Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-08
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
OLD WORLD.
A SUMMARY or CURRENT NEWS

SUMMARY oF CURRENT NEWS.
Proposed Tunnel Under the Caucasus
Chinese Minister to R.caIied-Th'
| Ameer Calls sack His PeOpie-Chtnes'
Women 10 L ct Their Feet GrOw-A Grea
Inventor Dead EngIish Losses II
south Africa.
A son who is heir presumptive to thu
thrOre of Belgium, was born Sunday
to Princess Elizabeth Valerie, wife o
Prince Albert, nephew of King Leopold
Arhois, France, where Louis Pas
teur spent his youth and whence he sci
out for Paris to begin his medical ca
reer, has just erected monument tC
his memory.
Morocco has paid to the Spani ISL
mir lister at Tangier $50, 900 on account
of tt g add of Spanish hoy ano
girl by MoorS. The government has
I'd ed 81, 600 for the parents of the
two cuptiVes,
| London $ sunniest weather welcomed
home the duke and duchess Of Corn
wall and York Saturday. Hundreds OF
| thousands turned out to greet them.
Portsmouth harhor was the scene of a
great naval pageant.
An Antwerp special to London says
that detachment of black troops sent
by the Congo authorities to quell the re-
volt at Balingia, in kassai, was captured
and the soldiers assassinated, roasted
and eaten. The detachment contained
about so men.
Queen Alexandra has ordered thous-
ands Of brarwood pipes, which will be
mounted in silver and stamped with q
crown and her Maiesty's monogram, for
presentation as Christmas gifts to the
troops in South Africa. Last Christmas
Queen Victoria sent boxes of chocolates.
A new obstacle to the appointed
coronation festivities is profoundly dis
turbIng court circles. Smallpox is
spreading in London. The cases are
not numerous at present, but they are
disturben over every London district
and are virulent, with an abnormally
high mortality.
The ameer of Afgbanistan has issued
proclamation informing all Afph8ns
who fed from the country because of
extortion, oppression or fear of arrest
on false charges, that they can return
with safety. All lands confiscated from
them will be restored. Loans will be
advanced for improvements on the lands
and years taxrs will be RENTED.
Nine WI, wife of the Chinese min
lister, is at Washington, who has just
reformed from a visit to her Orintal
home declares that sentiment is
growing in China in favor Of allowing
women's feet tn grow to larger and
more rearly normal size than has
been the practice. In Chins
the sm4ll foot has been for woman the
mark of aristocratic caste, but it seems
a cha ge is coming.
The recall of WI Ting farg, the
Chinese minister at Washington, was
decided upon at Pekin Friday. He
will be Offered substitute post in the
foreign office beneath his abilities,
which it is believed he will declire
LII Hung Chsng's Interpreter, Tseng
prominer candidate for the Washing
ton mission. He is 80 years old, and
was educated In England.
The Philippine Commission at Manila
has drafted an act against treason and
sedition. The pcoalty is death and the
act includes those persons giving aid
and comfort to the insurgents. Persons
who utter sedtious words or write
libel against the United States govern
ment or the insular government are
punishable by fine of $4,000 or two
years imprisonment. For breaking the |
oath of allegiance fine of 1900 or inn
prisonment tor ten years is fixed as the |
penalty. Foreigners are placed nnder |
The same laws as Americans and natives. |
1t is proposed to construct tunnel
under the main chain of the Caucasus
from point 40 miles south !
u Vladikavkas, Russia. The tunnel |
will be % mill S long and cost s75, 900,
700. AS soon as the TransSit erian
'ailwsy is finished it is believed that
his Caucasian tunnel, which has the
warm support of the Gear, will be |
commenced. From a military and com
L ercial standpoint of view the work
will be of vast Importance, as the only |
iirect communication with trsnsCsu
asia from Southern Russia, is by an
ordinary road from Vladikavkaz to
liflIs.