New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

authority as a representative parliament
were increased and Ministerial RESPONSE
biity to It. became more acknowledged
while at the same time the arbitrary ap-
roga tion Of the guaranteed constitutiohal
rights Of Finland was decreed. ana wloe-
spread oppression and persecution or the
Jews occurred under governmental dl-
rectiolI Holland began formldaDie
system Of fortifcatlons. on the Scnelnt
and elsewhere, and determined TO for
sake free trade and adopt protective
| tariff. Monaco became constitutional
principality, with universal suffrage ahd
parliament Montenegro became
kingdom. Greece passed through the
most perilous crisis of her modern MS
| tory in safety. The incompetent ana I'M
practicable National Assembly was dis-
missed and another elected, In which the
new Prime Minister Mr.. Venezelos, mas
an overwhelming majority. The TURKISH
government has had much trouble on the
one hand with insurgent Albanians ana
on the other with the Committee Of
Union and Progress, but on the whoie
has continued, In the face OF enormous
difficulties, its work of rehabilitating the
empire SeditlOn in Egypt eliminated IN
the murder of the Prime Minister by a
patriot" but the assassin was promptly
punished for his crime and the strong
hand OF the AngloEgyptian government
was not relaxed Liberia, with Ameri-
can encouragement, made some progress
toward better things, and Improvement
In the administration Of the Congo was
noted.
Porfirio DiaZ was reelected and rein
stalled as President of Mexico for MS
eighth constitutional term, and that re-
public celebrated the centenary or It's
declaration of independence. Some dis
turbances were fOmented for sinister
purposes on the frontier between Mexico
and the United States. and anti-Ameri-
can riots were organized Ia some Mexican
cities. but the good relations between the
two countries remained unimpaired. An
attempt TO organize rebellion against
the constitutional government of Mexico
has degenerated into sporadic bushwack-
ing and thievery. Nicaragua suffered
much from a protracted conflict between
a dictator and revolutionists, In which
the latter were finally successful. The
wear closed with Honduras In the throes
Of civil war, largely fomentsd by advent
urers from abroad Panama lost her
second President, Mr.. Obaldia, by death,
and installed his constitutional successor
in an orderly manner. The election or
Mr.. Gomez as President Of Venezuela
gave promise Of a better order OF things
in that country. Peru and Ecuador nag
gled over their boundary dispute and LETT
It still unsettled despite the good Offices
of the United States and other neighborS.
Chill suffered bereavement In the death
of her President, Pedro Montt, buc
quietly elected Mr.. Luco as his successor
and continued her progressive ana ag
cressive course. The railway tunnel
through the Andes, connecting Chill with
Argentina and completing another trans
continental line, was formally opened.
Mr.. Penn became President Of Argentina.
and that country celebrated the cen-
tenary of it's independence and enter
tained the Pan-American Congress at
Buenos Ayres. Brazil elected Mr.. For
SEGA 70 be her President, and suffered
the outrages Of two naval mutinies III
the harbor of Rio de Janeiro Mr. Re
streppo began his term as President Oh
Colombia. aud negotiations were renewed
between that country and Panama Tor
Ieadiustment of their relations.
Japan realized that which had been
expected by formally anneXng Corea
and by retaining her grip upon Man
churia under treaty terms. For the nrst
time she suffered from the machina-
tions of anarchism. in plot against the
life of the Emperor. China treated IlDet
much as Japan did Corea, deposing the
Dalai Lama and making his country
practically Chinese province. The
campaign against the opium evil was
continued with much success. ma
tional assembly was conyoked as a fore
runner of ali imperial parliament, and
provincial assemblies met in all parts
of the empire. Strong demands were
MADE upon tne government W hdotch
the progress Of constitutional develop
ment 10 which it In part acceded. a
decimal system Of coinage, uniform
throughout the empire, was adopted, and
steps were taken for placing the edu-
cational and military systems upon Occi-
dental bases. Slams benevolent and
progressive King, the veteran Chulalong- |
koru. died and was peacefully succeeded
by his son, Chowfa Maha Najiravudh. |
Persia's efforts at constitItionalism did
not avail TO rescue her from a state OF
disorder approximating chaos.
1t was thus on the whole year of
effort rather than Of achievement, of |
fux rather than Of crystallization. There |
were some real achievements Of i'm !
portance to the world but there were
more wrestings with problems which |
remain unconquered. But If 1910 was
not annus mirdbiis in the annals Of this |
generation. 1t on the whole left the world |
in some degree the better for its having |
been.
DEATHS OF 1910.