a.m.) | LONDON, January 3. In connection with the alleged overcrowding of emigrant ships tho Pall j j Mall Gazette, after, inquiry at official j 1 quarters, explains that the traveller j; evidently overlooked the fact that a j ( steamer's license does not apply when becomes an emigrant ship. - The I Board of Trade's supervision makes ( , overcrowding impossible. THE PANAMA CANAL. SHOULD TREAT ALL ALIKE. (Received January 4, 10.35 a.m.) , LONDON, January 3. Mr -Owen Phillips, ex-M.P., hopes I tliat America will make the passage through the Panama Canal as free as tihe ocean. If it is decided to fix a toll of between 2s and 4s per ton, it is important that all nations should he . treated alike. CABLE CONCESSIONS. j AMUSING AND ILLUSORY. (Received January 4, 10.10 a.m.) FREMANTLE, January 4. Mr J. Henniker Heat 011, a member of tho British House of Commons, ,leclared that the deferred* cable concessions were made out of alarm as a, result of-the agitation for reductions. The concessions were amusing and ] illusory, he said, and would merely benefit the millionaire. They would prove unsatisfactory to Australia iad New Zealand. He would not be satisfied until he was ablo to cable twelve words for 0110 shilling between England and Australia, or vise versa. It was within the range of practicability. 1

THE GERMAN ELECTIONS. GOVERNMENT MANIFESTO. (Received January 4, 10.10 a.m.) BERLIN, January 3. A Government election manifesto emphasises the need of the Reichstag "being ready to prolong the present economic, fiscal and social policy, and maintain the army and fleet permanently in iJlio ihigjhest state of efficiency, and fill t)he gaps in the armament. The manifesto therefore urges that the final defeat of the : Socialists, whose existence imperils -national unity, is a question of vital interest to the Fatherland. ANGRY SCOTCHMEN. HOLIDAY REFUSED. (Received January 4, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, January 3 The Press Association states that -a

Scottish infantry regiment at Longmoor camp, at Petersfield, enraged a.t being refused a holiday on New dear's Day, smashed tJioir Units and assailed tlio officers with stones. The men formed a. square. Tlio sergeants attempted to rush itlho position, and they received bayonet pounds. Ono wws shot seriously.^ "Evontimlly an officer, who is a noted boxer, challenged tho men's representative to single combat and vanquished him, and tJio disturbance sub sided.

RESIDENTS AND PRIESTS. TROUBLE ON WALLIS ISLAND. (Received January 4, 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 4. Dr. Borchard, a French resident of Wallis Island, has returned from a visit to France, where lie went to consult the Colonial Minister with reference to the trouble between residents nnd the Marist Brothers at tho Island. Dr. Borchard's mission was !.o obtain authority to break the allowed over-ruling powers of tho priests, and lie returns armed with special instructions from the Minister to deal with tho situation.

He declines to disclose particulars. FORGERY RAMPANT. THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. (Received January 4, 11.25 a.m■'WASHINGTON, Janiiary 3. ■ Forgery is rampant throughout the United States. The Insurance Fidelity Companies have decided to increase their pram iums and enforce most stringent regulations. Heavy losses are the cause of this action.