No Ministerial Crisis Asquith Stands Firm
London Aug. 22 Two energetic ministers push for influence but no cabinet crisis exists. Lloyd George and Churchill seek favor with Radicals while Asquith remains firm. They discuss naval arms versus social reform, with Grey and Spender in supporting roles. no resignation or major upheaval is expected.
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Tribune
Jarright
Tribune Association
London
Lloyd-George
Churchill
Edward Grey
Foreign Office
Spender
Mr. Lloyd-George
Asquith
England
Germany
America
Admiralty
Treasury
New Paris Books. Marquis de Segur and others in 1908 edition notes
Special by French Cabie to The Tribune. Aug. 22 Paris publishers release Es quisses et Recus by the Marquis de Segur detailing the Marquise de Tef fana and her salon. Edmond Bire’s Mes Souvenirs 1836 1870 recounts memories with Guizot Hugo and others. Dorcières Souvenirs de Duels with Courteline preface. La Jolie Princesse a collection by Marie Anne de Bovet. Pimodan Simples Souvenirs 1859 1907. Mirabeau la Marche correspondence second volume with Talon diplomatic mission notes. Midhat Pacha by Ali Haygar Midhat Bey with preface by Lanessan.
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Paris
Calmann-Lévy
Marquis de Ségur
Marquise de Teffana
Walpole
Voltaire
la Librairie
Jules Lamarre
Edmond Bire
Guizot
Berryer
Montalambert
Sainte-Beuve
Frédéric Lemaitre
Blanque
Louis Blanc
Lacordaire
Victor Hugo
Girardin
Michaud
Rouzier Dorcières
Georges Courteline
Lemarre
Marie Anne de Bovet
Pien
Comte de Pimodan
Leutenant
Pilon
Comte de Mirabeau
Comte de la Marche
A. Bacourt
Antoine Omer Talon
United States
Washington
Talon
Mme. Ducayla
Louis XVIII
America
Midhat Pacha
Ali Hay- Gar
Midhat Bey
J. L. Lanessan
Emperor William Bargains On Postcards With Adjutant
While walking near Wilhelmshhe in uniform, Emperor William met a girl selling post cards showing his meeting with King Edward. He asked the price and joked that he was worth ten pfennig alone but only seven and a half pfennig with the King.
Pope Receives De Quesadas in Private Audience
In Rome on August 22 Gonzalo de Quesada Cuban Minister at Washington and his wife and children were received by the Pope in a private audience. The Pontiff praised Monsignor Aversa the apostolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico and expressed hope for Cuba's peace and prosperity. The Pope gave small presents to Mrs de Quesada and the children.
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Rome
Gonzalo de Quesada
Washington
Cuba
Monsignor Aversa
Porto Rico
Shooting Season Poor in Scotland and Yorkshire
London reports a disappointing shooting season with scarce grouse on Tulchan and Wyreddale moors and little improvement expected at May Hall where the Prince of Wales visits. Royal and American guests, theatre openings, and tourism are noted amid the weak hunting results.
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The
Tribune
the Tribune Association
London
Scotland
Yorkshire
Tulchan
Wyreddale
May Hall
Prince of Wales
Mackintosh
Highland Castles
Jenkins
Andrew Carnegie
Lord Morley
Wrest Park
Edward Grey
Ward
Reid
Ogden Reid
Ireland
America
Aldrich
Japan
Jackson
Persia
Shanklin
Isle of Wight
Judge Bartlett
Barrie
Duke of York's
Gerald du Murier
Halda Trevelyan
Lilah McCarthy
England
Tree
Mephistopheles
His Majesty's
W. T. Colby
Lloyd-George visits Berlin amid naval arms talk doubts
Berlin Aug 2 David Lloyd George British Chancellor continued inquiries on social legislation visiting Berlin insurance offices and pension specialists before leaving for Hamburg He denied coming on a private mission to seek a naval arms agreement with Germany German press notes no government endorsement for a British naval pact The Grenzboten asserts Germany builds a navy for overseas interests and will not contest Britain’s world position.
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Berlin
David Lloyd-George
Government Department of Pension Administration
Hamburg
Lloyd- George
Germany
von Bethlemann- Hollweg
Paul Breitenbach
Interior
Lloyd-George
Edward
William
Great Britain
Die Grenzboten
Foreign Office
Powers and Turkey Signs of Reaction
London reports Sir Edward Grey leads powers policy on Turkey with a wait and see stance and support for reform. Young Turks show restraint as Armenia and Macedonia show signs of reaction while Turkey shifts toward constitutionalism. The new Parliament in November will face funding for army back pay and reforms. The American fleet reception in Sydney boosts hopes for a peaceful foreign loan.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
London
Edward Grey
Turkey
Macedonia
Armenia
Izzet Pacha
William Maxwell
Sydney
Pacific Ocean
Congo Annexation Observed by Allies Under New Belgian Rule
London notes that the Congo Free State has become a Belgian colony with a responsible government. The United States and Britain press for adherence to Berlin and Brussels acts, wary of continued abuses and hoping for safeguards and justice amid reform.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
London
Congo Free State
Chamber
Belgium
Congo
Edward Grey
Root
Berlin
Brussels
French Wheat Crop Seen Lighter Yet Superior in Quality
Paris reports the French wheat harvest will total about 120 million hectolitres, 10 million less than 1907. High quality offsets the shortfall with ample domestic stocks reducing the need for imports for the coming year. The 1908 vintage is set to finish early and be exceptionally abundant, except in Champagne where mildew harms output. Vintages in Bordeaux and Burgundy remain average in quantity but high in quality.
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Paris
Ministry of Agriculture
France
Algeria
Champagne
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Fleet Welcome Spreads Festive Sydney Harbor Display
Heavy rain did not dampen events for the American battleship fleet in Sydney Nova Scotia. Sailors won baseball games against Sydney University and New South Wales, plus attended Rosehill races and theater shows. Admiral Sperry hosted receptions aboard the Connecticut with dignitaries present. The harbor lit by fireworks, searchlights, and illuminated craft drew a crowd of about 300000 as 5000 sailors went ashore for concerts and gatherings.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Rosehill
Nebraska
Sydney University
New South Wales
Admiral Sperry
Connecticut
Lady Northcote
Harry Rawson
Newcastle
Richard Poore
Lord Northcote
Powerful
C P Strikers Charge Conspiracy
A formal statement from Bell Hardy of the Federated Trades accuses Canadian Pacific Railway officials of conspiring to disrupt unions and hire replacements. The strike involves about eight thousand workers. In Toronto, twenty replacements deserted and joined strikers as two carloads moved east and another to the West Toronto shops.
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Montreal
Bell Hardy
Federated Trades of the
Canadian Pacific Railway System
Hardy
Toronto
Shah Calls Truce Talks and Hints Parliament Plan
Alarming reports from Tabriz say the Shah convened a ministers council at Baghshah Palace and ordered royalist authorities to seek a truce with revolutionists while awaiting Teheran troops and subsidizing opposition leaders. The council drafts regulations for a new Parliament proposing a nominative upper house to check the lower chamber.
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Teheran
Tabriz
Baghshah Palace
Netherlands presses Curacao decree withdrawal over Venezuela trade
The Hague reports a preliminary acknowledgment to Caracas as M. de Reus prepares to arrive. Holland insists the transit ban on Curacao ships to Venezuela be withdrawn and seeks repeal of other trade measures. The Venezuelan Foreign Office will be briefed after Reus’s arrival.
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The
Hague
M. de Reus
Netherlands
Venezuela
Republic
Castro
Caracas
Baron von Seckendorff
Foreign Office
Holland
Curagao
Curacao
Tolstoy Eightieth Birthday Fete Faces Government Pressure
In St. Petersburg authorities oppose the Tolstoy centennial celebration planned for September 9. The Education Ministry vetoed Kazan University's honorary membership for Tolstoy. The Tamboff governor bans observances citing My Religion and Memoirs of a Soldier as anti church works. Moscow to host Tolstoy Memorial Library at Sophia Quay near the Kremlin.
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St. Petersburg
Count of Tolstoy
Ministry of Education
University of
Moscow
Tolstoy
Sophia Quay
Kremlin
Salvador envoy Angulo departs for Central American inquiry
Nicholas Angulo secretary of interior and public works leaves San Salvador with a defence commission led by Esteban Castro to Costa Rica for the investigation before the Central American Court of Justice into Honduras charges that El Salvador aided Honduran revolutionists.
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San Salvador
Nicholas Angulo
Interior and Public Works
Costa Rica
Defence Commission
Cartago
Salvador
Central American Court of Justice
Honduras
Esteban Castro
Supreme Court
Ain ed Dowleh Fails In Persian Rebel Crises
Reports from St Petersburg indicate Ain-ed-Dowleh sent to Tabriz to restore Shah's authority has failed and may be a prisoner. A Tabriz dispatch claims talks with revolutionists failed, the envoy disappeared, and Ardabil dispatches say Ain-ed-Dowleh's army was a myth.
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St. Petersburg
Persia
Ain-ed-Dowleh
Tabriz
Satar Khan
Ardabil
Americans in Paris list of prominent visitors
Paris August 22 Special from Paris lists American residents and visitors including Judge and Mrs. Sidney Johnston Dut ley Mrs. William K Vanderbilt Jr Mr and Mrs R M Gillespie Mr and Mrs Chauncey McKeever Mrs Annette Cheney and many others in the American community in Paris.
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Paris
Sidney Johnston Dutley
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
R. M. Gillespie
Chauncey McKeever
Annette Cheney
J. A. Sanford
Joseph Stebbins
S. S. McKinney
Miss McKinney
Thomas Cooper
James Cooper
William C. Allen
Threat to Kill Mexican Judge Sparks City Alarm
Mexico City police received a letter from Pittsburg allegedly from the Black Hand threatening Judge Juan Perez de Leon who had imprisoned two Americans for bank messenger robbery. Officials believe the note came from a wider network active in foreign capitals and may be from confederates who fled to Pittsburg.
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Mexico City
Pittsburg
Black Hand
Juan Perez de Leon
Scottish land owners visit Montreal on Canada tour
The Scottish agricultural commission of twenty five leading Scottish landowners arrived in Montreal to study Canadian farming. Secretary W. Henderson said the embargo on Canadian cattle in Britain has cost Canada thirty million dollars and the commission's report could influence lifting the embargo.
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Montreal
Scottish Agricultural Commission
Scotland
Canada
W. Henderson
Commission
Wright in the Lead French Expert Opinion
Paris reports Wright progress in solving aerial flight problems, with French observers noting Wright aeroplane instability. Captain Ferbers’s machine succeeds at Issy, while Senator de Constant presses the War and Public Works ministries to aid aviation and explain delays.
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The
Tribune
Tribune Association
Paris
Aero Club
le Mans
Wilbur Wright
France
Ferbers
Wright Brothers
Issy
Legagneur
Brest
Wright
Echo de Paris
D’estournelles de Constant
la Fréche
Senate
Figaro
D'Estournelle
Abd el Aziz Captive Report From Morocco Feud
Tangier and Paris dispatches say Abd el Aziz the Moroccan sultan was defeated by Mulai Hafiq. His forces were routed near Morocco City and he was captured or fled toward the French zone with tribes in pursuit. Several fighters were killed or taken prisoner.
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Tangier
Abdel-Aziz
Morocco
Mulai Hafiq
Abd-el-Aziz
Paris
Abd-el- Aziz
Tadja
Turkey recalls diplomats and seeks concession annulment
Constantinople reports Aug 22 that the Turkish ambassador at Berlin and Vienna and the minister at Belgrade have been recalled. A dispatch from Constantinople says the Porte directed Turkish ambassadors in London and Paris to negotiate with French and British concession owners to cancel privileges by mutual consent. The cabinet calls these concessions invalid and says The Hague will handle refusals.
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Constantinople
Berlin
Vienna
Belgrade
St. Petersburg
Porte
London
Paris
Turkey
Hague
Zeppelin Plans School Institute For Air Navigation
Count Zeppelin announced the founding of an institute to study and solve air navigation problems for German industry defense and science. Surplus funds from subscriptions will be added to its endowment as contributions continue. A Stuttgart bank shows 0 in credit, likely $250000 short of total subscriptions. Berlin names a public square after Zeppelin.
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Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Stuttgart
Zeppelin
Berlin
Wind Too Strong Halts Wright at Le Mans Flight
A thirty five mile per hour wind at Le Mans prevented Wilbur Wright from continuing his aeroplane flight today, ending the attempt.
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Wright
le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Mehmed Ali Bey Sails for Liverpool with Family
Mehmed Ali Bey sailing under the name M. H. Perash, former Turkish minister at Washington, departed Montreal for Liverpool today on the steamship Ottawa. He travels with his family and a number of servants.
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Montreal
M. H. Perash
Mehmed Ali Bey
Washington
Liverpool
Ottawa
Esperanto Congress Ends. Two Meetings Planned in IX Conference
The fourth Esperanto congress in Dresden concludes after a week in session. Delegates decide to hold two congresses, one at Chautauqua New York and another at Barcelona Spain, with leading organizers likely to attend both. Hundreds of European delegates will attend the Barcelona meeting.
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Dresden
Chautauqua
N. Y
Barcelona
Spain
Europe
America
Civil List Passed by Lisbon Legislature in Both Chambers
Lisbon reports the House of Peers approved the civil list by a 3 to 0 vote after the Chamber of Deputies earlier passed it by a margin of equal authority.
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Lisbon
House of Peers
Chamber of Deputies
Market Woes and Railways Shape a Tumultuous Week
The Financial World reports a unsettled week driven by rumors and rivalries among major financiers. Harriman and Yoakum figures dominate Wall Street chatter as Rock Island Frisco battles, while Southern Pacific climbs to new highs and bond markets offer safer, solid returns amid stock volatility.
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Harriman
Rock Island
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Wall Street
St. Louis
San Francisco
Stock Exchange
B. F. Yoakum
Leutenants
Yoakum
San Antonio Way
Mr. Harriman
Mr. Yoakum
E. H. Harriman
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
K. T
Atchison
J. P. Morgan & Co
E. T
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