Belgium to Annex Congo Under New Treaty Provisions
Brussels reports the Chamber of Deputies passed the Congo annexation treaty by KR votes to 55, with 0 to 48 on the colonial bill. Key changes relieve Belgium of Congo debt guarantees while the government seeks Senate amendments to align the two measures. Abolition of forced labor and tightening of Congo governance are noted as reforms, with King Leopold retaining certain revenues and lands during his lifetime before full Belgian control.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Belgium
Herr Woeste
Leopold
Senate
Opold
Africa
Great Britain
United States
Come
Leonel
Thomas F. Ryan
Prince Albert
Count
Flanders
Clementine
Marumbe
France
Congo Foundation
Russians Seize Another Sealing Schooner Efuku
Victoria B C Aug 20 Russians seized the Japanese sealing schooner Efuku for alleged raids at Copper Island seal rockeries. The schooner towed to Vladivostok Aug 1 Japanese papers carried on Shinano report death sentences for six seilers of the Mive. The Hoechi notes danger of Japan Russia relations if executed. Seventy six miners dead at Wigan in Maypole mine explosion and fire. directors flood the mine.
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Victoria
B. C
Copper Island
Vladivostok
Shinano
Japan
Russia
Wigan
Maypole
Balloons Parseval and Gross Sail over Berlin in Training Flight
The Parseval and the Gross balloon teams conducted a two hour aerial display over Berlin with close formations. They performed evolutions above Unter den Linden amid cheering crowds, with the Duke of Saxe Altenburg at the Parseval’s helm. Both balloons to make daily ascensions to train crews.
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Berlin
Unter den Linden
Duke of
Saxe-Altenburg
Emigrants and Site Seekers Move to Siberia in 1905
Cheliabinsk registry bureau reports in the first seven months of 1905 about 491000 emigrants and 3000 site seekers entering Siberia while 18600 emigrants and 34000 site seekers returned to Russia. Site seekers are sent by communes to locate lands. Makaroff said Nicholas Tschaikowsky may not be tried within a month. proceedings could be quashed. Tschaikowsky was arrested last December.
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St. Petersburg
Cheliabinsk
Siberia
Russia
M. Makaroff
Ministry of the Interior
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Tschaikowsky
Welcome to Sydney Admiral Fleet Receives Warm Australian Welcome
The American battleships arrived in Sydney for a friendly visit. Admirals and captains met Lord Northcote and Sir Harry Rawson while the city cheered the fleet. The ships paid calls, a grand illuminated harbor, and a $560,000 paymaster withdrawal marked the day. Admiral Sperry praised the cordial reception as a sign of close Anglo‑American ties.
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Wade
Sydney
Lord Northcote
Australia
Harry Rawson
New South Wales
Commonwealth
Admiral Sperry
Botany Bay
Pacific
Alfred Deakin
Australian
Hemisphere
Friction in Cabinet Over Foreign Policy Tensions
Premier Asquith returns from Scotland after a long Downing Street meeting with Sir Edward Grey. The episode follows strains between Grey and pro reform ministers, especially Churchill and Lloyd George, over naval plans and foreign policy.
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London
Asquith
Scotland
Downing Street
Edward Grey
Edward
William
Francis Joseph
Sir Edward
Winston Churchill
Board of Trade
David Lloyd- George
Foreign Office
Churchill
Mr. Lloyd-George
Germany
Haldane
Lloyd George Aims to Study Social Reforms in Germany
Berlin dispatch quotes Mr Spender stating Lloyd George visits to study social and political institutions. He has no British cabinet authorization for naval disarmament proposals or talks, but would discuss if German delegates proposed. He sees potential for limited armament talks if both sides meet.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Frankfort
Spender
David Lloyd-George
Great Britain
Germany
Lloyd-George
Reforms in Turkey Cut Sultan Household. Princes Ordered Restitution
Constantinople Aug. 20 The reform drive reduces the Sultan’s military staff from two hundred aides to thirty. An irade compels imperial princes to return crown properties. arrears in salaries will be absorbed by the government aided by $1,750,000 from the tobacco monopoly and Ottoman Bank. Emancipation of women shows promise with expanded dress and travel freedoms.
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Constantinople
Ottoman Bank
England Gratified by Welcome for American Fleet in Australia
London papers praise the warm reception of the American fleet in Australia. Editorials applaud Anglo American friendship, discuss naval policy, and warn against open door prejudice while noting Sydney festivities and hopes for imperial defense. The Times dispatch reports Australian leaders envision a modern squadron as part of imperial defense.
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London
Australia
Chronicle
Persia and Turkey near settlement after talks in Constantinople
In Constantinople on August 20 the Grand Vizier pledged Turkish troops to withdraw from disputed Persian positions and to seek an equitable settlement on contested points. The accord follows conferences with the Persian Ambassador and the new Grand Vizier.
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Constantinople
Persia
Turkey
Austria Withdraws Officers From Turkish Gendarmerie
Austria has informed Russia of plans to recall Austrian officers commanding the Turkish gendarmerie in Macedonia due to Turkey’s constitutional proclamation. Russia favors the move and, while no formal decision has been made, informed quarters expect other powers to follow with similar withdrawals.
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St. Petersburg
Macedonia
Austria
Vienna
Turkey
Russia
Holland’s Ready Reply To Castro Not Revealed Yet
The Hague will not disclose the Netherlands response to President Castro until it reaches Venezuela. Baron von Seckendorff, the German minister in Caracas, will deliver the communication. Other powers’ joint action against Venezuela has little support. the Dutch rely on unilateral handling with U S backing.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Castro
Venezuela
Caracas
Baron von Seckendorff
Holland
Republic
United States
Army and Navy News From The Tribune Bureau
Washington August 20 Enlisted men's libraries face requests from personnel for religious works but officials insist books be selected by contract to ensure independence. Army and Navy orders list multiple officer transfers and leaves of absence. Warship movements report arrivals at California City Norfolk Shanghai and Sydney with a long roster of vessels in transit and arrival details.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army
Imost
J. A. Hoegewerff
Naval Academy
Pacific Station
W. S. Benson
Walt
E. E. Spafford
Olympia
C. Diehl
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Charleston
M. F. Gates
W. N. M'Donnell
Camp Perry
Minneapolis
M. E. Lando
W. T. Gray
Texas
L. N. Wertenbaker
Franklin
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Navy Department
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
California City
Sollace
Saturn
Rocket
Rainbow
Cleveland
Denver
Shanghai
Mississippi
Bel Harbor
Montana
Rockland
Dolphin
Calgoa
Brisbane
Connecticut
Kansas
Minota
Vermont
Georgia
Nebraska
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Missouri
Ohio
Virginia
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Sydney
Plot to Destroy C P Shops Shocks Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports that a plot by a foreign element aligned with striking workers aimed to destroy Canadian Pacific Railway shops. The plan was uncovered by strikers and thwarted. Montreal dispatch notes CP offices ordered evacuation within thirty days of houses owned by the company and occupied by strikers. Paymasters were told to process August payrolls for strikers and remove their names.
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Winnipeg
T. H. McVety
Canadian Pacific Railway
McVety
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Wright postpones Le Mans flight amid unruly crowd
Wilbur Wright delays his planned Le Mans aeroplane flight until tomorrow because a large unruly crowd forced entry into the preparation shed. A local constructor invites Farman Delagrange and Bleriot to use his workshops to continue their experiments in Le Mans.
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le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Entertainment site chosen for fleet officers in Amoy
The Chinese commissioners select the parade ground one mile outside Amoy as the best venue for October entertainment for the officers and crew of the American battleship fleet. Government constructs large buildings to accommodate events.
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Amoy
Aruba Crisis Brings Venezuelan Consul Tension on Aruba
In Willemstad Aug 2 Arubans blocked a coast guard attempt to remove the Venezuelan consul. The governor intervened and the consul refused to depart citing illness, and the vessel sailed on.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Aruba
Netherlands
Venezuela
Governor Bedford Extends Stay at Government House
Perth Western Australia August 20 The Governor Admiral Sir F G D Bedford invites American admirals to stay at Government House during their journey to and from the gold fields in the northern and northwestern regions of the state.
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Perth
Western Australia
F. G. D. Bedford
Government House
Battleships Alabama and Maine Sail to Aden En Route World Cruise
Colombo Ceylon Aug 20 the battleships Alabama and Maine leading the American fleet on a world cruise depart for Aden and are due there at Augusta.
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Paducah
Guantanamo
New York
Solace
Saturn
Mare Island
California City
Mayflower
San Juan
Olympia
Arkansas
Chicago
Hartford
Nevada
Bath
Hampton Roads
Yankee
Newport
Fishers Island
Boston
Alabama
Maine
Colombo
Aden
Ceylon
Augusta
Russian Delegates Named for Maritime War Conference
St. Petersburg reports the Russian government will send Baron Taube and Baron Nolde as delegates to the London conference on maritime warfare laws. Notably, M. Marters, long a Hague conference figure, has not been appointed.
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St. Petersburg
Baron Taube
Baron Nolde
London
M. Marters
American Asylums Praised by Royal Commission
The royal commission visiting the United States reports the American system for feeble minded persons is more advanced and effective than Britain’s. It also finds American lunatic asylums better designed and cheaper to construct and more successfully run than most British institutions.
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London
Royal Commission
United States
Great Britain
America
Weakens Oklahoma liquor law ruling invalidates search provision
In Logan County Court Judge J C Strang ruled in the Hoffer case that the Billups prohibition law’s search and seizure clause was inoperative and that possession provisions were not properly captioned within the law, effectively weakening the liquor statute.
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The
Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Logan County
J. C. Strang
Hoffer
Twenty One Cuban Army Enlisted Men Freed by War Dept
Washington Aug. 20 The War Department released twenty one Cuban army of pacification enlisted men from Fort Jay New York who were convicted by courts martial. The courts martial were illegally constituted under Col Owen J Sweet acting for General Barry. The judge advocate general ordered their release and noted future regular trials are undecided.
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Washington
War Department
Cuban Army of Pacification
Army
Cuba
Fort Jay
New York
Department
Owen J. Sweet
2Th Infantry
Barry
Sweet
Judge Advocate General
Queenstown Retained as Port by Cunard
The Cunard Steamship Company directors, at a monthly meeting, informally concluded their fast beats must go south to retain first class traffic. They say the mail contract with the government, still nine teen years to run, prevents abandoning Queenstown and the government refuses to yield on political grounds.
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Liverpool
the Post
Cunard Steamship Company
Queenstown
Brest to be deep sea harbor
Brest August 2. Assurances have been received that transatlantic steamship lines may consider Brest as a port of call if suitable accommodations are provided. Large credits have been voted for the construction of a deep sea harbor.
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Brest
Aged Judge Slashed by Wife in Eureka Springs
Eureka Springs Arkansas reports Judge E R Ray aged eighty was badly slashed in his home. His second wife, recently wed, is under arrest for the assault after she allegedly attacked him with a case knife when he blocked her from taking a sewing machine. She had threatened to leave him and the church previously excommunicated him for divorcing his first wife.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
E. R. Ray
First Baptist Church
De Forest Forecasts Radio News Service for Ships
Dr. De Forest outlines a radio telephone system for ships within 300 miles of New York providing hourly news weather stock quotes and music from a gramophone. He claims long and short wave changes prevent interference and notes over 100 vessels already equipped. The article also mentions a voided Pennsylvania pure food law ruling.
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United States
France
de Forest
New York
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Power Station
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William N. Haskell
Signal Corps
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William W. Hicks
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