Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1904 — FROM FOREIGN LANDS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FROM FOREIGN LANDS

The Russian government will float another loan in France. The Cuban cabinet set aside a credit for the sanitation of Santiago. The sixtieth birthday of Que«u Alexandra was celebrated in London. Porfirio Diaz was inaugurated President of Mexico for the seventh time. The talk of an alliance between Russia and Japan has been revived in Europe. Premier Tisza,-of Hungary was stoned by a mob while attending a meoting at Gyoer, The endless wrangle between the Irish political leaders is demoralizing the peasantry. German, French and American experts are to be employed in building a new Russian navy. ‘ England is uneasy regarding the commercial relations between Canada and th# United States. China has refused the offer of tbs French Bank to establish the Imperial Bank of Chian. There was so much disturbance In the Austrian Reichsrath that it was closed by the President.