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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1900
Page
7
Historic dispatch outlines Eastern and Western defenses for the Nicaragua canal. Fortifications, torpedoes, mortars, and patrols would guard entrances and locks, with an estimated cost around 100000 and about 6000 soldiers required.
A fragmentary editorial voice condemns factory immigration to the Philippines, contrasting European-owned mills in India with harsh labor conditions and low wages for local workers. It warns that Philippine factory adoption could depress wages here, citing twelve year old labor and calling for migration of manufacturing away from the islands.
A discussion of Boxer uprisings in China outlines Western pressures to suppress the Society of the Big Knife, blamed for attacks on missionaries and churches. It notes official inaction, calls for foreign military intervention, and highlights the scale of violence across Shen Tung and Shang Tung provinces. The piece warns of further outrages unless stronger measures are taken.
A century old report describes unrest in India over plague inoculation led by Lord Curzon and Lady Curzon. It notes public fear, preferential exemptions, and government tricks to push vaccination, including coins and sweets for those undergoing the procedure amid reports of high deaths in Bombay and Poona.
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