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the several units of the enjire and of the motherland to prevent any dominion traaty conflicting with the oid conntry. Tae proble n 3 eannot with safety be post- poned any longer, 2 sail, and tha dan- gec inercases and is lhikely to ‘nerease owinz to the chantie enalitions of trade gzn=rally. He dseiarei that it was not a quastion of any portion of ta=2 emdire breakinz away from the parent body, but unle: 3 Great Britain acted there was danger ¢at other enuntries miznr take advantave of the s tuationand t:ike steps, not only in th2ir owa ilnterest, but sieps that woud b: inimical to rthe bast inter- est of the empira ar large Ia spite of those gioomy forebolinzgs anl tha dark picture of empire uinzer, it wis nouce- abl2 that saveral of the andience lozod during the spaecn. Polo Grounds, New York., July 26:h. -Jofrany Duandee, of New York, won the world’s featherwezizat champioazhip to- nizht from Eagene Crigqui, of Franca, in a slashioy fifteen round battle that g2pi the crowd that filled the polo ground in ay uproar. BDundee received the juize’s dzcision over the man who hal neld the title less than two month:. Dunle2e won cleanly taking every voanl, but the crowd was constantly diviled becween admiration for his abiliry and tha stoe d:fen:e of the Frenchman, why never relingished the advaaz2and fouzht back when ne had searze strenzth to stand. Mbontreal, July 26th.—Japan took first honours in the Japo Canadian Davis Cap mitehes here this afternoon when her representatives Genz» Shimizu and Miza Myzue Fakulda defeate! Grock:r and Leroy Rennie in two sin~les matches. Saimiz defeated Grocker 369-76186 while Fukuda playinz brilliantly, easily took three sets straight from Rennie 626160, London, July 27th.—Sir Charles Wil- son, conservative, was elizcted for Cen- tral Leeds in he hy-election necessita- ted by the death of Mr. Arthur Wiiley, the euszervailve ma2moe: ol the House of Crmmnons for tonat constituency. H. Slesser, he aociadst candidate was sec- oad in the ¢ontest and G. Stone, liberal, inird. The voie was as follo7s: Wilson 13,076, S esser 11,261, Stone 3,024. The first was coniined to the :estiva of eon- stitutionalism versus soeiilism. London, .luly 27th.—The revis=d air- ship scheme, whieh the Government has adopted in principl2, provides for the preliminary construction of one 5,000,000 cubie tout airship, a ship as long as the S. 3 Mauretania, at B:diord, by a com pany with a capital of 601,0)) prunds of which the Government witl provide 400, 000 and the Government will make a see- ond simtilar loan oa 'conditfon that an airship journzy to India in 100 hours snali be inauzurated. Waekly service to ®dia for tnvee moaths shall entitle the ®.)mpany to sucn a loan annually for fhroo vears. A suabsidy of 50,00) pounds yii. 02 piaid va th2 establishment of a & L Ulz AV bi weekly serviea o Inlia, in which six airships shall be engaged. The construe- tion of the first airship, which will be capable of earrying 150 p ssengers and ten tons of mail matter will traveleizhty .ai'es an hour,and xill occupy 13 months, It is hiped that the joursey between ureat Britain and India may be accon- piished in 74 hours at a fare of about 89 pounds in an airship eanable of mik- ing nons*op journevs of 2 500 miles, St. Lueia, Juy 25'h -Clean biils of health are again bein2 issu=d from todav. Nateouver, B C. July 21:h —'We have more bond in common. Weoe all speak the En~iish languiace and it your country and mine we speak it in the same way.”’ Thus did President ilard- ing, the first United States President to break bread on Canadin soil, round cut a speech fitled with friend.iness and ¢ood humour in res)onse to a toastin his honour at a dinner given him by the Government of Canada here last night, at the close of his vicit to Vancouver. Ficing a gathering of representative C wnadiars at the end ot a strenuous day o. fraternizing, on Canadian soil, the president expressed his satisfaction with the state of affairs which permitted the free intermingling of immigration and business enterprise between the Angl.- Saxon popuiations of the American con- tincnt. ‘The burden of his speech at the Government dinner was- that “‘commin_- iing of peoples and ideals emli lead to nothing but good'’. He fo.n! in the ease with which former United Sta‘es citizens coalesced in Canada a promising and natural resuit of the community of ideas and idea's which has always exist- ed between the Enzlish speak® o peoples of America. ‘‘The late General Sam Hughes told a friend of mine’’ said Mr. Harding, pursuing this, “"that up to 1916, 61,000 thousand United States citizons had tried to enlist in the Canadian army and many of them succeeded in doing so, though they had to parjure themselves like gentlemen and patriots to accompiish tiiis object”. It is easy for the United States to understand what prompted their enthusi sm, it wvas the ircesistible desire to get inte the fizht for Angl,o-Saxon ideals and liberty in which we have sc rauch in comron’’. A message from the Premier to President Hardinz, read by Mr. King, Minister of Public Works, yesterday was as follows: “[t is with sentiments of th2 profoundast gratification and p.easure that [, on behalf of the Governor and the people of Canada, extend to you ap the oecasion of vour visit to the Dominion of Canadaa very warm welcom and most cordial greeting. [for more than a century the peop es of the neirzbbouring republie of the United States and of Canada have erjoyed a period of undisturbed harmony and concord, unigque and upprecedented in toe history of pations. Your vist, marking as it does the first with wh ch cur country had been honoured by a Pre:ident of the Unrited States during his term of cfiice, comes with particular appropriateness, ¢ftording us an oppor- tunity of demonstrating to the American people, through their illustricus Presi- dent, our desire that these happy rela- tions shall conticue. We regret that circumstances wiil not permit- yvou to make a more extended stay in Capada and are confident that the people of British Columbia will, bv the earnestness and cordiality of their weltone to you, dis- pose you to return to Canada in the nct tco d sstant future and thus gratity the hcpes of many in other provinces in tihe Dominion who, on the present eccw- sion, must be merely centent to usse- ciate themselves in spirit with the citi- zens of Vanccuver in welecoming ycu to our ccuntiy.”’ In reply, the President said "'lf m¥y coming can increase tie friendship, ti e waim and fast {rietcs’ ip existing, then I I("‘].(‘,Ck‘ to be w.th you on this ceeasion, 1t is fitiing that we shouid be close to cne ancther, bechuse atter all we are the two greatest democracies in the woild teday, and iuthorniore, we are the best reighbours in the world.” ceattle Wa=B., July 27:h. - President Haid vg al.d his official party returned todcy to the United States from (heir visit 1o A'aska and Vanecuver and theiy ship narvowly escaped sinking the des- troyer Zenit, one ct the escort ships, which, cbscuied by feg avd battlin: with stiong currerts in the channel cff Port Townserd, was thrown off its course and into the path of the navy tracsjort Hen- derson, besrirg the President. 'lhe des- treyer, sericusly camaged with a hole torn into its side was later beached. There were no casualties, NEW YORK, July ZBth. Fiour, (hard winter clears $5.00. i (Blended Clears, St. Lawrence bßrand) hard winter straights $5.50 Meal, Kiledried per 160 pounds $2.25. New Scason’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $25.45 Sugar—~Crystals maximum per 100 Ibs. $6 97 ' Mclasses Sugar 8 maximum 5.94. Cotton, Middhng, Upland, at Livarpool per ib. 14 42-100 Exchange, New York and Londcn, €0 days’ sight $4.53 Exchange New York and London, signt o 4 58 [LLONDON, July 28:h. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, per cwt, 58s. od. —6os. 6d. ** Muscavado perewt. 435.0d-475.0d. ** White Java’s cif United ningdom 235. 9d. Demerara Rum per gal. nominal, Trinidad Cocoa, good middiing red per - cwt. 475. od—49s. od. Cotton, good medium West Indian Sea Is.and at Liverpool, par b, 22d. Bank of England Rate of Discount per cent 4. Consols 583. Th ::p re2ut Rentes in Paris Fes. 57.90,