Cuban constitutional convention passes Platt amendment by one vote
The Cuban constitutional convention accepted the majority report on the Platt amendment by 15 to 14. Radicals led by Senors Portuondo Gomez and Tamayo attacked conservatives, with Tamayo calling supporters traitors before retracting under pressure. The vote reflected deep partisan lines as the body prepared to draft the election law.
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Gomez
Tamayo
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Senor Gomez
Senors Castro
Robau
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Portuondo
Lacret
Mandaley
Cisneros
Ferrer
Fortun
E. Tamayo
Silva
Castro
Zayas
Alejman
Senors Rivera
Bravo
Boer General Schoeman Dies In Shell Explosion
Pretoria May 29 Gen Schoeman, his daughter killed on spot as a shell exploded while the family and friends inspected it kept as a curiosity. His wife and two others were badly wounded.
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Pretoria
Schoeman
Clever British Trick at Aden Perim Island Strait Story
The article narrates a historical episode near Bab-el-Mandeb where a British governor used social games and a staged banquet to mislead a French squadron. By secretly sending troops to Perim Island, Britain occupied the strategic point, while the French, after a farewell party, found Perim already in British hands and abandoned in frustration.
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Bab-el-Mandeb
Far East
M. de . Lesseps
Lutz Canal Company
Aden
Distan
Erient
Sekotra
Ontr Gy
Perim Island
Suez Canal
Perim
Red Sea
Arabian
White House
Pointe
Waldersee Withdrawn From China Contingent Recall
The state department replies to Germany’s recall announcement of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee. It notes the US has withdrawn troops from China except for a small guard at the legation in Peking and expresses high regard for Waldersee’s conduct and courtesies shown to American officers in China.
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Nansen Fund
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Norby
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Ljusdal
Robert Dickson
Gothenburg
Swedish Society For the Distribution of
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State Department
China
Count von Waldersee
United States
Peking
Field Marshal von Waldersee
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