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OUR LONDON LETTER.I I
OUR LONDON LETTER. I [From Our Special Ca"esponde"] There have been many notable Imperial gatherings ia London in recent years, but none of greater importance or more far- reaching possibilities than that of represen- tatives of tA Press of the Empire, which was inaugurated by a banquet at the White City ou Saturday night. The Press has come to its own in these days, and its power and influence are realised by everybody. The editors and newspaper nen now meeting in London have come from the four corners of the earth, from the outposts to the centre of the Empire, and they represent a force of public opinion such as could not be embodied in any other gathering of Imperial dele- gates. Said Lord Rosebery in his great speech on Saturday: "The power of a great newspaper with a double function of guiding &nd embodying the public opinion of the pro- vince over which it exercises its influence is immeasurably greater than that of the Statesman." It is a fine thing for the Empire that these "able editors" from Canada, Australasia, and India should come and confer with their brethren of the pea at home on matters of Imperial importance, to meet public men of all political parties, to make friendships, and get to understand one another's points of view. The social side of the conference is not by any means the least important, and the journalists of the old country will see to it that the visitors are enabled to spend an enjoyable time. But there is serious busi- ness to be done as well, and the main object of the delegates to the conference is to confer. One of the topics, which would seem comprehensive enough to cover the whole, is "The Press and the Empire." Cables and cable charges, and the organisation of news services are matters of special importance. Many misunderstandings, more or less serious, have had their origin in the trans- mission to the Dominions of condensed re- ports of important news and speeches, which would never have arisen if full accounts could have been cabled. It is quite certain that the conference will do all that lice ih its power to secure a reduction in the charges in order that the news service may be ren- dered as full and authentic as circumstances may require. The defence of the Empire, and the service which the Press can render in that connection, will also provide plenty of matter for discussion. Members of the House of Commons appear to have found the Whits«ntide recess too brief. At any rate, the majority have shown no particular eagerness to get back to duty. The arduous business of the Session begins this week, however, and the. Finance Bill, which has been printed and published. Is likely to swallow up a good many other measures. It is certainly a formidable busi- ness, and the prophets are pessimistic about the amount of Parliamentary time which will have to be expended before it is finally disposed of. The Government hope to pass the Bill through the Commons with all pos- sible speed, but even then it cannot reach the Lords before August, while the opinion ia pretty confidently expressed that it will be a good deal later before their lordships get a chance at it. It may be that the Commons will still be talking about the Budget in October. If that should be the case several other measures of importance will have to walk the plank. It is to be hoped that the nation is grateful to the anonymous benefactor-a lady-who has come forward at the last moment to pre- vent the famous Holbein picture from taking a trip abroad. Probably, however, the nation is not very much excited about it. The public declined to subscribe very largely on its own account, at any rate, for appar- ently the general contributions up to date have only amounted to something like J615,000. Enthusiasm in these matters is, after all, confined to a few people, and the majority, in spite of the fuss made by some newspapers, would be almost unmoved if a syndicate of American millionaires were to buy up all the privately-owned art treasures in the country. The coldness with which the appeal for funds for the purchase of the Nor- folk Holbein was received will, at all events, not encourage the making of similar appeals in future. Though the London Elections Bill has passed its second reading, its chance of pass- ing into law must be considered very remote. It was brought in by Mr. Harcourt, the First Commissioner for Works, whose Plural Vot- ing Bill was thrown out by the House of Lords. It seems more than likely that the new bill for London will share the same fate. Its rejection was moved in the Commons on the ground that it is not accompanied by pro- visions for a redistribution of seats, gives no remedy for existing anomalies in representa- tion, besides having, its opponents say, quite a number of defects of its own. The object of the measure is to make London one parlia- mentary borough of which the existing boroughs, or divisions would be single-mem- ber divisions, with the exception of the City, which would return two members as at pre- aent. The effect of such a bill becoming law, would be that a voter would not lose his vote by removing to another part of London, and plural voting would be made impossible. Some time ago it was stated that the W*a- leyan Church House now in course of con- struction on the site of the old Westminster Aquarium would be called when completed Victoria House. There would have been a certain appropriateness about the name, though some regret was expressed that a name connecting it more obviously with the great church to which the building belongs was not selected. Victoria House is not to be the Tiame, after all, but the new head- quarters of Methothsm will be called simply Central Buildings, Westminster. It is more than six years since the site was purchased, "but the building operations have only re- cently become visible to the passer by. The new Church House will be a worthy addition to the splendid buildings in the vicinity. Since the design was nrst published an alteration has been made in the central dome, which will be raised twelve feet higher than was at nrst intended. In the original design this dome had rather a squat appear- ance, due, somebody suggested, to the bishops having sat upon it. The cost of the building, including the amount already spent on the foundations and the basement, will be .S161,000. There can be no doubt that the Red Man spectacle is one of the best things ever seen at Earl's Court. Here are all the joya of our youth—branes and bronchos, mustangs and mocassins, feathers and war paint, and scalps, to say nothing of wigwams, squaws, and papooses. The key note of the whole spectacle is realism, and it is an exceedingly picturesque and fascinating picture of life on the plains of the far west. The Black Hawk massacre is one of the most thrilling bits of realistic drama ever seen in this country. It is all very interesting, and the guests at the Press garden party, who spent a pleasant time at the invitation of Mr. Henry J. Thompson, found it so, But the Red Man's Camp is only one of the numerous attractions at Earl's Court. "The Deluge" and "The Destruction of San Francisco" are very remarkable spectacular productions. And there are many other things worth seeing, besides a very interesting Exhibition and delightful grounds. A. E.M.
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Mr. Samuel H. FaudeI-Phillips, a brother oi I alderman Sir George Faudel-Phillipa and o< Lady Pirbright, died in Paris.
lSTATE INSURANCEI ? . —-—
l STATE INSURANCE I ? — — I AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. At the annual conference of delegates of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society, a letter was read from Mr. Lloyd George regarding his proposals for a national system of insurance against in- validity and sickness. The letter was addressed to Mr. J. Dunean, president of the National Con- ference of Friendly Societies. Mr. Lloyd George expressed his sense of obli- gation to the committee of the conference for the readiness with which they placed their ser- vices at his disposal. "It would have been dim- cult," he wrote, "for me to make progress with- out their Tielp, and I have greatly appreciated the frank and open way in which they have met me and discussed these complicated questions. "We held, as you of course remember, seve- ral m&etings during the autumn, and only ad- journed these when we had reached a point at which further progress could not well be made until an actuarial investigation into the carious suggestions made had been completed. It is not nece&sary, or perhaps desirable, that I should now o in detail into these suggestions; but I think I may say this much at least—fih&t the meetings were most fruitful in enabling us to appreciate each other's point of view, and to discuss freely the position of the friendly societies in regard to a scheme of State insur- ance, and the means by which they might best be brought into co-operation with it. "In my Budget statement I laid down the principles by which the Government, in my judgment, must be guided in framing any scheme of the kind. Among the most important of these I placed my conviction that no scheme would be tolerable which would inflict the least damage on those gre&t organisations wTiich are already doing such highly beneficent work in thij country. May I take this opportunity of repeating that I regard as essential, in whatever scheme we may finally adopt, that we should not merely most carefully safeguard the interests of your societies, but that the State should ensure their active co-operation in the working out of the scheme." Before reading the letter Mr. Bunn, the trustee of the Hearts of Oak, said that they had two or three interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which led him to invite a larger and more represelttative body of members to discuss the scheme. The Chancellor of the Ex- chequer pointed out that as far as he could ascer- tain there were in this country 15,000,000 wage earners, and not more than 5,000,000 of these belonged to permanent benefit societies. Mr. Hoyd George also said that the number of people who did not belong to the societies were increasing, and they constituted a danger to the State.
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———————————— I THE KING AND THE NORFOLKS. The King, in Field Marshal's uniform, took part in one of the most interesting ceremonies of military life at Buckingham Palace on Satur- day—the passing out of the service of a regi- ment's old colours and the consecration of the new. The regiment in question-the 1st Norfolka— were formed up round three sides of the splen- did state ballroom, as the rain prevented an outdoor ceremony. Lieutenants BagweII and Longneld, kneeling at the Kind's feet, received the new colours from his haj)ds, and the King gave his address to the men. His Majesty said "Colonel Marriott, oSicers, non-commissioned omcers and men of the 1st Battalion of the Nor- folk Regiment, I have not forgotten that 22 years ago at Aldershot I presented you with colours. I did so on that occasion in order to identify myself with your regiment. I have 1-ived now not far off half a century in the county of Norfolk, and as everything interests me so deeply in Norfolk I was glad on that oc- casion, as I am on this, to associate myself with the regiment which hears the name of my county. I am* sorry the elements do not admit of my pre- senting the colours to you out of doors, but the fact of my presenting them to you inside the palace shows you the deep interest I take in to-day's ceremony. I feel sure in con- fiding these new colours to your care that you will always continue to uphold the dignity of your Sovereign and the welfare of your country." "It is a source of great pride and glory to us that your Majesty is our CbIonel-in-Chief," Lieut.-Colonel Marriott replied, "and while we retain custody of these colours we assure your Majesty of our continued loyalty and devotion."
LIBELLING AN M.P.I
LIBELLING AN M.P. I Damages for ,P-600 were awarded by the jury to Sir George Doughty, M.P., in an action brought by him before Mr. Justice Lawrence at Lincolnshire Assizes against the "Grimaby News." Mr. Hugo Young, for the plaintiff traced what he described as the malicious spirit which had animated the paper since Sir George de- feated Mr. Wintringham at the Parliamentary election when Sir George changed his politics. An agitation had recently been proceeding on the system of sanitation. An article on the sub- ject appeared in the "Grimsby D&ily Tele- graph," of which Sir George's son was managing director, but of the publication of which Sir George knew nothing. It was followed by an article in the "Grimsby News," which attacked Sir George Doughty. In the box Sir George Doughty said be had decided that these attacks ml.st come to an end. He had been most patient for ten years, but the time would come when even & worm would turn. Mr. Stanger, for the defendants, read an apology published by the defendants, who de- clared that they now unreservedly withdrew any suggestion imputing responsibility for the article to Sir George. Sir George replied that this was not an apology and did not satisfy him. Defendants declared that they honestly believed the article in the "Telegraph was written or inspired by the plaintiff, and they published their com- ments without malice and on a question of great importance to Grimsby at the time.
" IDERBY DAY FRAUD. I
DERBY DAY FRAUD. I Conspiracy to defraud by inducing Mr. T. E. Inglis, an Australian, to bet on the Derby and other races was charged against W. Makein and C. G. Doyle. The story told by Mr. Inglis was to the effect that on several days before the Derby he was with Makein, Doyle, and another man, named Peterson, who had not been seen since. On Makein's representations he put E500 on the Derby runner Bayardo. The next day Makein said Bayardo was not going to run, and advised that the money should be put on Sir Martin. The witness put £1,000 on, and gave Makein a cheque to cover that sum, less JS166 which Makein said was his (the witness's) share of pronts which their transactions had so far re- sulted in. On another occasion Makein sug- gested that he should put £1,000 on Baron Solway and Captain Kite, one of which waa "bound to win." Makein left the room for the purpose of telephoning, and, returning, said he had nxed the matter up. The witness was not aware, of course, that that particular race had by that time been run and that the horses had lost. Makein was sentenced to eighteen months, bard labour and Doyle to twelve.
ATLANTIC MYSTERY.I
ATLANTIC MYSTERY. I It was reported on Sunday when the North German Lloyd liner Prinzess Alice reached Ply- mouth from New York that Mr. Isaac Moss, aged 28, a member of a. prominent New York family of lawyers, had disappeared from the Teasel during the voyage. Mr. Mosd, who was travelling with a medical man, said to have suffered from depression before he embarked for Germany, but on board the liner he attracted attention by his high spirits and good humour. He did not appear at the breakfast table one morning, and when his companion visited his cabin he found it empty. The bed had been slept in, and as Mr Moss' day clothes were found in the cabin it wwi% surmised that he had gone on deck in his night. cloth<'g. The ship waa searched from end to end, but no trace of him could be found. A sailor noticed that a rail aft, which had been secure the night before, had been displaced.
MOUNTAIN DISASTER.-I
MOUNTAIN DISASTER. I A message from San Dalmazzo reports a ter- rible disaster to a party of climbers. Six tourists-four Frenchmen and two Italians-set cut with three French guides from St. Germain, I in .France, to climb some of the peaks in the dis- trict. They wished to make the ascent of the Grand Dent, the summit of which has never yet been reached. Great dimcultics were encountered, the supply of ropes being insuSicient. The party made the best progress they could, but at a critical point the rope broke, and all were precipitated into an abvss. The guides managed to save themselves by clinging to projecting rocks but all the French- men were killed, and the two Italians were car- ried to Tottone in a dying condition.
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ACCIDENT ON NEW WARSHIP. I
ACCIDENT ON NEW WARSHIP. I Five men on board the new Dreadnought Superb were injured at Portsmouth on Mon- day by the sudden snapping of a wire rope as the vessel was being towed out of the dock so as to join the fleet at Spithead for the naval review. The long loose end of the hawser new back with temnc force, sweeping the forececit of the Superb, upon which a number of the crew were standing. Seaman Robert Alford and John Edward Rogers and a boy, Thomas Culliford, sus- tained broken legs, and were taken to the Haslar Hospital. Two others were slightly injured.
DEATH ON PARADE. - I
DEATH ON PARADE. I A tragic incident occurred at Bristol on Saturday afternoon on the occasion of the annual inspection of the city police force. The Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, the Sheriff, and other civic dignitaries accom- Sheriff, the inspecting omcer, a?id while the ceremony was in progress one of the con- stables suddenly staggered 'and pitched for- ward on the ground. On being picked up he was found to be dead. The deceased, a smart young cmcer, only 28 years of age, was to have commenced his holidays on Monday. He leaves a. widow and two children.
CRUISER ON THE GOODWINS. l
CRUISER ON THE GOODWINS. l The new cruiser Defence reported an extra. ordinary experience on arrival at Devonport, after carrying out gun-laying tests in the North Sea. She was carrying out steam trials on the way back when a dense fog set in, and she reduced speed to between seven and ten knots. Sud- denly a shock was felt, and the vessel stopped, and it was found that she was hard and fast on the Goodwins. Perfect discipline was maintained, and some men who were in their hammocks did not trouble ikt Ie&ve them. Fortunately, the tide was rising, and when the engines were put full speed astern the cruiser came off undamaged.
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SHOT IN A GARDEN.
SHOT IN A GARDEN. Frank Hudson is the cause of this. PIecse &nd two letters in my box at hom'e explaining everything.—E. Cage." A piece of paper bearing this message waa found on the body of Mrs. Emily Jane Case, &ged 36, a machinist, lately living at EarlaMd, who shot herself in the garden of a married nmn. At the Wa-ndsworth coroner's inquiry concern- ing the .woman's death a verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned. The coroner said that he had read the letters referred to by Mrs. Ca.ge, and they were of a scandalous character. The woman referred to her marriage which, she wrote, had been a love- less one and named a man who, she said, had ruined her life. Frank Hudson, aged 34; of TM)mere-ron.d, E&rlsneld, a bricklayer, said that he had known Mra. Cage for two years and a half. "If I had had my way I should have done with her a long while ago. I believe if I had given her up she would have shot both me and my wife too."
SERVANT GIRLS VICTIMISED.
SERVANT GIRLS VICTIMISED. The story of a rogue who for & time made a living out of credulous servant girls and others was told at the Middlesex Sessions on Saturday, when Alfred West was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. It appeared that West called at houses where he knew one of the servants had bought a sewing machine or some other article on the hire purchase system, and represented that he was an inspector of the company. He would ask to see the instal- ment card, and on examining it would say that a mistake had been made, and more money was required. If additional money was refused he would take the article away.
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KEATING your Furs, Blankets, etc., when you put them away. It kills MOTH and will not hurt your things. Follow directions with every tin, and see that everything is quite dry. Sold all over the world. Tins, 3d., 6d., and Is.; NEW SIZE, Id. A new station on the Metropolitan Railway is to be built between Willesden-green and Neasden. It will be known as Dollia-hill. Of 317 people who were killed on railways in the United Kingdom during the last thre< months of last year, 156 were tMspaaaeM.
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IA VAST FORTUNE.
A VAST FORTUNE. Bequests to charities, made in his will by Mr. Charles Morrison, of Ba.silden Park, near Read- ing, the London nuaneier who&3 fortune has been estimated at twelve millions sterling, amounted to £55,000. Sums of £10,000 each are left to the Bishop of London's Fund, the Bishop of St. Alhans' Fund, the East London Church Fund, the Rochester Diocesan Society, and the London Hospital, while a sum of £5,000 is left to the Poor Clergy Relief Corporation. To his stster, Miss Ellen Morrison, he gives his furniture and eueets, except tbo pictures and statuary at Basildon Park and at his town residence, 93, Harley-strect, W., which, with the stables attached to it, he bequeaths to her. His sister is also given a life interest in his Berkshire estate, which pas&as, on her death, to his brother, Mr. Walter Morrieon, who is also given his freehold and leasehold properties in the City of London. Mr. Morrison's nephews beneSt l&rgely by the will. To Mr. Hugh Morrison are left his estates in the island of Islay, in Scotland, and to Mr. Archibald Morrison a legacy of C270,000 to pur- chase an estate in England or Scotland. The remainder of his property is divided oe- tween hia brother and sister and his nephews and nieces.
"BOY SCOUT" BURIED ALIVE.
"BOY SCOUT" BURIED ALIVE. A twelve-year-old lad, named Alfred Graham, of Hewitt-aveuue, Noel-park, Wood-green, has been buried alive under extraordinary circum- stances. Although not a member of Bhden Powell'a scouts, he and his brother, with other lads, have been in the habit of nightly playing at "scout- ing on some waste ground near Russell- avenue. The other evening several of the lads, includ- ing Graham, discovered an open trench, which had been made for the purpose of laying a foun- dation for a new row of houses. Having secured some old boards and a couple of ecaffold polea which were lying about, they used these as a covering for th-3 trench, Graham creeping in- side, with the intention of starting a camp Sre. Suddenly the sides of the trench, which had no doubt been weakened by the recent rain, col- lapsed, and the lad was buried under several hundredweights of the fallen earth. His com- panions at one, ran for assistance, and, although the police were ooovon the scene and extricated him, life was found to be extinct.
THE ECLJPSE ECLIPSED.
THE ECLJPSE ECLIPSED. Most of the persevering observers who stayed up to watch the beginning of the eclipse of the moon were ill regarded for their pains, for in the South of England, at any rate, clouds from the east obscured what should have been an im- portant astronomical event. It was important because of the long duration of the eclipse, which began at twenty-four minutes to eleven and was not ended when the moon set at four o'clock in the morning. At twenty-four minutes to eleven the shadow of the earth was nrst cast on what we may un- ecientineally call the south-west comer of the moon. From that time onward till two minutes to one o'clock in the morning the shadow was creeping alowly*across the face of the moon, till the last strip of the silver rim was ob- scured. After two o'clock the rim of the moon again appeared on the western side. and the last of the full shadow passed from its limb about a quarter-past three.
SUMMONED ON WEDDING-EYE.
SUMMONED ON WEDDING-EYE. On the eve of his marriage to a< wealthy woman. Henry Blaker, of Belgrave place, Brighton, who was said to have been a justice of the peace, was summoned at Bow-street for leaving his child Edith chargeable to the St. Giles' ratepayers. Mr. Ashley, who prosecuted, said that in 1905 Mr. Blaker disappeared from Torrington-square, BIopmsbury. All attempts to trace him failed until his approaching marriage was announced in two newspapers. Mr. Blaker said his daughter was twenty- seven years of age when she died two years ago. "I have nine other daughters," he declared, flund because I am going to get married to- morrow the inspiration has come from them. I did not run away. I was at Brighton all the time. The case was adjourned, the bail of Mr. Blaker's nnac&e in £100 being accepted.
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A young man named William Houghton, who was remanded at Liverpool on a charge of mur- dering hia father with a poker, said he struck him in order to defend his mother. The Gas Committee of the Coventry Corpora- tion have decided to establish a pension scheme for gaaworkers whose services are not required in consequence of changes in the system of gas manufacture. The Walton-on-the-Naze Urban Council has adopted & se& defence construction rate of 3e. in the pound and a sea defence maintenance rate of 2s. 8d., to be paid by owners and occupiera on the 4froDt" are&. A DRAMATIC CONFESSION. A dramatic confession of murder was made at the Tower Bridge Police-court by Patrick Molloy, a young labourer. On December 8 last a woman named Kate Brown was found fatally stabbed in a house in Tabard-street, Borough. An inquest was held, and a verdict of "Suicide" was returned. Molloy now confessed that he killed the woman because she had robbed him. "I told my aister and my uncle," he stated, "but the answer I got was, Shut up; you will get your- aelf hanged if you go on like that.' "The reason I have made this statement is that every time I pass St. George's Church Y think of what I have done, and something tella me I ought to confess. Being a Roman Catho- lic. I cannot go to confession without telling what I have done, and I know they would not give me absolution until I have been to the police and. stated what I have done." A remand was ordered.
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I LUCKY BILL. I "'Eard about Bill James's missis, 'Enry? You knowed she'd jined the suffrijits. Well, lawst night she went on the rampage wiv 'em and poked a bobby's heye hout wiv 'er rum- breller, so the beak this mornin' give 'er six months!" "Ah, Bill always was a lucky bloke! I only wish my old 'ooman 'ud take a interest in politic" like that'
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PRESS OF THE EMPIRE ) PRESS OF T!lE EMPIRE I .BANQUET OF WELCOME, j LORD BOSEBERY'S SPEECH. 1, I An enthusiastic welcome was given on Saturday by the Press of Great Britain to the editors and representatives of the Press of the "British Dominions beyond the seas." The guests were entertained .at a banquet at the White City, at which nearly all the lead- ing journalists of the British Isles were pre- sent. The guests were received by Lord Burnham, proprietor of the "Daily Tele- graph," who presided at the banquet, having on his right Sir Hugh Graham, of the Mon- treal "Star," and on his left Lord Rosebery, the orator of the evening, to whom was en- trusted the toast of "Our Guests." Lord Rosebery said there had been confer- ences before, many of great importance, at which the Prime Ministers and Ministers of the Empire had met together to consult on the great matters of policy concerning the Empire. It was no disparagement to those gatherings to' say that this was more impor- tant still. He had the greatest respect for Prime Ministers and Ministers, but whatever their stars might be when in the ascendant, they were essentially transient bodies, and the power of a great newspaper with a double function of guiding and embodying the public opinion of the province over which it exercised its influence was immeasurably greater than that of the statesman. He had to say to our guests from beyond the seas— welcome home. That was the motto of this occasion. Some of them had never seen their home, and he hoped they would see some- thing of it during the fortnight of their stay —its ancient and settled civilisation, its abbeys and cathedrals, its universities, its Houses of Parliament, and its teeming manu- facturing and commercial communities. Then, last of all, surrounding all and guard- ing all, they would see a prodigious Armada, a prodigioua but always inadequate Armada. "And all these, gentlemen," said the speaker, "are yours as much as ours, your possession, your pride, and your home." A DREAM-TRIP, t Lord Rosebery then told the story of a dream which he had dreamed-a favourite practice, as he remarked, of retired poll ticians. He dreamed that some of our obso- lete warships were used for purposes of peace, and that Parliament, having voted supplies for two years, packed up and went for a trip in those ships in order to see some- thing of the Empire. He would take them to Canada, where they would see many new things; to New Zealand, where they would see most of the policies which they were endeavouring to construct for this country, carried out under the advantages of a virgin soil and a total absence of tradition and com- plexity. Then, on to Australia, where the expedition might indulge in the permanent sport of hunting for the Federal capital. Then they should return through South Africa, where they would see the greatest success of the Imperial Government of Great Britain, the greatest and most recent suc- cess, where a bold and magnanimous policy had healed the seams of war, where the blood gallantly shed on both sides, which might have been a stream of unending divi- sion, had extracted the cement which has united a new Empire. The excursionists might proceed northwards through Africa- avoiding Uganda, so as not to disturb the privacy of the late President of the United States. They might take their way home by Egypt, where they would see what British Government wisely directed can do to rescue order from chaos. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.—THE VlTAL TOPIC, j The most vital topic to be discussed at the conference was that of Imperial defence. The condition of things in Europe was remark- able, so peaceful and in some respects so menacing. There was an absolute absence of any of the questions which ordinarily lead to war, yet there never was in the history of the world so threatening and so overpowering a preparation for war. There were features of this general preparation for war which must cause i special anxiety to the friends of Great Britain and of the British Empire. He asked them while they were in this country to com- pare carefully the armaments of Europe with our preparations to meet them, and give their impression to the Empire in re- turn. He felt confident in the reservation and the power of this country to meet any reasonable conjunction of aSairs, but he did wonder where this expenditure on. warlike preparations was ever going to stop-if it was merely going to bring Europe back into a state of barbarism, or whether it would cause a catastrophe in which the working men of the world would say: "We will have no more of this madness and this foolery, which is grinding us to powder." We could and would build Dreadnoughts as long as we had a shilling to spend on them or a man to put into them. But he was not sure that even that would be enough, and he thought it might be their duty to take back to the Dominions across the seas the message that some personal duty and responsibility for national defence rested upon every man and citizen of the Empire. Sir Hugh Graham responded to the toast. CHEAPER CABLES, t At the Foreign Omce on Monday the 6rst business meeting of the Conference was held, the subject for discussion being "Ca,Me Nev.'a and Press Inter-Com'munieation." The dele- gates were cordially welcomed by Lord Crewe, the Colonial Secretary. A resolu- tion was carried to the effect that it is of paramount importance that telegraphic faci- lities between the various parts of the Empire should be cheapened and improved, so as to ensure fuller inter-communication' than exists at present. A committee was ap- pointed to report to the Conference, at its reassembling on June 25, as to the best means to attain this object. It was also de- cided that the British and Colonial members of the Conference be a Standing Committee to continue the study of the question of Im- perial news services, and to take measures to secure a reduction in the rates of trans- mission preparatory thereto. The delegates afterwards proceeded to the House of Commons, where they were enter- tained to luncheon by mein-bcrs of both Houses asaociated with journalism and litera- ture. A garden party we.s given in honour of the Pressmen by the Prince and Princess of Wales at Mirliorough House, the King and Queen being present.
VAN DEN BERGHS,LTD.
VAN DEN BERGHS,LTD. Moving the adoption of the report at the 14th ordinary general meeting of the shareholdera of Van den Berghs, Ltd., Lord Ebury (chair- man) said he thought it would be generally agreed that the results of the year 19C3, attained as they had been under adverse condi- tions, were decidedly satisfactory. Dealing with figures, the Chairman said the balance, after all inevitable deductions, including the interim dividend for Ordinary shareholders, was JE38,000 in excess of last year. Further, deducting Preference interest and the statutory addition to reserve, and after providing a sum to complete a dividend of 13 per cent. upon the Ordinary shares for the year, the amount to be carried forward, 9183,000, was still P.9,000 in excess of the figure for the previous year. The financial position of the company had been strengthened by additions to the statutory reserve, which now amounted to more than ;C220,000; adding that to the noating reserve they had a total of more than £400,000. He would be glad to see that ngurc in- creased to half a million, and, provided that it should be compatible with repetitions of the handsome dividend now being paid, he felt he could claim their support and that of the managing directors in working up to the accom- plishment of that ambition. The report waa adopted.
FUTURE OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
FUTURE OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Speculation has been rife of late as to the future of the Crystal Palace, and the news that an official receiver has recently been appointed has given rise to many disquieting rumours. It is gratifying, therefore, to record that at a banquet given at the Palace the omc-ial receiver (Mr. Ernest Husey) said the appointment of & liquidator, so far from being the company's death-knell, was really the signal for ita re* euacitation.