FOREIGN NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 12

FOREIGN NEWS.

RUSSIY. St. Petersburg, November 27. ■ The result of the debato in tlio Duma yestorday. on the terms of'tiie Address, to' tho Tzar.; was a great victdfj* for tho Constituitional Democrats,' tlio demand of the, Reactionaries foi tho recognition of autocracy Having been defeated at midnight by a liiajd-two-thirds. Tlio Constitutional Dd'riioofflts' shrewdly witiidrdw tlieir. demiirid for tho word '"constitution,".'■•and. the.Odtobrist Address was accepted unanimously," the Rd,ictioiiaiifcs, the Poles, and tho Socialists Abstaining from voting. M.- Giichkorf,-,' the leader-'of tlio Octdlirists, disliked 'ariy ; idea .6f:..alli(inco with the Cadets, arid tho Reactionaries' were, jubilant all. tho afternoon, claiming' that the Ootobrists would accept autocracy.. The left wing-of the Octdbrists revolted, however, and M. Guchkoff eapitiilat®cl , !l^r a caucus meeting during tlio tiebate in the evening. _ * - 1 • : The evening papers publish a Moscow H£ an ', , s t®tirig that a party of engineers'on ir : iir ■ t-.lic Jloscow-Kursk Railway have left .Moscow in order tot make surveys for a lino from Kuslik to Herat-arid thence to India. . . •.- ■ ' Odessa,-November 27. Two policemen arid two civilian's were 'killed this ovening. by an Anarchist bomb, which Fas,thrown.close to the Naval College. ■ The was charged' with ypyfoxyliiie: .. Iriimediately after, the dxplosioii.a riiaii; bdiievdd to be the . author of tlie outrage;- was seen■■ running away',; and a ' number. of' policcriieri arid others gave.clia^e,.firing rifla arid;rav6'lver shot's at hini. as : t-Kej.' rgn; TBS'; flute,-: howeverj' escaped; apparently: uriliur't,." where-' as rio fewer than eleven other pfedpld' were wounded by stray bullets.- Tlio bodies ' ofthe foiif meii killed by the explosion wore terribly mutilated.-, ~' .j. General, Ncivitzki, . Govdrridr-Gdriefai' arid Prefect of Odessa, died suddenly this : m6f.n-. irig from, paralysis of, thd heiir't. During liis short term 6f office the lrit'ci Gfiveriidr-G.erid-ral. riiiidd', eiiefgotic .efforts. t-6 suppress • tlio fufpdjiism of • tlio "Black .Gang"-.arid :t'o'restore pdfico arid security to the city.- - >'~

A PRINCESS'S JEWELS. ■

' ' \ Brussels; 27.'. ■ .T'. 1 ?. appeal., of the creditors"/ of Princess L'oiiisd aga iiist tlid reciyit judgment granting the , Princess a , further'postponement of the datd ,oii..which_,the jewels inherited 'by her Royal Highness fro'rii her mother; tiie lfite Queen of v tlid Belgiaris, must be. sold by ptiKlic auctiori, came bef6rd',thd:'First,-Division of.:tlio Court of Appeal to-day/.'ln, tho' of the pro'ceeilirigs,• a. letter, of tlio V" 10 ?.® 3 ' 3 ' was".read prdtostiiig-,against- the enforced silo !of the personal tdkeiis left bf hoi-, riiothef;. Tho letter Says!' .. . "I have almost killed myself iiri to now .in iriy efforts to avdjjl a scandal. affectirig .tiie venerated memory' of my mother. I'eopld have, nevertheless, provoked a scandal, aiid they shall have it. ; , Iri this matter, so far aS I-am persoiially coricerned, all rights' arid all justice have, been trodden urider foot:. Furthermore,, if riiy. , creditors v liad seriously desird'd,it, they might liayo beeri in possession of; their rrioncy siiico IS9B, because liiy .inarriage contract stipulates that'; Priricg : Philip of Saxe-Coburg (Uid Princess's fornier hiisbarid) must provide for niy personal .needs and allow me ari esthblishnidut suitable, to my rank." _ ' '~' ..The 'hearing, will be" resumed on Monday; It is. said that the. Princess" intends to d'f.--mand from her. guardian arid : from Prince Philip- of Saxe-Coburg a stateinent": of the accounts of tlieir guardiaiisliip. . ,

FILIBUSTERING IN 'BRAZIL--

. . Paris, November 2". . Tho following hnsl been received hero from Rio do Janeiro"A man named Magaji, ■'. k 'no#ri-.as. an adventurer, having procured a ocrtiiiri amount ,of riioney.iij. New York, eri- : isted in his servide "'eight- Englishmen, : kindred spirits, and lauded witli them ori the 21sfc.inst:, near the small town, of lllieos, situated about lSO.mile's south of Bahia, Thdre tlioy . bought horses, and yesterday morning ■ attacked ..the little .'geridarriierio post at Ilheos. ■ They .were, .however;' re- ■ pulsed, leaying oiio. mail dead.,arid ~orio. a prisoner • the others escaped . into the' interior; j Onb , gehdarmo was killed and threo other- inhabitants were wdurided. Contrary to cortairi reports which hai-(i iirien telegraphed, there ,is' neither fortress nor garrison at Ilheos."

FRENCH CONGO INCIDENT;

. . Paris, November 26: "ho Standard's" special cdrresporiderii says:—;

I refrained yesterday from dealing with an incident- reported from the French 'Congo/ since the, rumours arid statements issuing from parties interested iri tbdse'rdgions have sometimes, required - considerable- dilutiiri. J his. .evening, however,' coriids a circuim staritial telegram relating , several alleged facts wliicli liavo a decidedly unpleasant aspect. Firstly, two French agents, riamed Renault and Rousseau; seized nino Gefmari traders in the Irivindb districts;■■ secondly, the native population of the Freiicli district; ftt the instigation of Gerinaris; pillaged tlio i' rennh coriipaiiy'S factory at Alati; thirdly, M. Renault and M. Rousseaii were iiiad6 prisoners and tied up,' Jbttt - recovered their .liberty; , fourthly, a German lieutenant, under pretence of setting free: those two agents, who wero already free, killed seven natives' iii French territory; and created almost a rising in the district in consequence: arid fifthlyj M. Renault and air agent calicd I'olqiiet had to take refuge on Gcrriian territory, and aro now safe at MinvouL-

This is a bald summary of atolegrani which is somewhat obscure in several points, and may be interpreted variously: Tho Congo Company., use it as a stick for tho back of Mi Millies*Lacroix, tho Colonial Minister, saying that thcro aro only 40 nativo soldiers to guard about 260 miles of rrontier, whilst, oii the other (Gefmah) sido .there at-e 600 troops. French trade arid prestige suffer, and Germans profit. This is the grievance of the company; but it sriiclls rather of a political manoeuvre. Aiiy frontier question with Germany s however, needs biireful examination if futufd difficulties are to be avoided. The Minister will be interpellated on this subject before long.

SITUATION IN PORTUGAL,

• Lisbon, November 27. _ Numerous prominent men of this Party of Regeneration and of the Progressist party* are, it is announced, by 110 means disposed to declare themselves in irreconcilable opposition to the King. The journal co'nfirriis the report that the Opposition Monarchist groups have as yet come to no definite decision. Only one decision seems to have beeii taken, viz., to refut-o and combat tho campaign of discredit which some foreign newspapers aro conducting against tho administration of certain political parties, rr " ""interview granted to tho "Now York Horald,, and published in the Paris edition ot that journal, Senlior Joao Franco denied that public order had been disturbed to the « xtcn t reported in foreign newspapers. The i rciiiier added : — , call not be sufficiently emphasised that the discontent is strictly limited to a small group of malcontents who find themselves thwarted in their aspirations or ani'' bitions. 011 discovering that all the efforts to draw public opinion 011 their side by distortnig facts had failed utterly hero thev proceeded to ti'y their methdds abroad h'v opening a campaign of defamation against, the Government. There, again, thev" l.avc 1 ailed conspicuously, for you will notice that the majdrity of the foreign pftpfcrs ltolly support the Portuguese Government.

"I considered it ucccssarv to suspend temporarily some of the principal Portin'iicsu newspapers, and there again 'I had ample proof, if any were needed, that public opinion did certainly not approve of the inflammatory articles which caused tho suspension, for tho disappearance of tl cse paporS, did not, as you have seen, raise a single protest or the slightest outcry. This would hot, as you may think, bo the case if, as they were never tired of asserting, they were merely expressing the country's opinions. The. same order exists in the provinces The governors of the provincial

towns,. without 1 exception/ assure me .that no disturbances have taken placo .' or arecveYi , , 4 v'ln spito of the obstacles which enemies endeavour to strew in my way,. I anr prepared to. proceed in.-tho faco of cVery-dif-fictilty If necessary, and' my fondest wish is to re-establish the normal course of public administration 1 .and see - Portugal ■ tiy enter, on an ora of prosperity such| as she has hot experienced for a. long time;" •< i.:. .1 .

MEDICAL RESEARCH Paris, November 27. , The Nobel Prize of £800(J-iwarded to Professor Lavorari (According:to a Stockholm reBprt);- is. a recognition ofshis studies lii'Palu-' clisin, 'Professor Lnvorun is an old army doctor wno .wily left- the service ten years ago.;- ;Hd ; whs, .elected a member ,of the Academy of .Medicine in 1893, And it waS intlio cbur'se of his expenrfients 'and rosiarehes. made at the Pasteur: lilStitutd; that ho discovered the trypanoSome,: tho active agent in sleeping sidkness. -. Professor: Lavoran his alwayfe; been ' rec'koried i.as one of the leading savaiits ,iir Freiiph medical; science,; in' tlio field ..of;-- Baoteriolpgy.'.V'' •>-•'- FRANCE IN SIOROCCO Lalla Marnlaj November 28. ■' Further 'particulars of the recent, occur= rerices oii the frontier have now-, been redojvedr Afttir ;the fight tin the banks of the Kiss, in : the; district occupied by '.t-ho'.Attia' tribe, between goumiers (native French soldiers') * uhder. '.the . eoiinniSnd ■of . Lipute'riarit MaifCTSebille and a■. military interpreter named; Charrix; ■ tliev form6r'. wit-li.'; the; goii-' mie.fs, ; feturiied, to-Port Say, .#hile.tlje' latter,with Lieuteriant Chauvelot, of the 2iid Tirailleurs, arid ..abdtit'forty; '.retired towards ' Sidi-bu-Djenap. On Wednesday inorning- a_ company. of Tirailleurs connngfroni Nemoiirs" reached Bab-el-Assa.- »As the riows that.it would arriVo...had. b6en'";annouiiced ori tho previous evoking, the Bern Sriasseri came; over in fornndablfe :strinfeth,with tho 'intentio'ri .of plundfiriiig slid fiiifniiig a factory iiii the district and advan6ihg towards ; v ßab'-el-Ass'a; Tlio - efdpioyees at: factory fled, to Nemoiirs.-.. \,' t-J:,' ■ The TiraiilSiirs. soon cam@ into contact with the enemy, and opened fire. .-At the iairie time Lieutenant Uhauvelot : and M. Gharrix.and...the small forcS : under j; their' command,', whq 'were on an emineneo commanding the. factory buildings;. opened firo upon ,tho', _triliesmeii s. flank: .'. Thev» 6ri§my': forced tlieir, way into the .courtyard ofthe factory, ; and. tried .to set-fife to tho.'biiild-' ijißs,_ but with-"only'.''-.partial, success." The fighting # ritiw became hot; Oii the: French' rightwhig_ #ore. natives '.oii foot .belorigittg' to the contingent of' friendly' frontier .tribes { on the left was a small body of Spahis and in t-helcentre the company- of Tirailleurs frorii Neihours: '•' .;'. .. - '•v- '-'L-'

, The nativo troops fought admirably;. -.Un-t-hei. natives ' on- .the left.'Vex--hausteel their ammiinition by .their, rapid fire, and beat a retreat, completely exposing the right wing'; then a considerable nuirtfcer- of Moor?,, who thus'far had taken no part m tlio fighting, emerged frorA a. ravine-leading to the hollow of Bab-ei-Haca, arid vigorbusly attacked the right' wine . of. .the l Tirailleurs',, uttering death cries; The Tirailleurs; havirig_ to' confront a fresh (Snemy;' took up -a position .which .enabled '.them-; to .fire., from both, sides at once, and tho troop of Spalns tried , on .several .occasions to' charge, but, notwithstanding their, courage,. they did riot succeed in clearing tho-ground. .The fighting lasted in tliiS manner until halt-past fpur jri the afteriiopri; the noise of the-firing 1 being heard at Ljlla-Maniia 1 . ... ; At about lialf-past four the Moors thought fit ,t-o .'fall back - westward; ; Unfortunately, many., of our troops had fallen,/ Eloven of the Frdricli : troops killed, including Lieuteliaiit'jSt. Hilair6y a, sergeant,' and ten native Tirailleurs,,arid six ivbUhdcd mol'o'Or less seriously. _ Help was, serif from Lalla Ifarriiai .including the..troops :of the riiissidii cdninianded -bv Captain Devilte, &iid the gdumiers of tfid Berii Oiiassin arid Said tribes, finder tho command of lieritenant Vionot; .It is .known that thd jiisii mentioned _ took ■ par'tM'ri tho previous fighting, iri!'#h'ifthKthe"l}jdff l ttoltiirih's'#'A : s ! eiigaged.- . - ..zii/tfbSjrrfei; . ,'

KAID MACLEAN'S RANSOM. ...

. . . .. . ' Tangier,. Ndveriiber' 28.;

The to-day despatched a courier to Raisuli with ilie conditions, duly" set put, which had beeii assented to by -the British G.ovprrinierit; for {He immediate release of Kaid ,Sir Harry. Micleaii from the captivity in which this old arid. trusted ser-, vant 6f Abd-el=A'ziz has .languished;': five weary months.. . , . v. •• Tw6nt_y thousand pounds is the siim which, the British Government agreeii to pay for tlierblease of. the Kaid; of which £SOOO will b'G.a cash payment tho' mbiieiit. the ,ciptive, is', a free man ; the balance,' £15,00(3,' will.bq iiif vested - for .'si period of three years, Raisiili receiving Jtfie interest therofrbm; during that term. Furtheriiioro, those of RaiSuli's' friends arid supporters now in prison are to be released, and Raisiili himself, together with the. immediate members of his family receive British 'jiro.tectiori as against tfie Sulthn for nct§ of lawlessness in tho past. Raisuli's agreement with these conditions is regarded aS certain, and the release of Sir Harry Maclean should now only be a matter'of diiys.

NEEDS OF THE FRENCH NAVYr J

1 , , . Pari3) November 28. lii tlife disciissibri iii - the French Chamber td-tiay on tho naval cstitnatfis, M: Dferiazet declared that the French navy should be sWorig. enough to be reacted by the othef Powers whidh, lacking robrii for oxpftnsibii ill Europe, coveted the Frerith colonies. Mi Benazot added that France woilkl soon be jiiferioi' to Germany iii battleship strength. He did not believe iii the cfficacy of torpedo craft against lsifge vessels. Al. Beriasiet thCtt inado an exhaustive revioiv oii the battle of Tsu-shima, arid said that the Russian hei'oeS had died asphyxiated under the hail of Japancso projectiles. "Our fleet," he concluded, amidst- cheers, "lnust profit by th 6 lessons of the past." ' M. Dupouhjue insisted on tile necessity of tho construction of warships, and of obtaining them 011 tlio best possible terms. Admiral Bienaime said lie considered that the past thirty years had shown tlife necessity of. an organic law which would onable the French navy to match itSelf against any foreign navy whatever. . M. Giiiyeifise, 'arid Subsequently M. MatiiioU, protested against the intention of tlio Naval Commission to give up tho fortified ports at Lorient, Cherbourg, and Rochefort. M. Chaumet afgued ill favour of the reorganisation, and not of tho abandonment of fortified ports, which should be supplied with the necessary equipment; Ho doiriiinded that tilt! anti-militarists should ne excluded from the fo'rtified ports. The Chamber then rose.

THE NASI TRIAL.

Rome, November 28. I The ease of Signor Nasi, \rho..is oh his trial for malversation of public funds, continues to keep public interest- nt a high pitch by reason of its many surprising turns. For this Nasi himself is responsible, and it is not the least si&n d( the cleverness he possesses. To-day, for instance, on tho occasion of tho reopening of tho Chamber, lie had written, a letter to the President demanding that lie be set freo in order .that be may be allowed to cxercisc the legislature mission entrusted to liini by the electors of Trapmii, his constituency, and claiming that his arrest is a vjolatiGii of Parliamentary' privilege nS established by tho Constitution. If .'ruth must bo told, the letter took the Chamber so much by surprise that it was decided the discussion of the application should bo reserved for the privacy of committeo. Mirny deputies have a lurking suspicion thatIbe Sicilian deputy is ill the right. • The King appointed fiignor Manfrcdi, a senator, Vice-President of the Chamber on purpose that the Nasi ease should be trentcd with care, the senator being an ex-iudge.

SPANISH NAVAL PROGRAMME,

Madrid, November 27. Tho House to-day resumed the debate'on the Naval Reorganisation Bill. Senor Maura, the. Premier, declared that either the Ministry of Marino must be suppressed or the reorganisation of the navy must be proceeded with. Spain, lie said, had more need of a pacific policy than any other country. Such a policy was essential to her existence. Turning to tho Algeciras Convention, Sonor Maura said ho did llot wish to discuss tho Act, but ho believed he had served bis

country well m tho action ho was taking'jn ' the Morocco question Tho immense majority of tho Spanish, nation, he declared, had v, approved and- secondedhis ! conduct: -Their - policy in Morocco was ono of.peace,for tho maintenance ofrwhich' Ffllnw.And Bpaiii' had >■- ■ J ' assumed responsibility in conjunction with " , tho other Powers.: 'No- matter jwhat tho:cost '- • > might b6j> Spain would never i> :' • tion to infringe .her - territorial ' rigfips/alio--:- .c f . tweon.tho ilulayai-nnd: the: Bay of .V : Referring : to' tlife commoil action' df 'Franca ! and Spam ip Morocco,, tlio Premier saidrit'-: : -. should ; inspire no distrust. . As regards: the wv; policy of SpAift, lis declared that th6r<S tfas no danger ;of Spam :evor.'becoming isolated. • , oho wouldsj always bo. supported''by forces ; . having liitiTcsts in cftflifnon with herself,and would thus bo enabled to observe neutra- ' , ht\ m anv cirfcumsUiicSs "Wo shall neter," thojremier continued, ■'bq strong:if. we rely on ourselves alono, but - •if misfortune came ,we>should not remain iso-•-•.••; lated, its hAs Sometimes happened." We must seize i tho present''.--opportunity, to iwork at ' -j improving -our? defences. This undertaking < : ■ will take .time, and," thoretoro, itr must-bei : begun with tho least possiblo delay. The Government. do not contemplate the construe- iv -. tion of an enormous fleet,':but laying ;' the of our futuro naval power. Tho task is a gigantic on&f arid therefore ,the , j, > - Sumof £Bjooo,ooo which'we propose to d<}--voto .to it .ivill-:notrbo the final but the initial figure. I, When, we are-finished with our : r '.I: naval. forces. turn our attention to -.v: i 01ir ports (Loud chfterfc) 1 Sfcnor Moretj .the LibcraMeader,- criticised. fjoirifj_dotai]4' ofithe bill fof naval constihictidn, r • but ho.: supported tho .measure • gfcnef&lly. i . His speech was frequently. : interrupted •by ;■/; cheers,- and ■ there was a great outburst 6f: en- - ■- / tlmsiasmj when he resumed his.seat;-1.., ..v Premier, warmly, congratulated . the • Speaker,-'.■■■■ . w< - ' At the-closo of the: sitting; thord was a re-- > , niarksble scene in the lobbies, Senor MaUra ail. dSenor. Moret bom gsurrounded by 1 cheerWg deputies,- and the-PremieYrespondfcd to . thoir ovhtion .by .shouting, "Viya- Esparial" . It was a remarkable demonstration of niianimit.v for a Government •measnfe,- all parties, without v distinction;-,-having:. testified their support of the Naval Bill:.

THE POPE'S NICKEL WATCfI

- - 1 Paris;:N^em6er,v2Br..VV __ A French ,n6bl6mari;> just;returrie'd-' from; ft ~ yisi.fc to the_Yatidiip.j tells a, stofy.whitih' ijliis- ' trat&s thefilial Pope • Piiis X; Hi« !•' Holiness was.giving'.an audioiffce to Adelogai tioii; when all the .clocks m the Vatican bo- - fcan .to., strike, the hour; andmutG naturally = he pulled outliis watch to ice if it. wfere . keepi irij* timfc. The watch was;a pobr-looking affair, fastenbdto a leather-thong.- Several,off r tlvs. delegation noticed '' this; find 1 ' aW oiio : or two of -thoSio " who : were n ;; trcdt.ring ; them: Tho watch, worn yellow .-With' harav ufeDgC) and; tho leather guard . were .not altogether m keeping with tho surroundings, i- An Italian pnnco who was standing by, made so bdid aa: to infer this by v ofTehng' his own watch to ,thj Pope—ono that was ijuite in keeping with his hogging,fortho.shhbby one as a - souvenir; "No," said ; his - Holiness; ?'I cannot part, with this watch;' My iMothor gave it to me." And fingering it lovingly,, ho added; "I was a small boy then. I woro it fastenecl-to my waißtcOat Vith this Banjo thong of leather,- and ■I' vowed that I'would wear it as long as it served;-..' Perhaps: it is because of. my filial respeet.ythat the watch ; nover varies a minute from one iday to ano-

ther " i

, PRUSSIA AND THE POLES,- ■ ■

--. ■!.: ■•■■■ .... .. Vienna; .November 28;i • P&rliament to-day witnessed- a refanrkablo demonstration by the Slav parties; who, on this, occasion, ■ are Solidly- united .'agqmsfc Prussia's new Polish legislation a§' outhu'd by Prince Bulow; I'olgs- of all parties, Czeclfs,' (RusSpphile ; RutheiiianS, Slav ' Social Deniocratsi Southern Slavs, all joined in protest. ' Dr. Kramarsch, .the brilliant leader of the Young Czech -party, declared that' the prbtefct'was riot against the Gem&ns asi | nation, .but against the .brutality of the l'rtissian;Govornjnent.^ : ' iv>' ; .'