Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-18
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'MATRIMONY MADE TO ORDER
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caiaux Will Not Retire from Poitcs-other Foreign News

! cial'sts and the moderate conserva-
| tives.
Calllaux is a more gifted organizer
probably than any other politician in
| France, and employs every resource
of interest and patronage in main
tanning his voting machine. 1t APP
pears that within the last four
months nearly one-half of the pre-
| fects-the chief civil administrators
or goVernors-of the departments of
| France, have been replaced by sup
porters of the ministry The projects
and deputy projects are able to infiu-
ence greatly district politics.
| GENEVA. Switzerland. April 1S.-
| The st. Bernard monks gave shelter
and food to nearly 10000 persons last
! Year The average voluntary con
tribution dropped into the box at the
gate was equivalent to two cents n
person. The monastery finds itself
in financial difficulties, and the chap
! ter is considering whether a fixed
| charge must not be made in the
| future for the rich travellers who
visit the monastery during fine
weather, stay for the weekend and
drop a franc or two into the box IN
payment for themselves and chaus-
| feur for two days keep.
| The Swiss Government is consider
| ing the idea of an arrangement with
! the grain interests in the United
States whereby the Swiss might be
supplied with American wheat il the
powers which surround the little
neutral republic were at war. The
foreign office is negotiating first wit
| the French and Italian governments
to learn what assurances may be hal
that such grain shipments would not
be molested in passing through these
countries in time of war.
The prob EN- of wheat supply for
| the Swiss army became acute durins;
| the Balkan war. when the closing of
the Dardanelles cut off much of the
| usual importations from the East.
and prices scared tremendously high
| Emergency shipments from the
| United States then relieved the stu
alton.
At present the government keeps
stores of wheat sufficient to feed the
whole modified forces of the coun.
try, upward of 100000 men. for sew.
eral months. The grain is stored IL
the capitals of eleven cantons and Il
never allowed to remain in storage
more than three months, supplies be
ing constantly taken out and re-
newed.
PANAMA, April 1S.-Much opposi.
tion to reductions in the wage scale
of skilled labor on the canal has arts
en- since the new wage scale was pro.
mulgated in conformity with an ex.
eXutive order issued by President
Wilson on February 2. to become op.
erative on April l. when the perma-
nent government of the Panama ca.
nal went into effect.
The skilled workers have been II
| communication with the parent
, unions i'm the United States with tn,
result that the metal trades depart
J ment of the American Federation o1
: Labor has instructed the unions OF
} the isthmus to immedia tely begin tn,
J formation of a metal trades council n
Panama. Several meetings have al
ready been held at which strong OPP.
position to any wage reductions was
: voiced.
4 II is understood here that Colone
Goethals personally favors the contin,
; uation of the present wage scale un
til the period of construction shall
: have been ended. If this is done tn
: reduction will become effective gradu
: ally and not until after the construc
3 ton of the canal shall have been full,
completed.
| The various labor unions represent
: ed on the isthmus, IL is understood
have communicated or will commu
, nicate with their parent organizations
with the view of obtaining strike
sanction. 1t is not the immediate in
tention, according to labor leaders
here. to make use of the strike weap-
on to force the continuation of the
present scale, but only in an emer-
gency of such a character as to max,
its use a necessity.