German American tariff relations threaten tariff clash in Reichstag
Berlin reports say the Reichstag debate on most favored nation treaties is postponed to next week as Germany weighs Russia driven moves with the United States. Chancellor von Biilow defends tariff plans while critics press Cuba and barley duties and a pension fund for tariffs revenue.
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Reichstag
Dr. Paasche
Germany
Russia
von Biilow
Paasche
National Liberal Party
United States of America
United States
Bebel
von Ballestrem
High House
Bundesrath
Herr Richter
Dr. Barth
Prof
Mommsen
Die Nation
Squirearchy
Pristocracy
Austriaa-Hungary
Reichsrath
Berlin
Budapest
Eac
Elven
Tudanest
Morr Lengyel
Davnacy
Tnon
von Koerber
Vienna
Kramarz
Pat
Austria
Derlin
Fivery
East Germany
Retiring Pobiedonostzeff to be replaced by Scheremetieff
From St Petersburg official notices say M. Pobiedonostzeff will retire as Procurator General of the Holy Synod at the Russian New Year. Count Sergius Scheremetieff is named successor, a figure with power surpassing the Czar in the administration of church matters.
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NEW York Times
ST. Petersburg
M. Pobiedonostzeff
The
Holy Synod
Sergius Scheremetieff
Council of the Empire
Prince Kropotkin
Stundists
Count Tolstoi
Russia
Varsalone
Palermo
Italy
Sicily
Corso
Pasquale Bruno
Musolino
Ferraro
Vasgalone
Ferdinando Bideri
Naples
Mafalda
Ty Cable
Helen
Mathilda
Matilde
Savoy
Portugal
Milan
Barbarossa
Alfonso Enriquez
Lisbon
German Socialists condemn police brutality notes
A Weimar communication reports the Socialist Party will press a major issue over alleged police abuse. Investigators are sent to a Goethe town to examine the arrest of Anita Augspurg and a Württemberg professor’s wife held overnight for looking unrespectable.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
Weimar
Socialist Party
Goethe
Fraulein
Anita Augspurg
Reichstag
Heine
Empire
Herr Heine
General Bliss Returning to Washington from Cuba
Havana December 13 General Tusker Bliss leaves Cuba for Washington traveling by way of Tampa aboard a military transport. Bliss heads to report to the capital on naval and defense matters following duty in Havana.
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Havana
Tusker Bliss
Washington
Tampa
Humberts Still At Large as Paris Probes Continue
Paris reports say the Humberts remain inaccessible amid police attention and rival claims of sources. A Lima letter claims the couple fled to Peru, buying the Chicla Alla hacienda and planning to settle, with Cadac asserting certainty from Toulouse connections.
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New York Times
Paris
Humberts
Mme. Humbert
Humbert
le Matin
Lima
Peru
A M. Cadac
Cessolina
Chicla-Alla
Toulouse
Romain d’Aurignac
Therése
Kara Sea Route to Siberia Expedition Report
Capt Varneka led the Kara Sea expedition and presented a government report revealing a charted coastline from Yugor Strait to the Kara River and a Waigatch Strait bay suitable for refuge and wintering. The findings promise a new northern route and aid for English and American navigators in uncharted polar waters.
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NEW York Times
ST. Petersburg
Varneka
Kara Sea
Siberia
Yugor Strait
Kara River
Waigatch Straits
Boer Generals Sail for Home
London dispatch reports Boer generals Rothe and De la Rey sailed home to South Africa on December 18 after their alliance talks and wartime duties.
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London
Rothe
de la Rey
South Africa
King Leopold Denies Abdication Rumors Amid Belgium Developments
In Brussels on November 28 King Leopold dismissed reports of abdication during a speech replying to Parliament. The monarch vowed to use his remaining years to serve Belgium, praising loyalty from town councils and noting Congo actions as benefits of a constitutional monarchy. The article also covers Zeebrugge port nearing completion, Belgian literary society formation, and a Badminton Club gathering with notable attendees.
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NEW York Times
Brussels
Leopold
House of Representatives
Rubino
Flanders
Belgium
Congo
Zeebrugge
Bruges-sur-Mer
Bruges
Ghent
Ruhrort
Edward William
Société Des Gens de Lettres Belges
Académie Rancaise
France
Paris
Maeterlinck
Rodenbach
Société Des Gens de Petres
Camille Lemonnier
Emile Verhaeren
Iwan Gilkin
Octave Maus
Henr Maubel
Sander Pierron
Des Ombiaux
Badminton Club
Constantine Phipps
Avenue Ducpetiaux
Charles Jarvis
Peet
Pritchard
Kirkpatrick
Charles C. Thornton
van den Busch
Arles
B. C. Ve
Round About Europe News Digest Highlights Global Affairs
A Paris chemist case reveals the Chemists' Association lacks legal status due to oath gaps. Reports cover dueling suppression in Germany, Mecca pilgrim arrangements, proclamations in Paris on Rue Bourdaloue, Egyptian political talks, and other European notes on rail trials, politics, finance, and education reforms.
France revives Tribunal des Conflits to settle executive judicature clashes
A revived Tribunal des Conflits in France will decide disputes arising from the application of the associations law. The court will combine state ministers and judges with alternating members, and its first case will involve the Prefect of the Rhone and the Lyons court over the removal of church school seals.
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Court of
France
Cour de Cassation
Tribunal Des Conflits
Rhone
Lyons Court
Italian Politics and Anarchist Talks Across Europe
The Observer from Rome reports Giolitti’s push for municipal control of public services drawing Socialist critique while Sonnino consolidates anti Socialism. It notes Rome Brussels Berlin talks on a possible international anti anarchist treaty, Italy’s crackdown and popular brigand legends, and royal visit chatter as diplomats seek stable relations amid Italy’s political tensions.
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Rome
Brussels
Berlin
Downing Street
England
Italy
Belgium
Germany
London
Count Wedel
Vienna
Quirinal
Extinct Animals Discussed in London Lecture
Dr A Smith Woodward delivered a lantern slide lecture on recent extinct animal discoveries at the London Institution. He noted pterodactyls and ichthyosaurs challenged placement, camels’ distribution, North American giraffe-like forms, Madagascan finds, an aquatic giant lemur, and the giant marsupial Dipsotodon.
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London Institution
A. Smith Woodward
F. R
Owen
Asia
South America
North America
Smith Woodward
Madagascar
Stirling
Gregory
Calabona
Wurtemberg
Oxford
Peterborough
Queensland
Patagonia
Australia
New Zealand
Africa
Andrews
British Museum
Pikermi
Spain
Le-Turer
London Standard
Paris Workgirl Charity Reveals Parisians’ Struggles
The London Telegraph summarizes a Paris foundation that awards prizes to well behaved working girls in shops offices and factories. It notes funds from Mme Balliol and others and details the harsh finances of a Jenny Louvrier earning about 8f daily and surviving on 1 095f yearly, with room rent and modest savings.
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Paris
Mme. Balliol
Jenny
London Telegraph
Why Welshwomen Can’t Speak English In Snowdon Valley Tale
A Yorkshire Post item recounts a joke about Welshwomen in a Snowdon valley who do not speak English while their husbands do. It describes a past school punishment using a board marked W N Welsh note, passed among students, and flogging by the master for Welsh word use.
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Our Valley
Nezrish
Yorkshire Post
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Bliss
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Dr. Neumann
Prince Karl Zu Liewenstein
Saxony
Cairo
Mecca
Egypt
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Rouen
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Procureur
M. Ernest Renauld
la Déliverance
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Santé
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Neues Wiener Tageblatt
Munir Bey
Ismail Pasha
Constantinople
Firman
Loubet
Bourges
Bourdaloue
Emile Zola
Ways and Bridges Department
Turkish State Council
Bassorah 2
Persian Gulf
India
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Hague
M. Denitzer
Cyprus
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Deloncle
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Siam
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Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff
Great Britain
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du Boisgebey
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M. Temercier
M. Cochefort
M Temercier
Mme Humbert
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Sonnino
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Baron Sonnino
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Hartleben
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