Griggs courier., 1898-01-07
THE OLD YEAR ABROAD.
A Resume of Important Events in
Foreign Lands.


terized by spirit of unrest and turbulence,
by internal dissensions in many quarters,
by wars OF greater or lesser mag gnitude. anu
by schemes set on foot for the partition Of
territory among the great powers. The
new year opens with war clouds drifting
about menacingly. which may portend u
colossal struggle before 1889 comes in view.
Great Britain.
Great Britain in June celebrated the
queen's diamond jubilee upon scale Of
lavish munlrcence and with pageantry
of the world. Then we were shown the
broke out AZ Bombay 4asI,,! in January. spread
thousands. and famine followed in It's
tracks. sweeping away thousands more.
Eanatics seized upon upon M the su1terlngs Of the
These manifested themselves at 1irst in
OF turbulence increased SO fast that I Grent sa1t
Britain at last found itself confronted with
serious uprising of the hill tribes on the
being reinforced by accessions from AZ.
ghanistan, which at last called for the
presence Of strong army. Operations
though in the end they will be overcome
and severely punished, order and authority
will only be restored at heavy cost in life
France has been unusually quiet. and
there is nothing IN its foreign policy to note
except the clinchtng of its authority over
Madagascar. Its recent movement to get
its share of Chinese territory, and the ad.
vance Of its African expeditions into the
Nubian territory.
Germany has been mainly interested in
Watching the spectacular performances Of
the seizure 81 Kiao.SSaaA AS bay, eSeas on wse tse
nifty for the murder Of missionaries, which
nt last precipttated the movement OF the
European powers in that direction.
Austria.
Austria has been rent with internal dis
senstons. Tho reichsrath began its ses-
sions In September. and bitterness at once
manifested itself between the Germans % and
reached when the Austrian government de.
ctded that the Czech language was in every
saS the the in Bo
thereafter bitterly attacked by the German
members Of the reichsrath. and the latter
most Violent and anprecedented dene scenes tooS oS
place daily in the lower house, and sit.
ting after sitting was suspended in the at
but the obstructionists. backed BY strong
pGp1lar ep%t - support provoked c9lditions equv
ment to adfn
occurred at Prague and other Bohemian
cities. and the government has had to order
peror meanwhile has closed the reichsrath. H at.
which Is unable to transact business
Spain and Cuba.
Spain has been occupied with its hone.
less Cuban war. which has resulted in a
battle, and the deaths Of hundreds Of thou
sands Of pacificos by disease and famine.
and yet It is no nearer the conquest Of
the year. 1t has subdued and pacified the
Philippines. but the Cuban rebels are as
during the last few weeks have beg; begun ITO 10
menace Havana itself. Meanwhile there
have been serious dissensions at home. In
formed by Canoyas. He did not live long.
however. to administer power. having been
The ministry Resigned in September and
a liberal one took its place in October un
der Sagasta. whose first act was the re-
governor -generalship Of Cuba md the aps an.
pointment Of Gen. Blanco in his place,
with instructions to offer the Cubans a