The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-30
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The legislature of the state of
Washington, at its last session adopt
ed new criminal code which has
just been issued. Among other leg
islation that is now part Of the
code is the anti-tipping law which
provides that every employee of a
public house or public service cor
poration, who solicits or receives any
gratuity from any guest and any per-
son giving any gratuity, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor.
Americans will awake to keen in
terest in the situation in Turkey, if,
as is now predicted, the disturbance
should take the form of war on
Christians. Recollections of the --r-
menian massacres should be suffi-
cient to stir all the church mission
airy societies of the nation to appre-
citation of what may happen II the
anti-Christian was is to be carried
on with either the open or tacit
consent of the ruling authorities in
Turkey. 1t is still too early to COM
ment intelligently upon the events
of the last week at Constantinople.
1t is evident that the uprising now
in progress is directed wholly at the
Sultan or the cons titution adopted
wholly by his concession to the de-
mands of the Young Turks. 1t
appears to be rather a religious re-
volt Of the Mohammedans against
the orders of the Young Turks pro-
hibiting Mohammedan prayers, and
especially the prayer for the Sultan,
among the troops. Back of all of
1t lie malign, selfish, political and
religious factions, that resent the eff
forts of the Young Turks to form a
progressive, centralized Turkish gov
eminent out of the various antag-
empire. Possibly the inspiration for
the revolt came from the Turkish
Sultan who found In depleted treas
nry the excuse to precipitate cri-
sis; but in any event official Turkey
Is so corrupt and antagonisms are
so acute that the crash that will
dismember the empire or cause a
complete reorganization of it cannot
be long delayed. The civilized world
can await with patience the develop
ment of the struggle for freedom
and common liberty, which must
eventually triumph, so long as the
contest is confined to purely Turk
ish affairs of state and politics. But
should the development OF the crisis
take the turn of a war against Chris
!tians, prompt intervention by the
powers will be necessary to prevent
repetition of the Armenian massa-
ores which form the goriest chapter
in Turkeys red history.
The message Of President Gomez
read to the Cuban congress gives a
succinct account of the recent rebel
lion. President Gomez says: THE
one time Captain Manuel Lavastida
conspired with Sergeant Cortez to
overthrow the government The
government knew their plans and
watched them. They were discon-
tented because Captain Lavastida
had been discharged and Sergeant
Francisco Cortes had been refused
promotion to the rank of Captain.
Sergeant Cortes had done good SER
Vice In the corps, but his illiteracy
united him for the rank to which
he aspired. On the first days march
Captain Lavastida showed great ac-
tivity making trips through the prov
inces Of Mantanzas and Santa Clara
to get recruits. He held a secret
conference with Sergeant Cortes and
the latter's son at the town of Tag
uagbon. where they finally agreed to
start an uprising at a meeting at a
plantation in Frescura. Their plans
were halked by the governments
prompt action and Captain Lavas-
tida was arrested when he took the
train for Frescura. He attempted
! to escape. an accomplice of his Air.
y IA 8 = % oAOG S1t tAAN 6udAuo VIII Ndu
conducted him. This made 1t neces-
3 sary for the guards to shoot him af-
ter several unheeded shouts to stop.
The guards were courtmaftialed but
the court declared them innocent, as
to accomplish Captain Lavastida's
death was the only way to prevent
his escape. With regard to Sergeant
Cortes and his son, the message de-
4 scribes how they were surrounded
by Monteagudos forces at Frescura
and surrendered unconditionaLy.
\; President Gomez says that this is
probably mot the last case OF the
same nature that ID likely to happen.
as q tendency toward rebellion for
the settlement OF grievances against
the government exists, most unfor-
inmate. among certain elements of
the Cuban people, but such isolated
demonstrations are declared to have
n no practical importance and should
u not be exaggerated abroad or per-
mitted to create pprehension about
CubA while the government Is strong
md represents an overwhelming ma
jority ofs the Cuban eople.: The mes
Sc deals With many other subjects
also.
George III. Moses. who has been
ppointed minister to. Greece and