FOREIGN NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 3, 28 September 1907, Page 4

FOREIGN NEWS.

;::!;■!:! OAPiTni punishment:; f! : ..' y-wt '.! !■.' .'^"Paris,., August,2!',' . Tho case. iif. tho vinhuman-murderei: ■ ';■' Solielland bu; opened up a lively con^ /tfovcrsy in tfco "Press and in society ,'.V as'.'to,,tho. ■ of abolishing ..'■'•: .papjtni puniMiinqnt.;! .For, .years,'past, ; tho penalty hi* been in abeyance!!and,' .- ./ though.lt ha.< not .been/yet struck;.cff 'if the' cb'do, ; tW- dismissal of' "Monsieur de Paris," > J&e" public 'executioner, . has, been : . cc-auidored ; as - practically . ■.-, .; equiyalenti,.,tp consigning jttiprguillp^iiib ■ :/' ; td,;pblivion. ,■ ; s%p,agitatiqn' in.-.the first ;.••;'•■' instanco ;waD undoubtedly• born. of! dis- ' : f/''eusv.'a£.' : tlib ; by the ,-'"■;.(i letting up..psf'the;ghastly! ir apparatus; ..'and. tW.wb.oic iickening, tragedy being ..;-.;pbfformed; beforo ~a.gloating piibjic' ;. '..ffhen;ioncexthe idcav.ofi'.abaridoqing ■V-.- ''eapitallpuiiishaierit 'was; started, .howvi ''; oyer," it. lnimixJiately found: favour on .':'.'; 'ifeligibus arid!itiaitimental'•grounds un- ..::..; til the French began to ; wonder • how ; it ■'■■:. epuld: ever hs.vp.,been..possible,: under '~' their,-, adyancbd. "civilisation, ~: , to, exact ;'i'r] ii life-.for >a liifl.;' :.An-'alriiost inevitable '■.''■;■ eohsequpneo:of rtiis sentiment,. theory; ". {-'■~ . or .creed—call it ..what, ono'.-may—-was ;, v : a notablo iiicrMsq in crimes of ,murder: : . •"•';■; Last .;weelc.';& ; 'young ruffian, ■ "for -a : •-' '.bet/,"::'offorod to-'kill tho.'next passerj-'.; ;by;;'and mads (jood-his throat; on-ari ; ',_ I unsuspecting old gentleman out' for an • , '.eveijing walk, who had the ill luck'to •• '': .be thb: first -to !00mb jdown • tho street;. .:' VAri '•■ instance «f ia- dift'ererit..kind was '-'■geen.when a Oidrricd couple','dining"at' 'K"-l 'a' restaurant,' qunrelled, .the i wifo ' a'c- .' icusing'.her husband..of infidelity.^--She ■i; -left thb.'; tabloy, went r home,',:returlidd ..'with-'a.revolver; and shot'lier "com'; • ; : 'panion.' ; dea'd. ; . If:'sW''iwerei.t'p'■begtiil-•;■';■•'.-lbtined,; iit'iwoiild -bo necessary^■■ to ." .'shorten'the' stature ofl.the heroes 'and'' ~-': 'i- heroines! of''so-called ''crimes passibn- ""..■ els'-' every .'day.;' One of the chief con- ' v..\ : tributories'. to this state'.of 'thing's ■'is ■ -',-'• the scandalous ,;lchiency. -notoriously ' , : -y 'shown'by.the jury or .the' Seine, toi'al|''- •■■':■ M prisoners ;-'uridcr' ; this ■ category.' : The • irindulgonco; invariably ''-extended'; by ' ,; this jiirybas,led.husbands.:and wives' -'':•;':'" ; to' forget - that the law provides : them •;■ ; with' a ; remedy; and thoy prefer,tho far ' ■, "cheaper • and -.mofe°'.expeditious; methi. '.', .ods whiclv-thoy'i aro allov/cd to 'practise ' ."with impunity.' -,On' the l other hand,'' :'-. '; tho opponents''of the death 'ponalty : : ■; pointrout-^that,in..cases like'.that of -'•'".■'.Soleilia'nd',-' no punishment in. .prospect -.'.. .would dcter : 'creatures; whose \- brains are'iiicapablo of weighing .the ■'■;".'. consequences ,:pf /tkeir 'acts.' 1 It-.is, a: ■;■'. well 'established ..fact . ,tliat habitual '■!■'; criminals-werbv-always . ; <amongst,,th6 ■ -■ most regular'attendants:at'an.execu- , ! 'tionVand had'apparently ilittlb fear of ; '. ...death.. What ;thoy .dreaded.'most.ivas ! : - real hard labour; and.that is what :. ..; they:do not.get at.present;: '.■'■: '. :';. A' recent cablegram announced, that ;..•."'Sdlielland's sentence had' been.com;...';milted by. President.'Falliere'sV'and..that '.;:■: "the 'this'as;the end of -'- : '-.capital puhishhierit in: France.; '.;-'■'('. :■.■' '''''■ ■'■>'■- :■•■■:>'"' •''"■■' l i:-.'"- .' .;. ;p'o^:!rakJN.!;T6i!pim ■': : ..' Paris, Aiigust'l2. ..'. ''Prince Borgheso,'!ihe winner of,the ■; 'Jgreat!'motor'raceJ'rqm Pekiri' fo Paris, . •.' : ■'[ , arrived; in' 'Paris' at ".half-past! four. on : ,;• H Saturday, af tor nppri., ;Hb, was. accorded '■• .ah oyatipn.r'.'A'.dinner, of 100 covers . . ; was ' given • in ■ tW evening ■'•' in honour .:■■ .'of;thd Prince. 'Ji ■'fet'q was'-'also ..held j 'v. in arrival ' : of Jfinco.'Borghese _arid : ihis,'travelling ; ;'- in -Paris;:marks the;end 1 ';'". P|'ofv a>rernarli:able feat '-of.* skill; and- en';:...Tdurance. ;,To have .iltrayersed, 10,00.0 ! . Kmiles'.in;,6t days without'a'serious ; mis- . . :-• hap is.no"less'a.tribute;td.thbcar;.than. :,to; its, bccu'paiits.;.'l't.;. was.-not until X ; morq. .tha'u'!;half Hh.e'.' jojirhey.had, been' '■':'. ' completed that;'tho;]first.real .road .was : .. .struck,,'that leading .over, tho'Volga tq' I :..''. Moscow, in ', European". Russia.-; Tho • ,: travellers wcro.thcn 5600' miles from. ■';■;■.■•.'.' Pekin....'The. start was made'-bri June ■10.,' Five cars sot but,,three;French', ■ : .one; Dutch,..■.audj'pnb.-'ltalian. -:The '/greatest ;diflicultics'.,werb:'bncquntered . .; ; : at the beginning:- The first 40 miles took '6i;houfs to.travel;,;the,second day's -~';.■,■; journey lay. through ..milesof bog-load, ";. to; cross which', required;:.thq;''-a'id:!of- •..',. gangs of coolies and,,,.a .number! or , \ ;'■',■';niules.,- Then fojlow.ed.the;'crossihg of VJthd'Gobi desert arid : .the;niountairis be-; ';:' :,;oypndy;tho car'having' time, after, time - ;■'.;' ,to be,hauled ; by,.main. forcqup pr'bci- :;;'' ''.pices. and' .through fayiiies... On July. ■. 24 the Siberian frontier.y/as,-crossed. ;'.;Tlie, great ..Siberian: plain-.now offered easy , going, .;.hut;,|tha - ■',;■' roadswere in.most.'.cases, simply riyers. , ; of mud. On July 14, Prince Borghe'se '. reached Omsk,-and a third, of .thq .-.., ..journey was 'completed,. ; 3000 miles ..;; raving'been covered in 33 days:'Oh ■j';.■.. ; ■ ■'■! , e-18th ho oros'sed 4 tho border-line be- - ■ •■• teen 'Europe, and- Asia- and reabhed I'oscow,;on Ju1y.'27,.-,.-Thpn.. follqwea .'."'L l u triumphal progress: through Russia, . v .'Germany,- Belgium,- and France',,.-, Of ;:■ the-other competitors;: little>is; khb^n ;> '. , save ..that'thoy arq,still somewherejn ■V.. ■ the .wilds of uncivilised- ■;' ';.:■!;, TURKS ; !AND,,THE PERSIANS;';- '':■■''"-'•;■■;■'';-'••' August ii).':;'!- - "Reports as to the responsibility;fof . '-■ the Turko-Persiau'frontier fighting aro conflicting. The Turkish official ver^ ,' sion. states 'that' the officer cb'mmand- ■ '■■ ■'in'g'Va.'detachment of'loo; { meri.which ;; has bebn'.stationed ; foii'r ."months"at ■:;■; Mergbvar, v ,a disputed frontier I towfi, . -received intelligence tliatthoxPersian " \ cornm'arider'Medjis" Saltaria",' with rcg.v'.; ■■ ular ~tri'fiß?',; {1000 Persian;auxiliaries' ■-V''.-'\ a 6jJxtri!}a'-'i ; &3;ienian revolutionaries, was •;•'■:' preparmgiiv-r deliver aii attack.' He' ap- ■■'■;■'■-" plied for rqinforco'ments, and bat- :'. 'talionsvo' /pantry •and' bnb ''battery ;; : "of artillery were sent from Van- The ■Persians subsequently, attacked, ' but It -:•;'. wer P repulsed with heavy losses, par- ;. .'.'ticularly aniong ,the,,Arnienians,; rnany ■;:.,...)'..;of whqm'.wbre captiiredl ■■•■■[■■.. ■; .'... Ori ".thel .other hand'-the Persian ac- .:,:: count.thfpws, tho entire responsibility : , ; .;;', bri 'to .the Turks. : ;Medjis "at :tho;head_of 1200 infantry and cavalry; '~';;;; was, it is ■ declared, sent to. Tuli, in ..jv.the'vneighbqu'rhootl ~„of, Mcrgoyaf, hi ~ : ' order, to capture and punish, the miir-/.;'-'defers of an American,' missionary some >:','v.'tiinO ago and also to chastise.numorf;; ous Persian and-Kurdish brigands es : '~. ,'tablished in:that vicinity. ' ... t ■' .■' v', ".Vhile encamped at'Tuli the Persian ). ■[.:'. 'of>or receivpd an ultimatum from the ;:-_ '£n\ ish .i. .mander, , who .advanced .':, -', into Porsian. territory ■ with four, battalion's of regulars, several guns, -and .4000! mounted Kurdish - irregulars; ordering him to ovacutc'...' his canip within three hours. Mcdjis Sultana asked for an extension of time'in order ■ to consult with his Government, hut at the expiration of- three-hours the Turkish troops bombarded.-.,tho camp, forcing, the .Persians, to retire. Notr withstanding their losses the latter refrained from returning tho Tiro. The dispute, which threatens to assumo gravo proportions and to embitter tho relations between tho Sunni aii'd Shiah _ sects, : is; occupying ■ the ' Porte's serious iittontibii ~ ', " , '■'■'"■ '' ■!' FIGHTING' IN -MOROCCO. Tangier;-; August 12. A large concourse of tribesmen, with several thousand cavalry, atUcked the Fronch .camp, outsido Oasa Blanca on Saturday aitcnilioii.-' The "Arabs ad- .■■ vancedj'concenled'by low'hills;-and as sopr .as thoy had -surmnnntcd the hil's t' - ' '-vianio on at the'gallon. Heavily . si. ; .d by. the'gun's of 'the warship's if.' cho. hnrbour. the'compact mass, ," 'In-i-ic iiit<csiiiiil!er Kreups, lmt'cont'Ruw. to advance.- 'Tho Froi';ijl infantry .rec-ived them -with' a raki-,*'g fire, arid

thb'n advanced!',and broke tho Arab, 'lines'.' Confusion .spread among the 'tVibesriipn',; who. 'turned and fled, purcavalry, who by a'series of.',bncirc|ing movements capturod'niany "prisoners.' N iThb :Froiica"ldst ono Killed and , seSyorjil, w'buhde'd,'.- while tho Arab 1 losses jwero.'.vpi-y. hc-avy. ''Tho French, p,(fieors aro astonished by tho manhoF in which the Arab : ',tribcsmeii''''aro'''practically air armed with modern riflcS of precision which 1 have beoii "introduced into Morocco by contraband; "; ' : Two'hun'drbd "and fifty .European and Jewish refugee's iiavo succeeded in leaving'Mazagarf by sea.- The remaining; Europeans'aro congregated at thr6o spots':: inside tho town. Three French' warships''.' arc. in Mazagan 'liarbour/'and''tho',',Moorish . authorities havo been informed that at tho leaßt sign of disturbance tho town will be ibombarded'-"'and", troops landed. 'Though' alb'is'quiet, the situation is /still critical.!*' <■■■'■ :•. ."-A: wirolcss'telegraphy apparatus has '.beeirlixed'at'the''French Consulato at Oas.:' ! iJlanca;" where a messa'go sent from'the'Eiffel'Tower has boon inter.,copted.,i:Thnr other coast towns are roported.'.quiet. ~•.' "''"A .TERRIBLE. OVERSIGHT." '■^■'■ii'.s '!•!!' August 12. \ .--. The .Mogado'r : correspondent of tfte Manchester. Guardian writes:—"The ..details of ; , the .military operations at ~Casa BJanca , J 'it., i .would perhaps' be superfluous;,to criticise. Many of'the keenest pyos,.in(Europe are following thp.cloin'gs of ; the,French expedition — witness tho comments ,of various .com-petent-and responsible German writors. But thcroiis ; one feature of the situation which as inexplicable l as,it,is..deplorable.,, While wo must all rejqic.e rescue of our fellow-Europeans,,,the question at once arises^What;. precautions were taken ..t'6" : .-prbt'q'ct'riiatiyo 'non-combatants, rhale and iphialq,, young and old, from .tho.,vip!encd:'>of.;,tbe infuriated mobs' The French military authorities should •know from,their Algerian experiences what, revolting ''.atrocity to expect from .Moslem, irregular troops, victorious or .vanquished,, after a battle. Tho horrors which, ipllowed' tho French bom- ; .bardm'ent ■ • in 1844. are, 'stilt,'a '.tradition,,'of .terror among the jiini.or ten thousand Jewish people of that'..town.;' Yctj with all their unrivalled .opportunities of knowing the soamy .side'of ..Moorish warfare, the Frpnch commanders, appear to havo Wholly! ignored' tho claims of native and ' women, girls and .children—to the protection of Christian .-chivalry. The distressing results N of this neglect, as Mr. Charles Hands has said in his graphic and; convincing 'story of tho bombard'ment, aro',bes,t;),eft untold. _ All who k'ripW'Morocco.;\yill agree with him." 'V'. RUSSIA .AND JAPAN. . . '■"'.|:'-"!■!''''".'",7 j.'!,!' Lonilon, August 15. - ''■"The following, is the- text of the Russo-Japa'n'eso,',',Cbnvcntion signed. in St.' Petersburg'.pji^July 30. last:—. The'Governnipt of His' Majesty the Tsar of All'the Rfissias and the Go- . vorument of' HisjVTajcsty th.e Emperor of Japan, <anirijated'by, a desire to strengthen tho peacefui,\fr'iendly, arid neighbourly . relations which- have happily 'been' restored between Russia and Japan, arkl't'6 remove'the possibility ' of' future''"misunderstandings be-' 'tween' the two-'Empircs, havo entered into'tho following Agreements :— 'Ar.tfcle'l.—Each.'pf tho two high con'tracting'.- parties '''undertakes to respect -tho preseiMfc^'tprritirial integrity of W qthe'f'as'ivellj.as'al) rights accruing to one of tho' oilier of'tho high contracting .'paftic's""rfom', oxisting treaties, agreements;"'of'conventions ..now in force';' botwceti,.,Hli'e' high; contractingl,'parties China, copies .of which."' have' been by 'the .'i'cputraMiii'g',"' Powers; so --far-as;'thes'o'"-rig]its':. 'aro not "• inooni- • patiblo'witlrtho jifinciplo ofcqual'op'pcrtun'ity' 'oiiuh'ciated in .tho treaty sighed'" at; Portsrhputh'-on . September ■s'; : ''1905,'-". arid - irr'special conventions concluded bctwoe'rrJapan and Russia. !'- f :'Article'" high contracting parties'fecoghisb;'tho independence and . territorial,'integrity of the Empire of China,.Ss w'eHas the principle of equal opportunity!' in'"commerco' and industry. ! for.' all "iiat'iohs" in tho said Empire. They/also .pledge jtliemsolvcs to uphold the-'maihtohanco ,bf the status quo, v diid-''to suppb'rtvthis principle with ,all , the peaceablo'''mea'ns at their.disposal.