The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
ANALYSIS Of THE WORLDS. LATEST NEWS.

but that he was willing to sacrifice per-
! sonal desires to serve his country. a COM
| mittee Of the National Reelection party
on Monday formally rendered him the
( nomination. Ramon CorraH also has ac-
cepted the denomination for vice presi-
dent.
! Secretary Knox was Informed by the
! Nicaraguan Minister. Senor Espinoza. on
, Monday that President Zelaya had as
sented 10 a settlement Of the Emery case
along the lines proposed by the State De-
partment. and that a commission would
be sent 10 Washington for that purpose
It Is the understanding that Nicaragua
win endeavor to reach an understanding
with the Emery company.
The press dispatches from Paris since
the recent success Of the telegraphers
and pOstmen's strike have contained each
/ day some new sign - the revolutionary
! tendencies OF organized labor in the
/ Fr nch republic. restless. uneasy at
mosphere pervades Paris. as the leaders
| in the General Confederation OF Labor
now openly bid for organic union with
/ the state employees. In furtheTance Of
this aim a big meeting was held in the
/ HippodrOme at Paris last Sunday. at
/ tended by more than ten thousand work
ers. The sentiment appeared 20 be
against the parliament. against militar-
/ ism, against patriotism. and fhe proposed
1 law to regulate labor disputes OF the
state employees was strongly criticised
Speeches openly denOuncing parliament
and the state were applaUced. and Pa
taud, leader Of the electricians union.
| advocated the appointment OF a joint
committee OF the trades unions and the
! state employees 20 study plans for resist
| ing any course Of repression which the
government might undertake.
| The steamer Hamburg. with Mr.. Roose-
Welt and party on board. arrived at
| Naples on Monday. and fhere they trans
shipped 10 the Admiral for MOmbasa. A
great throng OF the pOpUlace had assem-
| bled 10 greet the American eX-PreSident
and also many prominent officials. Am
/ bassdor GriscOm was on hand 70 assist
the party. and in company with him Mr.
| Roosevelt went 10 cali on the Duke and
Duchess % Aosta. The mayor of Naples
| and a committee called on The visitor at
his hotel to express thanks for American
aid during the recent earthquakes On
Tuesday the Admiral paused at Messina
the ruins Of that Inflated city Of the dead
and to examine the work done by the
American relief agencies.
Before his departure from MesSina.
Italy. Wednesday. Nj Roosevelt cablcd
q message 10 the American people telling
Of the splendid work being done there
and at Reggie With the American lumber.
20 houses being already erected and 2 80
more 10 be rapidly put up. He mentions
the names OF the officers Of the navy and
others in charge or the work and says
the nation should be proud OF such men.
Former President Castro Of Venezuela.
who sailed from France two weeks ago
in the expectation OF landing in Trinidad
where he could readily engineer a move
ment against the Gomez government was
compelled 10 disembark from tho French
/ Liner Guadeloupe Wednesday az Fort de
France. Martinique. while his wife and
party went on 10 Ia Guaira Venezuela.
This was the result OF communications
exchanged by the powers and the United
States.
The published report Of the Jewish Ter
ritorial Organizations expedition into
Cyrenaica, in TripOll. 10 find II that re-
gion would be suitable for an autonomous
colony OF Jews. is definitely unfavorable.
In his preface 20 this report Israel Fang
viii says that the project did not hold
water I'm very literal sense. While fl
IS a beautiful country. they found a
scarcity Of water 10 sustain q. dense pop
I ulation. due to The fact that the whole
plateau consisted Of a vast block OF lime
stone al least thirty thousand feet thick.
which IS as porous as a sieve
London hears that Austria has decided
70 lay down Immediately three battle
ships Of the D-eacnought type. and this
y Ia sat~ 30
ships offered 90 the British government
BY the colonies. as the alliance between
Germany and Austria Is so close that
the Austrian navy is regarded as an
auxiliary 20 that OF Germany.
The American government has been
greatly angered by the report from Man
aqua 20 the effect that the American
charge daffaires. Mr. Gregory. had been
! ill-treated by the Zelaya government. and
that the cipher dispatches from Washing
ton had been tampered with. Gregory is
now IN Washington.
The French government decided. Thurs
day, 10 have Castro expelled from Marti-
nique on the ground that his presence
might foment revolt IN Venezuela
The proposed treaty between the United
States. Panama. and Colombia has failed
10 pass the national assembly at Bogota.
and II IS now expected that President
Reyes viii call the Congress for July %.
to consider the treaty, after a general
election shall have been held.