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ment may make a contract with any approved concern for this purpose. Two ships to be provided. They mus: be of not less than 200 tons burden and capa- ®le of steaming 12 knots. Special con- struction will be necessary, as the caips must be of steel, burn oil, must be ice- breakers and will be permitted to pros:- cute the seal fishery each Spring. The idea is to encourage direct shipments of fish from New Foundland to the West Indies, either s-it curad, or frogh. Am- vle storage equioment w il b 2 proavided tor taking fresh fish out and for bring- -ing fruit back to this country, The New Foundland terminus of the line will be St. Johns. Madrid, Sept. 14th.—The Spunish Cab'- n=tiresigned this mornine. King A'fon- s has returned to the capital. The King reached the City at 9 15a. m. He was greeted at the rai way staticn by the Captain-General of Mad:id, the mem- b:ors of the Cabinet, prominent mem- b:rs of the military establishment and notables. On leaving the statin 'te King proceeded direct to tu- paince, whzre he had a conterence with Pre mier Alhucemas. It is under:tood that ‘ne Premier requesied His Majesty o graat the Governmont facilities for the pauvishment of the military revoliers in Barcelona anl elsewhere. The King refased and the Premier submitted the res:gnatiolf of tae entire cabinet. The nevspaper ‘A B C’ savs it ‘uaderstands thas General Primo De Roavera, C:prain tieneral of Barcalona and leador of the military movement against the Govern- inent, will preside over a directory com- posed of compecent officials, who will ¢ssume charge of the varions ministries. Meantime, civiians of proved canacity and independent of polities will b 2 sought to form a cab:net to replace the direcrory. The newspaper !Says the present pro- gramme {8 to govarn w'thout Parlia- ment, which jwill be dissolved. New e >ctions will not b» held as long as th: p esent political conditions prevail. London, Sept. 14th.—Glaszow will wit- ness an unparralied exodus during the next two weeks of Scottish emigrants, for more than ten thousand are bonked to sail during that period. Canada is the destination of the great majority, including a large number of farmers. The majority of the engzineers and steel workers are headed for the United States. New York, Septembar 14th. —The raw sugar market was easier today and under some liberal offerings prices de- ciined 1/8 cents to the basis of 4% cents for Cuba’s cost and freight, equal to 6.85 for centrifugals. The demand however (7as not active, the only sale reported being a lot of 13,860 bags of Phillppines to a local refiner. The easier turn in the spot market led to renewed szlling in ‘raw sugar futures, with prices declining two to nine points on active positiona. Ufferings, however were not particularly 5 1L& iX A NILS heavy and there was a partial recovery around midday. when prices were two to five points nett lower. No ~hanges oc- curred in refined sugar, but business was less active, Fine granulated is listed at 8.4 Cby all refiners. Refined {utures were nominal. ' Lorden, Sept. 14th.—Five persons were Kkilied including the pilot and me- chanic by the crashing of the Manchester- Londun ai:piane near Edinhoe Beueon on the I'crtfordshire-Bedfordshire border la‘e today Bioenmfontein, South Africa, Sept.l4 h- A striking re, ly to a recent pronounce- m :ni by the (Tationalist leader, D-=zlian R es, in favour of Repablicarism was made today by¢ abour member of the South African Parliament, Barlow, at a meeting at which Bovdeil, a prominent I-bour leader, was present; Barlow de- clared ' hat the great majority of mem- bors of the labour paviy were unrelent- in.ly opposed 19 a weakening of the ties binding South Africa to Great Britain a d tie sister dominions. 11 the Nation- aists wished to cooperate wirh the La- vour Pariy at the next eleetions to over- throw the Government in accordance with the Hertzog Croswell pact, Barlow said they must uaequive *ully throw over their Repubiican programme. Labour considered that the present Government of Gegeral Sinats should be repiacad, hut the labour party refused to atian tiat objeet at the price of weakernitig tie South African act which had inade them iuasters im their own house and aould enable them w ¢rve out a splen- did future. Barlow conciuded his ad- dress by demanding a plain answer from tae Naiionalists as tn whetner they are willing to abandon their advocacy of a repablicin So»ach Africa and ¢ operate with the labour party. Madii i, Sept 16.h. —=Th2 rev)lt start- ed b, Captain General Primo Rive a at Bar eiona and which spread with great v. pidity through various sections oi the country, culminated today in the resizna- tion of the Spanish Cabin=t and the set- ting up ofa mulitary directorate. Cip- tain (eneral Rivera 1s on his wzy here 1o take charge, at least for the time being, of the directorate, whieh s now compos- ed of Generals Cavaleanti, Saro, Daban, and Frederico Berenzaer and presidad over by General Munoz Colo, Captain General of Maurid. lt is stated that General Rive:a tomorrow probd.bly will substitute a mixed military and civii C- binet for the directorate and that he wili designate the following Ministers: Pre- sident of the Council of Ministers, Mu- noz Colo, Foreign Minister, Marguis D 2 Vilie Urruotia, or Senor Frederico Pina. Marine, Admiral Carranza. War, Gen eral Bermud-z De Castro, Justice, and cults, Magistrates Meia, or Hita. Fin- ance, General Tolaquicrre, Interior, Gen- eral Mar:inez Amdo, Libour, General Marva, Com nerce. Senor Montero. (Gen- eral ‘Rivera, before leaving Barcelona, deelared that it was not his intention to pive up his post of Captain General of Cataloaia. Although martial law has been proclaimed throughout the realm, no disturbances have been reported from any place. The people everywhere are said to be carrying out their usual day routine and there is scarcely anywhere any indication that there has beeun a sue- cessful coup d’etat in Spain. Osaka, Sept. 15th.—Silk worth four hundred miilion yen (40,000,000 pounds) stored in the Yokohama Custom House, was destroyed in the disaster of Septem. ber Ist, according ts Ray Gehr, of the Wagner Company, New York, one of those who escaped. Max Kirjassoff, Acting {American Consul [at Yokohamz, escaped, but lost his life returning t., try to rescue his wife, who also wag ki'led. Belgrade, Sept., 15th—Reports eciren. lated in the past few days allegine that tension axisted in tho ‘relation betwee ] Jugo-Slavia and Ita'v beea o o the interruption of the Fiume C nference Committee, are unfounded, savs n state - ment issued by the Fore.gn Office. |t adds that the desire of both countrics tor an agreemrent is uncdiminished. Waslingtor, Sept. 15th.—Tl e British Government today wiped out the obliga- tion it incuried here in the purchase of silver for use as the mojor e inace in India during ihe world war, [t paid 10 tne United States treasury 331,085,000 as the last instalment of the principal and interest of an original bortowing of 8122, 000,000, Berlin, Sept. 15th.—-The German Reichs Bank today rajged its discount rate from 30 to 9) percent. NEW YORK, Sept, 15th Fiour, (hard winier clezrs $5.75. " bhard winter straiglis $z 25 Meal, Kilrdried per 100 jounas y2.v5 New Season’s Pork per bacrel $27.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $24 75 Sugar—OUrystals maximum per 100 lbs. 36 72 Mclasses Sugar 89 maximum 5.68, Cotton, Middiing, Upland, at Liverpool per lb. 17 17-1004. Exchange. New York and London, €0 days’ sight $4.524 Exchange New York and London, sight $4.544 LONDON, Sept. 15ih. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, nominal per cxt. 545. od. —5H9s. od. ** Muscavado nomisal per ewt, 105, od-425.0d. *“ White Java’s cif United Kingdom 235. 6d. Demerara Rum per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, good middiing red per cwt. 475. od—4Bs. od. Cotton, good medium West Indian Sea Is!and at Liverpool, per Ib. 22d. Bark of England Rate of Discount por cervt 4. Consols 58%. Three percent. Rentes in Paris Fes. 57.90.