The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14
Portuguese RoyaIIsts Beaten.

gathered on Spanish soil and endeav-
ored to cross the border. Apparently
the royalists were driven back.
The Portuguese royalists are well
supplied with money, but suffered q
severe blow when their three ships
loaded with guns and ammunition
were recently seized by the British
government.
1t will thus be seen that the entire
Iberian peninsula is in a virtual con-
dition of war with the forces of dem
ocracy or socialism on the one hand
struggling against the forces of mon
arcy on the other.
Taking the other countries Of
Europe in turn, we find France sup
pressing food riots by the use of her
military, and Austria and Hungary
similarly stirred by the riotous spirit
of unrest which has been put down TO,
the time being by stern measures.
Rioting in Vienna.
Todays news from Vienna reports
the number of police injured in last
Sundays rioting at 119, and several
deaths have resulted. Here, as in
France, the disturbances were directly
traceable to the higher cost of food,
coupled with the socialistic agitation,
which is being Systematically carried
on by the international organization.
The recent dry, hot summer, in
which a continued drought prevailed
for nearly two months, has been a po-
tent factor, the crops having been a
failure throughout the larger part of
Europe, with the natural result that
vegetables and meat have fetched
prices unpayable by the working
classes, whose normal wages are not
over S. weekly.
Socialism Advancing in Germany.
Germany is suffering the least from
labor disturbances of all the large Eu-
ropean states, for, despite financial
panics and a bank rate advance dur
ing the past week from to 5 per
cent, business has continued good and
wages compared with the other old
world countries, have remained high.
Nevertheless, nowhere else is So
cialism making such sensational head
way as in Germany. For instance, in
a by-election at Dusseldorf this week
the socialists polled 34,O73 votes, an
increase of $500 over 1907, and may
now figure on the probability of cap
turing a seat which has been a Cath
Ollie stronghold.
Crimes Planned in Russia.
Advices from Russia are to the eff
feet that the assassination of Stolypin
was the first act in a series of such
crimes planned for the next two years
in hope of bringing about a second
reign of terror.
In Norway the army has become
permeated with socialism to such an
extent that there is a serious discus
sion in the press of disbanding it,.
Mutinies continue despite the severe
sentences which were imposed this
week upon the soldiers who led the
recent revolt against their officers.
Belgium, not to be outdone by her
larger rivals in the war game, which
is another disturbing element, has
been making herculean efforts on the
German frontier for several weeks to
be prepared against a German in
vasion.
All agreed that should the Moroc-
can affair lead to a Franco-German
war, Germany would seek to invade
France by crossing Belgium. Happily,
that danger now past, as it is an
Inounced in Berlin this afternoon that
| all differences between France and
Germany will be disposed of before
September 80, which is settling day
on the Berlin exchange.
Railway Tie-Up in Ireland.
Not less among the European coun-
tries permeated with socialistic ideals
and sullen with unrest among the la
Dor classes is Great Britain. The
country had not yet recovered from
the disastrous effects of the recent
railway tie-up when a second strike
was ordered on all the Irish railroads.
Despite the systematic efforts of the
press and railway officials to minimize
the extent of the present disturbance,
it is evident that all southern Ireland
is cut off from communication and
that there is a serious dislocation of