Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-12-28

interior, who successfully headed off u
labor revolt when the general stril. -
was declared, MAY /. In the succeed
Ing elections the government, WINS sus
talhed, and on OCT. 10 Clenlrucpau
succeeded Sarrien as premier and
brought Colonel rlcqnurt ylpdico,inu
by making him war minister. The con
demnation Of Dreyfus had hcru finally
annulied by the supreme court JTTy
L. ana he had been Restored To the
| army. with command of a division
Clemehceau'S great crisis came DEC
H. Wheh with firm hand he procee. led
10 execute the separation law. spudiu,,
tht pope's Ambassador 10 the fr,,,tler
ana taking forclbie possession of the
chlrrh property. Passive resistance
was urged by the church leaders.
", A-Ihc ear announced on
Alkll. ~ constitution. the nlrnoso
OF winch was 10 retain his conIroI nf
the army and navy TO Geciare his
rlSht to dissolve the douna ana to rf,a
Inc upper house, or council of STATE
Tue right TO pass upon all L. .islatiou
mus clrcumscribed. the first EuSSi,n
parliament was opened Mt ST. pef.r..
burg MAY 10 10y the czar In perSou m.
constitutional Democrats were in q,
large majority, and there was 4 mrra
peasant representation, A strong nd.
uress demanding political amnesty
universal suffrage, land for pcgs,urs +
ahd legislative independence of tho
douma was adopted, but ii was raia,t.
Ell by Premier Goremykln, Alter taIk.
Ing continuously for two months and
eie'eh days without tangill, result
the douma suddenly was dissolved NV
the car JULY %.
The repressive measures which had
oeeh USED against the liberal classes
py Minister Of the Interior Durnovo
were now intensified under the ura.
niership or NJ. Stolypin. thousands of
ihtellectuals being banished +, <, ario
ana many serious Hebrew mossacra,
,esui'ihe' the worst Of which were ar
nlaiystok on JUNE II and az SIedIce
Oil SEPT, 3. Repression was answer.
ed ny terrorism and assassination ,n5
series of peasant uprislngs begin.
alng JULY 20 destroyed many fine es
ates and spoiled the crops.
oh July 30 in anticipation of tle t
ohs expected general strike there be. S
gan number of bloody mutinies ot
''eaoorg' Finland. ut CronStadt. nt Rn- c
al and on the Black sen Nutirins q
'so orcurre1 frequently in the army v
ven the cars guard regiment hnna 4
nected' The bulk Of the army and Il
laVy remained loyal, however and i
hese sporadic revots were cruubod =
WIN stern hand. The general strike T
90, proved ineffective. Famine is ms,
las winter guest.
Barring the costly colo-
iai war In southwest Africo which
aused the dissolution of the rcicbst,o
'h,' To- the kaisers people had y
usy ana prosperous year. The object
p ,ne treaty gned at Al tciras, Spain, W
= NIL t. providing a joint mreruo. III
WAL control in Morocco. was proof y,
ioush mat the Anglo French alliance of
'. az, not ignore Germany. A grandson Ii,
uie Kaiser was born JULY 4 r.
spAlN.--Two events within tha s,,r n
:, ie"iiii commanded the attention Of ro
"o'o' one was the international or
at Algeciras. The other w,s u.
e oonlp-punctured wedding ce,emo. ~,
vi hlhg Alfonso and Princess En-, =
Madrid MAY31 i'S' III
'IohW Ai.-At Norway's ancient co, "i'
IT, lrondhjcm. JUNE %, the newlv 'i'
leu Nlhg Haakon VII. and Ouaan -
lud were crowned oo
n"iA'-The age-long hypnotic smell Wv ~
""soiutiSm which had held h,o,, ="
,Sfess III Persia gave way at last be- w. ",
. the influence of Russjo.s fannie, 'i'
u'pht' The leading merchants and 'A'
i'''ns voiced the aspiration for self
'erhiileht, and the shah convokad uF'
',.seh'allVe assembly to be known '''e
'ne mousse of justice JAN. 81 and SUI
'n'ed constitution AUG. II. 'ru
: A>lHH AMERICA. - President SUI
una OF Cuba began his second tnrm Ell
| ~ with the island republic an. pe@
en.'! making good progress toward H'''
"'''v' opposition of the defaoto1 vi"
e'"'S having subsidized. but sudden. " olI