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GENERAL

NEWS.

The late Monsignor Benson's Blography.

The Rev. Fr. O. U. Martindale, SJ., has accepted, the invitation of Cardinal Bourne and Mr. A. 0, Benson to write the authorised Life of Monsignor R. Hugh Bec- son. He will be glad to receive letters written by Monsignor Ban- son from any who are kind enough to lend thom. They may be sent to him at Stonyhurst College, Blackburn, and will in all cases be returned. No other biography will be authorised by Monsignor Benton's representatives,

Death of Colonel Hume, D. S. 0. Colonel, O. V. Bumo, D. S. O., Siamese superintendent

of students abroad, died on the 2nd alt. He was Military Governor to His Majesty the King when Crown Prince, from 1806 to 1899. Colonel Hame, who was torn on the 12th July. 1880, served in Burmah 1886-87, and was attache with the Japanese Army during the campaign in Manchuria. He visited Bangkok ja 107, on hie retirement from the post of Military Attache to H. B. M. Embassy at Tokye.

Plague in Burma." The statement of plague teiz- ares and deaths in Burma for

the week ending 23rd January abovs the large total of 271

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Garden SHORNCLIFFE" on the part of the censors to sup these vesseln from Curtiss for use

in her navy.

The

of the war to raise the tongue of Japan. German Switzerland in the esteem of Europe. M. Edouard Naville, the eminent Gecerese Egypt ologist, bas just been urging the claims of this speech to recogai. tion, inasmuch se it keeps up the press it. In fact, the government

"I bere is no doubt, and it does unity of the Swiss people by appeared anxious for the news to

Lot" reed any explanation that, praventing confusion between get abroad rapidly.

from the standpoint of interna- Swiss Germans and Germans of

It has been a custom to make tional law, hydro ueroplanes have the Empira He adds that it is the nearest approach to the use of the talk of war with the to be considered as war vessele, original speech of the race; "if United States, of the taking of the and that, therefore, by Article VIII Ullas, the apostle of the Gotha Philippines, as a means of divert of the agreement concluded at and the transistor of the Bible ing the attention of the people of The Hague on October 18, 1907, into their torque, were to come to the country from their internal neutral countries are prohibited life again, a Bernose peasant troubles, but really there is no from supplying belligerent coun- would be the person most able to idea in the minds of the govero tries with each vessele.

ment to undertake either of selling of hydro aeroplanea by the understand him.”

Curtiss works, therefore, consti Newspapers and the Japanese these projects.

**The elections are at hand and tutea a breach of neutrality.i Mr. Suzuki, Vice-Minister of the government party now in the Hydro-aeroplanes are not especi Justice, as quoted in the Asahi, majority is afraid that they will ally mentioned in the Hague. says that the question bas been lose out at the coming polls so the agreement for the simple reason raised whether the distribution occurrence in Singapore came in that this kind of war vessel did öf newspapers and periodicals very handy as a counter-attraction not exist at that time." among voters in election cam-and the most was made of it, paigas is an infraction of the While we were in Kyoto we Election Law. The candidate came across two missionaries who who distributes among electors were posing as, peace commis newspapera, periodicals and other sionere to secaro a peaceful under- printed matter in which bis standing between the United political views are printed, sage States and Japar. They were Mr. Sazuki in reply, will not be talking over the question of the regarded as violating the Election eale of the Philippine Islands' to Law, but should newspapers and Japan, bat there did not seem to periodicals which have no connec- be much demand in the country tion with his political views befor the property. regularly distributed gratia "The Japanese seem to be says: among electors, legal action will very proud of their exploits in Herr Liebknecht, the German be taken against such a practice, Teington and of their ejection Socialist leader, has informed the as the distribution of such papers of the Germans from the place. leaders of the International Social-

GERMAN DISRUPTION.

An I-War Movement Among

Socialists.

Amsterdam, Jao. 16.

A Berlin telegram to the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant

is a distinct 'cace of dietribution There seems to be a desire it Union that the anti-war move- of profit in kind.

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negotiations with all the States Eastern Extension Australasia now at war with Austria-Hungary. | & China Telegraph Co.

Count Burlan's Reported Pence

Mission.

Rome, Jan. 28:

A Japanese Heroine's Dentli, only the fortified part of the town, growing. He added that the Russian front, the Austrian Gov. UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS, The death is reported of Mrs. however, and to leave the rest of Socialist Unions, almost without Shishido, at the age of seventy- the place to the Chinese. They exception, agreed to his point of five, an old lady famous for an are planning to complete some of view and had declared against exploit of which she was the the construction work left ut-the war. heroine in 1877. During the finished by the Germans, special-⠀

Paris, Jan. 16. Satsuma robellion Kumamoto ly the railroad station that wan It is known to-day from official castle was invested by the rebele, being built at a cost of P3,000,000 Socialist communications that A telegram from Basle says and the position was one of con- and which was only three parts before the opening of the Reich-that, according to private informa-

Confuey 97 Connaught Road, siderable danger. Mrs. Shishido, fished,

etag the German Socialists held ation from Vienna, the Emperor

Perth.....

Kwang Hing Lung, Nogalagaz. who was one of those in the be One thing we noticed that was meeting in which they opazim Francia Joseph bas entrusted

s garprise to me was the new onsly decided that the Budget Count Baran with the mission of Manwild, New York.

Loverad (2), Liverpool. leaguered fortrose, undertook the task of stealing through the friendly feeling that has struck would only be voted on condition discussing with the Kaiser a joint Sarifa 12 Bridges St. Second enemy a linee with a letter from ap between the Japanese that there should be no question project by Germany and Austria Floor, Macao. the commandant General Tani, to and the Australiana of late of the annexation of Belgium, a for peace with the Triple Entente. Silva Francisco Hongkong Major (later General) Nogi. This There was a time" when the course to which they were all op. In Hungarian political circles & Hotel, Macao. J. M. BEOK, service was always remembered; Australians had no use for the posed. The communication to separate peace is favoured, but and veteran Generals who had Japanese and would not admit that effect was officially transmit the Emperor Francis Joseph is seen cervice during that time them to Australia when they could ted to Dr. von Bethmann Bollweg, reluctant, and wishes to win over would, when in the neighbour avoid it.

the Imperial Chancellor. hood, call at the old lady's modest

Japan has an understanding aboda and pay their respects with Australis now and it is prob Japan Chronicle,«!";

able that very soon there will be a decided tide of Japanese emigra. According to reports from

The mob is destroying placards Fyou have lost your aptitepetion to the Commonwealth Large Hungarian political cirolea, in

one of the big variety of quantities of Japanese cotton the event of the failure of the ap-calling out the last reserves. A dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- goods are now going to Australia."proaching Austro-German opera- plot has been discovered to incite DRA CAFE is sure to tempt) [Quite so; but what about the lions, and particularly in the abs pre-Roumanian insurrection in

Exchange sence of decisive successes on the Transylvania, Straits Revolt?”];

IF

•You

Austria Ready for Peace.. Petrograd, January 13.

the Kaiser to the idea of a com- mon peace. Count Titz goes next to Borlin on an important mission.

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