Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13

Inc nnance department OF the Japanese
government finds that the total cost of
the war with Russia was 1,170,000,000
yen, of which 990000,000 was for the
army and 1S0,000,000 for the navy.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, in view
of the Liberal triumph, has renewed his
campaign of warning to the British pub
lie concerning the inadequate defenses.
He urges the adoption of 100000 men
as a military standard, one-half for the
defense Of India and the other half to
maintain British prestige in Europe.
The Venezuelan charge d'afaires to
Paris, now at London. has been author
lied by President Castro to answer the
note of Premier Rouvier and to say that
he holds the French government respon-
sible for The assistance of its employees in
the cable company given to revolutionists.
He is willing TO submit this point to ar
bitration.
The semi-oficial returns of the British
elections indicate the new status of par
, ties in the House of Commons as followsG
Liberals, 37S; UnioniSts, 154: NationaF
lists, "a, and Laborites. 45. Out of the
| total 100 are lawyers, 20 are manufacture
ers; merchants, 60; ex-army officers, 40;
solicitors, "a; journalists, %; ship own
ers, 20; authors, 10; mine owners, 10;
doctors, 10, and brewers, 10. Nearly all
of the Laborites were wage earners.
Rev. S. p. Little who has just re-
turned from the Episcopal mission at
Hankow, China, says that the revolution
airy party, agitated by young men who
have been at the university of Japan, is'
seeking to drive China into a conflict
with the powers in the hope of establish
ing a republican form of government.
Their motto is China for the Chinese"
DIR. Little thinks that the japanese are
as much alarmed over the situation as
are the Americans.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, the
new Liberal premier, won his first victory
| in the commons Wednesday, when the
| opposition amendment against tn home
rule policy for Ireland was rejected by
! the tremendous majority of 406 to IS.
In answering the opposition, James
Bryce. chief secretary for Ireland, said
that home rule had no terrors for him,
and that he had not departed from the
| principles of Gladstone. Self-government
for ireland was the mandate of the peo-
| pie.
A provisional commercial agreement
with the United States was approved by
the Reichstag Thursday, by large ma
| jority. Chancellor Won Buelow said that
| the United States has no claim to the
most favored treatment, but that Ger
many granted it in order to gain time for
permanent treaty negotiations, and be-
| cause it was desirable to avoid a tariff
war. Thus America gets the same priv
| ileges that after March l 90 into effect
under the new German tariff law for
! Italy, Belgium, Roumana, Servia, Swift
zerland, Austria Hungary and Russia.
The French proposition made through
private channels direct to Berlin that the
officers for policing Morocco should be
| French mad Spanish was definitely re-
| jected by order of the German emperor,
whose representatives said it was con-
! trary to the principles of internationaliza-
ton and equality of the powers in Mo-
rocco. At Paris it was stated that the
French government would go no further,
and all private negotiations were calAedA
| off. The impression prevailed in Euro
pean capitals, however, that war would,
not be the outcome in any event unless
the Kaiser wiled it.
Unofficial information from Pekin and
other Chinese cities received by the State
| Department at Washington indicate that
the present agitation is likely to be more
| formidable than the Boxer uprising of
| 1900. The attitude of the Chinese gov
eminent is something of mystery, al
though it has kept within the letter of
its obligations. The viceroy of Foochow
has been ordered to execute the leader
| of the Changpu mob, and to punish Sc.
verely the others concerned at that point.
The British government has demanded
| full compensation for the property of the
| Presbyterian mission so DESTROYED. Pres
| ident Roosevelt is said to be in favor of
sending another regiment to the Philip
pines, and the War Department is active
ly engaged in rushing supplies to Man la
to be used in the event Of Chinese cam
paign,
The program of constitutional reform
for Russia has reached its final stage of
discussion by the cabinet. 1t places leg
islative power in the hands of the douma,
the council of the empire and the en-
peror, all of which must give assent to
make any law valid. The emperor may
u-S5oiNe the uouud at any time, out elec-
tions must be held within four months.
The word unlimited" is to be left out
of the clause defining the emperor's pow
er. Gradually the government appears
to be getting control of affairs in the
Baltic provinces, but unofficial reports
say that a fresh revolt begins as soon as
body of soldiers leaves any one point.
There appears to have been a resumption
of the mutiny among the Russian troops
at Vladivostok. All engines and cars on
the railroad had been seized, and many
stations plundered The native population
is known to be on the verge of starvation
from repeated maraudings of the soldiery,
and a general uprising is feared.