The Washington herald., 1907-08-25


Greeks seem TO have been the principal
offenders, the porte has addressed strong
representations 20 the Greek government.
calling attention TO the recent passage Of
bands across the frontier. and intimating
that it viii take vigorous measures
against persons in Macedonia who abet
the movement
The conflicts between Albanians and
MontcnegTins in the Turco- -Montenegrin
frontier district OF Mokrvs. respecting
the produce Of pasture lands which are
of an annual occurrence in the summer,
are assuming a serious character this
year. 1t is reported that i've battalions
of troops have been asked for
The presentation to the other powers
Of the scheme Of judicial reform in Mace
donia, drawn UP by Austria-H Hungary and
Russia. is expected shortly.
The depletion OF large parts Of italy
by emigration has become a serious ques-
tion, and the last annual report on the
subject causes general alarm. 1t is not
merely that the number of Italian emf
grants has risen TO 1851. or 5000 more
than in the previous ear. but that an
increase is observable in provinces where
hitherto the inhabitants had been In
clined TO remain at home. Still, how
ever. the broad features OF Italian emf
grafton remain the same; the South is
being yearly deprived of more and more
able-boded men. while Venetia is little
affected by the growing tendency to earn
higher wages abroad. In other districts
it is noticeable that people in fairly easy
prietors, are quitting the land Of their
fathers, and the cause of this is TO be
sought in the growing cost of living in
Italy under modern conditions. In al
most every small Italian town there is
now an agent of some American line Of
steamers, and landlords are complaining
that labor is becoming scarcer. On the
other hand, the. emigrants in some cases
return with their savings, while in others
they remit home a large part of their
earnings as was noticed at the time Of
the Calabria earthquake All efforts to
divert Italian emigration to the Italian
colonies have failed. but Tunisia and the
Argentine republic owe much OF their
prosperity TO the emigrants from italy.
Serious significance is attached in Ber-
lin to the announcement made by the
deputy governor of Cameroonlaud of an
outbreak of disturbances in the resi-
dency of Adamaua. The resident of
Adamaua. whose station is at Garua. has
established communication with the resi-
dent Of the Lake Tchad region. whose
station is at Kusseri. The deputy COVER
nor remarks that the disturbances are of
a local character. but the fact that a
Feliah Mithdi has ventured an attack on
Garua, although he must have known
that the place was defended by a whole
company OF Pr0tectOraJe troops, com
bined with the circumstance that the resi-
dents have arranged to take joint action,
lead experts to fear that there is a pros
pect Of the insurrectionary movement
spreading from Adamaua northward into
the Lake Tchad districts. The two resi-
denotes of Garua and KusseTi occupy the
northern third of the PrOtectorate. and
have been under direct Ger man admins
trstion only three years. The population
is Mohammedan. and is much more highly
civilized than the negro tribes inhabitng
Central and South Caneroonland. The
native chiefs or princes exert strict rule
over their subjects. and maintain numer-
GUS warriors who are well armed and
partially mounted. The new governor OF
Cameroonland, Dr. Seitz, is on his way
to his post. which 1t is expected he will
reach in the middle Of next month.