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vicinity -as a result ot Saturday’s hurri- cane and tidal wave, stood at 255 today, according o reports from burial squads. The generaily accepted estimate was that the final figures would reach 500. Estimates of the property loss varied from $10,900.000 to $15.000 000 Toronto, Sept. 18th. Lord Finlay, former Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, who has been a visitor in this city for several days, addressed the Empire Club here at a luncheon today. ~‘Much as we may desire, a close union of the parts of the Empire,”” hesaia, ‘‘lfeel that there are very creat difficulties connected with any plan for incorpcrating them, under one Supreme Imperial Parliament’. The distinguished speaker said that difficultizs of long distance made an Imperial Parliament impracticable. 'l feel that we 'should rather seek to draw the bonds tighter’’, he said ‘‘bydevelup- ment of the functions of the Imperial vouneil, which vlayed so important a rol during the war’’. Lord Finlay urged the importance of Canaca retaining the appeal of the Privy Couucil, and of im- proving the relations between capital and labour, by the adoption on a wide sca'e of some form of profit-sharing. Rome, September 18th —Speaking on the Fiume situation in the Chamber of Deputies, Premier Nitti promised that all news would be communicated to the Press. Nothing would be concealed, he declared. At present, he said, there was nothing to add to the previous communi- cations on the subject. Tne Govt. up to the time, he explained, had con.ned lit- self to consulting various Generals and otbers who had renderec¢ valuable ser- vices to the Army, inciuding (eneral Diaz and the Duke of Aosta. Al of these regretted extremely whar had happened, tne Premier reported. The wovt., de- c.ared Signor Nitti, would support Gen- eral Badoglio, who was on the scene, in dealing as ke believed best with the diffi- cult task. It was not yet “he moment to judge of events, and perhaps the dicus- sion of them at the time was not without danger. Lie appealed to the army to maintain i.s discipline, and not to undo tne work it had prevypusly accomplished. Quebec, Sept. 18(*1. A bold robbery by which a consignment of $75,000 was robbed frcm the mail car of che Ocean Lunited treia on the J.C.K. near Harlaka, Quebee, ear.y today, was committed by 5 masked bzndits who he.d up the mail clerks, gagged and bound them hand and toot and went through the mail and jumped ofl the train when it pulled into St. Thomas, Montmagny. Lhe nioney had been saipped from Montreal yester- day evening and was consigned to Halifax. It seems the bandits came originally trom Montreal and followed the shipment all the'way down riding in a passenger coach. The mail clerks when found at St. Thomas were stiff from having been tied up. They lost no time in.reparting..the -robbery and the SR e e B R T wires were made hot with orders for the organizing of posses that have been | scouring the country side ever since, but so far no trace of the highwaymen | has been found. | Rome, Sept. 17th.—*‘I, a war volun- teer -and a mutilated fighter, appeal to Victor Hughes, France, to§ Milton, Eng- land, and Lincoln’s America, and speak- ing as an interpreter of the various sentiments of the whole Italian people, proclaim the annexation of Fiume to [talv’’. said Dannunzio speaking to au immense throng today as irregular forces marched into Fiume, according to reports reaching this city. Dannunzio, who is reported to have been quite ill and suffering from a high fever when he reached Fiume, went to the Command- er’s palace, being borne along by a crowd that seemed %®razed with patriotic fer- vour. After entering the Palace he was asked to speak and at once went to the balcony overlooking the crowd. *'l am so ill that I‘'will say but a few words. In the present mad cowardly world, there is one pure thing, our love for Fiume. It stands like a lighthouse over the sea of degradation. People of Fiume, do you confirm your vote of October 30th last, when you decided for annexation to Italy’’? Up from the crowd came a tremendous shout of ‘‘Yes'’. Dannunzio then unfu:led the tri-coloured flag of Triesteewhich he bore with him through the war and which was concentrated in Rome, pressing it into his breast while the people responded with wild cheers. London, Sept. 18th.—Reutet’s. The Board of Trade has approved the ap- pointment of Lieut. Col. W. 5. Franklin as His Majesty’s Commissioner in East Atrica. Lieut. Col. Frankl'n will leave England at the end of October to take up his official duties at Nairoli. Havana, Sept. 19th. - Two Cuban gun- poats are searching along the Northern Coast, and in the Bahamas for some trace of the Spanish steamer Valbanera, which is 9 days overdue ard for the safety of which grave fears are enter- tained. The steamer with several hun- dred passengers on board, arrived off More’s Castle on Sept. 9th. wher a great tropical hurricane was raging and being unable to enter port, put ou: to sea for the storm to abate. Fairt wireless calls supposed to come from the Val- banera have several times been picked up here and at Keywest but they were so feeble that the location of the steamer could not be learned. London, Sept. 19th.—The Pontefrack bye-eleation resultéd as follows: Forrest (Coalition Liberal), 9,920 Burns (Labour- ite) 8,445. ; . London, Sept. 19th.—Sir Gordon . He- wert, the Attorney General has completed the case for the prosecution of the ex- German Emperor, according to the Daily Mirror. The piace for the trial has not yet been settled. : Berlin, Sept. 18th— (Associated Press) . The Committee Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly has decided, according to the Tageblatt, to nullify srticle 61 of the constitution by which Austria would be given representation in thke German Reichstag. Herr Kurt Von Visner, head of the German delegation at Versailles, has beern instructed to inform the Entente Powers that the demand of the Peace Conference relative to article 61 will be complied with. New York, Sept. 17th.- -Cardinal Mer- cier, Archbishop of Malines and Primate of Belgium, today became an honorory citizen of New York City. From the timee Belgium’s heroic Prince of the Church left the train which brought him from Baltimore until he had retired at the res- idence of Archbishop Hayes tonight the hours were erowded with events which showed the veneration in which he is held, not only by those of his own faith, but by Americans of all creeds. Brest, Sept. 17th.- The steamship George Washington on which King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium are to sail for the U. S., will leave Brest to- morrow for Ostend to take the Royal Party on board. Madrid, Sept. 16th.—Recent earth- quake shocks in Southerr Spain caused serious damage at Aleante. The build- ings on entire streets of the city caved in from the t emors, the advices state. Paris, Sept. 18th.—The Chamber of Deputies is expeeted to ratify the treaty with Germany tonight, or on Saturday at the very latest. Premier Clemenceau will speak tomorrow,considerable import- ance being attached to his address. Dublin, Sept. 19th.——All the Sinn Fein weekly newspapers publish full page ad- vertisement of the Irish Republican loan. The publication of the same advertise- ment resulted in the suppresion of the Sork Examiner, Ireland’s chief daily newspaper. Developments therefore are expected in connection with to-day’s publication of the loan announcement.’ AMERICAN OPINION FAVORS IN- DEPENDENGE_OF THOUGHT AND DENOUNCES DESPOTISM. “The evils arising from the abuses of freedom of speech, the stage, and the press are bad enough, to be sure, but not so bad as tyranny. The power of censorship may be abused as well as freedom, and when hat is abused there is tyranny. An aroused public conscience and an educated public opin- jon must correct these evils. There is little danger from error when public opinion is enlightened and reason is free. ***The right of free speech does not mean only the right to say pleas- ant things, but the right to say things displeasing to the powers that be.”’— Hon. Joseph W. Folk in ‘‘Saturday Evening Post’’ February 12, 1910.