Tokio, Oct. 22.
An explosion ocourred yesterday at the military powder factory at euro, suburb of Tokio, resulting in twenty casualties.
Sab-Dean of the College of Cardinals, in delivering a marriage address, offered prayers for the victory of Italy. This is the first time since the abolition of the Pontifical State that " Cerdinal of the Roman See has expressed himeelf officially in favour of the Italian Goveroment.
Acting Privy Councillor of Legation, Wilhelm Stemrich, the former Under-Becretary of State for Foreiga Aff is dead, aged forty-eight years.
The Zeppelin si Schwaben ship has made a flight from Doeeseldorf, via Bremen and Hambarg, to Berlin within ten hours, The molle which left Sbaoghai via ivered in Berlin on the 19th Oct. 20.
'M. Cambon, the Freach Ambassador to Berlin will return to Paris, if necessary, in order to arge the acceptance of the terms with regard to the French Congo, upon which he agreed with Herr von Kiderlen-Waecht Beworan papers report some views mich the Emperor la alleged to have expressed to General Heimburger on the occasion of his visit to Aachen, to the effect that the present political situation of the world must be used for ex German armaments. These reports entirely imaginary.
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