St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-01-09

Interior, who successfully headed off
labor revolt when the general strike
was declared, NAY l. In the succeed
ing elections the government was sus-
tanned, and on OCT. 10 Clemenceau
succeeded Sarrien as premier and
brought Colonel Picquart vindication
by making him war minister. The con.
demnation of Dreyfus had been finally
annulled by the supreme court, JULY
IL, and he had been restored to the
army, with command of a division.
Clemenceau's great crisis came, DEC.
IL, when with firm hand he proceeded
to execute the separation law, sending
the pope's ambassador to the frontier
and taking forcible possession OF the
church property. Passive resistance
was urged by the church leaders.
RUSSIA.-The car announced Oh
APRIL "a constitution, the purpose
of which was to retain his control of
the army and navy, to declare his
right to dissolve the douma and to give
the upper house, or council of state,
the right TO pass upon all legislation.
Thus circumscribed, the first Russian
parliament was opened at st. Peters
burg NAY 10 by the car in person. The
Constitutional Democrats were in
large majority, and there was a large
peasant representation. A strong ad-
dress demanding political amnesty,
universal suffrage, land for peasants
and legislative independence of the
douma was adopted, but it was reject
ed by Premier Goremykin. After talk
ing continuously for two months and
eleven days without tangible result
the douma suddenly was dissolved by
the car JULY %.
The repressive measures which had
been used against the liberal classes
by Minister of the Interior Durnovo
were now intensified under the pre-
miership of NJ. Stolypin, thousands of
intellectuals being banished to Siberia
and many serious Hebrew massacres
resulting, the worst of which were at
Bialystok on JUEE II and at Siedlce
on SEPT. 8. Repression was answer
ed by terrorism and assassination, and
a series of peasant uprisings begin
ming JULY 20 destroyed many fine es-
tates and spoiled the crops.
On JULY 80 in anticipation of the
long expected general strike there be-
gan number of bloody mutinies at
Sveaborg, Finland, at Cronstadt, at Re-
val and on the Black sea. Mutinies
also occurred frequently in the army,
even the cars guard regiment being
affected. The bulk of the army and
navy remained loyal, however, and
these sporadic revolts were crushed
with stern hand The general strike,
too, proved ineffective Famine is Rus
sia's winter guest.
GERMANY.-Barring the costly colo
NAL war IN southwest Africa, which
caused the dissolution of the reichstag
DEC. 10, the kaiser's people had a
busy and prosperous year. The effect
Of the treaty sgned at AL ,eciras, Spain,
APRIL Z, providing a joint interna-
tional control in Morocco, was proof
enough that the Anglo French alliance
could not ignore Germany. A grandson
to the kaiser was born JULY 4.
SPAIN.-Two events within the Span
ish realm commanded the attention of
the world. One was the international
conference at Algeciras. The other was
the bomb-punctured wedding ceremo.
ny of King Alfonso and Princess Ena
at Madrid MAY 81.
NORWAY.-At Norways ancient cap.
ital, Trondhjem, JUNE %, the newly
elected King Haakon VII. and Queen
Maud were crowned
PERSIA.-The age-long hypnotic spell
of absolutism which had held back
progress in Persia gave way at last be-
fore the influence of Russia's terrific
ferment. The leading merchants and
mullahs voiced the aspiration for sell
government, and the shah convoked 8
representative assembly to be known
as the house Of justice JAN. "a and
granted constitution AUG. 10.
SPANISH AMERICA. - Presidepr
Palma of Cuba began his second tern
MAY 20, with the island republic an
parently making good progress TOWARD
security, opposition of the defeated
Liberals having subsidized. but sudden