Hi lieif or' Heiieui, 20/3100. 



Day by Day. 



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rived at a satisfactory understandiug with regard to 

 the Hew Hebridee troiibleo ... The formal opening of 

 the tirst session of the newly-elected Parliament takes 

 place. 



February 20.^ — Owing to the reluctance of the 

 wealthy Liberals in Hus^sia to continue to contribute 

 to the funds of the reform movement, the revolution- 

 arie<> are now engaged in systematically robbing the 

 bank-, treasury offices, and Government brandy shops 

 in the chief towns ... M. Fallieres is formally installed 

 a* President of France in succession to M. Loubet ... 

 The respective policies of France and Germany, in 

 connection with the reform question in Morocco, are 

 now more clearly defined ... H.R.H. Prince Arthur 

 of Connaught, nephew of the King, arrives at Yoko- 

 hama ... General Linicvitch, Commander-in-Chief of 

 the Russian forces in the Far Fast, resigns his com- 

 mand, and General Grodekoff succeediS him. 



February 21. — The threatened dissolution of the 

 Hungarian Parliament, ordered by the Emperor 

 Francis Joseph, is carried out by means of a display 

 of military force ... The question of the control of 

 the native police force of Morocco appears to be no 

 nearer settlement. It is stated that Germany defi- 

 nitely refuses to agree to the Sultan selecting French 

 and Spanish officers to exercise control over the Moor- 

 ish polic-e ... Mont Pelee, in the French West Indian 

 island of Martinique, is again in active eruption ... 

 The rebellion among the natives in German East 

 Africa is assuming still more serious dimensions ... 

 Prince Arthur of Connaught performs the ceremony 

 of investing the Mikado with the insignia and Order 

 of tlie Gaiter. 



February 22. — ^The new Franco-Russian commercial 

 convention is formally ratified ... The Moroccan 

 Conference is again considering the question of finan- 

 cial administration ... The Japanese Government is- 

 sues an internal loan of £20,000,000, at •') per cent,- ••• 

 The announcement in the King's Speech of the inten- 

 tion to grant responsible government to the Trans 

 vaal and Orange Kiver Colonies greatly gratifies the 

 Boer population ... Groneral Booth declares that the 

 Salvation Army intend to send honest, industrial and 

 sober poor to the colonies, chiefly Canada, whether 

 they are wanted or not ... The ship 'Speke" is 

 wrecked at Westernport, Victoria. 



February 23. — It is stated that France is firmly re- 

 solved to make no further concessions regarding the 

 policing of Morocco ... The Japanese Government 

 warns China of the advisability of taking precautions 

 to prevent the further development of the anti- 

 foreign agitation ... Admiral Togo and Field Marshals 

 Oyama and Tamagata are honoured by having the 

 Order of Merit bestowed upon them. The ceremony 

 is performed by Prince Art^iur of Connaught ... The 

 Rcyal Commission appointed to inquire into the Rail- 

 way.v' Commissionei-s alleged squabble in New South 

 Wales meets to-day. 



February 24.— liio Russian army is gradually evacu- 

 ating Manchuria •. London financiers adversely criti- 

 cise the local issue of Australasian loans ... Sir Wil- 

 frid Laurier says that Canada's desire for the main- 

 tenance of its union with the Empire is stronger than 

 ever. 



February 20. — Tlie native outbreak in Natal is 

 spreading. .Six hundred houses are burned by the 

 natives, and forty people have perished in the flames 

 ... Germany and America come to a tariff agreement 

 ... Canada is .sending £5000 worth of flour to Japan 

 in aid of the famine fund ... The French Chamber of 

 Deputies passes a Bill, providing pensions for work- 

 ing men ... A Bill has been introduced to the Austrian 

 Parliament providing for universal suffrage. 



February 27. — A revolution at Pekin is feared ... 

 It is sta<-ed tha*- several influential experts in the 



British War Office support the recommendations oi 

 Captain Creswell for Australia's naval defence ... Mr. 

 Morley decides to establish the supremacy of the civil 

 government in India, while not interfering with Lord 

 Kitchener's sugge.stions ... It is stated that a -atisfac- 

 torv agreement has been reached by the New Hebrides 

 CommT~.sion ... In connection with tfie Yemen rebel- 

 lion, tlip Turks sustain a severe loss ... A hoax is per- 

 petrated in Tokio by a number of persons, wlio tele- 

 phoned reports of an impending earthquake, thus 

 creating a panic among the population. 



Februarv 28. — Arbitrary measures are being adopt- 

 ed in Hungary for the repression of possible disturb- 

 ances ensuing on the di.'nsolution of I'arliament ... 

 France is seeking to secure the emigration of natives 

 to the island of Reunion . 4-50 miles east of Madagas- 

 car, to assist in the cultivation of cotton ... The Tsar 

 announces that the elections for the Douma will take 

 place on different dates ... .\merica declines to inter- 

 feif in the question of the Congo atrocities ... A num- 

 ber of missionaries are murdered in China. 



March 1.— Mr. Balfoui is elected for the City of 

 London by a majority of 11,340 ... The second son of 

 the (uMinan Emperor is married to the eldest daugh- 

 ter of the (irand Duke Frederick .Vugustus of Olden- 

 burg ... A Tariff Reciprocity Bill is introduced in the 

 l'nite<l States House of Representatives ... Several 

 British, American and French war ships are proceed- 

 ing to the scene of missionary massacres on the right 

 bank ot the Yang-tse-Kiang River. 



;March 2. — The Tsar interposes to bring about a 

 peaceful .settlement of the dispute between France and 

 Germany ... The King intends to visit France ... The 

 French "reservists' term ot annual training is reduced 

 to a fortnight ... Lord Curzon is aggrieved at the 

 change which has been made by Mr. Morley in Indian 

 army control ... China offers comi>eii.sation for the loss 

 of life and property in connection with the murder ot 

 missioiiarie:: ... The subsidence of a mountain in ^^^it- 

 zerlaiul is prevented by engineering measui-es ... The 

 House of Commons votes £«5()7 in payment of claims 

 for compensation arising out of the Samoaii war of 

 1899 ... Tlie French Chamber of Deputies finally pa.ss 

 a. Bill for the adoption of penny postage throughout 

 France and her colonies. 



March 5. — A measure is introduced to the British 

 Hou.se of Commons, providing for the feeding of 

 underfed children at sch<M)l ... The King arrives at 

 Paris ... It is st.ated that an Anglo-Fivnch agre^-ment 

 ha.s been arrived at in connection with the New- 

 Hebrides' di.spute ... The s1<>;iiihn- ■ 'rimidi- " is 

 asliore at Port Stephens. 



March 6. A fearful hurriciinc in the ."society Is- 

 lands cau.ses the death ot 1(»,0()0 natives. and 

 i:l,000,(MJ0 worth of damag*- ... An American t-iMiiado 

 causes the death of one hundred native.s and twentv- 

 one white persons ... .V .Norwegian fishing fleet is 

 destroyed by a storm, thirty-four men l>eing drowned 

 ... The Tsar states to a (h-putation, asking for mea- 

 sures oi reform, that hi.s autocracy will remain the 

 same as of yore ... .lapan desires to increase her war- 

 ships by 33 per cent. ... U|)wards of t2.i0,<l00 has been 

 donated towards the fuiul for the suffering .lews in 

 Russia, and (luring the last ye^r 250,000 .Jewish im- 

 migrants ha\e lan<led in New York. 



Maich 7. .\n exaggerated statement of .\ustialian 

 massacres of blacks is made by Mr. Keir Hardie ... 

 Dr. Dawson Burns announces a decrease in the British 

 Drink Rill ... The death is announced of General Gat- 

 acre ... The last contingent of Imperial troops is with- 

 drawn from Canada ... Germany grants compen.-ation 

 to victims of motor accidents . . Princess Ena's bap- 

 tism takes place. 



