The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-03

great friendship for England. told how ! he had really won the Boer war for i England and mentioned several other , instances in which he worked for Eng fish success. This was puhlished in October. Later. what purported 10 be | a synopsis of an interview granted by | the Kaiser to a representative of The Century Magazine appeared in New York paper. causing still more of an in- | ternationai uproar Tn this the Emperor was made to declare that England | might lose her colonies through her | teraty with Japan. which practically | countenanced the yellow peril; Japan even now. he said, was fomenting res | volt In India; Germany and the United by dividing the Orient against itself | through becoming the recognized friends of China.
 Such 6 storm of indignation was aroused by these utterances in the Ger. man press and the Reichstag that the Kaiser at last humbIed himself enough to announce that hereafter he would say nothing without the advice of Chan celior won Buelow. Thus liberty took decided step forward In the German Empire.
 Since the visit of King Edward to Russia Europe has understood that England Russia and France will work l more closely together hereafter. This
 move has much piqued Germany. The French English understanding, or en- tente cordiale, was largiy strengthen
 to England and the Angio-French fair in London.
 Not untii the last week of the year did any of the countries to the south
 of us betray much turbulence. Then. late in November. several towns in
  General Simon became head of the re- evolutionary movement, marched his
 army up te the gates of Pcrt-au-Prince and President Alexis fied with his ! treasure chest to a French warship In
 the harbor. A few days later simon
 had himself formally elected president of Haiti.
 The year closes with Venezuela in
 state of turmoil. The Dutch warships
 are parading up and down the Vene- l zusian coast, Geizing Venezuelan ships whenever chance offers. and the coun- ! try is filled with revoduitinary coun-
 ments. Meanwhile. Castro. president of Venezuela. is so1ouring in Germany,
 where he went early in December pre- su1nably to undergo surgical opera ton. Before sailing for Europe he turned over the reins of government temporarily to the vice-president, who swore feaity to him. Holland seems bent on obtaining satisfaction for the diriomatic insults heaped on it by Cas-
 tro. and there Is no telling what the new year may bring forth in this Add to 'sDeatf.s shining List": Dcn- ald c. Mitchell, known wildly ss 'Tk Marvel" and the author of 'Srhe Rev. cries of Bachelor" died on December I 10, age se years
 An mpochal fer Chsan.
 ~( IA world at several times throughout she year. but at nc other time so much as
 when word was seat out to the nations that the Empress Dowager Tet.An, who had ruled automatically in the Empire since 1888, and the prisoner Emperor. Kwaag- Hsus had died wish. l in day of each other. According to cnaciai palace statsgnents. the deeth occurred on November t4 and IS. the palace explanations being that the death Of the Emperor had caused the Dow ager Empress to have q fatal sppoiep-
 tic seroke. However that may be. this l much Is certain, that with the deeth
 of Tsi-An there passed from the earsn- l ly stage one of the remarkable char1c- ] ters of modern times. slave girl who ruse to absolute power over 400,o0O," 900 members of the human race. According to a decree that the Dow ager Empress Is said to have promul- gated a few hours before her deatn, Prince Chun. brother of the late Elm peTor, is now Regent of the exnpires while the new Emperor is his fhree- year-oid son, Pu Li. immediately after the empire had passed under new eon- trol there was much speculation es 70 the palace's attitude toward the con- stitutIonal reforms promulgated by Tsi.An a short time before her death It seems now that these reforms, win Am kA nA new regime will carry on the old one's task of awakening China and endeav- cring to preserve 1t for the Chinese. According to program, China will have provincial assemblies In 190Ss 0 full constitution in 1e16. and parlia- ment In full power the following year. Considerable friction in the relations of Japan and China was caused by the
 seizure of the Japanese ship Tatsu Ma ru, or Macao, on which were found arms and ammunition intended China said, for Chinese revoIutlonists. Japan protested to vigorously that sChine cens sented to pay an indemnity. Japanese encroachnents In MhnchuTia caused general boycott of Japanese goods throughout China. Toward the Unit ed States, however, China has evtdene- ed the kindIiest of feeling. For ex- ample, the e10,800,000 which the Unit cd States remitted of the Boxer indeu" nifty China decided to spend for the
 education Of Chinese in this country This feeling of friendliness was tn- tensifled late in the year. when 1t be- came known that this Government, under the able direction of Secretary of State Root, had induced Japan to agree that both countries would stand | for and respect the integrity of China | and the open door in the Far East as we'll as to respect each others pos sessions in the Pacific and to consult
 each other # either is aggrieved. Thus 1908 has doubtless proved to China that her one best friend in the family of nations Is the United states. America COnquers The Air. As usual. numerous advances were made in science during the year, but none appealed to the popular imagina-
 ton so much as the great advance made in aeronautics. Without doubt 1908 will go down in history as the year that marked the final conquest | of the air by map, Wilbur wright tu France and orville Wright in this
 count y made 1t clear to the nations of the earth that the honor of solving the problem of air travel belongs l rightfully to America. To such a de- gree have the wright brothers per- fected the heavier -than-alr aeroplaae | that the English have been eonsidera- | biy stirred by the talk of the possibili'
 ty of au aeril invasion Of their island. general Baden Powell. vice president (csntinsed on Psxe TAFse.1