GENERAL NEWS.
Died Through Sneezing. An effort to suppress a sneeza resulted in the death at Lon Angeles, Californis, on September 4, of Mr. L. D. Biddle, who was & candidate for Governor of Ohio on the Labour ticket. Mr. Biddle, recently underwent an operation, and while recuperating felt an in- clination to saeese, Fraring the paroryam would re-open the wound, he endeavoured to avoid sneezing. This, his physicioso said, a trained a "blood vessel and censed two strokes of paralysis." Austrian Murdered by Chinese at Changchun.
The Aschi's correspondent at Chengchan wires that on the night of the 3rd several Chinees burglars forced their way into s house, cocupied by an Austrian opium me obsat and tok sway a lot of opium and money, after eeverely injuring the master and mistress. Some Japanese ran to the house, on bearing criss, bat the burglars get away.
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Japanese in Kirin.
General Men En-yuna, Tachan of Kiria, has wired to the Gov. ernment to the effect that the Japaness Tatab of Kusotung has definitely promised to withdraw the Japanese troops from Chang- lin on the 8th inst, and General Chang Teo-lin, Tuchun of Feng- tion, reports that the Japanere troops who have occupied Sze. picchien and Pamierchengshould be withdrawn as their presence at these places are unnecessary. Hence he requests the Waichisopu to approach the Japanese Minis». ter for the withdrawal of the Japanese force.-Peking Daily News.
No Buyers for Deutschland's Dyes.
A despatch from New York to the Daily Telegraph states that} the German chemical dyes brought to the United States in thecubmarine trader Deatechland have gone begging for want of purchaser, on accourt of the prices asked, which are said to be ten or twelve times' bigher than are cfered. The Ocean Rhederei
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Bremen, which owns the Deutsch- land, boasted that it would realise profite which would absolutely cover its building expenses. Bat to-day it is found that the enter prise is worth neither the cost nor risk entailed.
Growth of Motor Industry. According to report of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture. there were 2,245,664 motor cara in the United States on Decem 31, 1916, as against 48,000 in 1906. While these figures may be somewhat singgerated, when compared with a compilation of licence statistics of the various etates, they are near enough to give a vivid ides of the growth of the motor industry. The total gross motor-vehicle registration sad license revenues are given as G$18,245,713, of which practical- ly 90 per cent, is available for rosd improvement, so that it will be appreciated what a benefit to the entire country the automobile| has been, and is.
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Mr. F. Dadley Docker has been appointed president and Sir William Pest chairman of the Federation of British Industries Association, to the establishment of which sitention was esiled in
possession she iz fluences. Russis, a recent issue. This body is When Seastor Lewis of Illinois likewire consent to the opening adopting the same policios, will essentially a central organise called attention in the US. Senate of opportunities for the open door tion of manufacturing interests, early last month to the "evident in China and the East to us only Among the bodies which bare purpose of Japan and Russia to in return for cur withdrawal of been absorbed in the new associa discriminate against the United the limitations and qualifications tion are the lastitate of Industry States," he suggested that what and powerful industrial groups in was needed seriously was
set out in the proposed commercial Manchester and Birmingham. The "ascertain the reasons for the teen Russia and the United treaty which is now pending be Institate of Industry has scoord-significant silence on the part of States. These are seriona ques ingly gone into voluntary liquide the diplomatic and consular tion, a condition being that the representatives of the United sine that ought to be investigat minimam smount of the fund to States in the East as to those
ed by this Government." be raised ander the new arrange: threatening conditions that seem ment should be £100,000, a sum to impend as to the United States which, as a matter of fact, has and its danger.
Foreign Missionaries in Japan, been greatly exceeded. A large "The actions of Japan and of Acourding to the latest official number of important firms and Eussis," said Seastor Lewis, "are te aras the number of foreign companica have already given with a view to forcing us out of missi. naries in Japan, is 751:- their adhesion to the new move the East and preventing na having American, 338; British, 201; ment, which includes a wide re any opportunity for commercial Bussians, 3; French, 123; Bel. presentation of all the more im competition. Bat Japan is wise gian, 1; Danish, I; Swiss, 1; portant industrial interests in the and diplomatic. She knows that Swedish, 6; Spanish, 4, No courtry.
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