Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-01-08

lsh diplomats IN getting treaties with
China actually signed for the opening
Of certain Manchurian ports TO world
trade. These would have to be recog-
ulzed by Russia in event Of her con-
quest Of Manchuria. Japan and
China Lave 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 We're punished.
Tie Philippines enjoyed an era
Of comparative peace aud commercial
growth with only sporadic lighting by
laGrones and Moros. - Thirty years
war in Sumatra ended with Dutch con-
quest
THE NEAR EAST has been the
plague spot Of the year. Il chamber of
horrors that hangs heavy on the con
science Of Europe and Of all Christen-
dom. Whatever t,se ,gchnical merits
CC the Macedonian controversy. the re-
volt Of the Christian Inhabitants was
checked with such IA horde of murder
Gus Turkish h,ndS as 10 cause even
currents Of Eussian and Austrian dlplo-
macy hasten TO stay the sutan's hand.
UnWiiin-ly he has at last accepted vir-
tual ELssO-AuStrlIn sovereignty Of his
rpUHllioUs vilayets. The disorder
az Beirut and the reported killing of the
American warships into Turkish wa
tiers with s3lutury results. Bul-
saria checked her anti-Turkish senti-
meuts for the time. having appealed 10
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
auder and Queen Draga and substitu
ton o. ing Peter on her blood stained
throne q month later. The AustrO-
HUNGARIAN union continued TO hang by
a thread.
GERHANY'S monarchical institu-
tious suffered a shock in the electoral
success Of the Social Democrats. who
polled a vote of 100000 and gained
many seats in the reichstag. The
operation on the kaiser's throat was
believed to be for incipent cancer and
to eudangsr his life and reign. -
The fatheriand has suffered an acute
industrial depression.
FRANCE pursued undeviatingly her
republican programme against the gov
ernmrnt authorization of the religious
orders and schools. causing a sharp
alignment on The question of the sep
arat.,n If G.! urch and state. . = Dis
cipiiuad Morocco. Tried and con-
vic,ed the Humbert swindiers.
Reopanal l'reyfus 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. Nillader succeeded
SilveIa as Spanish premier.
LATIN AMERICAS story. omitting
tle inconspquent rebellious has just
four important chapters. . vene-
zuela went into international bank
ruptcy 10y defying the warship- p-backed
collectors of three European creditor
nations-Germany. England and Italy.
These pouHced 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
S220On,0OO to S2.000.OOO, while Castro
captured Bolivar and crushed the re-
beliion. 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
Living to General WoS Gil in April
and seven months later being battered
into submission to former rulers, Mo-
raleS, JinineZ 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 live issue as the old year
goes 70 press. Cuba accepted
American reciprocity. Mexico
paid the pious claim. = Chile and
Argentina were peaceful and prosper
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