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All the schools in Christiania, Norway,
have been closed, owing 70 a serious out
break of smallpox.
The Esperantists at their fourth inter-
national congress at Dresden have decided
to publish books in Esperanto for the
blind, and to prepare proper exhibits to
give information relative to Esperanto.
| Following the expulsion of the Dutch
minister, Jonkheer de .Reus, from Venez-
uela by President Castro, demonstrations
of extreme anger and excitement have
been reported in the Dutch South Ameri-
can colony and throughout the Neither
| lands.
Throughout European Turkey the
demonstrations of JOY over the concession
| of a constitution and a parliamentary
form of government continue at Constan-
tinople crowd of more than 100000 per-
sons assembled outside the palace of the
Sultan to shout their approval of his
course. Already preparations are o. foot
for holding the first elections. The new
Parliament will assemble in the fall.
The surprise in connection with the
new japanese cabinet, headed by Premier
Katsura, is the retention of the former
minister, Terauchi, whose policy of mill
tary expansion appears to suit the elder
statesmen. He also takes the foreign
portfolio until the return of Baron 10
mura, now ambassador to Britain. Nev-
ertheless, the announced policy of the new
ministry is the recuperation of the coun-
try rather than aggression in any quar-
ter.
When the House Of Lords passed the
Uld-age pension bill on second reading it
was thought that would end the matter,
but now the unprecedented thing has hap
pened of having the bill amended in com
mittee. This will bring the Lords into
direct opposition to a large majority Of
the Commons and especially will stir up
the ire of the Socialists. The action
will be regarded as a breach of the priv
ileges of the House. as the bill is con-
strued as a money bill.
During a sympathetic manifestation Of
building trades employees of Paris in ia
vor of the striking sandDit men at VAL
leneuve and Draveil, two nearby suburbs,
clash with the troops occurred, in which
many of the strikers were killed and 9th
ers wounded.
After more than three years of legal
procedure the civil court of frst instance
of Caracas has delivered judgment in the
sensational case of the French Gable Com
pany. The company has been found gull
ty of completely in the MatOs revolution
of 1903 and fined 100000. Other
damages also are to be assessed against it.
Gov. General Smith has made a per-
sonal inspection of the cholera infected
districts of the Island Of LuzOn, and he
reports that the number of cases is rap
idly decreasing.
The threatened break in the friendly
relations long existing between Holland
and Venezuela viii add one more nation
to the long list of those which. either have
no intercourse with Venezuela or have
serious questions pending. These are
France, Columbia, United States, Eng
land and perhaps Italy. The path of the
diplomat in Caracas is thorny and only
too many have met their fate at Castro's
hands.
Instead of Hollands sending an ulti-
matum to Venezuela demanding an apol-
ogy for the expulsion of the Dutch min
lister at Caracas, it now appears that
President Castro had ample cause for
giving the Dutchman his passports. The
dismissal Of De Reuss was the result OF
a letter which he made public. telling of
the almost dictatorial rule of Castro, and
Of its ruinous Effects upon the country.
A high explosive of power beyond
anything hitherto used in the German
army, was tested near Munich in the
presence Of the artillery proving comI1is-
sion from Berlin, with what was described |
as sensational results.