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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 28, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 39.

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— A revolution is reported to be in progress in Colombia.

— A recent fire at Nome, Alaska, destroyed sixty buildings.

— It is announced from Germany that the cholera epidemic in that country has been checked.

— Attempts to grow cotton in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, Africa, are pronounced a failure.

— The uprising in the Russian Caucasus appears to have reached the dimensions of a revolution.

— Americans who have recently returned from Cuba, express grave concern over future conditions growing out of the political turmoil.

— Twelve lives were lost, with millions of dollars’ worth of property, by recent floods in sections of Missouri, which are unprecedented for this season of the year.

— Sweden has demanded that Norway withdraw its troops from the frontier as a preliminary to further sessions of the conference having charge of the dissolution of the union. Norway has promised to comply with this demand.

— Reports from the famine districts in Spain show that the workmen threaten to burn and sack if they are not furnished with food. Appeals have been sent to the government to distribute rations.

— Dr. Thomas John Barnardo, the well-known founder and director of philanthropic institutions by which over 60,000 orphan waifs have been rescued, trained, and placed out in life, died in London, England, September 19.

— There is a prospect of war between France and Venezuela, growing out of the refusal of President Castro to yield to the claims of the French Cable Company. The United States, it is said, will give France a free hand in dealing with Venezuela.

— The czar of Russia has issued a call for another peace conference at The Hague, and President Roosevelt, who had previously issued a similar call, has deferred in the matter to the czar. It is expected that about six months will elapse before the conference convenes.

— A report of Japan’s losses in men in the recent war, which comes from Tokyo, gives the following figures: “Killed, 46,180; died of wounds, 10,970; died of sickness, 15,300. The percentage of deaths from sickness was less than one fourth of the total, which is not paralleled in the annals of war.”

— Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary faces a crisis on account of opposition from the Hungarian leaders. The chief point in dispute is that of the language to be used in giving commands to the army, the Hungarians demanding that the Magyar language be used, and the emperor firmly refusing such a concession.

— Yellow fever still continues in New Orleans with a record of about forty new cases daily. During the ten weeks of the epidemic, ending September 23, there have been over 2,800 cases, with 365 deaths. The plague is spreading through the surrounding country, and at Hamburg, Miss., is beyond the control of the local authorities.

— A German Socialist congress at Jena, September 23, unanimously adopted a resolution by Dr. Bebel, declaring that inasmuch as all the political parties in Germany were seeking to hinder the growth of the Socialist movement by restricting or abolishing manhood suffrage and the secret ballot, the Socialists were justified in using their utmost efforts to combat this attack on the nation’s political rights, and recommending the organizing of all workers for a general strike, if necessary, to protect these rights.

— From present indications another great coal strike appears inevitable, and both mine owners and miners are preparing for the struggle. The award of the commission appointed by President Roosevelt, by which, after every other means had been exhausted, the former strike was settled, has lost its potency, though the agreement by which its provisions remain operative does not expire until April 1, 1906. Press reports state that “both sides seem to be preparing for a struggle the like of which has never been seen in this country. Not only are railroads and coal operators exhausting their storage facilities, but the miners are strengthening their finances, enlarging their order, and making every preparation for a desperate conflict.”

— A recent London dispatch gives the following information regarding the present status and prospects of the reform movement in Russia: “The reform movement in Russia has not yet recovered from the confusion and demoralization into which it was thrown by the unexpected peace treaty. The leaders are still struggling with the new situation, and will not be prepared for some time yet to announce a new program. Violence is still confined to the fringes of the empire, and for the time being the people’s leaders themselves are trying to check it, except in the Caucasus. The Baltic provinces are seething with revolt, but the leaders are avoiding a concerted outbreak. The wisest men in Poland are warning the Poles that the time is inopportune for an insurrection which might bring upon them not only the Russian, but the German army. In the Caucasus alone has the uprising developed the real proportions of a revolution, and the indications are that the insurgents will gain complete temporary control of the country.”