Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-01-30
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Fleet Off For the Strait

Fleet Off For the Strait.
After numerous expressions of good
will and in the presence of a throng
of spectators on shore and on pleasure
craft estimated to be near a half mil
lion the American battleship feet in
command of Admiral Evans sailed out
from the harbor of Rio de Janeiro Jan.
D and started on its cruise for the
strait of Magellan. The torpedo boat
fotilla had sailed the evening before
for Buenos Aires. President Penna
went on his yacht to call upon the
American commander before the de-
parture, and three divisions of the
Brazilian navy escorted the fleet out
to sea. On the preceding day the Off
GERS of the feet had given reception
on the Minnesota to the Brazilian off
GERS. The next stopping place of the
fleet will be Punta Arenas, at the en-
trance to the strait, where it will be
met by the Chilean war vessel Chaca-
buco, which will accompany the feet
beyond the Chilean boundary line on
its way to Callao Peru. no other stop
being made in Chilean territory.
Japan VIII Satisfy America.
Viscount Hayashi. Japanese minister
of foreign affairs, in an interview at
Tokyo repealed the various lingo state
ments appearing in certain American
and Japanese papers by announcing
that the government of Japan would
forbid emigration to Hawaii and Mex
leo If necessary to satisfy the Amer
lean government of its determination
to control the character of Japanese
going to America, III accordance with
agreements to be entered upon. He
/ said the negotiations had not vet been
concluded, but that the rumors of
crisis between the two countries on
any serious question were fabrications.
The Canadian authorities have re-
ceived similar assurances from Tokyo.
Suffrage Disturbs Reichstag.
The question of universal suffrage in
Prussia was projected into the discus
sions of the reichstag by a skillful in
terpellation made by Socialist leaders.
asking on what ground the chancellor
ready granted for the parliament cleo
lions to be harmful to the interests of
one of the federal states. Chancellor
Won Bulow showed great anger in his
reply. which was virtually a threat
that the men responsible for the re-
cent Socialist demonstrations In the
streets of Berlin would be severely
Nv 1n ant To
was interrupted, however. by shouts
of derision from the Socialist benches.
and Herr Fischer said the Socialists
were prepared to accept all RESPONSE
bility for the demonstrations. When
a Conservative charged that the So
cialist leaders took pains to absent
themselves from the demonstrations
after advising the mobs to act. great
tumult of disapproval broke out, dur
ing which Herr Bebel called the speak
er a miserable rascal"
Socialism Aim Of l-aborites.
The conference of the British Labor
party at Hull voted down the resolu-
ton binding the party to any particular
Socialist programme. but passed an
other declaring socialism to be the
definite and ultimate aim Of the Labor
party
Law Against Women Smokers.
As an outcome of the discussion re-
garding the propriety of women snok-
ing IN public places. such as restau-
rants and the like. the New York city
board of aldermen has passed an ordi-
nance prohibiting such action.