Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-04-14


| lege which will choose members of the
national assembly This is regarded as
triumph for the Constitutional Dem
Ocrats. In all the large cities the result
| was similar. The elections Of the labor
ing class were farce because the ma
| jority refused to take part.
| The Morocco Incident Closed.
| The net result of the international
| conference on Morocco Is plain give
! and take compromise. Although Ger
| many has headed off France from her
expected commercial and political SUI
| premacy In Morocco, France still re-
tains her fair share of that field of en-
! terprise and energies from the contest
with Great Britain stronger ally than
( ever. To break this entente was be
| lieved to be the particular object OF
Emperor William. Germany has estab-
| lished her right to voice in controll-
ing the destiny of weaker states, but
In this controversy disclosed the fact
| that every state Of Europe except Aus
tria stood against her.
| AS to the policing of Moroccan ports.
| the arrangement is for Spain to look
| after Tetuan and Larache, while a
mixed French and Spanish police will
| control Casablanca and Tangiers, and
the French alone will have charge of
! four Atlantic ports. This arrangement
| is to exist for five years. AS to the
| Morocco bank, France is to have three
shares and the other nations one share
each, while four supervisors will be
appointed by the banks of England.
Germany, France and Spain.
| Mrs. Storer's Denial.
The wife of the retiring American
! ambassador at Vienna, Bellamy Stor-
er, has formally denied the report that
confidence in connection with letter
indorsing Archbishop Ireland. She says
that the letter was written to her when
Mr.. Roosevelt was governor of New
York in 1900. 1t stated his opinion that
Ireland represents ''the type Of Cathol-
icism which must prevail in the United
States if the Catholic church is to at
! tain it's full measure of power and use
fulness with our people and our form
Of government" 1t expressed willing
ness that it be used in helping the arch
bishop.
The Hague Conference In July.
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassa-
dor at Washington, gave notice that
| the car was DESTROYS of having The
Hague conference reconvened early in
July. Already the Netherlands had as
sented to this proposition. The propo-
| sal contained a list of the subjects to
/ be discussed, among which is the at
| tack of the Japanese upon the Russian
ships ait Port Arthur and Chemulpo.
Renened French Mine Riots.
| The striking miners in the north of
| France. numbering about 41,OOO re-
sumed their aggressive attitude. Sew
eral houses were destroyed by dyna-
mite and at two points barbados were
! erected. which were charged by the
| troops The companies have notified
che strikers that they will not have any
more conferences.
Cuba Needs Immigrants.
In his message to the Cuban congress
which met at Havana President Palma
referred to the fact that the islands
crops of tobacco and sugar had fallen
off, and as the price of sugar was low
he thought the state should assist the
planters i'll every way possible. He
suggested in particular the government
aid to immigration. He thought also
that mortgage banks should be estab-
lished to obyiate the sale of land to
foreigners. He advocated the estab-
lishment of the Cuban monetary sys-
tenn on a gold basis in view of the
high value of Spanish silver. During
the last year imports had increased
from $77O0O,OOO to $95,00O,OO0, of
which $43,OOO,O0O came from the Unit
ed States. The exports had increased
to S11OOOO,OOO, of which the United
States took $95,5O0OOO. There was
S5,744,741 available balance in the
treasury.
Natal Rebels Executed.
The twelve natives of Natal, South
Africa, whose sentence of death for an
attack on the police during an uprising
in February against the collection of
the poll tax had been temporarily sus-
pended, were executed. The announce
ment Of the execution in the house of
commons was greeted with cries OF
shame from the Irish, Labor and some
Liberal members. Some of the govern
ment's supporters were supremely an
cry because the colonial secretary had
given in to the cry of the Natal colo
nists for blood and revenge The colo
NAL troops were reported to have suf-
fered a defeat at the hands of the ma
lives in revolt.
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