St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-11-21
Foreign News.

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General Macarthur informs the War
Department of the wounding at Subig,
Luzon, on November TO- OF Captain
Charles Van Wav, SD Infantry. The
wound is in the chest and is serious.
Captain Van Way during the Spanish
War was a captain in the 21st Kansas
Infantry.
"The San Francisco Call" says intor-
nation has been received there that Brig
adler General James F. Smith, OF that
city, has been appointed Collector OF
Customs of Manila. General Smith, who
went to the Philippines as colonel OF the
LIST California Volunteers, is now gov
ernor of the Island OF Negros.
Ambassador Choate, in distributing
the prizes at the Mechanics Institute at
Burnley, London, last week, said that
the United States had made education
their chief aim because the extension and
development of education were regarded
as absolutely necessary for the safety OF
their institutions. Whatever good had
been accomplished by the United States
might be attributed to the devotion OF
the people to education. Mr.. Choate
SAID he believed that the contests and
conflicts OF the future between the great
nations of Christendom would not be
conflicts OF arms, but industrial, COM
mercial and agricultural. The nation
that best equipped its men and women
for such conflicts would come out on
top.
The Queen has summoned Gen. Butler
to Windsor, probably for the purpose O
conterring title upon him.
The Reichstag bill, providing for {
third supplementary credit on account o
the China expedition fixes the salary o
the field marshal, Count Won Walderse'
at $50 900 marks annually, with larg'
extras. Division comman iers will re
ceive 65 900 marks and extras and low
, err officers will be paid proportlonately
f The above are five times the rates OF sal
aries paid at home.
The Princess Victoria Of Wales is Ell
. gagged to be married to Prince George @
E Greece, SAYS a London despatch. Prime
George spent some time recently a
Windsor Castle with the Queen am
e Princess of Wales and the marriage wa
r arranged by them.
, Russian newspapers are jubllantl
: celebrating the 4Oth anniversary OF th
treaty OF Pekin by which Russia acquire
= an immense amount OF territory. IN
{ Novoe Vremya, however, unavorabl
: compares Russian diplomacy wit
European diplomacy now, and says 1t
{ authorized to state emphatically thu
l an effort will be made to press the can
y paign for a separate place by Russia
Il the negotiations with China. This
, not. however, understood as represen
u ing the governments views.
" Thomas Arnold, Fellow and Examin
=. in English Literature at the Royal Ur
"a yersitv of Ireland, is dead. He was boz
~ Nov. 80, 1928, and was the father
h. Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the novelist.
III A newspaper at Vienna states tn
r. King Alexander of Servia is trying to
N sure his life for 100000 francs in Sc
eral companies. One company in Tries
to which he applied Tor policy OF 800
600 francs, refused to write it on t
ne ground OF The growing frequency of a
u; archist crimes against rulers The co
-, pany had to pay policy of 3 5000 o
III francs on the life Of King Humbert
OF Italy, and since his ASSASSINATION it b
MS refused to accept risks on the lives
III monarchs.
rr The Paris Exposition which open
tn April ID, closed November IL. On
IN last day it was visited by great crow
At of people and there is general regret IL
th it is over.
h A dispatch from Manila, Nov. Is So
~ the censorship was removed today. G
i" eral Macarthur, however has issued
no rections to the cable companies ORDER
lee them to furnish him copy of all pr
~, oiSpatCheS.