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X *KraH-* 22, I9II NEWS Europe Has Supplied Woildâs, Sensational News jor Last Yeai Has Been Doing Evtrything Possible to Ruin its Reputa tion as Shw-gomg Continent âNew Grouping oj Powers Seems Certain, Future oj BelgianâCongo tn the BallanceâCondition oj 1 urkey is Most Obvious Peril to Europe--New Regime Dis credited. By FREDERICK WKRNKII. Berlin, Oct. 21.âE)urope during the Init few months, has been doing every* trims possible to ruin her reputation as a staid and rather alowfoing old : conftnent. Events have moved with a âą swiftness which will cauae South i America to look after her laumels as '\e champion political quick change' srilsts of the world. We, one this side of the Ttlantlc. have, during the last year supplied practically all of the sen* *t lonal news of the world. For a few weeks we aeemed to settle down, and It began to look aa if old j. â '^e EJurope had got over her âdan* gerous age," without doing serious damage to anyone, for the strikes and riots .id even the change of a little Eionc.rchy Into a republic did not real ly count. The Morocco question waa ar ranged without bloodshed, the republic seemed firmly established in Portugal democracy had conquered the Lords in England and Ireland waa to have Qome rule, Crete and the Balkan states were Quier and an international peace «rmwrence was to be held at ^me. Then came, like a thunderbolt from a cU.»r sky, Italy's ultimatum and declar ation of war against Turkeyâlater er's I shown how very thin is âą ,* ATTippr that covers the primitive -ftlons of the people who were pre- ; ' nir r receive and honor the peact " â r 'e: of the world oa Rome. Ai; love of peact was forgotten In I* 'âą : ânaval battle of Prevesa," ' "âąf' a Turkish nutshell of a boat was r : re or captured aroused a storm of erâhusiasm, and the Duke of the A niâ71 was compared to Nelson and U When the small garrison of T'ipoli was killed or driven to the in terior all Italy went mad. Pope Pius and the socialist leader de Felice were equally enthusiastic, and heavenly and earthly enthusl- met, as always when robbing a thirl party. Everything would have been glorious if Europe and the world In general had not refused to applaud the heroic deedâItalyâs happiness ^oulrt have been perfect, but for the f> 'lng appreciation of the gallery. But from nowhere in the European theatre came the slightest sign of ap provalâeven the admirers of the Ital ian nation frowned. While the states men of Italy maintained that a war ' necessary to uphold the national hr>nnr of the country, the press of the *^ori(l refused to consider is as any thing but a criminal breach of peace. And ill these same newspapers would h'.ve been ready to applaud the very f ime crime had-it been x»mmitted by Th^lr own nation, for theft of territory 1b inâmoral only when it is your neigh bor who Is the thief. England which was filled with Just Irilpnatlon and expressed her most . -fir >lt sympathy at Constantinople, Las oommitted the same kind of thefts nanv times. One need only think of how she took possession of Aden in 1 C The French people, who are also in terested in spreading civilisation, âhave cnl; recently snatched Morocco, and AuFtrla cannot possibly have forgot- 'CD how she annexed Bosina and Her- rgovlna. In Constantinople the people are es- peclallv Infuriated at Germany. It is f-.id that Germanj* is to blame \\ho1e trouble and that Herr von Kld- d rlin-Waechterâs strange longing for the land of the sleeping disease arouns- y-i the greed of the other European fc ^tes. In Germany we were beginning to I'that the heroic tactics of Agadir were not particularly well chosen and that we have piUd far too much for ago and its dusky attractions. And â i8t as we are beginning to realize tl â.s, along comes the Italian pirate, roints to our poor little diplomatis tricks, loads his big guns, and takes â ' hatever he wants. This action caused consternation and from the moment the war broke out there were many In Germany who Insisted upon an Immediate parting from Italv. Whatever may be thb end of the Turco-Itallan war. It has weak ened the triple alliance and Germ^y must soen choose between Friendship with Italy or a substitution of Turkey as the third party In the alliance. A new grouping of the powers in Kurope Is almost a certainty. Future of Belglan-Conge. The Belgian press is giving voice to the anxiety that is being felt In that country as to the future of the Belglan- Congo In the light of recent events. It points out that In Germanyâs plan of creating a German klndgom extending from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic âa scheme which the French compen sation Is bringing within reasoname proportionsâthe great obstacle is the P»^lglan Congo, which bars the way. T'ntll the Agadir Incident, Gerrnany and Belgium only touched African fron tiers on the east of the Congo, but the payment exacted by Germany from France for a free hand iji Morocco has placed Germany on the north of thp Congo as well. The Belgian papers fear Germany ^ill snatch the Belgian Congo, which ^he now almost surrounds. She has preat facilities for doing so. Through the short-sightedness of her ministers, Belgium has allowed the German Bremen-*Hamhu]rg lines to control the steamers running from Belgium to her own colony. Should it pleas« Germany at" any moment to cut off comunicaj;lons be tween the two, it could at once be done. Moreover a strike at Antwerp and Germany has been accused, right ly or wrongly, of fqstering strikes In other countries to gain her own ends âwould leave Germany the master of the situation. The âPetit Bleuâ points out that, owing to the number of German banks established now In Belgium, and tfhe untiring way in which German trade is pushed, much Belgian capital has been captured by Germany and German action taken against the Bel gian Congo will be done in great part, with the funds which Belgium has her self contributed. Condition of Turkey. The most obvious i>erll to Europe brought about by the Turco-Itallan war lies In the condition of Turkey her self. The new regime has been hope lessly discredited by recent events and may at any moment fall in a tempest of popular execration, Abdul Hamid is probably as heartily detested by the mass of the people as is the committee of union and progress. The Young Turks were repeatedly warned by Austria of the necessity of setting their house in order in Tripoli and removing the Just grievances un der which the Italians suffered in that province. They paid no attention what ever to the advice and neither attempt ed to deprive Italy of a pretext for in tervention, nor put the province in a condition to resist attack. Instead they led their country straight into the trap pre pared for her, with the result that the completely 16st the confidence of the nation. At Constantinople all has been con fusion ever since the war began, the whole .government machine running simply by their own i;nomentum, with* out a guiding hand to regulate it. This of course. Is a situation that cannot last and there is danger that at any time the moment may come when the powers must step in. No one wants to see the Eastern question re-opened at this moment for none of the Sick manâs heirs have decided with how little of the estate to be content. The virtual disappearance of the Sultanâs authority and the rise of a state of anarchy in Constantinople would, however, con^- pel the powers to face a problem which all of them dread and which no diplo matist believes could be solved without a general European war. VICE-PRESIDENT OP C., C. A O. ROAD RESIGNS. Nafehvllle, Tenn., Oct. 21.âA dis patch from Johnson City, Tenn., says that M. J. Caples, vice-president and general manager of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad, has re signed effective November 1 to be come vice-president In charge of transportation of the Chesapeake & Ohio. CAPITALS French foreign. Minister who Concluded Russian Alliance Protests Against the Loss of so Great a Part oj French Disaster at Toulon Has Brought to a Head The Nervousness in FitnchNavyâJaures will be Promoted to an Admiral- GRAND DUCHESS OLGA*PRINCE BORIS. The Grand Duehess Olga of Russia and the Prince Boris of Bulgaria, whose engagement wii! be officlaily announced on November 15th. The Grand Ducheaa is the eldest of four daughters of the Emperor and Empress of Russia. She Is sixteen. Prince Boris Is the Crown Prince of Bulgaria and will be aeventeen on his next birthday. vv Tory Party is Much Warned Bi Anti- Workmg Men of Belfast Start Movement to Refuse to Pay RentsâLandlords Unable to Invade Aid oj Law, PRINCESS ZITA OF PARIS Berlin, Oct. 21^The marriage this month of Archduke Charles Francis Joseph, grand-nephew to the Emperjr, and heir presumptive, to Princess Zita of Parma, will mark the beginning of a war to the hilt between the new bride and the Duchess of Chotek, mor- ganic wife of Archduke Francla Ferdi nand, heir to the throne of Austria- Hungary. ..... « The Ducheaa of Chotek, because of her morganlc union, has been unable j to secure for her children the right of succession to the throne. | With the mar>iage of Archduke Charles Francis eJotohpeWIRDLUUU Charlea Francia Joseph to a princess of royal blood, the children of this later union will become heirs to the-i throne, displacing the children of the Duchess of Chotek. , This further tangle in Austria-Hunga- rlan affairs is causing considerable alarm among European politicians who fear that the country will be hopelesaly divided when the emperor dies. 7ari^ Ref orm Loses Favorâ Trace of Roman Occupation Found m Excavati o n sâ Prince Alexander Will At~ tend King of Stamps Corona tion, By PHILIP EVERETT. London, Oct. 21.âThe anti-home rule campaign opened in Belfast a few weeks ago, and hailed withâ much de light by the ultra-conservative press, when Sir Edward Carson laid the ver bal foundation of a separate. Home Rule for Ulster, is not giving the tory party much pleasure. In fact they are. beginning to feel rather uneasy about the tendencies of this child of their brain. In the first place' they have lost quite'a few supporters in all parts of Ulster, who drew the line at such treacherous utterances as this; âThat the Kings army and navy would at tack Belfast at their perilâ They are, besides, greatly worried at the class of men In Ulster Whto so far are the only ones who have received their program with enthusiasni. Tories have never had much use for the workhigmeri, eicept as usnal voters whpn voting the proper ticket, -but the work'ingman at Belfast have cheet^ed Sir Carson's"'plans and are'" talking gleefully^ abâout the splendid opjBprtun- ity that this rebeHipn of Ws wlll^ jiro- vide them for avoiding payment of rent, taxes, gius bills, etc. The wprk- ing-men very properly reason tVat the landlords, and the city of Belfast It self, will be unable to ask' the power of the. law to enforce a decree when they defy the authority at Dublin^ that will then he making the law.;. ^ Sir Edward âCarson and his fellQW founders of the proposed new govern ment talk of passive resistance'. by the Ulster people and their determin ation to refuse to pay taxes levied by an Irish parlia|[neiit> The? Belfast work ingmen ar^ asking how they can as sist the movement. They donât pay Income tax, or land tax or house duty, but they are paying indirect taxes on tobacco and whiskey, and they may give up the use of these luxuries, though it is somewhat unlikely. If they do It will not be the. government only that' is the loser for Belfast ,batsts k some of the largest distilleries and to bacco factories in the country. Be that as it may, it is certain that the working men of Belfast realize that the only way they can, assist the land lords and house owners, ^ho sympa thize with the prH)osed new govern ment, to fight the good fight win be ta make it Impossible, for theui;^ pay income tax. If they hSve no incomes, how can the government collect the income tax? So there is already a movement afoot to\ refuse to pay .r^nt. No rent for the landlords will mean a rise of from |1 to |2 a ireek in wages to the Belfast workinmen, and he wHl not be evicted for his land)ord^ re-; fusing to recognize the goven^ment at Dublin will be unable to invoke the help of the law. N6, wOnder anti-home nile is popular amoitg the workers at Belfast In a very few weeks nobody will hear any more about a separate. govern ment for Ulster. If a ho^s rule bilUfe. is passed the members elected to rep* refeent Ulster at Dublin will take their seats in the local parliament,^ where there will be progressives and toHes M in every other modem political assemr bly. These iK'Pl slmde off into many kinds of orange and green, but the only fights freland will see'will be with words on the floor of her local parlia ment, and before ten years have pass ed ^all England will be wohdeVing what objections there could eve^ be to Irish home rule. The fact that ofau oftho' sountries The fact rthat all; of the- cotmtrles in Europe, England i^one has been undisturbed by uprisings directly caus ed by higher food prices has won a great many new supporters for the present policy ot free trade and «ven in conservative papers little or noth ing is said at present to advocate tar iff reform. The lesson taught by recent events is, Indeed, so plain that Balfour is less enthusiastic than ever at t^ idea of keeping tariff reform on the unionist program. Plainer than anything do the fiacts speak in Germany. Germany has had an excellent harvest w ry^'ahd wheat, but as there are export lipuntleis as well as heavy ihxport dutfes rio' relief has come to the oohsumer, and the price of bread-in Germany is higher than in England by the full amount of the duty. Moreover two pf the most impor^nt crops of Gemaany, sugw beets, and potatoes, have been almost ruined by the drought making all dairy produce and fodder eiceedfngly dear. In England, also the same thing has happened, but our working classes still have cheap meat ai>d bread. So far from going in the direction of tar: iff reform heavy pressure will undoubt^ edly be put on the government to abol-^ ish the duty on tea and the war tax on sugar. Princess Kassan has felt ^Compelled to leave her husband, Prince Ibraham: Hassan, and has fled from Paris to Liondpn to consult her solicitors, saw the Princess upon her arrival here, and heard from her a painful and sensational story. It will be remembered that the mar riage of this lllmated couple took place in I^ndon as recently as April last. The, Princess was, formerly Miss Olga riumt)hreys, thel - well-known ac tress, who has. just before her marri age, been playing at the Strand Thea tre in âThe- Man Pi*pm: Mexico.â It was not long, however, before dif ferences arose, for the Princeâs long suh seemed to .be an insistence upon yteral obedience. âHe treated me as if I were one of the ladles of the har em.â expiaineii the disillusioned Prin cess. Without chronicling the whole of the ladyâs story, I may say that she aHeges personal violence of a charac ter which made her fly to Ijondon to place herself under legal' protection', and there, for the moment, the matter stands. Lady of Peerage Becomes QtorusGvl London, Oct. 21.âMusical comedy has claimci another recruit from the peerage; Lady Sydney. pgilvie=Grant, sister of the Earl of Seaflel has resolv ed* to go on the stage- âI want to be a chorus-girl,â she said, âI mean to be happy, and I want to go where I sha|il:,i:^e% all t^ merry. Jolly people. ' .âI am tired of the social life. It is so dull and^f&tf of dreary people. After 4ill you have only one life to live and ^ou might 'as weU"have a happy time.â CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE^ IN SPAIM RE-ESTABLISHED. sMe disorders. (By GEORGE DUFRESNE.) Paris, Oct. 21.âAt a time when all Europe is in a state of turmoil and ferment, it would have been reassuring to know that the Franco-German dlfl!- erences in Morocco had been peaca- bly and finally settled, but powerful voices are now being raised against a setlement on terms involving the loss of a great part of fertile French Con go. M. Gabriel Honotaux, in the current issue of a weekly periodical magazine, expresses his conviction that the Tri ple Entente will commit a grave er ror In allowing a Moroccan-Congolese accord to be concluded at the expense ^f France, âfor the consequences on the ensemble dt the international situ ation will be repercussions that, per haps, may not be the least surprising result of the crisis.â M. Hanotaux, the foreign minister who concluded the 'Rusisan alliance, thinks it a mockery to talk of France being the mistress of the Mediterran* ean in possessing Morocco., Tlfe treaty concluded with Great Britain and Spain in 1904 diminished the Morocco of the geographers. Not a shore, not a port, would France obtain by the German negotiations. Instead of paci fication, the seed being sown would produce a harvest of conflicts. It is possible that M. Hanotaux will prove to be a prophet. Nervousness in French Navy. The recent disaster at Toulon has brought to a culmination the disquie tude and nervousness that for several years hjfts been felt In the French navy. â No one. was more severe than M. Del- casse at the time of the lena explosion, it Is for him. now to elucidate the. mys tery that enshrouds so many naval ca lamities. There is no solid reason to support ^e charges made against Cap tain Jaures;^ the fact that he is the brother of the socialist leader quite accounts for the attacks made on the commander La IJberte. Equally futile, too, Are the endeavors to attribute the catastrophe to anarchists. The prompt action of Admiral Bellue fully ex plains everything. He is convinced that Powder B is thp fons et orlgo malorum; and acting on that oonvic^ tlon, he^ ordered the imediate ren^oval of the powder from every warship In âąihe roadstead. M. Jean Louis Dumont, in the Eclair, states positively, and without fear of contradiction, that the powders^ on the Liberte left the factor ies-in 1S94, 1896 and 1897. âThe acount book# of the commissariat prove the fact beyond all dispute.â All powder was oa'all the French warships, the purpose being to use It in firing exer cise. ^ âThey were crammed with it for the recent naval review. Admiral Bellue^s Initiative, therefore, was im perative, and government signified their approval. Name of Jaures Prominent. The Toulon catastrophe has given unfortunate prominence to the name of Jaures'. Though the cause of the ex plosion Is yet unsolved, it seems cer tain^ that discipline on board the un fortunate Liberte was not what it would have been on an English or Ger man strip. Captain Marie Jaures has Ms own notions of humane treatment of the men; The âGil Biasâ declares that he considered much of the hecesK sary work'on board ship, such as the cleaning of brass, as âhumiliating.â He appears, also, to have original ideas on punishments. Another Jaures. If Jaures the/sailor is a miserable man, Jaures the politician and elder brother is enjoying considerable suc cess on his lecturing tour in the Argen-' alne. tl Is true that his socialist com rades here criticise his absence from France at a time when there is ob viously every opportunity to preahc- Ing humanitarian doctrines, but "la has,â on the River Plate he is sewing the good creed of the revolution. Some of the -newspapers declare that he is receiving 60,000 francs for his series, which works oiit at $2,000 a lectiureâ not bad pay, even for a leading social ist. But, as a matter of fact/. Jaures Is r^'c^vlng these f«es only for liter ary lectures. His socialism is free to the' liappy Argentlnas. 'Jaures to Be Admiral. Henri Rochefort, who is ferocious on occasions, declares that the unhap py Vllleneuve comimtted suicide after Trafalgar, whereas Jaures is certain to be promoted admiral. Yet the ex plosion Inflicted more damage on the fleet than Nelson. Not only was the Liberte reduced to scrap iron and 200 of her brave men killed, but the Re* pub^que, Democratle Verite, Justice, iKiffren, Jules Fâerry, Michelet, Foudre, St. Louis, Carnot, Jaurequiberry, Mar seillaise and Edgar Quhiet weI^e an more or less injured. That is to say the flrst-class battle fleet of France has been placed âhors de combatâ for an indeterminate time and at a moment; when the state of Bur^ wanmnts no | optlmlftic «stimat«i i^lonfSdj; peae^^ i Rochefort ascribes the acldent to a cigarette or, an abandoned pipe. .ever the precise cause, it is curious have nothing to do with the decpmpo- i^tioh or spontaneous ignition of B powder. Praaident Falllerea to Nerac. Nerac, close to Pau, the birthplace of Henri IV., is to receive the visit of another distinguished southerner. Pres ident fUlieres, whose, country home and vineyard of Lupillon are situated a few kilometers away. Though a Meri dional, M. Fallleres has few of the characteristics. He has neither the ex pansive eloquence nor fine theatrical air of Gambetta. On the other hand, his qualities are of the north; hard, common sense, a calm comprehension of facts, the âmot Justeâ for all situa tions. His Ijoupillon visit, which oc curs at the moment of the vintage, en ables him to fling off ceremony and adopt those simple habits which he practices as much as possible, in the sever ofllical atmosphere of Rambouil- let _ On his own estate and amongst coun tryfolk, to whom he is personally at tached, M. Fallleres wears the broad- brimmed hat and easy clothes of the farmer. He takes a personal interest in the gatherinfi of the grapes, and his vines have more than a local celebrity. The vchlef nw.glstrate Is to be accom panied by M. Pams, minister of agri culture, who doubtless, will take a professional interest In the operations of the presidential estate. Falltarea a Good Prealdent. A large^ manufacturer of the north made the remark a few days ago: "M. Fallleres has learned his metier of president.â It is perfectly true. He began with a certain shyness, as it seemed, which was interpreted as in difference; but today he has the sure touch of an acocmpHshed chief of state. Is M. Loubet to succeed him in a yearâs time? The rumor, which sounds a little unlikely, considering the age of the president, ^s circulated by a local paper at Montelimar, the town closely associated with M. Lou- betâs early life. The journal says that its distinguished townsman Is taking steps to enter the senate, whence it concludes that he will be the oflicial candidate at Versailles. However, I think it much more likely that M. Calilaux, the present premier, ^ktUI embody the hopes of ministerial republicans. He Is com paratively young, and has proved him self a strong man In his handling of the Franco-German situation, as well as in his resolution to yield nothing to the menace of the socialists, who wish ed to parade, last Sunday, In the streets. As an orator, as well as a man of Action, he .shows considerable power. Contractor Leaves Great Fortune. A cmtraotor named Cantinl has Just died in MarseUles leaving an enor mous , fortune. Among, his bequests was One; of ^OOjOOO to the town of MarseUles for the purpose of building of a White marble foimtain in honor of l^tln inâ general and of the work of ^lljist in particular. This envious beqifest (tnd Its even more curious reason, for M. Cantinl, who started life with the proverbial shoestring owed his fortune to a. quotation from Sallust.' * On hls way to Marseilles, to which town he Was trudging on foiot, Cantinl met Ta, village priest. The'two fell into conM^^atlon, and the priest mention ed to Cantinl tliat Sallust had spoken of large marble quarries in the! north Of Africa. Cantinl being of an Inquir ing nqilnd," got a passage across the Mediterrai^an, and w^âit to look for the quarries.-He found^them, borrowed some money, bought them,' and made millions. Decision on Labor Exchange. M. Delanney, the new prefect of the Seine, has come to be a wise decision In regard to" the labor exchange. Start ed with a view to helping labor unions, the labor exchange during the last few years has become the headquarters of revolutionaries and anti-militarists. The prefect does not say why a build ing kept up by the taxpayers should become the centre of a detestable prop aganda. Antl-mllltarist carpenters and joiners had arranged a meeting at the labor exchange for the purpose of ad dressing young* labor unionists who ar(^ about to put in their military ser vice. The speeches delivered at tiiese gatherings take the form (rf offering advice to young conscripts to dis charge their rifles .in the air should they be called upon to take part in a war. London, Oct. 21.âLabor nnrest throughout Great Britain continues. In many well informed quarters it is be* lieved that more serious disturbanoea are ahead than any that have yet tak* en place. There seems to be littla chance of averting the threatened nar tional strike of miners which will throw not less than 250,000 men im* mediately out of employment, and la quite likely to involve the railroad em* ployes. That the government is taking uar usual steps to be prepared for this, or for any external crisis that may aria#, is made evident by a royal warrant that has just been included in the new army orders. Heretofore reserve oflfil- cers could only be called out ihi a na* tional emergency-4. when war had broken out. Henceforward they can ba called out âwhen a national emergen* cy appears to be Imminent.â Winston Churchill in a speech to hla constituency In Dundee makes it p6r* fectljr clear that the government In tends. If necessary, to use the entirja strength of the army to put down any strike upon the railroad or at the ports that will Interfere with the national food supply. âWe have been and are still pass* ing,â said Mr. Churchill, through a period of labor disputes marked by new and very grave features. Very few people have realized how absolutely dependent we are upon the railways, it Is no exaggeration to say that the complete stoppage of the railways and at the ports would produce in a short timeâin a time measured by days rather than weeksâthroughout the vast Industrial areas of Great Britain, and especially in England, total uneth* ployment followed by absolute starva* tlon. There would be no raw material for the mills, no coal for the furnaces, no food at the grocers' shops, no bread at the bakers,â no meat at the butch* ers,â no wages to buy of those commod* Itles, even, If there were any to sell no means of borrowing, no escape from the famine areas. You would have all the horrors of war, which wpuld de* Iscend upon the working people in the ^ towns, While it would not be a case of all dying together. Wealthy people, capitalists, the aristocracy, the land* owners, and the rural i)opulation gen* erally would scarcely suffer at all. âIf once things went too far, It might not be possible' to recover In time, even If all classes worked to* gether. The trains might run the ships might pour their cargoea ofn to the quays, food might flow into some great-out-starved district, dally bre^d Madrid, C»ct* 21>^King^ Alfonso to- signed a decree re-establishing thse onstltntio^ guarantees ;^rou|^: o^ Spain which* were sus^nded Sep^ tember ;i9 .at ..the height pf theriepeat4that fire out elaiost simultan- eously on th« Fatris.r'ThatfJfaet cia U GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOHN BIGELOW. Dorothy Bigelow, grand daughter of John Bigelow, American minister to France forty-five years ago, who Is conc^ed the winner in London** early season race for honors as the the most handsomely gowned soci ety woman* Miss Bigelow is playing a pramlnent part in ihe affair* of Londonât elite and will be one of America'* moet talked of daughters ^ ilwrins the coming season. wonid^e there againâonly a week tw late. I^iat >week would produce coij ' quences which I think would sa.tl even Mr.- Kler Hardle himself. âI say this hoping it may reach the eyefs of the socialist, party. The weai^- on of a general strike is the most pow erful in the world, but it can only be used for the purpose of sulcld^. And It is upon ,the working population to the great manufacturing towns a!id districts of Great Britain ttiat it# cruel edge would fall with absol^ certainty and with incredible swUt- ness. The government is bound to take the most effective measures in their power. 1âTo maintain order. 2âTo prevent Intimidation, and 3âTo secure the working of the food supply.â Tills is probably the first time that the British government, or perhaps any government, has served notice on any one class of workers that thejTi will not be permitted to striker aU though admitting that their grievano^ es were just. Mr. Churchill went on to explain tB^ great Increase in the cost of living by saying It was dius to the enormoua Increase in the world's out upt of gol^* He continued: âThe prices of food and necessarls# have risen in the last fifteen years more than wagea. That is an undoubtr ed fact which every employer who la a worthy citizen and wishes to b# s good captain of industry is bound to face and do justice to. It is quite true that the prices of foodstuffs have not risen in these islands in anything like the same proportion that they have done in the United States or in the protected European countries. So also the expression of discontent in this country has been much less violent and dangerous. Mr. Chamberlainâs complacent as sumption that the cost of living haa Increased less in Great Britain thatt in the United States, and that the ex pression of discontent here is less vio lent and dangerous, is essentially Brit ish. Any American who witnessed the recent shooting down of mobs by Brit ish soldiers, or who has to pay current rents and prices for food stuffs in Lon don will have difficulty In understand ing how Mr. Chamberlain arrives so easily at his snug conclusion. 1 T STBHeeiE IN Copenhagen, Oct. 21.âTwo men be longing to a Spltxbergen winter pxpe* dition have arrived at Christiana after great sufferings. Three members of the expedition died of starvation in Feb ruary last, and the two who arrived have IdUSHRLDUHRDLUHRDLUUU arrived in Chirsttania had long ago given themselves up for lost. They wet0 without food and ammunition, and were finally compelled to tear tto sealskin off their shoes and boll It They were on the point of starving when the Arctic navigator, Nils Lar^ sen, of Tromfioe, found and rescued, them. If âąI , Ji J i I nr til m s- 1.. ,-r, f.-r m li',. â ) 1 â I It " â rai ht-
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