Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-31

I presence of more or less general -.
special unrest We're Mexico and Nicaral
qua. In September, the one hundredth
anniversary of Mexican Independents
was celebrated, together with the eight
ieth birthday or President Porf,r;o
Diaz. Al that time tho nation nm
peared to give itself UP unrcservedlv i,
the gala occasion, and, in the larrn
cities at least, there are no cytcrnni
evidences: of profound discomfort wifi,
the existing order of things Later II
developed that for at least four years
the United States department OF state
and the officials of tho Mexican yov
eminent had been watching the unfold.
irg Of n carefully-plottcd revoiutionnrv
movement for the overthrow OF prcsi
dent Diaz. This was followed by mn
mcrous insurgcnt outbreaks late I'm Nj.
vcmbcr. especially in the northern
states OF the republic. which resulted In
a considerable loss Of life and properly
but the government hold u firm huni
In the crisis and the armed insirrcctiou
was largely ut an end by Dec |. whom
Diaz was again illaiiguratcd president
l'nt about tho middle OF the mont,
hard lighting broke out again. csncr.i.
ally IN the state of Chihuahua. and con-
tinued until the end of the year. The
revolution in Nicaragua was really n
leftover from 1909 There were almost
daily bittles between the hostile forces.
but, finally. on A:ic. Is President Mad.
rfZ fed from the capital ana Con. Es
trada. the victor. proclaimed himsol.
provisional president and set about 10
have himself elected president for two
years,
Twice during tho year tho capital OF
Rio Janclro was subjected to lombard
mcnt. The first ombardmrut took
place in November. when the country'S
two Drendnoughts and two other war
ships were stolen by their crews. Then
a few shots were thrown into the CITY
by way of letting congress know that
the mutineers were In earnest In their
demands that conditions In the navy
be ameliorated. That mutiny at an end.
everything wax peaceful until mid
December. when u mutiny took place
among tho marines quartercd on Cob
ras island. in Rio Jnneiro harbor. Tho
200 mutineers were almost annihilated
by the fire Of warships and land bat
tnrics. but not before they had shcllcd
the city. inilicting considerable dam
a YEAR OF CONTENTION IN
GREAT BRITAIN.
The difference between the house Of
lords and the house of commons
served to keep Great Britain in Il po-
lltical turmoil throughout the entire
year, and twice made recourse to the
ballot box necessary. General elections
began on Jan. 10. when the second
parliament of King Edward VII was
dissolved and writs issued for II new
one to meet on Feb. u. In this cleo
tion--the campaign leading up to it
having been hotly wagcd mainly
around the governments proposition
to limit the lords power of vetos
based on the lords refusal to approve
the budget-thc Liberals were re-
turned to power with but ono vote
lIninuiGf
suit that seemed to satisfy nobody.
since It. practically left all tho disputed
questions unsettled.
Following the election the months
were spent by the Liberal ministry in
an effort to put through its reform
program, announced in detail last
year, and now familiar to every Briton
to the last detail. a series of con-
ferences between the warning parties
failed to lead to any understanding
regarding the reform of the house
OF lords, u failure that caused George
V to call 4 special meeting OF the
privy council to discuss ways and
means of surrounding the crisis
an unusual proceeding in British
POLITICS, and one revealing critical
situation. A few days later, on NoV-
cmber IS, the king who had succeed
cd to the throne on his fathers death
on May 16th dissolved his first
parliament, which had lasted only ten
months, and summoned u new parlia-
mcnt elected in December to meet
on Jan. 81, of this year.
In the second general clectloi,.
which began on Dec. 3, the Liberals
were returned to power, and 1t now
seems certain that the lords VIII DC
reformed according to the plans or
the coalition of the Liberals. Laboritc
and Irish home rule forces III the Alouso
of commons. Another radical outcome
OF tn, election will probably be some
measure of home rule for Ireland.
What will be the disposition of tho
troublesome votes-for-women uues-
tion remained problematical rs tho
year closed. November Witnessed :. IL
renewal of suifragettc attacks OIL
pnrliamcnt and marrying OF Liberal
lenders. Premier Asquith being sur.
rounded and beaten by a group or
angry suffragettcs.
FRANCES GREAT CRISIS.
The premier industrial manifesto
ton of world unrest-and one that
held for n time momcntous political
! possibilltics--occurrcd in France. The
National Confederation of Railway
unions, on October ~. voted IN favor
| OF q general strike on all the railroad
systems In the country; electrical
workers In the provision industries
were already on strike. Great disorder
and violence cnsued for nearly II week.
but Premier BRAND, himself II So
calist and Il friend Of organized
labor, called out the army rescrVists.
some of them among the strikers
themselves, and demanded their aid in
putting down disorder declaring that
their primary duty was TO the coun-
try. On this issue he let 1t be known
that tho government would stand or
fall, and because of his firmness me
strike was called off, but not before
the republic Itself had seemed III
danger from the revolutionary move
ment coupled with the strike.
Industrial unrest due in part. at
least, to the high cost of living that
was pretty general both in this coun-
try and in Europe, led to numerous
important strikes not infrcquent
riotIng, ana much agitation for higher
wages and improved working condl-
tons in labor circles.
early in the spring the great street
car strike and sympathetic strikes in
vclving 10000 in Philadelphia para
lyzcd trade in that city for several
weeks. The street railway strike In
Columbus, o.. which held throughout
the summer, developed into a serious
| conflict between law and disorder, and
for several weeks the local HuthOritf Ties