Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-12-31


China actually signed for the opening
of certain Manchurian ports to world
trade. These would have to be recog-
nized by Russia III event of her con.
quest of Manchuria Japan and
China have come closer in view of their
common danger. Boxer uprising
was suppressed. Japanese Ian
guage was adopted in. the Chinese uni.
versities. Nevertheless the Chinese
government reacted against the reform
element, whose editors were punished.
= The Philippines enjoyed an era
OF comparative peace and commercial
growth with only sporadic fighting by
ladrones and Moros. = Thirty years
war in Sumatra ended with Dutch con-
quest.
THE NEAR EAST has been the
plague spot of the year, chamber of
horrors that hangs heavy on the con-
science of Europe and of all Christen-
dom. Whatever the technical merits
Of the Macedonian controversy, the re
volt of the Christian inhabitants was
checked with such a horde of murder
GUS Turkish fiends as to cause even
currents Of Russian and Austrian diplo-
macy hasten to stay the sultan's hand.
Unwillingly he has at last accepted vir-
tual Russo-Austrian sovereignty of his
rebellious vilayets. The disorder
at Beirut and the reported killing of the
American consul, Magelssen. brought
American warships into Turkish wa
tiers with salutary results. Bull
garia checked her nti-Turkish senti-
ments for the time, having appealed to
the powers in vain. Servia went
clear to the foot of the class by her
popular acceptance of the army's de-
liberate murder, June 10, of King Alex
ander and Queen Draga and substitu-
ton of King Peter on her blood stained
throne a month later. The Austro-
Hungarian union continued to hang by
a thread.
GERMANY'S monarchical institu-
tons suffered shock in the electoral
success of the Social Democrats. who
polled vote of 100000 and gained
many seats in the reichstag. The
operation on the kaiser's throat was
believed to be for incipient cancer and
to endanger his life and reign.
The fatherland has suffered an acute
industrial depression.
FRANCE pursued undeviatingly her
republican programme against the gov
eminent authorization of the religious
orders and schools. causing a sharp
alignment on the question of the sep
aration of church and state. . Dis
ciplined Morocco. Tried and con-
victed the Humbert swindlers. .
Reopened Dreyfus case.
ITALY AND GREECE experienced
no decisive political changes other than
the growth of socialism among labor
ing classes.
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL encounter
ed serious revolutionary outbreaks and
labor disturbances. Villader succeeded
Silvela as Spanish premier.
LATIN AMERICAS story emitting
the inconsequent rebellions, has just
four important chapters. So Vene-
zuela went into International bank
ruptcy by defying the warship-backed
collectors of three European creditor
nations Germany, England and Italy.
These pounced down on Castro and
blockaded his rocky coast until he got
the American minister. Bowen. to help
him fix up the special arbitration
courts and to get the preferential treat
ment decided at The Hague court. Re
suit was scaling down of claims from
R22.000.000 to 100000. while Castro
captured Bolivar and crushed the re-
bellion. Brazil and Bolivia COM
promised their dispute over the rubber
forests of Acre by giving title to the
former on condition of the latter's hav-
ing outlet to Atlantic by river and rail-
Santo Domingo went through the
fire and sword melodrama twice. first
bowling to General Wos y Gil in April
and seven months later being battered
into submission to former rulers. Mo-
rales, Jiminez and Vasquez. . Co
lombia through her failure to meet
the American canal proposition half
way. lost the whole pudding in the
opera bouffe revolution of Panama un-
der the guns of Uncle Sans ships.
making a live issue as the old year
goes to press. Cuba accepted
American reciprocity. Mexico
paid the pious claim. = Chile and
Argentina were peaceful and prosper
Gus.
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