DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 10

DIARY OF THE WORLD'S NEWS.

« WEEKLY SUMMARY BY MAIL. Tho following weekly summary of the world's news is taken from tho "Daily Mail'-' ■ Overseas Edition of January 25:— ' ' JANUARY IS. There has been a sanguinary clash between armed police and 2000 unemployed Socialist workmen near the Reichstag building jn Berlin. ' Official ' figures -stato -that sixpolieemon- and twenty working men were wounded. In another- encounterthe mounted police charged a mob, freely:using their sabres. .The riot '.camo: after- niiio meetings of , unemployed,> held l in various parts of - the city during' the day, - attendedby 15,000 out- of Berlin's anny of 60,000 ."out-of-works." .' - Three' revolutionaries 'havo' made a : daring, raid oil'' the' resideked of the "Archbishop'. of Podolia' ,'at. Kanicnetz-Pbdolsk'. Oiie'of them was; dressed in tne uniform of ; a' provincialgovernor, 1 , and' the other;'.'tiro" had disguised 1 themselves ' as military' offi- . cers. ' When they appeared tbo soldiers : on duty.at the!door of the'palace sprang ' to attention . and saluted, ' and "similar honours wero* paid.. I 'to them, on! their, departure: Half an' hour later the' Arch-' bishop and, his 'servants were:. discovered gagged and bound and'in. a'- state of ex-' haustion. ' It' was found that a slim .of £1500 ' and valuables Worth. £3000 had - been stolen. . ... JIM'ARY 19 Priiicb ' Zika, , a i Rounianian millionaire,' has had a fight for life with' bis chauffeur, .who had fallen' madly "ill love with the Princess.' The chauffeur; an Italian named ' Harveri, entered the room 'of-,tbe Princessj, and passionately declared his love for her, ! . asking her to flee with'-bini 1 from-Bucha-rest. The Princess ordered him'' to.'- quit' t-lio'service' of "the Prince,- to'.-whom she" I would otherwise relate-what'had occurred: 1 | ! The cliauff cur agreed - to;-these, terms, : 'but • When lie tendered his notice; the-Pririeb,' . W'ho 1 did not: know the, cause,: declined to' : receive it, and insisted'that' 1 Harver should 1 • drive him.. and-the Princess; to'a party, in the. cpuut-ry. .. Haryeri seized, the • ; iiity to .revenge himself on : the Princess. He drove the Prince and-Princess in . a 70 , li.p., car. ;at -over, seventy.-,!.miles ; ..an hour.i The; Prince,;; seeing that tbo chauffeur had ; ! gone mad, climbed into the front seat and ' : attempted to, stop the car.. The chauffeur : clung-tenaciously to the wheel, and finally : directing the , ear' . 'straight for ' a' river, ; sprang 'out.' ..iThe. Princo switched' offi and ■ applying the brakesji'brbught', .the', ,car . to .:. a standstill -onV'the . brink 'of 'the ' water; He returned. to the' chauffeur,' whom', be;' : found lyiilg dead on the ground... . ; : Johann Krisclike, a, railway labourer,. has been arrested, at Vienna for murdering his three sisters four years ago -.for, the ! purpose of collecting | £40. .insiiraaco; ; oil i 'their'lives.' 1-,."v- ; :j Owing::tor.the. death„from heart-. disease t of: T ' a-Swiss named. Derchen' while .steering a' bob-sleigh with three friends oil/it at. Leysin,'near the sleigh: dashed-against' ' a stone - fountain • and: was ■ smashed. .';.Thd ■ 'three: passengers - escaped with ;■ a. -severe-' shaking. :- ; - JANUARY 20. .Cholera; ij has.'.cibroken- j-out • at...-Jeddah. ~The : - average.' uttmber-.\:of- , deaths', .daily..is .400; . 'V Mdah-jPitbeEßed.: iSea. port. ;for.-;-pilgrims itraveilii;igci?tb, ;: ari,d:irom,! :Mepca; -i'-js ; the; Worlds- danger.-..centre, for;..'cholera; and - plague., ■ ' More " than 100,000' .Mahomedan pilgrims frohi' all 'partsj!of'the. world visit; : Mecca every year, and fully balf this' ; number,'pass 1 through-' Jeddah.' ' r,;-that tlie stti»es|6M de,. ;' ilotbscbild's' business' ''jniist* remove from all' the shop signs the words "Rotli's- .: child's Foundation PhilauthropicPnreMilk Association,under u a, penalty-of( £2 daily ! for- evcrj/day's. delay. , It was alleged tliat ' Baron Henici de .Rqthscbild.and.bis associ- : ates bought milk! at wholesale prices and, : retailed' it' at-a 'great'- profit] that be gavp, ; '. away only '£230 worth, of .milk.per annum,'. and that, to' injure t-he 1 \dealers,"'_he'- de- ' nounced a number.of: tbom for selling, im- ' ,;pure : milk, 1 , though :thet charges ■■ were .•■dis- : i missed.-:--.' TX rbm'ari'able duel, ; whicli termihated : in the'. , death of both combatants, is reported from , Ajaccio,: : Corsica, i Two men,; named Martini and'Appietto, were charged with mur- ■; dery. a'nd had been 1 discharged; on a 1 verdict ': of' Npt Prpveu. ■-On their ' way -' from . thooonrtV they quarrelled aboutHhe trial, and; ' : adjourned to a lonely field to fight a'duel : with their .rifles.-I.At the,first. shojbs 'both C , -\vere badly injured, , but they were' able to rise and hro again,,when one of; them.fell, dead' and '. the other, ;was, mortally: : wounded. - - ... . ' .. JANUARY 21 Judgment has i been delivered : at', Cologne in. ,: ' the libel action brought by Dr. .Peters ' > against Herr Brueggemann, editor of the: '' : "iCoelnisciie/Zoitung,'' : and Herryßudolpb' ' writer s - .of .tho. article :: on , wliich\t-he action, based.- Herr,.,Brueg-' ; " 1 go'mann .but,Herr,,yoni Ben- : ' nigsen-: was - found . guilty . of.. publio.;defama-. ,tion, and .ordered,,to-pay. £o fine : and. the '' costs of tbe action 'so,far. as,.it related, to, • him. ' The Court held, that' it had not been'. ! : proved, that sexual motives,had been, among ; the "d^-erminirig,,factors ' in, the., 'execution', ' : of -the: two natives,- a inah/an'd 'a;,wom'an^ ■ ; in German East - Africa,,,for,- w'hich'i- Dr.. Peters, had .'been attacked...'., .The ■ action brought by, Dr.. Karl Peters, for. long tho, ; embodiment, of Germany's',!.cqlbnial.idea'' - .as explorer administrator jn Africa, ■ was cohceriied;.with his conduct in 1890,_ as, r : Chief Coinmissioner of .German East Africa. It' was , against him. that he had. ~ caused 'his. native.:-servant;; aiid;.,- a- 1 native ■ ; girl' toi be .executed',on. account';,'of_' their - relations, .the 'girl, She considered," being,;in, : a sense, bis own property* •' -, Pr...!Poters 'maintained that .the.,man '.'was- ( executed, . for,.', stealing and ..the •• girl|o'r ;; running '. away. .After long controversy; he.was con-, Evicted in.1897, by a Disciplinary ( Co.urt, and, ' i lia'd. jiis! title of,,lmperial'. Commissary taken.' : from biiii! It lias since 'Ibsen'"-irestorJidi; ' His success in this latest ease is con- . sidered. likelyito lead-to his- given ia ' colonial post. • ;■' '' v e An extraordinaiy, shooting affray .created .wild i panic', among .hundreds of^ladies ; in" tho,. .crowded'.j;estauraiit /belonging,,to..Macy's - huge departmoiit store, off New. . ; York, .where'- shoppersjiii vast, numbers!take - lunch. A 'woman..,named May,.Roberts ! Clark.i drewi a.Revolver fromj.herl •• ' muff.and-sent five'bu.llets/, crashing .tbrough'. the. head ..bf a nian ,at the.iiext' table. ';,Then extracting i a .second: revolver..from her' muff;, - she.. 1 shot, iherself. .. - The, man: was -.'.named •» Frank Brady,^'..'ivlio bad ,beenjfb'r..three'.years' : a. friond of the hiurdei;ess .before he filially :. discarded,her. JANUARY 22. 1 Diplomatic relations [Japan andChina- over tho proposed, Shimintiug-Faku- , men Railway have reached a stage at which Japan has assumed - a ;, firm ; attitude,: and ; lias assured- China , that a ; railway running parallel to the South Manchurian; Railway, shall not be built;\-because: it :-will violate the spirit and . tho letter of- 1 the ■ Pekin . Treaty. : The-authorities; state positively that:they will not pormit the .construction of this line, and if work is begun Japan is prepared-to stop it. - : Lieutenant Straubo has bebii drowned in the ' canal at Strasburg,' together 'With tho daughter of a-,municipal -olficiaL ; .Tho lieutenant was escorting the: lady homo after a dance, and the pair took a- short cut across tho : ice, which gavo way . beneath them. . - - ■ ■ : ■ The Kaiser's fondness for creatine surprises . was' manifested' iii a .remarkable manner when, without warning, his Majo'sty suddoiily made' his appearance at'a faiicy-dress ■ ball, .which' his- third soil, Prince Adalbert •! . of Prussia, • was giving at the'.'Sea-Baths'. , Hotel at Kiel. The ball bad just begun' when tbo curtains leading from the Royal suite parted and a mysterious' .group of black dominoes entered the ballroom. A

jnoment, later . tho signal for unmasking "sounded,'..when one of the black dominoes j proved to: bo,tho Kaiser, clad in gorgeous silk and' satin raiment resembling , that of : his celebrated ancestor, the Great Elector. Accompanying him. were numerous members'of his siiito;- costumed ii'Ovbeping with . tjio. Kaiser's apparel. The Kaiser's journey from Berlin had been kept a profound ' 'secret. In order that it should not leak ! out through the arrival of his at 1 Kiel, the train Was''stopped at tli'e station of Ploen, ten miles distant, ■whence the trip to Prince Henry, of Prussia's cusdp at , Kiel was made in motoi'tcais. ; JANUARY 23. ■ :/! : " .Van Dyck's ifamous painting,' the ■ --.. of "the Cross," which .was.stolon sis weens • .! ago--, froni tho;, cburcbi.-'.of .Notre ..Dame.; at -.: Court-rai,-has been-unexpectedly recovered.. n ~ A commandant of gendarmerie-:,was riding i 011 the highway between Thiel and the vil- : . lage of Ardoye,v close to .Bruges, at an early; hour,-.when,he,noticed a,carrier. <J,riv" . - ing an old, covered-.van - ;.,whose appearance , aroused his suspicion.., He stopped the ; man and asked bim what.-he; had in bis .. van. The . driver . equivocated," whereupon . '■ the':' officer "distnoiiuted 'and''sparclied; tlia. . . vehicle, i ''Under., a heap of rubbish he found. , .- the'precious,,canvas,,which lias been sought,, i. throughout Europe*, bince > the day. it.;,was-. stolen. >,'While tlie -officer was -in- tbo. van, ■:.- the-'carrier mado off- and escaped-in--the • darkness. -'The' picture-is^:valued at'from £20,000 to £40,000; ; ■"; The court-martial held at Berlin on Count Wilholm von Hohenau and Count \on Lynar has delivered judgment. .Count von ■ Hohenau was acquitted iof 'the' charge of ■' immoral practices; while','Courit Lynar was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment. The qourt-martial wa's 1 held on the order of - the -Kaiser,,: after' the' names'.••.of" these two officers had beeu 1 mentioned in the first trial- of .-Herr. Harden, -in .connection, with -. ... the charges-,whiclr-he thenmado. J> : - A revolution San Domingo has been nipped; in. thebxid by tbo. arresp in , ■ Now York of Joseph Giordaiii, a Corsican, the American agent- of Generals Firmin and Jiminez. Jn.tbo guise, of cement-bar- . ■j rels and cases'of- "structural iron, I '- 4Giordani attempted to ship to Hayti 2000 rifles . and' 200,000 rounds -of :ammunition 1 artir '£200,000 of . money.v ! -At.'"the i .Brooldyn residence 'of-GioMahi j'worei-dis-:'.'. 1 covered' letters', from'revolutionary'leaders' i.disclbsing'f-the ramifications'' of*'aKda.riiig..-'.-:.-. plot. ' •••:•• -■?;S: : i JjtUjVtS-: The 1 United,; State's* 'Government'has' accepted.... as', a .national 'monument 1 from'Mr'.;' v Edward..J; ..Kent) of:' Chicago- 3pp. acres' 1 of -priihoval . " redwood' forest 'six .miles:'frbm-' San;Fraii--'.' ,' ■; 'ci^f.\.^me;o^'lhe^ > ! ahd"lßft-..'iin .diaraete'r/.ahd 'are: 1500 years'..'; old.: The forest will be named Muirwood,. . 4 ; after th'o:naturalist'.''-." "", ' :