Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-11-27
FOREIGN JoTTINos.

Russia become the starting point of an
other invasion of Western Europe by
cholera, the civilized world will have q
terrible account tc settle with the Car.
For it is at his door that the response
bility for the present famine lies, and it
is he, therefore, who must be held an
swerable for the pestilence which is re-
sulting therefrom. Unlike other great
famines known to history, the present
one in Russia is due, not to natural
causes beyond the reach of human con.
troll, but to purely administrative
origin. II there has been an entire
failure OF the crops, not in one, but in
twenty provinces of the empire, it is
attributable entirely to the fact that
little seed was sown, and that
few fields were titled. The larger
part of the vast agricultural area OF
European Russia was left uncultivated
The reason for this was that the peas
antry had had their implements and
cattle seized by the government for non
payment of taxes, while the imperial
/ policy OF persecution and expulsion OF
the Jews had deprived the moiks OF
their customary means of borrowing the
money needed for the purchase of seed
| on the security of the crops to be grown
|
| ity of grain as we'll as of money will
have the effect of still further restrict.
| ing the area now under cultivation, it is
probable that the famine and the conse.
| quent pestilence will be more appalling
| in Russia next year than they now are.
| THE news received at Rio Janeiro,
according to the Exchange Telegraph
Company's advices from the State oil
Rio Grande do Sui, is of an important
| character. The dispatches report that
the forces of the party of secession are
already in the field and marching to
meet the army of the central govern.
ment. The armies are not far sepal ated
and decisive battle may be expected
within short period. Previous adviccs
declared the army Of the seceders to be
10000 in number. How numerous the
Dictator's forces are is not known. The
Exchange Company's advices also give
sensational news from Para 1t is ascer.
tanned that the principal naval and mil.
itary officers stationed in the State OF
Para, after a discussion. decided in
favor of the declaration of independence
from the Brazilian Union by that State.
This movement in Para in favor of SC.
cession is considered so formidable al
the capital, according to the Exchange
Company's dispatches, that it is be.
lieved that the government of the Die.
tator will be unable to cope with it.
With two of the most important States
OF the Union-one at the extreme South
and the other on the Amazon-n seces.
sion, and with threatening dissatisfac.
ton in the other States, and with ever
her capital in a state of siege, the out
look for Fonseca is not particularly al.
Turing.
The Vienna Tdgeblatt has created
sensation by publishing some alleged
remarks by Emperor Francis Joseph
that European affairs were in seri.
ously critical condition, and war seemed
almost inevitable. Count Kalnoky,
Austrian Prime Minister, denies the
| correctness of the Tdgcbldtt's report and
says that although the Emperor drew
attention to the contradiction between
the preparations for war and the talh
| OF peace, he said he hoped that the
problem would find a peaceful solution.
So confident IS the Tdgebldtt in the re-
liability and truthfulness of the person
! who furnished the information which
had such serious results that it has
asked the public prosecutor to make q
close and searching investigation as to
the truth or the article.
The result in the North of Devon b,
election staggers popular Imagination.
Here is a strictly rural constituency
which the Unionists carried five years
ago by nearly LOO, and now they lost il
by over 1000. Remarkable as thi.
change is. it is interesting chiefly az
| showing what a mine of political capital
| the Liberals have in their new appeal tt
the agricultural laborers and theil
| pledges to try to reform the conditions
of English village life. After this ex.
hibit there is no earthly doubt that AIR,
Gladstone will have at least 100 majority
at the next election. This South Motion
result is incidentally of value as proving
that the home-rue cause is no whit
weaker for all the wretched factionism
and violence of the Parnellites.
EMPEROR WILLIAM on a recent visit
to Munich inscribed his name in the
! golden book of the city, adding the
words, "Supreme lex regis voluntas.n
| The Bavarian press protests strongly
against the assumptian by his majesty
OF prcrogatives never conceded to Ba.
varian sovereign, and profess to find in
the incident an illustration of the de.
spotic ideas Of the Emperor which con.
tact with Parliament must correct.
LARGE number of German colonist,
who located in Russia along the Volga
have become disconnected and man,
have determined to leave the country,
Already large number are leaving fol
the United States.
The American sculptor MacMonnie.
Is working in Paris on an immense
fountain for the worlds fair. 1t will BIZ
the central decoration o. the exposition
ground and will consist of thirty gigan.
tic figures.
The Russian Ministry of Finance il.
contemplating proposal for monop.
oily by the government of the produc
ton of spirits and tobacco
In Milan, Italy, the services of troop.
were required to disperse riotous as
semblage of anarchists.
| A TORNADO in the Argentine Republi,
wiped out town and killed forty peoi
pie.
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