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machinery or production and would
vastly aggrayate the problem Of en-
ployment. An amendment was car
ried asking the government to take up
at once the recommendations of the
poor law commission. The event Is
thought to mark the final break in the
relations Of the Liberals and their al
lies, the Laborites. now recognized In
their true colors as Socialists.
The next day after this vote in the
commons Lord Rosebery accentuated
the split by his address before the
Liberal league, in which he spoke
Of "the active menace of socialism"
which, he said, meant the end of the
empire. He added that the time might
come when the Liberal party would
have to choose between socialism and
protection, and when that time came
he for one would choose protection as
the lesser evil. He referred to the
house of lords as the salvation of the
country against socialism, as was the
senate in the United States, and wished
that the king had the veto power as
did the American president.
smIrnoff Shot In Duel.
With the consent of the military au.
thorities duel was fought at st. Pc
tersburg between Generals Smirnon
and Fock in the presence of several
hundred spectators, and Smirnon was
seriously wounded Fock had chal-
J lenged because Smirnoff had called
him coward during the trial of Stoes-
sci.
China Releases the Tatsu.
! The end of the war scare in the far
east came when the Chinese decided
to give in to the Japanese demand and
set free the seized Japanese steamer
| Tatsu, agreeing to punish the officers
who lowered the Tatsu's flag and to
| fire a salute to the rehoisted Dag.
China will buy the arms and ammuni-
ton seized and pay demurrage.
Refugees May Quit Haiti.
The anti-foreign excitement In Haiti
became acute when the Alexis gov
eminent had number Of foreigners ac-
cused of connection with the recent
revolution lined up and shot last week,
for 1t was reported that other foreign
ers who had taken refuge in French,
German or British legations would be
summarily dealt with. Warshlps were
hurried to Port au Prince by the vari-
GUS powers concerned, including the
United States, which sent the cruiser
Des Moines and the gunboat Eagle
The government had withdrawn Its
permission for the refugees at Gonaives
to leave the country on the charge OF
a new plot being discovered while the
rev olutionary leader, General Firmin
was still under the protection of the
French legation. On March II Presi.
dent Alexis and cabinet decided to
allow the authors of the late reyolu.
| ton to so aboard warship and leave
| the country. at the same time assuring
| the foreign governments that Halt
| held no animosity toward foreigners as
lsuch. Among the men executed were
Iseveral prominent French and Haitian
citizens, and no trial was given tt
them.
Ten Years For StoesseI.
! The car has confirmed the sentence
upon General Stoessel for the surren
der Of Port Arthur and has COMMITTED
| the death sentence to ten years i'm
iprisonment in fortress.
Borrows to Save War Fund.
The German reichstag has been com
| PEELED to authorize loan Of $65 600,
900 to cover a deficit in the current ex
ipenses, as the ministry would not con
sent to the use of the $30;oOO,OOO wal
fund which has been kept in the towel
at Spandau for thirty seven years.