Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-22
Say Cost Of Living Is Loss.
20 RE IGN
The Ameer Proves Loyalty.

AS an evidence Of his friendliness to-
ward Great Britain the ruler of AZ
shanistan has prohibited the priests
from preaching holy war upon pen
atty Of having their tongues pulled
out He has also ordered that all AZ.
ghans who join the rebellious border
tribes shall have their feet cut of.
The British general Willcocks. in com.
nand Of the forces In northwest India,
had reached close quarters with the
Mohmand tribesmen. The brother Of the
ameer who is trying to usurp the
throne is avowedly anti British. The
Mohmands, who are the chief cause Of
the trouble, are a great tribe half In
Afghanistan and half in British juris-
diction. British authorities can hardly
ask the ameer to control his half when
the British are totally unable to con-
troll those on their side of the border.
Churchill Wins In Dundee.
Winston Churchill, president of the
British board of trade In the new cab
met, who recently was defeated in
northwest Manchester, has obtained a
decisive victory in the Dundee constit-
uency by a plurality of 200, although
his vote was 2,197 less than the Liber-
nj total two years ago. The Laborite
candidate came out third in the race.
Britain to Pension the Aged.
The distinctive feature of the annual
budget presented to the British house
of commons by Premier AsquIth is
the provision for allowances from the
nationa! treasury of $1.25 week tc
persons over seventy years old and
possessing incomes under $3.50 year
This would not go to those dependent
classes already under the public care.
Asqufth estimates that on this plan
the pensioners will not exceed 100000
and that the total cost will not exceed
$30O00,000. Stringent conditions would
be imposed for forfeiture and suspen.
sion, and the premier added that If
this scheme was socialism it was So
cialism of q kind that both parties ac-
copied. 1t will not go into effect until
Jan. next.
Another feature of the budget is the
reduction of the duty on sugar from 81
to A cents hundred.
The national debt had been further
reduced by $90,000,OO0, and the new
income tax scheme had brought In
more than had been estimated In the
last three years they had paid off over
100000 Of the national debt so
that 1t was now about where 1t was
before the Boer war.
German Count In Disgrace.
Prince Zu Eulenburg. the former
friend and confidant Of Emperor Will
liam, knight of the Black Eagle and
member of the Prussian house of lords,
has been brought to Berlin under ar
rest on charge of perjury and on the,
plea of illness has been taken to a
charity hospital. The charge is made
In connection with the trial of Editor
Harden for libel in making charges Of
scandalous conduct on the part of the
prince The latter had denied the
charges, and Harden WAS convicted.
but the prosecutor WAS not satisfied
that Zu Euenburg had told the truth.
Argentine Rebels Beaten.
The congress of the Argentine Re-
public assembled ut Rucnos Aires just
as 1t was reported that various groups
of insurgents throughout the country
had been defeated. President Alcorta
in his message said lie had never in
tended ignoring the right Of congress
to deal with the budget and promised
to adhere to the constitution.