Melbourne, September 5.
The Earl of Dadley, the new Governor-General of Australis, arrived today. Lord Northcote, the retiring Governor-Uieneral, will visit Japan on On the 20th instant President Roosevelt will return to Washington ection camnpaign and to prepare his Message to Congress. The Message will contain proposal for increasing the standing Army from 60,000 to 100,000 mon, with a view to the defence of ing strengthened. To-day, a Labour festival of 40,000 workers marched in procession through New York. The Laboar League now has 2,000,000 members.
'A New York message says that the] Presidential election campaign has now actively began On Saturday evening, Governor Hughes and Se ridge delivered speeches at Youngstown to 12,000 employees of the steel works there. 'They described Mr. moonment of political misconception and a signpost pointing to basines demoralization. At the end of this month, Mr. Taft will begin a tour through all the States. Mr. Bryan will begin a three weeks' tour to-morrow. His main object is to bid for the labour and negro votes. It is extremely doubtful whether or not the Laboar Party will support him, and the negroes are still hesitating as to what action they shall take.
The first press telegram ever received being dispatched by that joureal's correspondent there. describes the ceremony at the opening of the railway line between Damascas and Medina. It appears that great crowds assembled and several speeches were wade. One of the speakers anid that Mohammed did not allow the railway to reach the holy City of Medina until Turkish Constitution had been granted. The newly appointed Governor of Hedjaz: who was the Chiel Engineer of the Railway, was carried shoulder-high by the people. While thus borne, he stretched his left hand in the direction of Mohammed's grave, and pledged himself to make the greatest efforts to complete the constructing of the railva to Mecca and w maintain the Consititution.—* Osaka Asal."
September 9. The German Consul has visited Mulai Hafid's brother, the Viceroy of Alcazar. The Moors are delighted. actuated German policy in dispatching Consul-General Vassel ahead of other diplomatists to Fez, the Moroccan it It declares that Germany's have once more proved them-incomprehensible, and their methods both disquieting and over-
September 7.
The opening of the Mecca Railway at Medina wa: signalized by the lighting of the tomb of the Prophet at Mecca by tions. electric lights and gorgeous illumina-
September 8.
The reports which have been spread of Russian battleships being ordered in Germany are declared to be unfounded. They will be built in Russia's own naval yards,
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