The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-18

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Britain and Italy, Great Britain and Ger
| many, France and Italy, Spain and Por-
| tugal, France and Sweden and Norway
| Bolivia and Peru, and between . num-
| Der of other nations. All the important
powers OF the world with the exception
J of Russia and Japan now have agree
! ments of this sort and when the present
war between the two countries named
| Is concluded they Will doubtless follow
the example of the others.
Peace Conference.
| In January an international peace con-
| ference was held In Washington. at
| Whlch resolutions were adopted urging
| this government to support every move
| ment to establish by peaceful means the
| reign of law and justice among nations
| In September President Roosevelt. in
| response to request made by members
| OF the lnterparliamentary union who
| held a meeting at the Louisiana Pur-
| chase exposition, promised to call a
| second peace conference at The Hague.
| This promise he kept by sending notes
to the various powers later in the year,
| making the suggestion. In general they
! received the proposal favorably, but de-
| clined TO commit themselves to any
SPECIFIC time for the meeting. Russia
| and Japan assented TO the principle in
volved, while declining to have the pres
ent war become the subject Of arbitra-
ton in any way.
The Year In Europe.
In Europe, outside of Russia the wear
was rather uneventful. The church ques-
| tlon continued to occupy the attention
OF france. Efforts TO upset the policy
| OF the government failed and the prob
| lem seems to be in a fair way of be-
| Ing permanently and peacefully settled.
| In Germany, where commercial depres-
sion has existed for some time. things
have taken turn for the better. Trade
! has improved, the factories are busy
| and fewer persons are without employ
ment In Servia Peter Karageorgevitch
was crowned king and for the present
| AFFAIRS in that restless little state are
| comparatively quiet.
OF Importance to the families involved
were the births of heirs to the thrones
| of Russia and Italy.
In spite of the granting Of greater re-
ligious freedom, the modification of the
| exile system and promised reforms and
| in spite of the fact that the country had
a great war on its hands serious internal
! troubles disturbed the authorities OF
| Russia. Won Plehve minister of the
| interior and secretary of state for Fin
land, was assassinated July 20 in st.
| Petersburg. Riots occurred I'm St Pc
tersburg Moscow and other cities in De-
cember in which many persons were
| injured and a number reported killed.
| Appeals for local self government were
| ened to by the czar but not granted.
| The struggle between the reform and
conservative parties promises to be one
| OF the features of Russian internal his
tory in tire coming year
Lassa, the mysterious city" of Tibet.
Is mystery no longer. A British mill
tary-political expedition entered its sa-
scred precincts last summer and brought
the unwilling lamas to terms.
Panama Canal Begun.
In glancing back at the history of the
! year In the United States the one fact
that stands out more prominently than
| all the rest Is the beginning of work on
the great Panama canal Only a begin
| ming has been made but II has brought
| the project out of the domain Of specu-
laton into that of reality. The treaty
/ between this country and the new re-
| public of Panama which was negotiated
| In the fall of 1908 was ratified and pro-
claimed I'm Washington I'm February. Pa
pcrs transferring the French interests
| in the waterway were signed in Paris
| April %. 1904, and the property was
| formally turned over to representatives
| Of the United States at Panama May 4.
| A board of canal commissioners headed
| by Rear Admiral John G.. Walker had
| been appointed earlier in the year Rules
| for the temporary government of the
canal zone were made and Gen. George
! w. Davis of the army was made gov
| ernor. A competent chief engineer was
| found in the person of John f. Wallace
Of Chicago, who Immediately went to the
| isthmus and assumed direction of the
! work 1t has not yet been definitely de-
cided whether the canal shall be sea-
level one or of the lock pattern The
| disposition at present seems TO he to
build IT with locks but in such a way
that 1t can be changed to sea-level
canal without impeding traffic. The OBJ
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locks is that 1t will take too long and
not that the estimated expense of $780,
900 is too great.
National Politics.
For a presidential election year 1904
was unpreCcdentedy quiet politically.
| The national conventions, with the ex-
ception Of that OF the democratic party,
| aroused only passing interest. At the
| republican gathering in June the nomi-
nation of Theodore Roosevelt was a fore
| gone conclusion. The choice of Senator
| Fairbanks for the vice. presidency was
made without a contest. At the demo-
cratic convention the situation was diff
ferent. No one knew beforehand who
the nominees were to be, nor the exact
character OF the platform to be adopted.
! The proceedings were followed with in
tercst from day to day until Parker and
| Davis were nominated and the position
| OF the party on the financial question
| was declared, Roosevelt ana thlfDankS
were elected by larger plurality than
had been generally looked for. Even
| Missouri chose republican electors,
though electing a democratic governor.
When the result Of the election in the
states had become known Mr. Roosevelt
| Immediately issued n statement declar-
| ing that under no circumstances would
he again be a candidate for president on
the ground that he was opposed to the
| third term principle.
Commercial Prosperity.
Commercially the year was one OF
general prosperity for the whole Of the
| United States. Trade Of all kinds was
good, prices were maintained and COM
plants on the part Of business men
were infrequent. There was cessa-
ton in the formation of gigantic trusts,
partly because some Of them had proved
failures so far as dividend paying was
concerned and partly because the anti
trust legislation of congress was feared
by the promoters. The decision against
the Northern Securities company was
affirmed by the United States Supreme
court in March, putting an end to that
particular kind Of combination. The
| -, Of RI Ilrnads I'm regard to rates was