Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-07
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
THE NEWS OF THE EASTERN
OR OLD WORLD.

FauIty sanitary Law OF Great Brit
: ain.-Exodus Of Roumanian Jews
: Manufacturing Edward in lreIan'
Reaction Of Chinese Reform.
e The Irish land bill was passed to
: second reading in the British House {
Lords Monday after lively debate.
Lack of work in Roumania is caus
l.. ing renewed exodus, on large seal,
of Jewish workingmen to America
, The emigrants are assisted by tn
, B'Nai, Birth and other foreign JEWS
societies
A great gathering of sovereigns
, expected at Darmstadt Hesse, on TIL
occasion of the wedding of Prince An
drew of Greece to Princess Alice o
Battenburg. The Gear, Emperor VIII
liam King Edward, King Christian o
Denmark, and King George of Greece
have already promised to attend.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says tina
; Prince Urusoff, who was recent.
wounded by peasants whom his cruel
ty had exasperated, has become in
sane. The Prince was in the habi
like some French noblemen befor,
LOG, VI ttstih6 MS up
on the bodies Of peasants.
Senator Malvano, secretary genera
of the foreign office at Rome, while or
the way to his Office Friday was at
tackled by man who struck him two
violent blows on the head with a stick
A man named Buffa has been arrested
Buffa had fruitlessly attempted to re-
cover damages through the foreign Of
fees for losses sustained in the Guat-
emalian revolution.
| An official decree has been issued
which places all the property and rev.
enue of the Armenian church in Rus
STA, amounting to S15,000,000, under
the control of the Russian crown. to
be administered by Russian ministers
| in trust. This measure is intended to
| prevent the use or misuse of funds for
the Armenian national cause in Rus
STA and abroad.
Labor troubles continue in Russia
and the suspension of traffic on the
BakuTiiis railway, which runs
through the Caucasus, connecting the
Black and the Caspian seas, has re-
suited in partial famine for the inter-
vening towns between Baku and Tifiis.
Many Cossacks have been injured in
encounters with mobs. Twenty-Five
thousand men are idle at Odessa.
Russian agents are said to be buy
ing up and storing provisions and war
ammunition at Port Arthur. A
steamer from Yokohama reports that
troops are being hurried westward and
that war is expected at any time.
The Russian Asiatic squadron has
been ordered to assemble for man
euvers near yladivostock. The Jap
anese standing squadron is engaged
in summer maneuvers off Hokesaido.
AT the opening of the annual confer
ence of the British Medical association
at London Saturday, the president de-
clared that Great Britain loses an
nually $4,000 lives that could be saved
by even moderate improvement in the
sanitary law and its administration.
The list was largely Of children under
one year of age, the mortality among
them having increased in the past SO
years. This, and the diminished birth
rate, were two ugly facts that were
discreditable to the country and mod
ern civilization.
King Edward and Queen Alexandria
of Great Britain received loyal and
enthusiastic welcome at Cork, Satur-
day. when they arrived on the royal
yacht, Victoria and Albert, from Bere-
haven. The port was bright with
bunting, the whole town we'll decor
ated, and the streets filled with jubil-
ant sight seers. Their majesties Wis
tied the exhibition in the afternoon.
When the royal yacht reached Cowes
Monday the King issued an address
his warm regard for the
gifted people" of the island and his |
hope that a brighter day may indeed |
dawn for them. Future contentment |
and prosperity, he said, depends large /
~ on the development of self reliance, |
industrial and commercial !
enterprise and mutual liberation. He |
promised another visit, much TO the |
of the Irish people.
China is witnessing a return to the
conditions which followed the coup
l etat of 1898. Political discussion
which increased during the imperial
,ourt's recent policy of frisndliness
coward foreigners, has suddenly stop
BED. The reformers have been ter
'ified by the execution of Shen Chen,
me of their leaders. and all liberal
Chinese are in the greatest fear of ar
est. Seven editors have been ar
'ested on charges of sedition and a
representative of the reformers has
tent this message abroad in their be-
lalf: I'VE earnestly hope that tlss
authorities of the civilized nations will
rive a timely warning TO this govern
nent. which seems to be preparing a
3astile for the true lovers of China. .
{ would be discouraging to progress
i've Chinese if the seven reformers I'M 4
er arrest at Shanghai should be turn
d over TO the Chinese government I
nd beheaded. Their writings are Of
curse offensive and seditious. yet
hey should be punished as though
hey had spoken in a like manner
gainst the American or British gov
which exist for the welfare
f the people. Is there any hope for 4
nina except in revolution or rebell-
,n?" Foreigners are disappointed in 4
he hope that the Empress Dowager
ssociation with the ladies of the lega- z
ons would have a civilizing influence.
A gang of zoo Italians made a furi- Z
us attack on the scoopers of the Nj
CARA Elevator company at Buffalo
. Y. Monday morning and two of
lem received terrible wounds