The Archive · 1908

News from Europe

Berlin, January 28. The rt of the " Westminster Gazette,"" which is in intimate relations with the Liberal Cabinet, stating that the German Goveroment has made proposals with regard to maintaining the statue quo in the North Sea by an entente of the riparian Powers is premature. So far only preliminary pour-been proposed, in which Government has agreed to take part.

President Roosevelt characterizes in a special message the German-American Tariff Agreement as the expression of the haravouic relations existing between both countries, and a fundamental atop for improving the Aweriean Tar Several of the socialist leaders, with regard to the determined attitude taken by the Gorernment, have uttered caus tions against further note in the streets of Berlin, The French have evacuated Settat, mich was taken about a week ago by Genera! Damade; the Moors have reoeenpied the pi The Republic of Chibli intends to build a railway, traversing the country from North to South.

January 24.

In the proceedings against Count Hohenau and Count Lyner, rt ence of the rei Harden trial, the fo acquitted, while the latter hax been sentenced to a year and a hah's imprison ment.

The Russian Naval Attache in Washington has finally been forced to abandon his intention to ecconipany the American fleet.

The Kisochou memorial for 1907 has been handed to the Reichstag.

The large banks of Europe have farther reduced their discount rate.

The Rassian Government. threatens again to diswlre the Duma, if the credits for the Navy are rejected.

The Hamburg export house of H. C. Eduard Meyer, in consequence of losses sustained by the junior partners in Tientsin eopeciallys inf rontyand fars, hee

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