Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-18
Other Lands than Ours.

| Although it is too early to fOrmulat
the results of the Italian Parliamen
tary elections, the returns from las
SUNDAYS ballOting show the nfluenc
Of a reaction against the extremes 4
which the Socialists have gone. f.
a number of years past there has been
| practically no conservative party lef
in Italian politics, chiefly as "A result o
the absentiOn of Catholics from par
lticipation in the general elections, ant
the various groups Of Liberals, RAD
Gals and Socialists have been governed
more by the influence Of personal fac
tons than by any broad principles OF
governmental aims, save that all the
extremists are the avoWed enemies OF
the church. Premier Giolitti's early
leanings toward the extreme Socialists
after his accession in the fall of 1903
have been very much modified under
the influence Of public opinion, and
his unconpromiSing refusal TO submit
to their demands for the weakening OF
| the polio" and army have undoubtedly
| strengthened his government. This
fact, the divisions in the ranks of the
| opposition, and the overthrow of the
| extreme Socialists in Genoa and Milan,
all tend to strengthen the ministry.
Most Of the gains. however, have been
| made by the Conservatives. and it Il
| prublcmatic;h whether they will con-
| tinur to support Signor Gioiitti. A
| great deal has been heard recently of
| a modification IF the Fatican'S injunc-
| ton against the participation Of Cathn-
| lies in national politics. but nothing
| has yet been done in that direction. 1t
| is perfectly obvious that if all good
Catholics could vote for Parliamentary
candidates without seeming thereby To
give acuuicSccnce to the overthrow Of
the temporal power of the Papacy, a
Conservativ" gl"up in the Chamber
strong enough to keep the extremists
in check would be assured.
The treatment Of their cOrcligionistS
il Russia has an obvious bearing or
The feeling with which the progress %
The war in Nlanchuria is regarded by
the Catholic world. Sixty years ago
the conversion Of the inha bitants Of
M1nchuria to Christianity was under
taken 10y Catholic missionaries and
has since been encrgetically prosccut-
cd. The Japanese have given assIIr-
anccs that under thcir jurisdiction the
missions Shall lie protected Whether
as much can be expected from the
ltuSSnns depends on the extent to
which the recent manifesto Of the Gar
Nichols II. will b" carried out There
*. unfortunately, too much reason to
fear that tho -. Petersburg govern
m"nt il successful IN the far East.
viii revert to the mtolcrant policy
which il has maintained toward Cath
"lics for upward OF Il century
Some excitement WAS created in
political circles in Vienna the other
day by the simultaneous publication
in several journals of a disnatch from
Rome to the effect that Italy. with the
consent Of England and Germany.
would soon occupy Tripoli, and that
ten large steamers We're at Genoa
ready for the expedition. The story.
apparently. was Il political cnnard. in
vented with no other purpose than that
OF raFing mischief. Several wears
ago. after successive negotiations with
both France and England. ItaIv
bound itself to give France a free hand
IN Morocco, France agreeing not to in
teri re in any way with Italy in |
Trin"li. This agreement was com |
municated to the various Interested |
powers and provoked no comment. ex-
cept from Turkey, which asked what |
II all meant. and was told that it re- |
ferred TO trade interests only. When
tn" Italian premier recently visited |
Chancellor Won Ruelow ut Hamburg. il |
was suggested that Tripoli was one ofl
the subjects under discussion But III
has been pointed out that Tripoli is a |
Turkish province. that Germany is
posing just now rs the friend of thei
sultan. and that it is extremely I'M |
hkelY that Count Won Ruelow. who alb !
stained from sending trcops to Crete ,
or military officers to Macedonia. would /
have stultified his policy by advising
MS italian ally TO make an excursion
into Tripoli. II IS not expected |
therefore. that Italy will enter upnnl
any enterprise of the kind in the i'm
mediate future.
General Andres vote Of censlre in
IN" Chamber is now fully explained.
\ Paris paper publishes indisputable
evidence "f the existence Of a spv svs
TEN IN the French army and of dis
elimination against officers on religions
ard political grounds. Indeed. the
nliniSt"r of war admitted frankly that
IN" roster Of officers was being purpod |