European

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 12, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 28.

European.—Again there is friction between Great Britain and France,—this time it is caused by alleged violation of the Newfoundland fishery laws by French vessels......Riots occurred during the last week in June in several cities of Spain. At Saragossa, and also at Valencia, the troops fired into the mobs, wounding several people. Anti-budget demonstrations also occurred at Burgos, Toledo, and Logroño. Martial law was declared at Valencia and Grenada. ......A Rome despatch of June 25 says: “Serious riots have broken out at Ceccano, about fifty miles southeast of Rome, in consequence of a priest having excommunicated a parishioner for a private quarrel. The man defies and ignores the excommunication, and the priest has ceased holding mass. The commune is divided into rival factions, and already several men have been killed. Troops have been sent to occupy the town.”......A London despatch says: “Famine in seven provinces of east European Russia is sinking the wretched peasantry deeper and deeper into misery. They need about a penny a day to live on, and there are not nearly enough pennies to go around, for in a population of 11,000,000, more than 5,000,000 are hungry every hour of their lives. Actual starvation in the afflicted territory is said to be immeasurably worse than the famine of 1891-92.”