The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-08-16
FOR EIGN
Accident on French warship.

Accident on French Warship.
While the French gunnery school
ship Couronne was at target practice
near Toulon on Aug. 2 a terrible ex-
plosion blew off the breech block Of
hundred millimeter gun, killing three
and seriously wounding five persons.
The exact chuse of the explosion Is q
mystery, but will be the subject of
rigid investigation.
Russian General Slain.
Word comes from Piatigorsk, eau
Iasus, that General KarakOzoff, ex-
governor general Of Odessa, was shot
and killed In the center Of the town
by several assassins, who escaped. He
had aroused the hatred Of the revolu-
tionary class by his severe measures
In REFRESHING disturbances.
Anticlerical War In Italy.
A vigorous anticlerical agitation has
broken out in Italy which has led
Premier Giolitti to announce that the
government would not interfere in any
fashion, though 1t had issued orders
to prevent violence and protect the
churches, converts and other religious
property. Regarding the charges
brought against the religious bodies
he said, THAT is a matter for the
courts to decide, and the country would
have a right to complain if the govern
ment interfered to restrain the press,
which Is free both for clericals and
anticlericals.'
Moroccan Port Bombarded.
A recent attack upon the Moroccan
coast town of Casablanca was made
by native tribesmen known as the
Kabyles, who demanded that the pasha
stop the construction of harbor i'm
provements as foreign and Christian
enterprise. The pasta said he could
not stop it because it was authorized
by the sultan, whereupon the tribes
men said they would disregard the sui
tan, who obeyed the Christians, and
they went through the city proclaim
Ing holy war and calling upon the
people to massacre all Christians and
Jews. Two Europeans were stoned to
death, and the engineer of a locomo-
tive was killed by the mob. Five
Frenchmen, two Spaniards and one
italian were murdered, and many
shops were looted, while the foreign
ers took refuge In the consulates.
French and Spanish warships were at
once dispatched to Casablanca, and
when the tribesmen resumed their at
tack the authorities called on the
French commander for assistance.
ThereupOn on Aug. 6 sixty French and
forty Spanish marines were landed,
but hardly had they set foot in the
city when they were fired upon by
Moroccan troops, and a pitched battle
In the streets followed, in which many
Of the natives were slain. At the same
time the warships in the harbor began
q bombardment Of the Moorish quarter
Of the city, firing more than 1000 shells
and completely destroying that section.
The bombardment lasted forty-eight
hours, and then more French troops
were landed to restore order in the
panic stricken city. The Jewish quar-
ter was believed to have been sacked
by the Moors. The streets were filed
with the dead and wounded, and all
shops were closed.
Regulating Aerial Warfare.
The Hague conference has recognized
the success Of the airship inventors by
taking up the practical question Of
aerial warfare. The commission on
humanitarian usages has agreed that
only dirigible balloons, manned by
trained aeronauts, may be employed
and that no explosives may be thrown
upon defenseless cities. A preliminary
vote on the consideration Of the Ameri-
can proposition for permanent inter-
national court Of arbitration was ia
v0rable, twenty-seven nations assent
ing. Great Britain by moderating the
terms Of the proposal to limit arma-
ments has won Germany's approval,
and It Is assured Of adoption.
Meeting of Kaiser and Gar.
The personal interchange between
the rulers Of Germany and Russia on
the high sea Is believed to have dealt
with the new Anglo-Russian treaty,
and Nicholas Is thought to have as
sured William that, although 1t gave
Russia port on the Persian gulf, this
would in nowise interfere with the
German plan for railroad through the
Euphrates to Bagdad. 1t is also said
that the car arranged loan of $G2,-
100000 with German bankers condi-
toned on the whole sum being expend-
ed on warships to be built in Germany.
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