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THE MANCHESTER GT7AKDIAX. TUESDAY, MAHCH 12. 1912. THE ACCIDENT THE TROUBLE IN MEXICO. SIK EDVABD ELGAll'S MASQUE CHURCH MISSIONS.

THE WEATHER. "RTMTION THE troubles of the bori xtTVTanmr Times'7 Tei.kcrah.-, Loneox, Moxday Night SPECIAI, BISHOP OP MANCHESTER AND Owd Sam-sats-down. upon a heap of coal and leaned his back against the empty tnb that stood beside it, half turned over. There was OUR SPECIAL FORECAST FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS. ENGLAND AND N.

WALES. HOW MADEKO HAS MADE ENEMIES. Those who, while foreseeing that the Mexicans would still -be Mexicans, were of opinion that the 30 years of peace with Diaz would leave to his successor a more docile population have apparently been disappointed, Ioronto, S. j. Every day the breath between anu tho widens.

Mr. Bourassa and Mr. the Nationalist leaders, failing to co-Government into establishing Homan schools in Keewatin, have" begun attack on Ministers. Five Qnolic- iwt) urM-ruHi mo i invirniitint I vntimr Tl-ili Iirt a MORNING EXPRESS FIGHTING NEAR CANTON. Tbleoram.) Hoxo Kong.

Mosday Telecranhio communication with union interrupted. Fighting is re occurred there yesterday betw who were recently employed to assist Willi hiiiuil ported to have porw.ii tween the new -i the is I'iiiii, i It. jt; i. debiTrtltelT t.7 tho hool issue. ft is unlikelv Borden Government, will ii, revolution and are now being dispensed with.

This morning's train to Canton was stopped failed to show canacitv tor lin'iH half-way, probably by village warfare. A PARDON FOR PRISONERS. (Reuter's Correspoxdext.) Pekix, Monday A manifesto issued on the occasion of inception of the Republic pardons all prisoners uie mii 1 1 J.l.n4- A will be appliea temporarily nines tney contrary to tno spine or nfjjuumauiaiu. exhorts all omcials to unite in promoting welfare of the Republic. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE EX SHAH.

(Reuter's Correspoxdext.) St. Petersburg, Monday. "C'cgioui nuui ivwau ex-Shah has left Persia, and is on the to Baku. Tf. Trill Iva vArtiAmHarvl 4.1-iof.

olrparfv ot. liepinninxr nt t.hn month it, wa.u nn-nonneed -j me ex-onan naa gone irom AsiraDaa Asnur-aaa ana thence to uaicu. THE BAGDAD RAILWAY. The special correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" in Constantinople, telegraphing yesterday, says Information which I have obtained from a trustworthy source enables me to send you some details regarding the Sublime Porte's counter-proposal regarding the Persian Gulf section of the Bagdad Railway. The Ottoman Government, reviving an idea which I mentioned as long ago as last summer, suggests that the capital for the construction, of the section shall be provided in equal shares by Turkey, England, France, and Germany, each of these Powers contributing 25 per cent.

This plan has finally prevailed over another which favoured bv certain of the Ottoman statesmen who advocated the direct construction of the regara to nowen. i am assurea tnat in return for an express -recognition of the sovereignty of 11.. 1 .1 1 1 un ouiioji, my x-jitt; wuuiu oe prepared grant the Sheik a firman investing him with uovernorsmp to do hereditary in his family, together with certain commercial privileges. TTTTT" TrTVn frtir Jk wan JJ1S! MUMIUnJXt. SOUTH WALES OWNERS TO TAKE PART Telegraplung from Cardiff last night 1 1 bwm on tne mgnest authority that the South Wales coalowners will take part in the joint conference at the Foreign Office to-morrow.

This decision was arrived at to-day. The owners do not wish to do any thing which would damage the prospect of the settlement. But it must be clearly understood that the meeting is "without prejudice." Try deed, the South Wales owners have not receded one step from the firm attitude they have main tained in opposition to the miners' demand for a minimum wage. Xhe Ximes says It may now be 6afely assumed that the proposed conference on the coal dispute will take place, and possibly it may besin its meetins-a fi-rlav. Tf -a-a.

11..1 iu uuaii acceptance ot tne Government's invitation was decided on without refer ence to what any section of owners might do, It is a hopeful sign. Publio opinion is evidently weighing with both sides. We hope the eame influence will be present at the delibera tions. Dome encouragement may be found in tne willingness tacitly implied of the miners' representatives to submit their schedule to free aiBvuBsion. ine -Morning Post" says: We have always deprecated legislation in this matter -i urged a voluntary settlement between masters and men; but if no voluntary settlement is! possible, then we must content the worser course and force upon both sides the compromise which the Government hare ascertained to be fair and reasonable That i is a lair working compromise only time can show.

Much, of course, -ariii a.Ja on the safeguards nhil. frnm De lranslated j. Delng. Uuch w.j lue spirit in which the nfrnniB. pnm.

iH wurKeti. And at the riof it, -Will be less 4 v.n tli a inini i mues xnan r.yu "aae custom which hua ueen iramea and tested hv l4me. aio the way fJl.Al that ro was do a the 1.1 I I I The new "Imperial Masque" by Mr. Henry Hamilton, entitled "The Crown, of India," for which Sir Edward Elgar has composed the music was produced this afternoon at the Coliseum under the conductorship of the com poser, and at the final fali of the curtain there was a very hearty demonstration of approval It is a welcome sign of the times that a man of the position of Sir Edward Elgar should associate himself with a theatre of varieties, and that the audience at such a house should know how to appreciate him at hie true value. Such a levelling up of popular entertainments can only be for the general Rood.

Let us not forget, however, that Sir Arthur Sullivan once wrote a ballet for the Alhambra. The revival of our national taste for pageantry has been much discussed of late by serious observers of sociological phenomena, and it was natural that a renewed love of allegory on the etage should be assumed to be one of its sequels. But it is doubtful whether the infer ence is just whether the playgoing public as a whole does not something either quite human or absolutely imaginative. Mr. Hamilton has chosen a very topical subject the rival claims of Delhi and Calcutta to be the capital of India, and the final verdict as proclaimed at the Duibar.

In the first tableau we see India seated on her throne surrounded by her principal cities. Delhi and Calcutta are, how ever, missing, and when they arrive each plead6 her cause. Delhi relying on her anoient splendour, and Calcutta on her prosperity today, each calls witnesses to prove her case. In support of Delhi's claim we see a procession of her heroes, a croreeous vision of Oriental antiquity in which Shah Jehan, Tamerlane, and Orungzebe play their part, some borne shoulder- high on litters of state, others afoot. Calcutta calls to her aid Jolm Company and the mer chant princes.

Warren Hastings, Clive, Law rence, and Colin Campbell. Then comes the news that the Kai6ar-i-Hind is crossing the sea to visit hia Indian domains, and then comes St. George, a brave figure in a panoply of gold with a halo of many stars encircling his head, who, singing to the glory of England, bids the rivals submit their claims to the suzerain, In the second tableau we see the Durbar at which the great ones of India do homage to the Emperor and Empress (who on the etage do not in the least resemble their present Majesties and are to be taken rather as the symbols of English sovereignty). India then announces to the assembled multitudes the Kings decision that Delhi ehall be the capital of India and Calcutta the premier city of the Empire. Sir Edward Elgar's music did not play quite such an important part in the masque as had been anticipated, for there is a great deal of apoken dialogue and there are only two set songs.

These vre "Hail immemorial lord," sung by the City of Agra, and Unfold the flag of England." sunn by St. Georee. Both have a fine rhythmic swing and the largeness of outline which appeals to the popular imagination. Miss Marion JJeeley and Mr. Harry Dearth presented them to the audience in the best possible way.

Miss Beeley, it may be said incidentally, is a native of Lancashire and has studied under Mr. John Acton, and both artists have made tUeir niark in grarui opera. A pood deal of the music, notably the intermezzo between the two tableaux and that which accompanies the s.oken dialogue, while in the best Elgarian vein a little too delicate for the purpose it is intended to serve. On the other hand, there is much music which glows with the right life and energy. The march which accompanies the procession of Delhi's heroes, with its trumpet fanfare from both sides of the stage, has a fine lilt, and the March of the Durbar glows with colour.

The semi-grotesque dance with which tho second tableau begins is distinguished by many touches of real fancy. The final use of "God Save the King" also shows the hand of the master craftsman. The "masque" is ably written, but requires some pruning, and is not conspicuous for a "sense of the theatre." Its weakness is that the conflict between the two cities does not stir tho pulses very much, and the appeals to patriotism do not always hit tho mark, because they do not always arise naturally from the siUiation. The mounting- is splendid, and the stage management is excellent, except that at the climax of each tableau nothing special seemed to happen; but this can easily be remedied. The declamation of Miss Xancy Price as India, Miss May Leslie Stuart as Delhi, and Mis3 Evelyn Kerry as Calcutta is impressive, but suffers from over-emphasis, which later experience will no doubt teach them to subdue.

The orchestra under Sir E. Elar played very well, but a few more strings are needed to do full justice to his score. Sir E. EVgar will conduct all the performances for the first fortnight of the run. A.

K. SUNKEN SUBMARINE RAISED. TO BE IX THE DOCKYARD TO-DAY. Submarine A 3, which on February 2 sank in eleven fathoms of water off the eastern end of the Isle of Wight, with 14 officers and men aboard, after a collision with the torpedo gun boat Hazard, was lifted yesterday afternoon by the dockyard staff from Portsmouth. A brief official statement from the Commander-in Chief's office in Portsmouth Dockyard announced that she was being moved round into St.

Helen's Bay, a sheltered roadstead near Ryde, whence, after a further lift, which would depend on the tide and weather, it was hoped she might be brought across to Portsmouth Harbour. Later official details stated that the A 3 had been brought round to St. Helen's, slung under lighter Ao. 94, preceded by a dock yard tug and witti other tugs on either side of the lighter. In St.

Helen's Roads the flotilla moved into shallow water, where the submarine was again gradually lowered. The salvage party, the official statement added, would remain on duty all nigfct, and early in. the morning the slinging -wires would be pennanently secured, after which the submarine would be brought into Portsmouth HarbouT and placed in the south lock of the dockyard. The salvage work has been ittw1 conditions of considerable difficulty for the Dast suuuiiujut: 13 aepositea in the lock ihe first operation will be to pump the lock, and then stens will t.irr imr me remu at ox ine Domes to the Haslar aKMXuary. A FATAL POLITICAL MEETING.

According to Reuter's correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, a telegram from Maceio, the capital of the State of Alagoas, says that a conflict occurred in the course of a political meeting there between Federal troops and the public. The State Secretary of the Interior was killed, and several other persons were wounded. 18,000 DUTY ON A "WIDOW'S ESTATE. The late Mrs. Marion Mehl, Alderley Edge, widow of Mr.

Frederick Hehl, of the Queen's Hotel, Manchester, left estate of the gross value of 126,861. She left 100 to each of her servants in her service at her 'decease, if of five years' service. The duties on the property will amount to nearly 18,000. vu lW WletU of tbe P8 and eluded tlle nack- A from Harper's Bank, Bostherno. wa? flight in wire netting and A ood hunt followed from High Legh Hall.

The fox was started from tr gardens and Tan Bromedge, on to Ogden HM1, and in a -l8n Legh, where he was lost. The bi? wool at Lfth av anothT fox," which. a for since President Madero has been holding office during these last months there has been no return to peace. This has been caused by wliat he has been doing and by what he has not done. When he announced that he would make a clean sween the devastating lotteries and of the bull-fights he was actuated by a high ideal, but he forgot that the average Mexican is far less interested in political ideals Diaz had discouraged any general interest in politics than he is moved to wrath if there is interference with his plea sures.

hen Madero settled to restore the luckless Yaquis to their country in Sonora, bringing the survivors back from slavery in tropic Yucatan, he was applauded by his fellow-citizens, except by that small minority who had acquired the laquis' fertile lands But naturally the approval which the average whom it did not financially or any other wav affect was willing to bestow upon the President for this has been outweighed by his hrm attitude towards the lotteries, which, if he cannot stop, he has at all events been limiting. The policy of General Diaz was to permit the governor of a state, in many instances, to have the sole right to establish a local lottery, and many people had been hoping that Madero would extend this right to them. It is largely the fault of the long years of despotism that there is no real patriotic feel ing in the country. Eveu as the cicntificos, the business men who made a ring rounu Diaz and exploited the whole country, so the to-dav thinks verv little or ms Fatherland, and he thinks a good deal of himself when there is any possibility of claim ing compensation. It is usual to find that if a farm is damaged by the Tebels the pecuniary loss is two or three times larger than the sum at which the farm was valued for taxation purposes when General Diaz's officials asked the owner what the value was.

One of the rivals of Madero is Emilio Vazquez Gomez, who was in the interregnum Cabinet as Minister of the Interior. This Indian lawyer made upon me the impression of sagacity and moderation when he was at San Antonio, in Texas. But lie could not find it in his heart to say a word against a eingle claimant when they flocked to him for compensation. He was finally dispensed with, and is now among Madero's arch-opponents. Of the others Pascual Orozco, General Troviiio, and Zapata are the most conspicuous, and each of them stands for a policy which should not, in their opinion, have been postponed.

It certainly is more through what ho has not dono than on account of what he has done that Madero sees a great part of the country still in arms. But one important resolution to have Pino Suarez as Vice Pre- sident has alienated many. In the State of Yucatan Suarez had been unpopular with both the so-called Liberals and Conservatives, each of whom were ready to accept the swav of General Diaz. On the other hand, Suarez, poet and' journalist, established a short-lived and independent-newspaper, in which ho occupied himself assiduously with the labour problems that nave long been too notorious. His appointment was unpopular in other parts of the Republic, for the reason that some other politicians, all of them with rnanv followers, had looked upon that office as the prize for tnoir enthusiasm in AladeTo cause.

And now to come to what the President has left, undone. "It is the folly of nations," says the Abbe Coignard, "to found vast hopes on the fall of princes." and it was widely thought in Mexico that, Diaz having been expelled, earth would become as heaven. Jhat. the whole of the abuses under Diaz would 'jo instantly removed was no less credited than that the burden of an would either mnrh or would actually be removed from off 'their snoutoers. Aow it is no longer perilous to now tnere is no clungeon in lielem reserved for editors, ajid in tho National Assembly there is no re- M-rain upon tne native eloquence of Mexi cans.

Bufc some of the nK, not be so quickly remedied; for instance, in Chihuahua, where Orozco was the leader of roae. army, has not yet hap- me vast estates of General xeinias nave oeen confiscated. It will iiiuuiiwse examination before it can bo aarawuiii-u part ot Ins G. rt-1 lilt eneral acquired by leca metlmrU vjoamma including that of the Madero family exasnerato -f uocause tney are so Inrce. It is admitted that tho landlords are not nil pernicious and that much of this high country is -VI i 1 unuruuiiCDive.

Vet there is uieeonicni on tins account. But one ventures to suppose that many Mexicans will i -I lCHi Freprea io iot laciero have his chance iiio tass is naru enough. The President declines to nc methods of Porfirio Diaz, and General Tre- mho, no naci a military zone under Diaz rlcwx: Tint. rl ic i 4- i 10 nim as so newness, ne does not believe that i-au do controlled mih io Tint, nrnntiri 1. t-- iv ujjon rue losing siue; tnat is wny ne stands against Madero j.namiy ix, wouia nave been better if Zapata had been drastically dealt with.

This ex-crroom nt Dnn Pnrfirin c. at large i j.uifios. Aver since wiw mwm-guum ne nas Been arms apparently for purposes of loot, and when Madero went to deal with him it was recretted he was let off so easily. Xo doubt he does i.ub van uiuimmi a ongand. and it is unpleasant to retire into obscuritv and peaceable pursuits when von have )een a member of a rebel anny.

This applies r--" wno are re luctant to rorego tne glamour of the life and their double and their triple cartridge bolts And simultaneously with this kind of trouble there is great exasperation in Diaz's old army, for it was a delicate task to introduce into the corps of officers those rebel cou querors whose education had been wholly gathered in tho field. 3 So much for the present fronts Mexican Republic. As to what. i. A occur we have, in the first instance, to "consider the Americans.

Not onlv nr thousands of them scattered over Mexico" where as a rule they are do m-l i. moderately popular, but the interests of the umreu. oi5 a or great value, thouch not appreciably greater than our mm is customary for much fighting to be' done along the frontier, so that the spectators in El Paso, for example, intercept stray bullet from Ciudad Juarez and thmV seriously damaged. Presidents of have always got this nehihbnnr to dread. Hen-bt THE ARREST OF AN ENGLISH BOXER IN PARIS.

A Reuter Paris message says that mortem examination of ihe bodv of Belli ihe boxer, who riiri afti 1.1 ADVANCE. The annual meeting of the Manchester and East Lancashire Auxiliary of the Church Missionary Society was held last night in the Manchester Free-trade Hall. The Bishop of Manchester, who presided, spoke of the urgent claims of non-Christian races on the attention of the Christian world. Jo one," he said, can point to any time in the past when the missionary question was so profoundly interesting as it is There is a sort of impression that everyone who cares about missions is always harping on this one theme; but I would have you to notice that it is not only the professional missionary who has this feeling. I quote from one who writes with a sense of responsibility, Mr.

Bryce, our Ambassador to the United States, in the 'International Review of The first article is one by him on Impressions of a This is what he says: 'It is the most critical moment there has ever been in the history of the non-Christian If you take the trouble to read the article you will find that it is based upon- the 6ame kind of teaching which you have heard over and or again at missionary meetings, and have read over and over again in missionary periodicals. The plain fact is this, that whether we like it or not, the influence of the European, and English-speaking races, apart from any leligious propaganda, apart from missionary effort, in their contact with non-Christian races, is a faith-destroying influence. I say Separate what we are doing from all our missionary effort, take what we are doing on purely secular lines, then undoubtedly the force of European civilisation and of American civilisation is to upset the ancient customs, and with the ancient customs the ancient faiths, of the world. Are we content to accept that position? Are we content that we en all the world over destroying the faith of those non-Christian races? 5To one who has the smallest tinge of Christianity cbant him could seriouslv accent such a position as that. Anyone who has the least religion will be bound to say, If that is the effect of our civilisation, then it is our solemn duty to give those races over the whole world something which shall re-establish them in faith and in the fear of God, for without that tne morality of the world must be undermined." Applause.) THE MANCHESTER DEUTSCIIER VEREIN.

Last night the inaugural banquet (Grundungs- fcier) cf the recently formed Deutscher Verein (German Association) was held at the Midland Hotel, under tho presidency of Mr. If. Zimmern. Ihe occasion was taken al6o as an opportunity of welcoming Mr. Michael Balling, the newly appointed conductor of the Halle Concerts Society and the Gentlemen's Concerts Society, to Manchester, and of expressing the pood wishes of the Uennan colony in Manchester for his success in his musical work here.

Oflicials of both these musical societies were present. and the eatherini' n-jin iuu. representative oi Uennan lua in Manchester. Among those present were Captain Consul Schlagintweit, Mr. Gustav Behrene, hon.

treasurer of the Halle Concerts Society, Mr. J. Aikman Forsyth, hon. secretary, and Mr. R.

H. Wilson, chorusmaster. The President, in epeakiDg, referred with satisfac tion to the more stable and happier relations oecween JtJigtand and Germany that had come into being since they last met. on the Kaiser's birthday. In proposing the health of Mr.

Bailing and welcoming him, he assuTed him of the national pride which they had in his appoint ment, and of the consistent support he would receive from his countrymen in his musical endeavours. He congratulated him also on the fresh laurels he had gained during the last week as conductor during Mr. Denhofs operatic fes tival. Mr. Bailing, in said that, knew it was not in any personal sense, but as a servant of the art of music, that such honour was shown to him.

He contrasted the practical nature of the English, who had invented the term common sense," and in the practical side of life had achieved more than any other nation had ever accomplished, with the ideal istic nature of the Germans, which might be expressed in what wae untranslatable of Sachs'e cry "Wahn! Wahn!" They sought a goal which they would never attain, but the search had enabled them to do something for the metaphysical side of man. He believed that almost anything could be accomplished by the united effort of these two natures. England spent enormous sums on sport, and football, he knew, was absolutely a necessity. But attention 6hould not be restricted to one end of the body, and he was sure that English people would help him to provide sport for the mind It was his ambition to establish opera in Man ohester. This remark was greeted with pro longed applause, and Mr.

Balling added that he hoped this enthusiasm would not be abated later, for they would find opera a very costly thing. A little operetta was next given, entitled "Adam und Eva," which was composed for the Manchester Lieder Taf el twenty years ago, and was given later with the addition of local char acterisation, by the Cologne Manner Gesang verein, and also in Hamburg, and has been heard from time to time more recently in Manchester. The music is but simple, and as it is intermittent, is restricted to a kind of ballad comedy related to the music-hall style. It is exceedingly tuneful and natural, and apt also for stage pleasantries. The plot is not thoroughly worked out to a special point, but much capital is made out of casual incongruities between the subject and its setting, and the ideas and habits of modem life.

Adam, bored by solitude, longs first for company, and after Eve appears Jongs for a mother-in-law to assist him in managing her. She, too, appears, and after a compact between her and the serpent, she disappears again, and instead of the tree of knowledge an automatic machine is introduced with the command that its contents shall not be tested. To the torturing strain "Xo question shalt thou ask me from Lehengrin, a gold coin is placed in the machine and a man child appears. Later a copper coin is tried, but a black and puny doll now appears, and soon after the mother-in-law returns, her tyranny now nrmiy and finally established. During the free-and-easy part of the meetine which followed, much sympathy was expressed for Mr.

Oenhor, who during the last week had surpassed all previous achievements in opera in -Manchester, only to find that this great accomplishment had involved a loss of 700. It was informally proposed that a movement should be set on foot by which this disastrous result should bo lightened to him, in recognition of what he had done. Public notice of the scheme will be given In a day or two. SEVERE FIGHTING IN MEXICO. According to Reuter's New York correspondent heavy fighting is reported in telegrams received from the city of Mexico yesterday.

A force of 200 Federal troops routed 800 rebels in street battle at Culiacan, in the State of Sinaloa, using machine guns. Many of the rebels were killed and 200 were taken prisoners. The Torreon correspondent of the Impartial reports that a battle took place near Gomez Talacio on March 9. in whi-h the rebels, after losing 150 killed and wounded, were forced to flee before the Federal artillery and cavalrv. another tub, a yard away, turned over al60 on its side, and all the coal that it held raked out upon the floor.

Billy Penk, one of four dirt-snatchers," of whom Owd Sana was another, was picking (snatching) dirt out of the coal on which lie kneeled, and throw ing it into a bucket. There was a weighing- hook, just such as housewives have, but bigger, above his head, on which the dirt was weighed. Dirt is shale and slate. You take a tub that comes up, with a miner's tally on it, turn it over, pick the dirt out, weigh it, write the weight down on a sheet, and take the sheet to the weighmen's office on the pit-hank. Such-and-such a weight of dirt in such-and-such a total weight of dirt and coal is reckoned out of every tub the man sends up.

That is as simply as the dirt-snatcher's work can bo put. The four men, Penk, the youngest, Downer, 1'mpire (or Owd Dick), and one-armed Sam, worked in a corner of the pitbrow. They were shut in at the end by sheets of brattice-cloth, through which a bitter little stream or wind was flowing on that day. It touched upon Owd Sam as be sat eating, then shot along to the top of the shaft. Owd Sam could see the banksman, Jacklyn, rub his arms.

Then a cage came tip and clacked into the catches. Jnrklyu. throwing up the gate That held the tubs in. himself against it with one hand and fetched the tubs out with a heave. Jacklyn was a giant.

They ran a little way along the rails, aud stopped, till Mills, one of the lads, hauled them along again on to the weighing-plate outside the weighmen's cabin. Owd Sam saw Jacklyn, who was standing like a6tone, over against the top, from which the cage had now cone down, and Veal, the top boss, who wore spectacles, and who. was cursing little Mills. There was a long string of tubs between the top of the shaft and the office. It was by this that Owd Sara knew that Veal was cursing, for he could not hear.

Tiie din was much too great for anyone to near a dozen yards away. here was the flanking of the engines in' the engine-house near by the rumbling of the iron tub wheels on the iron plates that floored the pit-bank: the flashing of the screening-room on the other Mdo ot the bank, and the roar of thunder when a tub. run into the tip, shot all its contents down upuii the screens below. Sain know that the string of tubs, instead of bei ng on the rails, should have been emptied there by now. Something happened at that moment that took Sam eyes off the tubs.

A cage came up into the catches and a man stepped out. Little else conies up but coal until the men Jelow knock off. The man, instead of wearing such old odds and ends of clothes as colliers wear, had on a rather faded wholo blue suit. Sam knew him for the under-manager, and wondered what ho wanted. He glanced round, picked Veal out, and went up to him.

Veal was helping little Mills to get on with his Avork by shoving tubs along to him; but when ho saw the under-manager he went to meet him. The man from down below spoke quickly for a minute. Sam could see Veal's face change, but Veal never answered. He only nodded, aud then turned towards the steps that went down to the yard. A few stairs down he disappeared from The man who had come up walked back, and spoke to Jncklvn.

Jacklvn gripped the epeaking-tubo just by his hand and called into it. Tho speaking-tube was for the 'nguip-winder. Knr a moment, Owd Sam taw, held it to his ear. Then ho said rome words into it. thniiph what thev were.

again Sam could not tell. "I'll hot hero's something np down the Owd Sam said. Dick was nt his side. AT," Dick answered queerlv, little Mills told me there was something 'chalked on one of the tubs. Nobody saw it but him." Ho felt a touch on his and turned round.

Billy Penk was there. "What's up?" Penk asked. Ho had a strange thin voice, as if he nlways feared something. "1 don't know what's up." Dick said. Somebody must be hurt, I think." Tho lad shook.

"Who's hurt?" he said. "I don't know," said Dick, only little Mills says he saw 6omethinc on one of the tubs. How's it happened?" asked Penk again. 'I don't know," Dick answered, but the under-inanacer's come no and Jack Veal's gone off the top." They're winding again," said Penk. The under-manager luid got into the cage again.

They saw him, as he crouched in it, look up at Jacklyn. Jacklyn pulled the knocking lever, and they hoard the knocking from within the engine-house. The cage dropped down from sight, the cage-rope spun and Jacklyn stood upright again. The dirtl Miatohers watched him for a minute, till the lowering rope slowed in its speed and on tho other side of the top the other cage rose up from the shaft. It went an inch or two above the catches, then fell back into them Two moti with lamps came out, straightened their backs, and made for the 6teps.

Thev passed near Mills, and little Penk 'saw him speak to them. One of them went on and took no notice of him. but the other halted for a moment, and said sometjiinrr thf, raan walked on again. There were no full tubs on the rails, and throngh the win- uuhs ui mo omce enit could see the wein-b men talking to each other. Thr li no tubs for two windings, aud all over the pit-brow lads were standing idle.

Mills was KU'K i-owaras in top ot the shaft Jacklvn pulled down the gate, and the cage stood there empty, but he did not stir He awuue. men tne airt-snatchers heard shocks ror me engme-iiouse, and Jacklvn snocKea in nis turn. The empty cage fell una lmu wie oars snatt. They waited for me next uui. it, was a long time Thev could hear the winding engines, which seemed to be going slowly.

After a while thev went inora slowly stiU. The top of cage reached the level of the bank, then the gates, and vrTJA i. -Jacklyn lifted the gate, but no one seemed to be com- iaS ffie mto 8iEht, his i ana something in his hands. The man stepped carefully anions the scraps of coal that lav about. When he had taken a step or two thev saw that he was carrying something-, stretcher Another man came out at the other end of it.

A rough brown brattice covered th tretcher and on the hrattice was a scarf and SP- Jhrt WaS a l0a8 bulk beneath it and They had forgotten evervthine but nli once, they heard Owd Sam" speak he said. He stood stock-still, looking The two men with the stretcher, two otbrf -2 them, walked to the steps. airfthi step, went down till th? out of sight. Then they saw littfe Mfla ing towards them. 5 com It's Jack Williams." he 6aid man said so." fir- Owd Sam stuttered.

Him that run Downer on Saturday? at Should Mills was white under his coal-dust ti, i-him he said A lot of dirt's come dSj attthe top of the No. 1 JIg. He wa 1 said Owd Sam. He was silent for a moment. i ve done for to-dav." he aid.

He went to his coat where it hung on nail. J. H. A Reuter's St. Petersburg message states that the Prefect of Police by administrative order lias sentenced sixty students of the St.

"University to two months' imprisonment for participates is Illegal meeting the university premise. 1 To-day Easterly and south-easterly winds. light or moderate some mist or local fog, otherwise mosuj fair and colder. Wednesday: North-easterly and south-easterly winds, moderate mo3tly fair and cool. Thursday South-easterly to easterly winds, moderate to fresh fair and colder.

A deep and extensive anticyclone is expanding westwards from a centre over Finland, and will favour the establishment for a time of the dry easterly winds and fair weather which is normally characteristic of March. FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY, The following forecasts of to-day's weather were issued by the Meteorological Office last night Lancashire and the Nouth-Wbst (No. 7). Calms and very light variable breezes much morning mist or fog in many places, otherwise fair or fine temperature cool to moderate. The Midlands and West Riding (No.

4). Same aa No. 7. YESTERDAY JJV MANCHESTER, Manchxstrb UKivxBStrv METBoaotomctr, Osssrva-tobt. Wbit worth Pabs, March 11.

1912, 9 p.m. Fair to fine slight fog during evening. Barometer rising steadily. Temperature (in shade). Tcwlv.

Lsit veir. 2 ho'in. Lastvaar 9a.m 43'3 416 47-1 8p.ni 43-4 39-8 Lowest 40-0 39-5 Highest on black bulb, 52 Sunshine Rainfall Last 6h. 15m. Last 9a.Ti.

9 p.m. Humidity (per cent of saturation) 96 100 Babometeb (corrected) Monday. Sunday. At9a.m 29-959 29-696 At9p.m 39-131 29786 Wind. A light air, direction variable average velocity 2 miles an hour.

Rise. Seta. 6 6 p.m. ....10 29 a.m. Thk Sus 6 31 a.ra.

Thb Moon 4 24 a.m. For every ten miles north of Manchester sunset; is earlier bv 6 leconds. LAMP-TIME FOR CYCLISTS TO-DAY: 7 A COUNTRY DIARY. March 11. When social conditions are unsettled and de pressing- it is a Telief to turn one's attention to nature and see indications of brighter days.

Some thirty bright, clean, freshly moulted pied wagtails, undoubtedly recently arrived immigrants, were following a plough, picking up the worms and insects, many of the latter injurious to agriculture, which were exposed in the overturned sods. Yet even these children of nature were not living a purely natural life; they were gaining advantage from and assisting agriculture and industry. The emPioi'er and employed who made the plough, I tho farmr and his ploughman, the toiling I horses, and the wild birds, which neither know master nor employ labour, were working to gether to obtain food both for themselves and for others, but it is hard nay, impossible to say what share each, takes in the economic whole. The insectivorous wagtail may, in its blind rush for food, destroy carnivorous insects which would keep down, many others injurious to agriculture, though it certainly also destroys numerous pests. The problems of life, even of the connection between insect, bird, and man, are wonderfully complex.

What food for thought we may find in these preparations of both man and bird for the approaching days of growth and, later, of harvest. THE CASE OF THE RILEYS. RENEWED TROUBLE A AX ACCRIXGTON COTTON MILL. The ill-feeling has revived amongst the weavers at the Helene Mill, Accrington, where one of the strikes which led to the recent lockout took place. On Saturday Mrs.

Riley who with her husband wae the cause of the strike-refused to pay further contributions to the union because ehe had certain grievances, and this action of liers has reawakened hostility. She declares that when the mill was reopened after the dispute she ioined th condition that her husband was found employment outside the mill. He is etill unemuloved nowever, ana tor that reason his wife refuses to continue her subscriptions. At the mill angry feelings have been aroused bv Mn Yterday the union officials pacified the workers with the assurance that a special meeting would be held to-day to con-aider the position. In the course of an inter view Mr femmett secretary of the Accrington Weavers Association, eaid the weavers at th Helene Mill had declared they would leave the union in a body if the matter was not settled UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

OXFORD CREW FIRST APPEARANCE AT The Oxford crew made their first appearance at Putney yesterday, but owing to the morning 0 uU(i By twiva iujlij. jtiLe in tne veninir rpi 1 1 xiiey uin Jiau a iony minutes' outing, in wre.cn uiey were ctneny restricted to paddlinu. Un the way up, however, they were given a lour minutes- row with the tide. In the strange conditions they were occasionally in lauu, out mey created a very favourable im pression. They row to-day at ten and 30.

TODAY'S ARRANGEMENTS. Manchester County Court, 10. Salford Bankruptcy Court, 10. Meyer at Central Hall. 7l Ah Father Jones at St.

Mary's, Church, 1 20. The Rev. R. A. Knox at St.

Anns! 1 20. Geological end Mining Society, aiancnester university: Electrical Engineers Whitworth Institute: 3Ir. W. Burtnn Pntw Lecture, 8 St. Edward's Sohool, Rusholme Catholic Truth Society, 8.

Geographical Hall Rev A. of L. Cortie. 7 30. Young Liberals Heaton Chapel League Women Suffrage," 8.

nouse oi commons: Army Votes. At 8 15 Increased Cost of Living in relation to the' riscai cyBseui tJir. House of Lords: Irish Finance in Relation to nomG aiue luora jjonaonaerry). Mr. Birrell at the Liberation Society's Parlia mentary Westminster Palace xiotei, Association of Chambers of Commwn i Meeting, Lord Brassey presiding, Whitehall Manchester Assizes.

Olvil Court, before Mr Justice Bray, without a jury: Mowat Bles and Sons, goods sold and delivered (part heardj; tsherr v. Fisher Benwick Manchester-London Steamers, Limited! breach of duty. With a special iurv Caminada and Brookes Brothers, personal injuries. Before Mr. Justice Piokford and common juries: Johnson v.

Postleth waits, breaches of covenants in a lease (nut heard); Edmondson v. Wilkinson ad another, pereonsl injuries; Higson Wilson, personal injuries. Both Courts ait at 10 30. Chancery of Lancashire, before the Deputy of the Chancellor, Assize Courts, Manchester 10 50. Actions for Trial: Law v.

PinkW stone (to be mentioned): Gaskell v. Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation snd others. TLAXDUDO. -Crisp air. Breezy uplands A and ruxg-ed rtiff of GmtiYruw.

Sea 4fc motor tril. FsmouaorctKX.ra. Guide (post 2d. Town HalL a 1 f' indication flint Mr. period of ascendancy is VM th.

iil ion in li laruo it- .1 leadership. THE DISESTABLISIUrKXT The "Times" says: The that the Welsh the be introduced the week after A-: I ilmt tl.sv -it 1. .1 i wits iiuiiuai KralUS i I conimuetl alter disestablishment THE NAVY ESTIMATES. The "Times" understands tbst settlement of the Xavy Etitimat-rs financial year it has not lem i to make the reduction for desire has been expresse--! tiie side. Delays in shi)ibuilling in year have thrown an unduly heavy I VII IUB jeaT, Willi tllP t- reduction will be a very filial! WESTMACOTT make Pectoral HAL' to Ciira vonr Coiijth or Cm I.

ml t. 7 aTS A I A XT II vr LAIN i jl rnAKaiAteuric.l tllhillST; "wooiXeVs vakkav nkhve 3 1 I mtTo.rTT luitoipn xii.j.n.o aim T01 CONSTANTINE-S BATHS. Oxford-stm -ii re: ortj.viv.,. unen n.in. In i.

Manrhprpr. RNITTJ FOR A I FBICES SUIT ALL J. HUKTEB ft 28. ST. MARY'S PARSONAGE.

MAXbflEFTint DON'T ask your balcer for brotrn if you desire the best. Say HO VIS which is GOLDEN BROWN Announcements ot Births, Marriages, and noriam Xoticea are charged at the follcwir- Two LlSEs Is. (ml. and 6d. each Additional All mich annntinPAmiinfa mnef a name and address of the sender.

I'osiagij bum' postal own may De sent in payment. 'RT'RTTm bcrr.o the 9th at Pennant End. whr la or luiington, tne wite or jajiks dltf.i 05? SaoilT, HAKtiitiAVKS. On March 11, the wite of IIARGUEAVES. 7.

Prince's Union 5lc. 1 daughter. IXGHASL On March 11, at The Pisgs, 10 nr. ana jus. A.

j. lNtiiiAil, a son. MAKISSON. On the 9th nt Xetherby. u.r.

the wife of LEO.VABD MAKlXsOX. of a SHEPPEHD. On Sunday the loth, at 23. bHEPPUtD, t.j a daughter. ueax the 12th ot Februarr.

nt sr. fi Church, Penang, Straits Settlements' bv iho i W. Haines, FHEDEItICK L'UAltLES LEAN, son of the late F. W. Lean, of Manoh-tr.

in i.lt youngest daughter of the late Charles eIMj, l. oi Birmingham. DEATHS. alle.v On board the Tunisian. GERAI.n third son of W.

31ilwa.nl of i I Banckoft. On the 9th at FANNY BAXCKOFT. Interment at i ierv on Wednesday, iarch ii, at w. of 3 30 v.m. as nrevioualv annouinnri).

BELSI1AW. On the 10th at Uo St a. on-ea, HAllAU, widow of the late Wiltmin I.KI..-U Architect, Manchester, in Ire 87th 1 1. at St. John's Church, Lytbam, at ta-i-l" Thursday the 14th inst.

Friends tiii.ll;.- a- -y ine only intimation. BOW KINO. On the 11th at his im-i'lcw-'. BOWB.IXO, of Ash Bat Bank. Xorthetidn 'I ton), in his 72nd year.

Interment at i V- Cemetery on Fridav. BEIGHT. At Bournemouth, on March 10, MARV M'! BRIGHT, widow of William Leatham the 11th from a-ni- HAKRY, eldest son of John RliHWN. Blackpool (late ot Ellesnicre 'ears. Interment Southern CeiuetTv CUfAHJ.

On the 8th at his rc.i-!"' Urotton, JOHN EDWARD CLBJO. 111 l-a Xo flowers, by request. Ben-ice nt tho i r.nM on Wednesday, 1 p.m. Inquirid t. U- l'rockter, liimited.

Oldham. CLEGG. On the 10th inau, at Afli hen. H'irj lTettwica, UATIL.DA, wile oi Jletirv ill her 69th -ear. lutertnent at IJMliWfc-iM I Church, Newcburch, on Thursday il.

at -j oogTSSSr'Sli; lU '-l CATHERINE LOUISE (J. Macix-tli. LU wife of F. B. OOHDIMJiiEY and daugMer Andrew U.

Jtacbeth, of Picctidillr, ilatKlvf" 1-roent at Bt. Matthew's, Stretfurd, on four o'clock. GRUNDY. On the 10th at itl, llvl'- Woodier, WALTER GKU.VUY tla: of Aooounta Depart. G.C.

liailway. London K- i-i Manchester). Interment Xew i.inii'xioii Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne. on Wednesday, at -r. i Inauiries to A.

Beard. Woodley HAXDKISOS. GEORGE HAXDIUNDS. the John Sarantis, Market Flaoc, March 11. 1912.

need 46 rears. UbOUU. IH1 T-llO X1I1J lllbl. at, I ttMvm i 1ai.crhtr. Mh Ktinr 7f, JAMES LEKCH.

in lii 70th war. tiie 'n il li of the lat Amelia Ieech lata ot Tonrm beloved. All icoulriea to E. Simi an Gross Lane. Sallord.

Devon, EUPHEMIA, wife of SanwH I.E.M.AI.I ROth Tear. MICHAKUS. On the 10th in tuo londly loved wile of Ir. IInjo illi daughter of the late Louis Beliren. it Bowdon.

Cheshire. MOSELET. On March 10, at the reiiience otr (Mrs. Uinu). ilAlll, widow of Uie MOSELEY.

passed peacefully away, in In -r NEILL. On March 10, at Beech -N'i BASIL JAMES, jounger eon ot Alfrl KEILL, aged 44 years. Interment Wednesday, at 20. ORFORD. On the 8th at H.ir'.iniTon, De: WILLIAM ORFOKU, late of Mantrheswr.

of Toyn, North Waies, agd 60. Ii.t'W:-lJnflhangel-y-PeiUJit Churchyard, Towyi', on Wednesday momins. PRICE. On the 10th iusu. at St.

Aul.yn-. Mersey, -very suddenly, JOIIX UlEWJiiin County Coroner, in "his 51st jjr. I aerrice at St. John's Church. Jjr'-- at 12 30 p.m., prior to interment at Cemetery.

Xo flowers. FR1CHABD. On March 11, at his uonway, Uounty Alderman ir. it- 1 PRICHARD, J.r. Publio funeral Oonwaj Fr: PBITCHARD.

On the 9th at Brook-street, -Manchester, MARIO.V," PBITCHARD, M.B., and younger daurl.f Kershaw, M.D., of Forn worth. Kunera. at s'-Church, HaUiwell, Bolton, noon Wedmilar. Min On the 11th int unriITilv. at r.nv h.h.

iMPT.nhi.iTn kKY the oeiored son ot Hannah and the la thorxhilu Drinter. t. Turn. on we Bin at nis resianr, street West, C.n-M., WILLIAM tiEl EOKliK. ti beloved husband of Alice S.

TUKI-E. Messrs. Paulden's, Stretford Rood. WATSOS. On the 11th at hi Trafalsar itood, Birkdale, THOMAS WATSOS (late of Manchester), aged 72 yir--- ment on Thursday at Blrkdale Cemetery.

Mrs. DAWSOS and Pamily desire to thank tne many expressions 01 sympathy twt- their beremrement. Sunnyside. Colwvn lay- Mrs. MOORE wishes to express sincere many irtenoa tor tneir kind sympathy in sad bereavement.

22, Monton-atreet, Wlu'tworth Park. In Memoriam. JACKSON. On March 12. 1911.

RimAnn of E6. I-urt'owntrm C. erKy police. MONUMENTAL I A lie. Oxford Rd tvit.

t. i JJUllT.P If iwp rw, u.i Hi 1, PSSIWe expedient in parties do not consent to a volnntarv J1 MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD'S ATTACK UN TiiK PREMIEB JU1Juay lsays tDe indicoes the perturbation of the Labour party at tho present e4tuatin. lur nag ftad advantair of being present at th nnfAno. inacuonaid Has not.

Mr. ir vw uuu jur, explain what tho Prime Miniate "ir wnw 18 dent iS that i.y are in a veru- avn. Hon and anni.l.l.. mu ds made a scapegoat. Jar.

AaaUlth HTYn peaestai, but common fnimMi say inat various courses -arhioH v. 8 wnicn nave been urperl m- Wiiiianifl UK mi 1 in niTTl iini-n a. 1 ut loaiiv oeen What he mhtht have rf xets that he did not-was to have the whole 7 111 rouament. That would whiT d'Taion to which he has now m. a-A of Ul 1KI1I -Of Wav the responsibility attaching to Parlismenta debate.

It would also have avniri speculation, and false rumours atWK P' i it would nave saved Mr Asquith from misrenreaintAiiinn i mt. ABcuonaid. Hut this miirht have been. Mr. Aamh .1 I 1 1 I lishman Evernden on MJl'e JUy at T.tton laboured earnpatl-ir -m ug at least In krrtng- memory of EM1LT, the -laDouxed earnestly to secure a settlement.

What a WILLETT, who died March 12. hss Mr. MacDonald done? What i 7r i WILLEIT. In fond remembrance of our death uas not duo to the blows he received but to cerebral hemorrhage caused by fatigue Tht, skull was not fractured. Evemdon terro-ation was a' in" hoiiu i- but wasoered to noia iuraself at the disposal of the police.

The M- ipnie, nas the Boxing feneration ot JfTance to submit to him rulos I to sievec: a recurrence of eimiiar Labour party done They have cut In have rXal nae Been revealed to the nublin i. fectly helpless when anything real happens andL with no more influence over the acinar it i rnne iSl'lS -r J0nv hcssei.i. "nl actual labour tiie Manchester n.i at than a private citizen. Guardian Buiu.