The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
FOREIGN.

! interests.
Foreign.
A conflict over a question Of better
wages, demanded by the organized work.
ers IN the wooden and cotton industries
at Stockholm. Sweden, and which re-
suited in the locking out Of about 1900
employees, had extended through sympa-
theuc action OF the workers in other in
/ dustries. until by last Monday over So
( OoO workers had been locked out through
the concerted action Of manufacturers
connected with the Employers Federation
At this point the Young Socialists. who
are largely in control Of the central ia
Dor organization Of Sweden. declared
! their intention OF meeting the lockout
/ with general strike throughout all the
4 Industries which they could control. In
! consequence half a million men were
/ out on strike by Wednesday. business
! IN Stockholm was completely paralyzed.
! and the government of King Gustave had
/ summoned a large number OF troops TO
/ protect the city and preserve order al all
! hazards Members of the Parliament
]
/ ticipated. In that body the Socialists
l themselves have thirty-three members.
/ while the enrolled membership Of the
/ Socialist party in the nation IS ll7.000
] Their leaders asserted that by the end
/ OF the week the railroad. postal and tele-
/ graph unions would join the movement.
/ They declared their intention Of making
/ a peaceful demonstration Of their power
/ and appointed 1000 OF their number 10
/ cooperate with the authorities I'm main
/ tanning order. In many cases soldiers
| were being used TO do the work OF strik-
! ing public servants.
! After reign OF terror. the details Of
/ which are still far from authentic.
/ and which was begun I'm Barcelona.
/ Spain, on July IS, accompanied by up
/ risinGs throughout Northern Spain. the
/ government by which the ruthless use
/ of troops and machine guns had restored
/ Barcelona 10 at least a semblance of
/ peace and order by July 81. In the In
l terval vast destruction OF public and
! church property had resulted. and sew
: eral thousand rebels had been slain.
fighting IN the streets behind barricades.
/ or had been Court-martialed and shot
/ Columns OF soldiers were marching 20
the various other towns where the work
/ ers had rebelled and where In many cases
a Spanish republic had been proclaimed
/ on Monday last a general strike was
/ due by order Of the labor leaders. but
/ owing 20 the severity Of the governments
/ repressive measures and the numerous
/ arrests Ii failed to amount 10 anything
| The Socialist and Republican leaders
/ have published formal denials OF the
/ earlier reports 20 the effect that the revo-
I luuonists had outraged and murdered the
nuns and committed other excesSes- The
/ origin Of these stories, they say, was the
/ action Of one group in seizing the bodies
/ Of dead nuns from the crypt Of the burn
/ ing buildings. and carrying them through
\ the streets. The government claims 70
/ have unearthed an anarchist plot Martial
/ law remained in force, and II vas feared
| that the revolution was not completely
! crushed The wholesale shooting Of sus-
| pected rebels was causing profound feel
/ ing among the people. and there were
! signs OF renewed violences in some quar-
/ ters and demands were made for the re-
lease Of prisoners from the prison dun
] geon at Barcelona.
The Car and Czarina OF Russia. with
their children and an elaborate retinue
\ OF officials and servants, on board the
/ yacht STANDARD have made their formal
/ call upon the heads Of the French and
/ British nations. respectively during the
week The Russian rulers were ashore
( al Cherbourg, France, last Sunday. after
/ having received formal calls from Presi-
! dent Fallieres and other French ofivcers
! on Monday the Russian royalties arrived
/ at Spithead. England. and were greeted
/ by King Edward Later Edward and
! Nicholas. on the British yacht Victoria
/ and Albert, reviewed the entire British
! war feet. In both French and British
waters the Russian yacht was surrounded
! by double line Of plckets to prevent
/ any attempt on the life OF the royal visi-
/ tor, growing out Of the openly expressed
/ hatred Of the labor and Socialist leaders
/ and their opposition 10 the official recep-
| ton of the Car. On Wednesday Mich
] olas came ashore to visit the naval sta
| tion at Osborne, and 10 make several
/ social calls. The Czarina entertained
| Queen Alexandra on the STANDARD The
| visit is expected 20 result in closer diplo-
matte relations between Russia and
Great Britain. On Tuesday the visitors
witnessed the races at Cowes.
A public banquet was given at NairobI
British East Africa, Tuesday. in honor Of
! Theordore Roosevelt and his son. The
governor. Jackson, presided. and gifts
were exchanged. Col. Roosevelt took
advantage OF the occasion 10 express
his thanks for the hospitality Of the
province and said that he was thorough
! ly interested In that country as a good
place for the white man TO come and
develop remarkable resources, comparing
it to America in the pioneer days. But
the home-maker and not the speculator.
should be encouraged. He told his hear
ers that he had no patience with senti-
mentaiists, and that he believed in help
| ing the missionaries who labOred with
practical good sense. on Wednesday Mr..
Roosevelt laid a corner stone to a new
mission church at Naivasha.
More than 10000 people were said TO
have been made homeless by the fire
which destroyed the populous city OF
Osaka, japan. July 81. and over four
square miles Of the city was DESTROYED.
The dead had not been estimated. The
loss will run into millions. and includes
the largest Buddhist temple in the world.
The perpetual snow cap on the ton Of
Popocatepetl. near Mexico CITY. has
melted. and this is taken as an III omen
for the future Of the people. More shocks
have occurred in Mexico since the first
one, and many buildings in the capital
city have been destroyed or rendered dan
gerous TO occupants. The great cathedral
there IS a mass Of ruins Earth tren1-
bnngs continued at Apaculpo, where
scarcely one building was uninjured
According to a table lately published
by the Scientific American to show the