Putnam patriot., 1908-10-23
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tions msy arise against whatever plan the Powers may agree upon to preserve the peace. There is no certainty about what will happen before affairs in the BaIkins quiet down. Turkey having changed its form Of government, It's in- tefnal affairs are in too pfeeafious 8 condition 10 resist its spoliation going on-and the sPoliators are taking ad- vantage Of this. The sympathy Of All good people is with The young Turk ish party in its trying ordeal
 The fight against phylloxera, in the Swiss vineyards, has cost the govern ment about s4s2, ,eg0. Now the govern Inent has advised the owners to replace the old native vines with hardy Ameri- can vines, and has promised them its assistance to the extent of s.,6 ,1so year during the next sixty yeafs.
 The London papers state that Presi- dent Roosevelt is to visit England after his African trip, early in 1910, and will deliver the Romanes lecture at Oxford, and on the occasion of the anniversary
 
 eommemoration, will get the honorary degree of D. (. L., which Oxford has already bestowed on Emperor William.
 "T know Vermont we'll. 1 dc not want to exalt one Stale above It's fel- lows, but if 1 were asked To pick out typical American States where we see the old American spirit illustrated at it's best, we would surely have to in- clude Vermont. Thus declared Pres ident Roosevelt. At last the immigration tide has turned. Last week the steerHee afri- vals were s s,i0b, and the steefnge depar- lures B,565 Df. Julian r. Thomas, who has made many spectacular balloon aseensions, thinks he has discovered means by | which, after few months practice, | my young man will be able to fly of his own power.
 China has no homogeneity among ! the various provinces which compose | tbiihitf A' hfHA@''Nf Vt7''NF' 'N' toms. weight, measures, coins, and ev- ersthing else, k as different as if each | part were foreign nation. The edu- cated class have learned that national | uniformity throughout the empire is | essential to secure the best good of the | people. The Empress k a wise we man, and has issued an cdiet directing that, for the first time In twenty cen iufies, there shall he uniform curren- ey throughout the empire. The adVan- ces in civilization going on there amaze our missionaries.
 A new Parliament has been wrung from the Shah el Persia by "4 oang Persia, which, like the Young Turk party, Is getting the upper hand in the direction of national affairs. The shah k not so yielding as the Sultan, but K trying by assassination to destroy the liberal leaders, but he may suffer in the same way.
 In offering reward of so1 Ter the conviction of the murderers of peace able old negro, his wife and children, by night right riders, the Governor ot Kentucky says;
 .sThis crime, and the stain on Ken lucky, Of the murder ot four helpless prisoners, and the hiacker crime ol Kill ing an innocent family, both by bands of night riders, Is the logical result of the toleration of night rider crimes in the State, and the people should take stern, prompt and effective measures Ia punish every cowaTdly scoundfcl who rides the roads to threaten his neighbor. and to put an end to lynch ing, murder and arson "
 Last Thursday a typhoon swept over Chang. Chow, China, causing the loss of over 3oo lives and damaged an im- mense amount of property. Typhoons have been more numerous and more destructive than for many years. Our great fleet of warships went through two of the worst of them without da- mage.
 The report of the State Board oi Health shows lhere were ,si deaths In September, or i74 less than tn Aug nsi. and l15 less than in September last year.
 A most pitifnl tragedy Is reported from Michigan, where forest fires have been raging the past week. Several villages and hainlels located in woody section were destroyed by hres, many of the dwellers perishing with their homes. A train was sent 10 one en- dangered village, but while rushing back through Inc burning forest the locomotive broke down. The men did not try Ia save The women and children as only by using the greatest speed, Jumping over burning logs and through blazing bushes could they save them selves. To stop 10 help the frantic wo- men and children they would have been burned up with them, What ua- geaies are being enacted in the world.
 The accounts of The reception oi our hastleship fleet al Yokohama, Japan, exceeded any thing previously Will messed on the voyage. From thousands of fiagstaf,s and buildings al every pelnt in the big city. hoated the Stars and Stripes, and the entire length oi miles ot street were dfaped with inter twined American and Japanese e'si- hlems. When our men went To Tokyo they were greeted bs lo,oa school ehil. dren, who sang in English our Nation-