Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-04-18
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS

A BRIEF RESUME OF OLD WORLD NEWS
A Flying Machine, Not Balloon, Wanted-Th'
Burial of Cecil Rhodes Kwangsi Re
bellion- Major Waller Acquitted -Englisi
and Scotch Militia to Be Sent to Ireland
Native Revolt in the French Congo Genera
Uprising of Macedonians Impending
Ten battalions of English and Scotch
militia are to be embodied and sent tc
Ireland within month, in pursuance
of the British governments determine
ton to apply the coercion act.
The Chinese rebels in Kwang- 81
province intend to seize three prov
inces in southern China and establish
an independent government. They say
they will not interfere with foreign
trade, hoping to avoid collision with
foreign troops.
The emperor and the dowager en-
press of China with 100 of the highest
officials, including Yuan Shat Kai, the
viceroy of Chi Lii, and retinue of
1890 civilians and 5000 soldiers went
this week on the first pilgrimage in
four years to the eastern tombs of the
dynasty, 100 miles distant, to offer sac
rifices
The conferences held in Vienna by
Count Won Buelow, the German I'm
perial Chancellor, have resulted IN a
decision that the triple alliance shall
be renewed for another term of years.
Fresh terms of alliance will be drawn,
embracing some of the concessions that
I Germany makes to Austria and Italy.
| These concessions will probably relate
to trade questions.
| \ violent thunder storm with tor
Berlin Monday. Many buildings were
struck by lightning. The fire brigade
was summoned to 300 places to extin-
guish fires and cope with floods Roads
were made impossible, schools closed,
public buildings were damaged and
streets so flooded that suspension of
traffic was necessary.
Sir Hiram Maxim has offered, at
London. $3.50, 600 for successful fly
ing machine, not a balloon, which will
travel at satisfactory speed, of a
make suitable for military purposes
and protected by sound patents. tie
further said: 81 do not believe that
the air will ever be successfully navi-
gated by balloons In the develop
ment of the motor lies the secret of
the flying machine. Its use will be re-
stricted to military and sporting pur-
poses. 1t will have little or no value
for commercial purposes.
The imperial troops are powerless
against the rebels in Kwangsi province.
China, whose numbers are daily grow
ing. Refugees are flocking to Manning
and missionaries have been ordered to
leave the districts held by the rebels.
Foreign drilled troops and artillery
have been ordered overland to the
scene of the troubles force of Black
Flags to Manning and gunboats to pro
tect Suchow. The horrors attendant
on the uprising are said to be equal to
those of the Tai-Ping rebellion. Thous-
ands of people have been slaughtered
There has been a native revolt in the
Sangna district of the French Congo.
A body of natives attacked the French
company's factory on the river Sangha,
murdered the manager, and burned and
plllaged another factory. The local
militia defeated the rebels. Reinforce
ments of Senegalese troops were dis
t,
The natives employed in the French !
factories also were massacred and goods .
valued at 80. 900 francs were pillaged. (
The rebels, who are caunibals. marched |
later on to attack other factories. and /
it is feared that many persons have
been killed
Major Littleton W. T. Waller of the
United States marine corps has been
acquitted at Manila He was tried by
on the charge of killing
natives of the island of Samar without
trial The court stood IL to > for
Major Walters acquittal MAJOR Wal
Ter testified in his own defence Fri
day, citing five presidents similar to
his own case. He alluded to the naval
battle at Santiago and the humanity
be had shown to Spaniards who were
In 1882. he was with the
British forces in Egypt, where Arabs
captured pickets of Bengal cavalry, de
eapitated the prisoners and placed
heir heads on poles. Afterward all
he Arabs who were caught were shot
without trial. During the campaign
n China the Chinese mutilated the
lead and tortured the wounded to
ieath, Consequently, when a boxer or
| fanatic was captured he was execut-
d Immediately, without reference.
The same thing occurred later when
lie was no longer in command No pro-
est was made, and he had a right to
believe that his acts were approved.
captain Arthur T. Mark of the ma
inc corps, representing Major Waller.
that Walters actions were
Justified by martial law, quoting nu-
nerous authorities on the subject.
Amid an immense throng of soldiers.
Williams and natives, the body of Cecil
rhodes was committed to rock tomb
n the Matoppo Hills Thursday. The
recession through the hills and gorges
o the tomb was five miles long Twelve
ken hauled the coffin to the almost in
ccessible summit of the kopje, where
he chiefs, Shambli, Faku and I'm
ula and 1000 natives had assembled
, witness the Christian burial rites.
'hich they afterward supplemented in
heir own fashion by the sacrifice of Is
ken to the shade of the great dead
hief. The interment was extremely
Impressive. After the services the
ishop of Mashonaland read the poem
ritten for the occasion by Rudyard
-ipling and Sokombo, the Great In
una and orator of the Matabele, made =
speech in which he said: Both
ecil Rhodes and Umsiligazi, the
'uLder of the Matabele nation are
lried on the Matoppo hills and the
atabele now consider that the spirit