Current Mention

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jan 4, 1906

—An indictment against the leading coal companies of Cincinnati, Ohio, has been brought by the grand jury in that city.

—Great Britain is preparing to add to her great navy battle-ships of the 20,000-ton class, larger than any now existing, as “a direct reply to the latest scheme of the German admiralty.”

—From its headquarters in New York City the International Typographical Union has issued its ultimatum to the book and job employing printers. In a sixteen-page circular, its position is thus defined: “We propose to sell to the employer eight hours out of twenty-four, and we will do as we please with the remaining sixteen.”

—Mr. John P. Holland, the inventor of the Holland submarine boat which has been quite extensively tested by the United States and other governments, announces that he will produce a flying-machine which will enable people to fly from New York to Washington to see the next presidential inauguration, and return the same day.

—Reports from Moscow state that five thousand people have been killed and a much greater number wounded, in the fighting between the revolutionaries and the troops there. Many of the killed were women and children. In many instances women joined with the men in fighting the government forces. Many houses were destroyed by cannon fire, and large portions of the city were burned.

—Dispatches which reach Europe from Japan state that China is to maintain a permanent garrison in Manchuria of 100,000 men, under command of Japanese officers. Europe, it is stated, is viewing with some alarm the enormous strides China is taking toward becoming a military power. “The imperial army some years hence,” it is stated, “will consist of 1,250,000 men. Every man will serve three years with the colors and six in the reserve. With the new year this trained army will have reached 400,000 men, all provided with magazine rifles, modern field guns, and European equipment. The cost of the army will be $40,000,000 annually. China now has a million rifles on order, and will eventually possess 300 modern batteries.”

—Trouble for foreigners appears to be brewing in China. A Peking dispatch says: “The most conservative and best-informed foreigners agree in expressing apprehension at the constantly growing irritation of the Chinese against foreigners, which for months has been gradually spreading through the country. ‘China for the Chinese’ summarizes the object of the movement, among the chief promoters of which are male students educated abroad and newspapers conducted by Chinese who have been educated in America and Europe. These papers are beginning to gain great influence. The anti-American boycott has been followed by a discussion of China’s wrongs at the hands of foreigners generally, and a determination to redress them. The hostility first shown against Americans has now extended to all foreigners.”