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steamer service is to be instituted between Australia 

 and Hull ... An extinction of the Egyptian su^ar in- 

 (lustrv is tlireat<?iicfl ... Mr. Deakin (felivers Ins pre- 

 sessional speecli at liallarat. 



March 26. — The Governmenl instructions to the 

 committee which is to visit South Africa and inquire 

 into the probable working of tlie new constitutions for 

 the Transvaal and the Orange Hiver Colony, are pub- 

 lished ... A German has lioen sentenced to one month's 

 imprisonment for threatening Mr. Balfour with vio- 

 lence if he did not pay £5()()0 ... It is reported that 

 Germany is uneasy at the weakening of the Triple 

 .Mliance, owing to the friendly attitude of Austria 

 and Italy with Great Britain . . The Admiralty orders 

 a turbine boat destroyer which will be capable of a 

 speed of 36 knots ... .Signer Tittoni is appointed Am- 

 bas/;ador for Italy at London ... A strike of coal 

 miners is threatened at Westplialia. Miners object to 

 ilip iiicrpa*;e in the export ol coal for fear it should 

 injure the eau.se of French miners. 



March 27. — \ leading Italian paper prophesies the 

 end of the Triple Alliance ... It is stated that the action 

 of the South African committee is welcomed in the 

 Transvaal, while the personnel is also approved of ... 

 The elections for the National Douma in Kussia are in 

 full .swing ... The Prefect of ('<mstantinople is assassi- 

 nated ... Further fighting in the Philippines is re- 

 ported, and the Ginernur ol the islan<l of .'^amar is 

 reported to be missing ... Si.\ hundred Japanese offi- 

 cers and sailors arrive in England to man the newly- 

 built Japanese war ships. 



March 28. — Some piogre-s.^ is made in connection 

 with the qiie.stion of policing .Morocco ... Mr. Herbert 

 Gladstone introduces the Compensation of Workmen 

 Bill in the House of Commons ... Her Majesty Queen 

 .Vlexandra sends a hearty message of welcome to the 

 Japaneso visitors ... It is expected that Great Britain 

 win send an ultimatum to Stanilxjul demanding the 

 Turkish evacuation of Tabah ... It is reported that 

 Sir. Curry, Governor of the Island of Samar, is in 

 safety. 



March 29. — The Italian Government decides to ask 

 the new International Conference at the Hague to 

 regulate the methods of utilising submarines in war- 

 fare ... Serious street riots, arising out of the strong 

 feeling in Houmania. in connection with the national 

 language, occurs at Bucharest ... Sir I*klward Grey. 

 Secretary of iState tor Foreign .\ffaire, saj-s that the 

 Turkish trespass at Tabah cannot be allowed to con- 

 tinue ... A German new.spaper slates that al! the war- 

 ships constructed by Germany in future %vill be tur- 

 bines ... The Canadian sculling champion, Edwartl 

 Diirnan, decides to visit Australia, in order to arrange 

 a match \vith James Stanbury. of New South Wales, 

 the champion sculler of the world. 



March 30. — A terrible mining disaster occurs in 

 Japan, 260 men being killed ... The question of the 

 resumption of diplomatic relations between Great 

 Britain and Servia is again under consideration ... The 

 British .Admiralty abolishes twenty-five coastguard 

 stations, drill ships and batteries, believing that the 

 Navv is able to defend Great Britain's shores ... The 

 German Reichstag votes the construction of sis large 

 crui.sers ... H.K.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught ar- 

 rives at Vancouver from India ... The workmen at 

 Warsaw wholly abstain from taking part in the elec- 

 tions for the Douma Council . Tlie application of the 

 new and higher general tariff in Germany is expected 

 to have a serious effect upon the cigarette-making in- 

 dustry in Great Britain. 



March 31. — Great indignation is aroused throughout 

 Xatal by the action of Lord F.lgin, Secretary of State 



for the Oolouies. in telegraphing to the Governor 

 instructing him to postpone the execution of twelve 

 natives who were sentenced to death for murder ... 

 The death of Sir Has Mekonnen, the distinguished 

 .Abvssinian .soldier and envoy, is causing great unrest 

 among the turbulent tribes on the Ab.vssinian-Somali- 

 land frontier ... A most serious accident occurs in the 

 hunting field to the Marquis of Linlithgow, and his 

 condition is regarded as critical ... Lord Minto, the 

 Viceroy of India, does not consider that the Russian 

 revei-ses have minimi.sed India's frontier dangers ... 

 Germany and France give their assent to the compro- 

 nii.sp, brought forward at the Algeciras Conference by 

 the cliief delegate of the United States, which pro- 

 vides that the Inspector-General must report to the 

 Sultan, and .send copies of his report, to the diplomat- 

 ists at Tangier ... An enormous fire takes place in 

 Sydney. The damage is estimated at £200,000 



.April 2. — Thirteen French coal miners are rescued 

 from the Courrieres mine, after three weeks of en- 

 tombment ... The Xatal crisis over the proposed execu- 

 tion of Zulus is ended, owing to the Imperial Govern- 

 ment yielding to the decision of the .\atal Govern 

 inent ... l.^O.OOO American workers are affected by a 

 coal strike. The men are seeking a reacljustment of 

 wages an<l better working conditions ... Since the kid- 

 napping at liio Grande of a German named Steinhotf 

 by the Gorman Government, the Brazilian Govorn- 

 nient has placed the construction of three ironclads, 

 at a cost of £1,800,000, with Kngland ... A Leice-stev 

 bye-election results in the return of a Liberal. 



.April 3. — At a banquet given to Earl Grey at New 

 York, speeches of a very friendly character to Canada 

 are made by Mr. Eliliu Root ... Bubonic plague is 

 raging in Afghanistan, and disorders have occurred 

 ov.-ing to the practice of isolating patients ... A move- 

 ment is started to form a Labour Party in Canada ... 

 .\n agreement drawn up by the Anglo-German Boun- 

 dai-v Commission, delimiting the eastern frontier of 

 Northern Nigeria from the German territory of the 

 Cameroons, is signed by both parties. 



April 4. — The condemned Zulus in connection with 

 tlie Natal native rising are shot ... Queen Alexandra 

 starts for Marseilles to meet the King on his Medi- 

 terranean cruise ... Sir Lewis M'lver intends to try to 

 bring siiilors under the provisions of the Workmen's 

 Compensation Act, and to move that a tonnage tax 

 be imposed on all vessels using British ports, with the 

 object of providing funds for the compensation of in- 

 jured sailors ... Johannesburg merchants appeal to 

 British workmen to induce the Imperial Government 

 not to interfere with the employment of Chinese 

 coolies ... " Dr." Elijah Dowic is repudiated at a meet- 

 ing of 5000 residents of Zion City on account of his 

 extravagant mode of living ... The Servian regicides 

 are using threats to secure immunity from punish- 

 ment. 



April 5. — Le Temps states that the New Hebrides 

 agreement is satisfactory to the French, and that, if 

 Australia and New Zealand desire co-dominion in the 

 islands, it can be granted ... The Russian press de- 

 clares that Germany has suffered a disastrous reverse 

 over the Morocco situation ... The committee of the 

 bondholdei-s in McCrackeii's City Brewery Ltd. an- 

 nounces that the company is unable to pay the half- 

 year's interest due on the debentures ... An early 

 meeting of The Hague Peace Conference Ls proposed ... 

 The St. Petersburg elections for the Douma Council 

 have resulted in a sweeping majority for the constitu- 

 tional democrats. ... Russia is reported to be prepar- 

 ing for the issue of a loan of £50,000,000. 



