Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1908 — FARM FOREIGN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARM FOREIGN

Count de Castellane and his cooskb Prince de Sagan, had another street fight in Paris, this time with canes, and Ml: count waa the victor. The most decisive defeat at the potto which the Liberal ministry of England has experienced since the general elections in 1900 occurred in Mid-Devonshire when the Unionist candidate for Parliament turned a majority of 1,283 for the Liberals into a minority of 550. The question of universal suffrage is Prussia was projected into the disena sions of the Reichstag by a skillful interpellation made by socialist asking on what ground the chancellor considered manhood suffrage as already granted for the Parliament elections, to be harmful to the interests of one of the federal States. Chancellor von Bads* showed great anger m his reply, which was virtually a threat that the men responsible for the recent socialist -“—runs strations in the streets of Berlin would be severely dealt with by the goranuusat. Owing to a constitutional crisis in Parsi a the Parliament at Teheran has issued a manifesto to the nations of the world which it informs them that “the screreign is violating his covenant with Iho people." and states that it makes the announcement to the nations of the wori4 “convinced that they will show brotherly love to the 10,000,000 Persians and aa* allow their rights to be trodden unde* foot.” The □ egotist loss between the £hah and Parliament have thus far been without result. The post office and all shops to Teheran were cloeed and the newspaper* temporarily suspended publication. The Russian and British embassies were working to harmony in an endeavor to arrange a settlement, and their efforts ware aaii to be meeting with some success. The report of last week from aa Prince, Ilaytl, that a body of revolutions ists was approaching that city under the leadership of Jean Juncou and other Me ilea has been confirmed by later advic** The landing had been made at Gonairso and the capture of that city and of St. Marc had followed with little resistance An attempt to overthrow the monarchy and proclaim Portugal a republic wo* nipped in the bud by the arrest of neweral persons charged with the conspiracy. Including the lender, Jeao Cfcagraa, a Republican journalist, who waa prosniaent to the Ropjblicaa revolt of t»L