The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
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have no respect for the repose OF
nations. Although 1908 is only
few days old it has brought up
some rather embarrassing questions
for several countries and it has
started out to put others in shape to
raise trouble later on. Some OF
Berlin's newspapers are expressing
uneasiness about twenty five mil
lou dollars deficit in the German
imperial budget. Yesterdays in
dietments in ST. Petersburg against
many members of the Socialist
party's Executive Council promise
to start a new revolutionary pro-
paganda throughout Nicholas Il's
empire which will compel Nicholas
to retire once more into his bomb
proof at TsarkoSelo. England's
new Transvaal colony has passed an
act to compel England's Hindoo
subjects in the gold mining regions
to register and 1000 of them have
just had a meeting in johannesburg
and decided to refuse to submit to
this humiliation. London, Cal
cutta and other British newspapers
contain protests written by prom
Inent Hindoo subjects of Edward
VII against this determination
against fheir brethren in British
territors, and some of these remon-
strances contain menaces OF an up
rising in 1873 in India which may
recall the Delhi, Cawnpore and
other demonstration of 1857 and
1858.
Nor is Washington altogether in
position to. laugh at the embarras-
ments which beset London, Berlin,
St. Petersburg and other Old World
capitals. We have some national
and internatlona troubles of our
own which promise to keep us busy
for the moment. There is some
fear in Washington that Congress
may pass japanese exclusion law
which which will assail the dignity
of the Japanese Government and
destroy the influence OF Secretary
Roofs Establishments 10 I kio. APP
parently we have obtained somt-
thing like a promise frum the mix
ado 10 issue no passports 10 J lpa-
nese to emigrate to the United
States. Possibly we may, unless
radical legislation by Congress in
tervenes, get a treaty with the
mikado which will bind Japan to
this interdict. But like all coun-
tries, small or great, Japan dislikes
to be controlled by pressure from
without. An exclusion bill en-
acted by Congress, such as many
members want and such as will I'M
doubtedly be proposed unless ia
vorable action comes from Toxic
soon. would defeat Mr.. Roots pan
for a settlement of the immlgrat IN
issue. and would bring up the J 'p-
onese question in rather dist b
inc shape once more. Ottawa is
watching with great interest in this
.x,pency, for Canada has a Japanese
issue which is troubling not only the
Dominion Government, but the cen
trail authority in London This
particular question is even more en-
har,assing to the Campbell Banner
man ministry than is the TransVaarS
attack on the ilihoONS'
. that attack is registering itself
on the London exchange III
the prices for gold stocks for the
Hindoos are among the workers In
the Transvaal's mines, which are
now turning out aver $4,000 900
yearly.
Paris is getting some amusement
out of the fracas between Casteliane
and other decadent members OF the
old French nobility, and douotless
;s coneratulating itself on the fac
that the old titled houses in thai
country have dropped into an eclipse
which is complete. But france
and, that it has some internal anc
Eternal troubles. Like Germany
!, ;.confron,ed wife deficit In IL