The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-29
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Gen. MaZza, the commander in
charge of the earthquake zone tele-
graphing to the premier Sunday says
that 1000 bodies have been taken from
the ruins Of Messina, and that the esti
mated number still under the wreck.
age is $4,000.
Maj. Gen. Alexis retired, of st. Pet
ersburg, who has been under investi
cation on account of irregularities
was Saturday acquitted of the charge
of eXtOrtiOn, but was found guilty OF
accepting bride from British firm
of gunmakers.
Deputy Nitti of Rome, who is known
as an economist, said in an interview
Saturday that the loss at Messina
through the earthquake, he estimated,
was in the neighborhood of $173,OOO,-
600 and the loss at'Regio at $1OO,OOO,-
900.
Struggling to save the dignity and
honor of Venezuela and to eXtricate
the nation from the dangerous interna-
tional complications in which it has
fallen during the nine years of the
Castro regime, DR.. F. Gonzales Gula-
nan, minister of foreign affairs under
the new government, is hard at work
on the drawing up of protocol to SET
tie the American claims holding two
conferences daily with the American
high commissioner, William |. Buchsr-
| an.
Marquis Katsura the premier in To-
kio, opened the house Of lords We'd
nesday, and in his speech dwelt Apon
the cordial foreign relations existing
at present between Japan and other
powers which he declared Was espec-
tally favorable at this tins.
Cipriano Castro, former president OF
Venezuela, who underwent an opera
ton in Berlin some days ago, is max
ing satisfactory progress. He left his
bed for the first time Wednesday and
sat upon an easy chair.
The Paris senate has adopted bill
providing Tor the construction OF a
dry dock and basin at Havre capable
of accommodating the largest liners.
The cost of the work will approximate
100000.
King Alfonso has signed a decree
comforting upon Queen Helena of Italy
the grand cross of the Order of Benefit
cence in recognition of her labors in
behalf of the survivors of the Italian
earthquake.
Fines ranging from $3.50 to $500
have been imposed upon st. Peters
burg journals for publishing articles
based on statements in foreign news
papers to the effect that agents of the
Russian police had participated in ter
rorist crimes.
All efforts to form new ministry
| have failed in Belgrade and the min
} listers at the kings request and on as
/ surance of his continued confidence
/ have consented to remain in office.
2 President Gomez was Wednesday OF
ficially proclaimed president-elect Of
< Cuba at a joint session Of congress
4 after which President Martin Moura
!, Delagado of the senate. who presided
4 at the Joint session, officially declared
: Alfredo Zayas as vice president.
Refugees are suffering greatly II
Messina because of much rain anc
d snow. Gen. Mazza, commander of the
Y district, made an inspection of the
houses built by the crew of tSe bat
/ tleship Regina Elena. He found then
: satisfactory and has decided to adop
3 the plan and will build large numtel
/ near the ruins of the city.
The volcano Lagnas, in the Island o.
|. Luzon, has suddenly become active
i and much property has been destroyed
d Messina was swept by fire agar
k Tuesday. For many hours soldiers ant
e sailors worked heroically to keep thu
S flames from destroying the remnants
l. of the town and eventually succeeded
in getting the fire under control.
S ]. Pierpont Morgan has purchased
y and presented to the British museum
e the collection of prehistoric weapon
n which were made by Canon Grenwel
d of Durham. illustrating the bronz
S age in Great Britain.
> Mrs. M. Salzmann-Stevens and Mrs
Rachael FreaZ Greene. both America
: singers, divided the honors at mo-
% able performance of the "Valkyrie,
q the English version Of die Walkure,
Is at Coyent Garden in England thi
70 week, and were the recipients Of hig
praise from all the cities.