ARMAMENTS, London vii Bombay, July 18, At the Hague Confer: nes, Sir Elward Fiy informed M. Nelidoff that he intended to bring the question of the limitation of Armaments before the Conference. M. Nelidoff has communicated with Delegatss of several of the Great Powers, who will ask their respective Goveinments for instructions, The text of the British proposal requests that the Conference chall "For tax Broop 1s ras Lirs."—
Clarke's World-femed Blood Mixture ie Berlin, July 17, Sipe Ritteelaad Freiherr vou Aehren-Ministers for Foreign Aifairs of Ttaly and Austria-Hungary respectivel on the occasion of their meeting addr.
hearty telegram, dwelling on the long the Chancel or Prince von Bulow in wind sincere Allinnce between the three Powers.
The Amsterdam Telegraph" has stated that Is is to purchase from the Netherlands one of the islands in juods Strait, The Frankfu tung" having inquired about matter with Japanese and Dutch representatives reports that the statement ut th Amsterdam Telegraph " is uotru The Japanese cruisers at present ug European ports will meet Awerican meu-ai-war at Brest. The French officials ale preparing festivities, works of Krupp withdrawn their apply to Greece ut artillery material on account of the one-sided preference given to the French competitors, Mr. Kurino, Japanese Ambassador at Paris, handed to President Fall-dress the Geynd Crone of the Chrymuthomum A Hannovn Notification just issued states that Amoy has beea declared infected port, ern Telogra that direct cable are iforiued by the Great North communication with Nagxsaki is now restored.
Tue Most Rev. J. J. Harry, archbishop of Manila, and the Rev, J.'R, Chouzs, Rector of Mai ho are on their way ack from Rome, are steying for a for aye in Shanghai at the Grand Hotel, Bubbling Well Road, before proceeding Hongkong by the G.N. 8. Sionesots en route to Manila. His Grace has been his report on the social and religious conditions of the Philippines to the Pope.
Ar ti, M. Police Court, yortorday, a summons against E. B. Broad assaulting one Woo Y, Havan Cigar Depo: on for hearing, but was withdrawn on the ion of the complainant, Ar the Russian Consular Court yesterday morning, before Mr. Kleimenow,—Oonsul-General, Fin Avrudemo was sentenced to three drys? imprisonment for having been drunk and incapable Wuchang Road at 1 p.m. on the 17th instant. warranted to cleanse the blood from al impurities from whatever cause arising.
ForScrofuls, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Logs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples, and Sores of all kinds, its effects are marvel-
Joos, Thousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it. Sold everywhere at 2s, Od, por bottle. Beware of worthless imitations.—Apy, Ar the Japanese Consular Court yesterday morning. before Me, Yamamoto, Polioo Magistrate, Miss A. Fukui was charged with keeping an unlicensed restaurant at No. 191 Cha. poo Road and with having retailed liquor 0 the said unlicensed premises on the 12th and 13th instant, in coutraventioned of Municipal By-law XXXIV. The defendant was fined $9 and cautioned, ing four Chinese named king, Wong db-song, Wong Neo and Sun See-cher were charged with carelessly and recklessly running @ loaded handcart on the Seward Road, thereby knocking down and seriously injuring map, who was standing in front of his shop. The accused stated that they wore dragging the handcart loaded with wood over the Seward Road bri and that the slope of the bridge cause the handcart to get out of control that one of the wheels touch whorlbarrow which was passion the cart partly to turn and run into the complainant. The accused were manied in custody.
The P. £0, 8. Marmora, 10,5°0 tons, will sail for London and Mtreilles direct on March 17, 1908. Bertha may now be booked. It _will be remembered that the Macedonia, another of the tot pas-in the Spring, and it will now be fe ire of the Com end one large stormer direct to London The Japanese gunboat Fashimi tft ai Foutorday.
Revenue cruiar Chuenwed here yesterday, Sxxxcrions from the music of Th Mikado," saya the "L, & 0, Express were played on the Japenese Admiral's flagship, the Tsukuba, while Admiral chief and military officials Gerard Noel, x.c.8, and the
on rd, tonished ears of the English the Mikado of Japan," "A Wandering Minstrel 1," "Tam 0 Proud," and other snatches of the banned "Mikado." Most of those officers had had to convey orders to their own bandmasters not weloctions from the Tae "L. & 0, Express" otates that Mr, RJ. Will A. B, M. Consul at Hangchow, hes passod frat in both Part I. and Part Il. of the Special Examination in Law, which ' as recently been held at the University of Cambridge. Mr. Willia, who ie a memos Gonville and Cains Colleg his degree the feller Ma. Rees in the House of Commons on June 13, asked the Sweretary ut State for Foreign Affairs what force—val, military, and polico—was available at Shanghai British merch:
December 31 Inst lable for the defence of the European community in the inter-al Settlement at Shanghai was as—Volunteors, forty-four officers and 930 non-com officers and men. Police, European, 130; Indian, 201: Chinese, 753. In addition, foreign warships of small draught can ascend river as far as Shangh:
ips can get to within tift Shanghai. It frequently one or more foreign warships in the river.
"Tax Globe" contains the announce. ment that from the eud of the proprietorship of that ill be vested solely in Mr. Hildebrand Harmsworth, brother of Lord Nort diffe, who contested Mid-Salop as a Tariff Reformor at the General Election, The direction
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