The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-01

greSS has been expressed In reSOlu-
lions adopted by the executive council
of the Massachusetts, Board of Trade.
The resolution declares that unsatis-
factory conditions have existed in the
business world for the last three years,
and to revise the tariff again would be
to throw a wet blanket on the ten
dency to Improvement just beginning
to manifest itself.
| The Government of Chile, South
America, has invited tenders for by
draulic engineering work at the ports
of Valparaiso and San Antonio. It is
estimated that an expenditure in the
neighborhood of $15,0O0,00 will be re-
quired. The bids will be opened at the
end of July.
Germany's first turbine battleship
was launched March %, the birthday
of Emperor William l., and was named
by Empress Auguste Victoria, Kaiser"
while Emperor William II. looked on
The Kaiser is described as ship of
mystery, the Admiralty, in accordance
with its custom, withholding all details
of construction and equipment even
to the matter of tonnage and the num-
Der of guns to be carried. It is thought
that the vessel will have displace-
ment of between $1,000 and $4,000
tons, and there is a possibility that
she will be armed with new fourteen
inch guns.
The Atlas Cement Company, which
three years ago got the United States
Government contract for furnishing &C.
ment for the Panama Canal, has re-
ceived the indication of the Isthmian
Commission that it will avail itself of
the clause in the contract to increase
the amount by Is per cent. The Canal
Commission has increased it's daily or
der to $500 barrels; making train
load of from forty to fifty cars. The
cement is sent to the wharves at Ho-
boken, where it is loaded on the steam
ers Crissobal and Colon, each of which
can carry $4,000 barrels and makes a
round trip a month. To carry the &C.
ment in excess of the capacity of these
steamers tramp steamers have lately
been chartered by the Government
The German Government has pub
lished a semi-offcial reply to the re-
cent speech of Sir Edward Grey, the
British foreign secretary, in which he
advocates the settlement of all ques-
| lions between nations and states
through arbitration. The German re-
ply greets with candid satisfaction
such an important political announce
ment as the speech of the British for
eign secretary, and says it does full
justice to Germany's standpoint and
opens up agreeable perspectives in the
development of the relations of Ger
many and Great Britain. In view of
| the attitude of the German Govern
ment towards arbitration it is an
nounced that the Social Democrats will
soon introduce resolution in the
Reichstag calling on the government
| to begin negotiations for a naval
peace" with England.
1t will be very gratifying to the
people of the South generally and of
| Virginia particularly to note the fact
that the commanding general of the
American forces now engaged in the
operations on the Mexican frontier is
William H. Carter, who was born in
Tennessee, but who is of straight and
honorable Virginian ancestry, his
1 father belonging to the great Carter
family of Virginia and was born on
the Lower James river.
] In opening the Uruguayan parlia-
ment at Montevideo on February Is
President William drew attention to
the fact that during the four years of
his administration surplus of $8,000,-
900 gold had been realized without
creating or increasing taxation, all
obligations and charges having been
met as they became due. Only one
loan of s6,O00,000 had been issued, and
that for public works; $10,000,000 of
the public debt had been liquidated
and land had trebled in value.
In regard to education the President
pointed out that much more had been
done in his term than in the thirty
years preceding.
The message stated that the country
was very prosperous and was advan-
cling rapidly It's foreign credit had
been firmly established and the rev.
enue was steadily increasing, enabling
the government to frame more lib
eral budget for improvements in the
public services and for many extra
ordinary expenses.
The spring rush to Alaska is on a
month earlier than usual. The last
three sailings have had all passenger
and freight accommodation taken and
all indications now are that all rec
ords will be broken, including the
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