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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1912
Page
22
London cabler reports Bishop Talbot and churchmen warn a German war risk lingers. They urge mutual understanding, frank talks on needs, and action to prevent catastrophe and economic ruin from a European conflict.
The president of the new Chinese republic Sun Yat Sen arrives at Nanking, the new capital, with staff and bodyguards, as he leaves Shanghai by train to assume his post. The feature includes a photo of the American consulate at Nanking and a group of republican soldiers there.
Sun Yat Sen, first president of the provisional republic, tells Miss Lin Tsung Su that voting rights for Chinese women depend on their education and readiness. He supports reform laws, discusses cabinet picks, likin repeal, and aims to abolish extraterritoriality as China stabilizes.
Berlin reports that General Keim forms the Defense league and officers warn war may come, but the press sees it as Socialist driven maneuvering to push military spending. Koelnische Zeitung notes no real ground for alarm despite political clouds, while Morocco talks suggest an improving outlook amid Turko Italian and China events.
Paris reports a drastic government move placing powder stores engineers on half pay following a wide powder contamination inquiry. The plan includes creating a regiment of aviators, provisioning 328 monoplanes and biplanes, with aviation grounds near fortified places and camps.
In Rome on February 10, the pope expresses homesickness for Venice. He cannot return to see the rebuilt Campanile in St. Mark's square, a project completed to mirror the tower toppled in 1902. The inauguration is planned for April on St. Mark's feast, with bells ringing after a decade of silence.
A Russian diplomat at the Berlin embassy argues Russia aims to keep Mongolia under Chinese influence and maintain peace with India boundaries. He says Mongolia has no fighting forces and will likely integrate with civilization, while Persia provinces near Transcaucasia will naturally become Russian through evolution. He cautions against European condemnation and stresses Russia’s restraint and trade interests.
Berlin reports reveal plans should Portugal cede East African colonies, with Britain and Germany dividing territories. Germany would gain most of Angola bordering Southwest Africa and Mozambique north of Nyassa, while Britain would receive Cape Verde Islands Azores Madeira and other holdings per the 1898 secret accord.
The Thames Valley remains flooded with vast lands turned to inland seas. In Reading district fields and allotments between Goring and Sonning are ruined and homes accessible only by punt or boat. The Thames is rising with sixteen principal tributaries in flood and the Cherwell five feet above normal.
London, Feb 17. It is stated that a betrothal announcement will shortly be made for Princess Louise of Battenberg to Count Felix Yussupoff, son of Prince Yussupoff. The Princess is 23. the Count 26. Princess Louise is the second daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg, the second sea lord. The Yussupoff family is among Russia’s oldest, with the title borne by the head of the Sumarokoff-Elstin line. The founder was a Scotsman named Elston who appeared in Novgorod around 1450. The present prince is attache to the court.
London report from Derry Enniskillen line details a young Irish girl who halted a passenger train near Fintona by waving a red flannel petticoat as a horse and creamery cart neared a level crossing. The horse died, the cart was smashed, but no passengers were harmed.
Napoleon Gigliano, a poor Italian porter in Paris, found a $10,000 pear necklace in the Rue du Rocher gutter. He returned it to the Europe quarter police, earning $400 from the grateful American owner and the necklace’s recovery. He supports four children on scant earnings and chose honesty over temptation.
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