The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-16
VOL. Xxx. NO. 8.
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

OLD WORLD.

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Il is reported that the japanese forces
the island of Formosa made a con.
tied attack on the headquarters OF
rebels in the southern part of the
and on August s and .. Severe fight
q followed. but the japanese won Il
bmplete victory.
The Kucheng Massacre.
tThe American and British Consuls
We zone to Kucheng to investigate the
rent massacre of missionaries. They
with an escort of Chinese troops, the
oneror refusing to allow a foreign es-
ri. Miss Hartford of Dover, N. H.,
|as the only American injured at Ku-
beng. and she not seriously but as the
tack was against both British and
merican missionaries, it is necessary
n both powers to act. Protests against
lie inadequacy of the measure adopted
nus far by both the governments o n
9rned have been pouring in for the
ST three days from the foreign resi-
ents of Pekin, Canton, Hong Kong,
adj other places, and this is Just what
|ould best suit the assassins who are
bally in revolt against the dynasty,
I'd at the same time the outrages are
e~nerally inspired by officials and sup
prted by the military. The authors
the trouble are a secret society called
Vegetarian, which has grown rapidly
the last few months. The society
las organized several years ago. One
met is that the members should eat
Either meat moi opium but the chief
be is hatred of Christians and deter
kinatlon to exterminate them.
The Old Man Eloquent.
Mr.. Gladstone addressed an immense
Netting at Chester, Eng, recently, on
he subject of Turkish atrocities in
rmenia. The old statesman and phil
hthropist was received with enthusi.
Etc cheers. The present situation in
Irmenia, he said, resulted from ,ntol-
tablv bad government-perhaps the
|prst on the face of the earth. He
lads a resolution declaring that her
II iestv's government would have the
bpport of the entire nation in any
i%easure to secure for the Armenians
barantees for safety of life, property,
bnor and religion.
Nihilists Caught.
A dispatch from Odessa states that
D alleged nihilists were arrested in a
estaurant in that city Monday night.
After the police had raided the place
be keeper of the restaurant committed
bicide. Thousands of leaflets advo-
bting the nihilist doctrine and a hand
bess were seized.
The Irish Parliamentary party at a
Tuesday unanimously re-elect-
b Justice McCarty chairman.
Turbulent Bulgarians attacked the
bwn of Jonakli, Friday, and burned
DO houses belonging to Mussulmen and
illed % men.
The British Parliament was opened
and Speaker Gully reelected.
There is a cabinet crisis in Japan.
Ito, the prime minister, was
a marquis without his know
and feeling himself placed in a
Use position, he refuses promotion
lille certain of his colleagues remain
nhonored. He has left the capital
I'D will not return until the question
settled. The splendid way in which
le war was carried on, the complete
verthrow of the Chinese empire and
he final conditions of peace brought
bout by Count Ito and his associates
the cabinet we're forgotten when it
as learned that Japan's representa-
YES had agreed to give back the con
lered territory. A revolution has
cen threatening.