The Penn's Grove record., 1912-02-09
Foreign

The British West Indies adopted
standard time, which is five hours be-
hind that of Greenwich.
A detachment of Japanese troops ar
rived at Moukden, ostensibly to pro-
tect Japanese residents there.
The German Crown Prince and the
Crown Princess left Berlin for Switzer-
land in search of health.
A launch flying the British flag and
owned by an English firm was seized
by the Italian cruiser Piemonte in the
Red Sea.
A general strike was proclaimed in
Spain with the object of forcing the
resignation of the governor of the dis
trict of Elvora.
Resentment was expressed in Paris
at the activity of Italy in the Red
Sea, which in many cases was injuri-
Gus to French interests.
Captain Monte, an Italian aviator,
vas wounded by an Arab bullet when
throwing bombs on an encampment in
Tripoli.
Marian Stuart Gombault, grand
niece of the famous American sea
fighter John Paul Jones, was found
dead in Paris of starvation. She was
e7 years of age.
A report from London says that the
Manchu troops in Peking have threat
ened to shoot the royal family and the
princes if they attempt to leave the
capital.
China's Empress Dowager issued an
edict directing Premier Yuan to co
operate with the Provisional Govern.
ment at Marking in Transforming the
empire into a republic.
President Madero said alliances be-
states would not profit Mexico zone
whit; General Orozco arrived in
Juarez and announced his intention Of
removing all mutinous troops thence
to Chihuahua.
The Mexican rebels in Juarez named
Emilio Vasquez Gomez as provisional
President; Madero ordered six hun
dred troops from Mexico City to
suppress the revolt; American troops
guarded the Rio Grande bridges and
kept the neutrality laws strictly.
A dispatch from Cairo to London
said that J. P. Morgan had promised
to give the last $50, 900 of the $500, 900
fund being raised for the London
Young Mems Christian Association;
one hundred thousand dollars must be
raised before the gift is available.
After the judge and jurors in the
Camorrist trial at Viterbo, Italy, had
examined the inn, where it is charged
the Camorra chiefs planned the MUIR
der of the Cuocolo couple, they all
went to a picnic given by the lawyers
for the defense.
T~wenty-seven of the 20 members of
the Turkish Red Crescent Society
taken off the French ship Manouba by
Italian warships were found to be bona
ide doctors and will be allowed to pro.
coed to Tripoli.
The garrison at Juarez revolted
against the Madero Government.
A band of Turks attacked a Bulgar-
ian monastery in the Uskup district,
and massacred nine inmates.
Rear Admiral Murdoch, U. S. N, re-
ceived two members of the revolution
airy Cabiret on board his flagship at
Marking.
Secretary Knox was severely criti-
cised in Berlin for his attitude regard
ing tariff reprisals on Germany and
his policy regarding the conclusion of
an arbitration treaty with that coun-
try.
Richard Kerens, American ambassa-
dor at Vienna, is in Budapest to sign
the American-Austria-H Hungary copy
right treaty.
Being unable to obtain the use of a
hall for the Churchill home rule meet
ing. the Belfast Nationalist decided
to hold the demonstration in the Gel
tic Park.
Lima, Peru, reports that the rela-
lions between that country and Chile
are strained, and it is feared there
will be an armed clash shortly. Chile
has been sending troops to the from
tier.