Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1907 — FOREIGN LANDS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FOREIGN LANDS.

Mulai Ilafid overwhelmly defeated troops of the Sultan of Morocco. Arrangements were made to bring the famous Giant’S Causeway of Ireland tQ the United States. Growth of the anti-American feeling in Havana was emphasized when a United States flag was hissed in a theater. London was stirred by an article purporting t,o expose irregularities in the ancestries of British royalty and peers. Chinese who were refused landing privileges at a Mexican port, fought with the crew of the vessel, but were finally subdued. The slayer of a Denver girl in Hongkong was condemned to die at the criminal session of the American Oriental Court. The visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to Seoul was marked by hearty demonstrations of delight on the part of the Koreans.

A tunnel undermining the railroad leading to the Cxar’s palace was discovered, and a possible attempt on the Emperor's life thereby averted. Tht steamer Empress of China sunk alongside her docks at Vancouver, British Columbia, and the blame was at once laid at the door of Japanese. The Arbitration Committee of the Peace Conference at The Hague has voted in favor of the obligatory arbitration projeoi.The vote standing 31 to 9, Germany and Austria were the only important governments whos e delegates Oi>posed the measure. The second .stage of the parliamentary •lections in Russia indicates that the Comaervatives will be strong in the third Duma. The peasant and working classes continue to show their radicalism, but are handicapped by the new election laws, which segregate them so as to greatly reduce their electoral strength. ,