Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-20

rams imam ulu ms predecessor, L iiltc
iioheniohe. In his maiden speech in
the diet as president of the Prussian
rlinistly. he declared that he was con-
WINGED that PruSsian agriculture was
in need of powerful support. This dec
iaration, though it pleased the Agra
rianS, was regarded by them as too
vague. Later on the Conservatives in
truduced a resolution demanding that
the PruSsian government should m
the most resolutc manner" use it, in
fuencc to secure Il "conSide.abl" an
crease" in the protective duties on az
ricultural produce at the approaching
revision of German commercial pollcy'
and should take steps to get the ne"
tariff bill laid before the RelChStaS as
promptly as possible. Herr Won Hey
dcbrand supported The resolution, IN Il
short speech, in which he emphasized
, the necessity Of raising the duties Oh
foreign grain If German agriculture
We're 10 be saved from rum Count
Won Rulow. rose as soon rs Herr Won
Uevt,ebrand had finished speaking, ana
made the following declaration on pc
half Of the government: FULLY recoS-
nizing the difficult situation in which
horticulture is placed, and inspired by
the desire effectively to improve that
situation, the Prussian government IS
resolved to exert it's influence in order
to obtain adequate" protection for aST!-
cultural produce by means of the Gus
toms duties which must be raised 70
an extent calculated to attain that OBJ
iect. The Prussian government IS
moreover doing all it can to accelerate
the production of the new scheme OF
tariffs" The organs Of tn" ASrafiahS
CIV that this declaration is tnureiE
satisfactory" Some other journals hold
that il does not mean as much as II
seems TO.
The affairs of Crete are again ap-
preaching a crisis. Prince George. APP
| pcrently. has effected little by his re-
com visits to the various European
courts. He declares that he will not
consent to fill the post OF high comhliS-
/ sioner. under present conditions, longer
Than next November, ana the powers
| cannot be brought to agree upon the
union of the island with Greece
Neither will they approve Of his prop
! osition to substitute Greek troops Tor
the international force now IN oCcupa-
| ton. with the agreement that thcy
should be wholly under the direction
Of the high commissioner. The Sultan.
| if is said. is disposed TO favor the crea-
ton Of Il principality similar to Bul-
garia; but the idea is highly unpopular
! in Athens. In reality the establish
mont of a principality Wo2ld, 1t is
Thought be a step towards eventual
union ana would 50 b. understood by
the Cretans but the Greeks are too
| ;nnaticnt to favor slow process Of
! ,his sort fn principle. union is desired
| bv all Cretans, but they are equally
/ cnyious to preserve their local auton-
o,ny and to retain the Prince a tn"
head or affairs. ana comparatively few
Of them wish for a complete ahsorp-
I ton into the Greek kingdom. The Gre
tan assembly meets in April, ana it IS
expected that the opposition party.
| Nhch is strong numerically, Will make
/ the question of union prominent sub
| ,act OF discussion.
The latest reports convey lively
impression of the political condition Of
the European provinces OF Turkey.
| The members of the Macedonian com
m.ttea seem to be in evidence every
| where. SIX or seven Of them met p
! Gently at Novoesrio, suburb of lstib.
ana proposed calling a meeting OF the
| bulgarian inhabitants. The kai-
malIam determined to cnt"ap them.
An officer and some g".darmes w"r"
| e.nt to the house where they Were
known to he hiding. ostensbly in or
, der to look for sinuiggled tobacco.
rarely were the pendarmes within the
door when they were met with vol
lev. which killed the officer ana Two
men and wounded some OF the others.
| Who beat a precipitate retreat. Rein
| orcaments soon arrived, and dcEultory
firing was exchanged between the
troops ana Che agitators. who sue
readcd in WounLing several Of their
opponents The 1nrks ultimately set
fire to the building, but The conspir-
| ators escaped through Il back doof ana
the troopg only found the burned bodies
of their own companions. At GaDroNo
Macedonian emiSsarieS demanded nifty
;,Gunds Turkish from the bulgarian
pOpe of the village. and. when he re-
FUSED, burned his house and killed his
family. In many of the southern parts
Of Macedonia il reign of terror prevails.
In tue district Of Node;a it is said that
no less than 200 persons have been
killed within the last twelve mChthS
The Turkish military authorities are
understood TO have taken all necessary
precautions against an uprising.
Great CONSERVATION has benii caused
throughout northern Italy by the or-
I,.urrence of a number of deaths from
tetanus following upon the injection OF
anti diphttrtitic serum. 1t appears
that diphtherla hes of late been very
Eprevalent in Lom5afIy and Nenetia
and there has been large deIrand foI
ms curative serum prepared by the IN
ctitut,1 s'lerOterapico of Milan. The
fret ,Io, n cape from Valdobbiadene
in the provirrcc 81 Trevico, where foui
children who lad been treated fo'
diphtheria with the serum isll VIC
Tins to tetanus. Reports or si''hlaf ~
talities followed front thiudino III Der
gamo. from Prato Sesii Gnd b"'a IL
Novara, from Brescia. and 'teta IHiidi
itself. making a total of twenty %aSe-
all of which had been treated WI
serum from the institute named. me
government ordered the serum 20 Dt
seized wherever it could be found. an
set on foot a searching inquiry. 1t mas
been aScertained from the register o
the institute that the serum used II
most of the fatal cases belonged to one
particular lot, decanted from a flask