Current Mention

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jan 11, 1906

— The revolution in Santo Domingo is ended, but another one is in progress in Ecuador. The revolutionists in the latter country are reported to be in control of two provinces, and martial law has been proclaimed by President Garcia.

— The present disturbances in China have progressed to a point where an outbreak of war is imminent, and American troops are held in readiness in the Philippines to be sent to any point where needed to protect American interests.

— Germany is still having much trouble in her efforts at colonization in Africa. A recent Berlin dispatch says: “It is now known that the rising against the Germans in the South Cameroons is serious. Nine important tribes, numbering 10,000 warriors, are devastating a district as large as Saxony, and the lives of the German settlers are in imminent danger.”

— The high price of pork abroad has created a great demand for pork from this country, which is always subjected to microscopic examination before shipment to other countries, this being required by the import laws of those countries. The Department of Agriculture has accordingly called on the Treasury Department for an appropriation of $135,000 to defray the expense of such examination. The important feature about this for Americans is the reminder it gives of the fact that American pork for home consumption is not inspected at all.

— The revolution in Russia has been crushed at Moscow and Riga, but continues in other places, though without any great prospect of ultimate success. Count Witte still retains his position as premier. Conflicting reports are received regarding the loss of life in the recent fighting, and no news agency seems to have access to reliable information. The revolutionary movement in Poland appears to have failed. A report from St. Petersburg states that a plot to murder the czar has been discovered there, involving as principals many army officers of high rank.

— A financial panic is threatened in this country, according to the testimony of a man prominent in banking affairs in New York City. A press dispatch says: “Unless there is currency reform, a panic, beside which former panics will seem insignificant, was predicted by Jacob H. Schiff, head of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Company, in a speech before the New York Chamber of Commerce to-day. Mr. Schiff said he did not regard such a panic as imminent, but believed it will come unless something is done to remedy the lack of elasticity of the present currency system.”

— Utterances of British statesmen and the British press indicate that Great Britain will support France against Germany in the coming conference over Morocco, on January 16. Reports from London claiming to be based on official information from Berlin state that Germany will ask more at the coming conference on Morocco than France is willing to yield, and the outlook is regarded as grave. It is reported that Germany has expended a vast sum in recent military preparations, while France likewise has been sending troops to the frontier. The pope has asked Austria to present at the conference a proposition to secure religious liberty in Morocco, that is, liberty for the inhabitants to renounce Mohammedanism and become Catholics.