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Evening Star (Newspaper) - December 31, 1909, Washington, Washington-DCA review of the events of the year 1909 a -. Sex prl6ide15t koo3ejvellt. In Mitrica. A year that undoubtedly will be remembered for All time for the discovery of the North Poe and the definite adoption of air flight into the transport Shehu Vanrace. V Hen All the political events of of a the year arc Fie Tari squabbling Koose gym velt s retirement. Taft s accession and spectacular trip across the country culminating in his meeting with president Diaz of Mexico l he defeat of tammany in new York of Tom Johnson in Ohio Gibboney in Phil Adelphia and Heney in san Francisco. The twelve month of 1900 will undoubtedly be remembered in history for two things the aeroplane and the discovery of the North pole. Epic achievements cry made in both of these respects and he future must look Back to 1900 As the \ ear of their joint happening. Of course the aeroplane had made great Progress in the preceding year but it has been the annual period just closed that has brought the invention to a Point where its definite adoption into the transportation system of the human race is 10 longer in Dot fat. Not Only were there Nany so called aviation meets such As those at Brescia in Italy Rheims in France. Joha Nisthal in Germany and the Hudson Fulton Centenary in new York it which various demonstrations were Nade As to the limits of developments Hus far reached but Wilbur , it the Centenary celebrations started ill new York City by successfully Nego rating a flight from governors Island in he Bay. Up the Hudson River to Grant s och and Back again each time for the 1rst time in the history of the world guiding an aeroplane Over warships. Some notable Aerial feats. But under the direction of the French Man Puls Bleriot the monoplane form of aeroplane crossed the British Channel from France july 24. Electrifying the world six Days later Orville with one passenger at fort myer made a five mile flight across country at the rate of forty two Miles an hour again electrifying the world the German count Zeppelin made successful flights with his dirigible balloon from the extreme South of Germany to Berlin and More or less irregular passenger service has been inaugurated along the Rhine provinces by enthusiastic supporters of Zeppelin. Indeed in the matter of prac tical application of Aerial navigation the germans and French took much the same Lead that they did years ago in the mat ter of the trolley. Whether they will re Tain the leadership of course remains to b. 5 vow z v c mama & w toi i cd of syne Wilc it is of & �.-. � Coli Lluz Zard act Coin to photo the foreign Quarter was taken next with tourists w Nessing the fighting in the streets and. Last. Yildiz Kiosk and the Sultan himself fell into the hands of the Young Turk forces. Sultan s Palace surrendered. It was on the 25th that the Sultan s Palace guard surrendered. Promptly the following Day Abdul Hamid was deposed the Sheik us islam the High priest of mohammedanism drawing the indict ment of treason against with the old tyrant s banishment to and imprison ment in Salonika the terrors of absolutism so far As the turkish Empire is concerned probably came to an end for All time. Within an hour after the deposition of Abdul Hamid the turkish parliament met and chose Mohammed Reshad Effendi brother of the old Sultan to be Sultan and on May 10, As Mehmed a he was formally girded with Mohammed s sword. The year ends with constitutional government apparently making while the Young turks were deposing Abdul Hamid Only about 500 soldiers and a few non combatants we e killed. The most Stormy and bloody aspect of the re Volt was in Asia minor where extensive religious massacres said to have been by the old Suitan in the Hope of holding his throne took place about20,000 armenians being slain and numer Ous towns and villages Laid waste by Mohammedan fanatics. Powers Send warships. The Powers were obliged to Send their warships to the Vicinity to protect their citizens but fortunately the new govern ment proved itself Able to restore order and to punish offenders and thus inter National complications were averted. Had the contrary been the Case the complications would undoubtedly have been serious. For shortly prior to the turkic i revolt Austro Hungary keenly a Ive to the internal troubles of Turkey had Dis Turbed the whole peace of the Balkans by suddenly disregarding the treaty o Berlin and seizing the provinces of bos Nia and Herzegovina presumably in order to increase her Access to the sea against this Turkey protested and eventually had to be silenced by a indemnity. Also Servia protested and that much More vehemently than d d Turkey. Indeed at one time there was every Evi Dence that the situation would develop into a War Between Servia and Austro hun gain. One big War scare during the year he great War scare of the year How. Ever cer veered around Germany and England the apparent growing Strain of relations Between these two countries causing the entire civilized world to Dis cuss almost daily throughout the year the possibilities of a War in which they \\5lbvr"wjeiqrht would be the combatants. It is an undisputed fact that both Germany and England All through the year have been Rushing naval construction and military preparations at a somewhat More than usual gait England going at the work of building ships with the grim determination of not allowing the Mastery of the seas to be wrenched from her by the germans. In England Public men of National and International Fame declared unequivocally in Public speeches that Germany s War like preparations could be directed against England Only and while visiting in this country and Canada word Charles Beresford Admiral of the British Navy and i re northcliffe the owner of Many newspapers and periodicals throughout great Britain made numerous speeches calling upon this country to unite with England in keeping the Kaiser at peace. To put it mildly the British nation viewed with extreme uneasiness through out the entire year the possibility of an armed clash with Ger Nany. Germany protests peace. On the German Side officials close to the emperor made repeated assurances that the latter s Aims were altogether peaceful. As late As november count von Bernstorff the German ambassador to the United states made an extended speech in Philadelphia in which he stated that his government no longer sought Extension of its colonies and that the Only aim of the German people for the future was the expansion of Trade. But some months before when the Reich Stag opened one of the principal measures brought up for discussion was a new scheme of taxation whose obvious object was an increase in the military budget. The scheme involved increasing the Levy on Many of the common necessities of life Surh As tobacco sugar Coffee etc., and such was the fight made against it that eventually Chancellor von Buelow was driven to resign. The Bill was finally passed before the resignation was presented but the fact that the Chancellor had been one of the emperor s closest confidants satisfied the opponents of militarism that the Imperial pressure for army and Navy expansion was not relaxing. It May thus be that. In the end the German taxation controversy and the apprehensions and forecasts of european War will prove to have had fourth rank with the aviation and the North pol discovery and the downfall of turkish absolutism As events of the year 1909. Nation s financial troubles. At any rate whatever their significance they served to fix the attention upon the fact that the year was marked in almost All nations and for the matter of that. In almost All states and cities by a re examination of financial budgets and re sources. England above All others entered into this problem with a vital appreciation it its consequences the Liberal ministry u Der prime minister Herbert Henry Asquith making it the party is sue of the year. Confronted by an impending deficit of Over $78,00� ,000, the ministry proposed among other Radical measures a great increase in the inheritance income and real estate taxes together with stamp taxes on real estate and Stock Exchange deals. At once there broke Forth a storm of opposition especially among the wealthy and landed classes who have since constantly cried confiscation and in november after pro longed discussion the budget passed the House of commonis by a Large majority and went to the lords who after pro longed debate which attracted attention All Over the world rejected the budget november 30 by a vote of 350 to 75. Two Days later the House of commons sup ported overwhelmingly Premier Asquith s Resolution charging the lords with usurpation in that they had dared to interfere with financial legislation contrary to the unwritten Law of the kingdom the next Day parliament was prorogued till Janu Ary 15, and the Campaign for the Janu Ary elections became hot immediately. If a Liberal majority is returned to parliament the rejected budget will be passed and the unwritten Law that the lords shall not interfere with the King Dom s financial program will be mad into a statute and another step will have been taken toward the curtailment and probable ultimate Abo Shn ent of the House of lords. The lords realize All this and also that the budget will hit them heaviest of All As possessors of great landed estates and fortunes and they Are fighting in the Campaign now on As if for their very lives with the liberate cry filling All England that theirs is a Campaign of democracy against class. Some of the principal events of the year. American troops evacuate Cuba leaving that Republic to conduct its own affairs january. Help summoned by wireless Telegraph saves the lives of hundreds of passengers aboard the Steamer Republic sunk at sea in collision january 23. William Howard Taft of Ohio inaugurated president of the United states March 4 Jame Schoolcraft Sherman of new York vice president. Congress convened in extra session to consider revision of the Tariff Law March 15. Lieut. Shackleton of the British Navy announces having reached within 112 Miles of the South pole March 12. Cipriano Castro president of Venezuela leaves Caracas for France forced to flee by revolutionists March 26. Commander Robert e. Peary u.s.n., plants the american Flag at the North pole april 6. Sultan Abdul Hamid of Turkey overthrown and his Palace captured by revolutionists april 25. Louis Bleriot crosses the English Channel from France to England in an aeroplane july 24 Orville with one passenger at fort myer va., flies five Miles across country at the rate of forty two Miles an hour july 30. President Taft begins record journey around the country including his meeting with presi Dent Diaz across the mexican Border september 15 serious riots approaching the proportions of a revolution in Barcelona Spain caused by popular opposition to the War against the riff tribes in Morocco. Execution of prof. Ferrer As an anarchist condemned throughout the civilized world. / Standard Oil company declared an illegal corporation in decision of Federal circuit court of appeals sitting at st. Louis and ordered dissolved november 20. Three Hundred miners lose lives by fire and Gas in mine at Cherry 111. Twenty rescued after being entombed Twenty Days november. / Leopold ii King of the belgians Dies at Brussels december 17. 1 a big year in America with i Mancial matters in Federal state and municipal governments receiving much attention and notable for important and far reaching Legal decisions. A question of whether the people or the aristocracy shall Rule. V. V revision of Tariff in the United states ?. In financial matters the United states and great Britain ran parallel with the Only difference that our fiscal Dis Cussion entered not around a so called budget but the revision of the Tariff. Pursuant to the pledges of the platform on which he was elected president Taft immediately following his inauguration March 4 As or. Roosevelt s successor called Congress in extra session March 15 for the express purpose of revising the Tariff without delay with the twofold object of living up to the Republican plat form promises to revise the Tariff and satisfying the need of an actually in creasing Revenue the government s deficit being estimated All the Way from , our to $1 0,0uu,. Committees of both houses had been to session during the latter part of the Roosevelt administration taking Testi Mony on the impending revision and april 9 the first draft of the Bill known As the Payne Bill was passed in the House. July 8 the Senate passed the Bili with amendments most of rated the House duties either by restoring the old Tariff rates or increasing the latter. As a result from the Date of the Senate s action until the Bill was finally passed by both houses and signed by the president August 5, or. Taft had his hands full trying to persuade All hands to meet the popular demand for revise n Dow Waid and the Republican party pledges for such revision where needed. With the Bill signed or. Taft issued a statement in which he declared that in Large measure it met the wishes f the people four Days later the Bill went into effect and whether due to the new Bill or to the resumption of general Prosperity c Inci Dent with the year itself the government revenues manifested a marked increase Hort la after the new rates went into effect. New american legislation. Two features of the new Bill have been Welt upon by its friends both in and out if the administration As being new and f great importance. One is the pro Ision for a tax upon corporations and he other was the authorization for the appointment of a Tariff commission which should assist the president in determining How to enforce the maximum and minimum features of the Bill and to collect and prepare data for use in future Tariff legislation. The president named is the members of this commission prof. Henry c. Emery James b. Reynolds and Alvin h. Sanders. He defended the Cor-1 portion tax As affording a Means of carrying out the publicity policies inaugurated under Roosevelt. Another piece of tart recommended legislation that developed during the Tariff deliberations was the passing of an authorization for a vote of the states on an income tax amendment to the Constitution. The amendment was at once acted upon in the state of Alabama where it was unanimously approved by the Legisla Ture and signed by the governor by a gust 9. Or. Taft received the cordial support of William j. Bryan who issued a Public Call to democrats to Aid in the passing of the amendment and the enforcing of the corporation tax. Inci dentally or. Bryan severely excoriated the democrats who defected in the mat ter of the speaker ship and cast the deciding votes for or. Cannon. This fight Over the speaker ship was really the Start in both houses of a Seri our division of attitude among the republicans Over the proper Way of revising the Tariff. Certain republicans in the House who had rebelled during the pre Vious sessions of Congress against the domination of the speaker crystallised nto a Strong and United group at the out set of the extra session and Only missed defeating Joseph o. Cannon for Relec Tion through support Given to the latterly some defecting democrats. In the Senate. In the Senate the defection was based not so much on the question of rules As on a protest against what was called the schedule of those interested in putting through a Tariff drawn for special inter ests. Senators l a Follette of Wisconsin Bristow of Kansas Nelson of of Indiana and Dolliver an Cummins of Iowa led the movement. To Gether with the dissident republicans inthe House they became known a the insurgents and when Congress adjourned they carried their insurrection out into their Home districts. As the year closes the great agricultural states of the Middle West constitute a Battleground for the so called insurgents and their opponents led by speaker Cannon who is being made the principal object of attack on the Parton the insurgents. Sufficient time had not yet elapsed wheat he year closed to determine the Ultima Fate of the new British budget or the ultimate effect of the new american Tariff. But the fact that so imperative necessity for increased Revenue existed into of the worlds largest fact in three if Germany be placed the question of the finances of government in the fourth ran among the year s developments. Municipal problems of the last year nor was the importance of the subjecting any Wise lessened by the fact that the same Issue arose in municipal and state governments. During the year the states of Michigan and of Georgia ran so Short of Cash As to be unable for a time to meet current Bills As they came due. Several other states barely escaped a similar predicament. In the Metropolis of the country. New York City an extraordinary confusion arose Over the state of the City s accounts Over the question of whether the debt limit should be raised and finally Over the political question of whether there should be a vital change in the City administration. In the Campaign for mayoralty a business t. Bannard was nominated by the republicans and of unionists and though he was Defeated the boat d of estimate on the same ticket with him was successful and in effect the finances of the City which will spend a billion dollars in the next four years were taken out of the hands of tammany which had so Lone administered them. Similarly in Chicago there was a comprehensive attempt to reorganise finances. The movement was led by a professor of the University of Chicago c. E. Merriam. Who had been elected at the Spring polls to the Board of aldermen and finally too form in the appointment of a committee to investigate conditions and report on proposed methods of revision. The com Mittee had. Only begun its work when the year closed but the result of its in quiries were foreshadowed by an announcement from City officials that the pay Roll for Lyllo would probably be Cut by about $1,500,000. Efforts at it form. Two Concrete efforts were made to rectify financial conditions in the various states. Indeed the year s thoughts among the american people outside of such As were devoted to Tariff appeared to concentrate on City government. Mot Only were finances carefully heeded in the latter respect but the cause of com Mission by which Radical changes Are effected in the method of City administration made rapid Advance ment. Government by commission was adopted in Arkansas City. San and other cities and in Minnesota and Wisconsin legislative authorization was issued to c Les of Oer tata class to alter their administration to or continued on tenth Page

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