Morris tribune., 1905-02-18
Foreign.
Argentina Revolution Crushed.

argentina Revolution CruSheo.
The revolutionary movement report
ed last week in Argentina was said tc
have reached such serious proportions
that the government had declared the
entire republic under martial law and
had decided to mobilize the national
guard. President Quintana and his
cabinet held a continuous session. The
movement was believed to be inst1gat-
ed by the radical party in coHusion
with part of the army. Later reports
asserted that the revolution had been
crushed.
japanese Medical Triumph.
y Much favorable comment has been
made on the recently published statis-
tics Of the disease mortality in the Jap
anese armies. That of General Oku
since it took the field in June last Is
said to have had only forty deaths from
disease, while of the 20,642 cases of
sickness 1880 recovered. There were
1873 cases Of typhoid and only 342 of
Gysentery This record is due large
" to the temperate habits of the Jap.
snese rank and file, >-,."fr.??s,a
Abdieation Of King Oscar.
Announcement was made at Stock
holm Feb. 8 that King Oscar of
Sweden and Norway had given up his
throne in favor of Crown Prince Gus
tat. 1t was said that the king was
not we'll enough to meet the difficulties
In the consular dispute between Sweden
and Norway. Prime Minister Hagerup
told the storthing that Norway must
prepare to become sovereign state.
Oscar has been regarded as the most
democratic king that ever lived.
Russian Disorders Continue.
Not only have the strike riots con-
tinued throughout Poland and south
Russia, but they have spread into ST.
IBERIA, where mutinous soldiers have
Joined in destroying the railroad. Also
a number Of st. Petersburg factories
again were closed by strikers. The
mobiles at Moscow and st. Petersburg
Joined in an appeal for parliament.
The car was said to be again checked
In his liberal plans by the grand ducal
influences.
Gaynor and Greene Surrendered.
The British privy council Feb. 8 rem
dered it's decision in the celebrated case
OF Benjamin D: Greene and John f.
Gaynor, quashing the decisions of
Judge Caron of Quebec and sustaining
81 Io T,jt rod Sto+n
ernment Under this decision Greene
and Gaynor must be taken before Judge
Lafontaine at Montreal, who will de-
eide whether they shall be extradited
to Atlanta, Ca. to be tried for con-
spiracy.
The council orders that Greene and
Gaynor shalNp the costs Of the ap
peal and caustically criticises Judge |
Caron for his extraordinary interven- |
ton" to save them from justice.
The crime for which Gaynor and
Greene may now be brought to trial |
was the first to stain the reputation Of |
the United States army corps Of en-
gineers for integrity. They are under
Indictment Jointly with ex-Captain
Oberlin NJ Carter of the engineer corps
charged with having defrauded the
government out of 100000 in con-
nection with harbor improvements at
Savannah, Ga.
aCoIombia's New Proposal.
1t was reported from Bogota that
President Rafael Reyes had sent to
Washington proposals for the re-estab
lishment Of friendly relations between
the United States and Colombia based
on the idea of leaving Panama to
choose if she would return to Colombia,
but the canal zone remaining In charge
Of the United States.