New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-24
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed in Last Weeks Papers.

.rbe Japanese must have come to ar under
tending with our government concerning the
Sen Francisco school business" said the Busy
,Tsn Il don't hear any more lingo talk
congress passed a Japanese exclusion BILL
.,sronded the Constant Reader, which action
iii be followed by the opening Of the white
scbools In San Francisco to Japanese pupils.
The Democrats did everything in their power to
defeat the bill, attempting to form an alliance
With the friends of steamship companies which
object to the clause requiring additional air
snece for each immigrant on their ships. The
mn urevents the immigration of the Japanese
.ooI'e class into the United States The Jap
onese Of san Francisco and of Hawaii bitterly
oppose the exclusion act, and urging the
Japanese government 10 make a stand against
II but without avail. Most Of the Japanese
newspapers treat the subject calmly, explaining
that the action of the United States government
is perfectly legitimate and IN accord2- zee with
treaty stipulations."
q understand there IS terrible famine in
Jspan." said the Busy Man.
In China you mean" returned the Constant
Reader. IN five northern provinces it is said,
four million people are on the verge of starva-
ton as the result of floods. OF this number
eight hundred thousand nave encamped outside
nine cities. It's the worst famine China has had
from lack Of food and thirty million people are
more or less in need Of enough to eat. I'm
usually large shipments OF wheat are being
made from this country TO Russia and other
European countries IN consequence. Ordinarily
Russia has not only enough wheat for herself.
bur for a good share Of the rest of Europe.
Meantime. Russia has almost completed her
elections, the result Of which will be strongly
radical ~Parliament Tho Radicals Will have
about 40 per cent OF the members the Consti-
tutional Democrats and Conservatives about %
per cent each. and the remainder viii be divided
between the Nationalist and the indefinites."
Never hear anything more of that struggle
between France and The Pope" said the Busy
Man.
The action Of the French government in its
efforts TO settle the problem Of separating
Church and State was stoutly supported by the
Chamber Of Deputies last week" said the Con-
slant Reader. BY q majority Of sol the Cham
Der not only expressed confidence in the govern
ment and authorized II to conclude negotiations
for the leasing Of churches TO parish priests but
It Endorsed. with storms Of applause. remark
able speech by the Minister Of Education, NJ.
BRAND. The object of separation. he said, was
disestablishment not persecution. Liberty Of
worship, whether Catholic, Protestant or Jew
ish, must be respected. The Catholic Church
was not Ike any other sect It had seen fit TO
forfeit churches, seminaries and rectories of
which il might now be in possession, but this
did not prevent the government from recogniz-
ing the right Of Catholics to worship, and the
government therefore intended TO keep the
Catholic churches open for Catholics and for no
one else.
Down in South Africa the Beers made con-
siderable stir last week. They carried the cleo
ton IN the Transvaal and viii have a majority
in the next Parliament ar johannesburg"
in Our last talk" interrupted the Busy Man.
you said that Honduras and Nicaragua were
at swords points, but that efforts were being
made Uy other American nations to keep them
apart
Mediation was futile" said the Constant
Reader "Honduran troops attacked the forces
Of General Zelaya, President OF Nicaragua.
which were guarding the Nicaraguan frontier
The Honduran army defeated. however,
and the Nicaraguan forces invaded Honduras.
backed by the enemies Of Salvador, Honduras
and Guatemala, and is planning to establish a
union Of the Central American states, with him