Tokio, Dec. 1 A fire occurred this' morning the industrial quarter of Yokohama One hundred and eighty-one houses wore burned down, including the foreign Catholic burch. The Church was insured, but the other houses were, for the greater part, uninsured. "However, the damage is comparatively small.
SPECIAL SERVICE, By Arcangement with the " Ostasistischer Lloyd Berlio, Dec. 8.
1 Baron von der der Goltz has reed s paper before the Deatech-Asiat Gesellschaft on Young Turkey.
ow attention to the uplifting of the people under the leadership of able Dec. £6, Hdd. the occasion of the an'
monoment of Baron Steabea, the organizer of Washington's army, at Washington, President Taft dwelt upon the great service rendered by Steuben to the training of the Amerioen army. He spoke then about the iocrassiog toll of Geamans in North. America and pointed out that now-s days the German Emperor and Conat Bernstorff, his Ambassador, getic promoters of the idea perturbable friendship between and America.
The Datch ter for Foreign Affaira has announced at The Hagoe that King George of England and President Falliéres of France will visit Queen Wilhelmina next summer. The Queen intends to return the visit of the King and Queen of the Belgisas at Braseels at an earlier date.
The Reicbagericht (Imperial Saprene Court) at Leipzig has ox deed the Deutsche Reichabank (1 ial Hak of Germany) to deliver the deposite of ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey, amounting to eighteen million marke, to the new Government in Constan-maple, The Ebrlich-Hate prepar be told after the 16th instant quantities at the price of ten marks, The death ie announced of Prolessor Lydwig Knaos, the famous painter, at the age of eighty-one years.
December 9.
The census of 19°0 shows " popalttion of 3,591,000 for Greater Berlin, an incteace of half a million since 1905. when Greater Berlin bad 3,190,000 io-habitants.
Count Nicolans Srecsen de Temerio, has been the representative of Avstria-Hongary to the Holy Bee since 1901, bes been appointed A mbasaador to Paris, December 10,
day's royal hunt at Spricge and Botbmann Hollweg, took past in yaster-The ae Chancellor, Dr. ron
this occasion i flow with Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian Heir Apparent, who is the guest of the Emperor Willie The German Reichstag yesterday took up the first reading of the Budget. Dr. Wermath, the Secretary of the
were absolutely sound: but he eapaee the finances Tarber sulempte at economy, "Tee, the Chancellor was the first speaker, and prefaced his remarks with ince to the Late troubles in M fastened part of the responsitilily for then on the Socialists, and er.ked the applause of all other parties, Dr. Bethuann-Hollweg announced—then that the Government would most enetgeticslly eoforee the existing awe, bat did not intend to lay before the Reichstag any exemption billa, Thea he passed to economic questioar, The Government would adhere to the approved basis of ite economic policy. Tt was conducting on these same lines just now the negotiations for a vow commercial treaty with Japan. The Government hoped to lay before the Reichstag during its present session new Nationality Bill, Then the
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