Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-01-25 | Page 11 | Foreign News in Brief

1 Foreign News in Brief The Casa Blanca commission has reduced re-duced tho claims of tho various nationalities nation-alities against Morocco on account of the Casa Blanca massacres from $5.2l)l.G7 to $2.C13.29S. The United States claimed $75,799 and was awnrded $2S,115. Contents of tho American tariff note are hold In confidence, the only official doscrlotions being that the note Is "very unsatisfactory." Interest In tho trade relations re-lations between Gormany and the United Stntes Is widespread. Newspapers continue con-tinue to deplore talk of tariff hostilities. As a result of popular uneasiness at the increase In tho cost of living, the Canadian Cana-dian department of labor plans to publish pub-lish weekly in tho Labor Gazette a list of wholesale and rolall food prices. The public will then be able lo seo at a glance whnt tho margin of profit Is to tlio retailer. re-tailer. Hakkl Bey met with pnrlinmont yesterday yes-terday for tho first timo since he assumed the office of grand vizier. Ho reiterated with emphasis that Turkey wan resolved lo uphold by all the moans In Us power the sultan's sovereign rights In Crete, though It was prepared to extend lo the Cretans tho largest measures of autonomy. au-tonomy. In offlclul circles at Montevideo It Is asserted that severe measures taken by the government have effectively checked attempts to organize n revolution In Argentine Ar-gentine territory, where the revolutionary group arc dispersing. The situation In Urugnny Is greatly Improved. A speedy termination of the movement is predicted. pre-dicted. President Diaz was made tho beneficiary benefi-ciary under tho terms of the will of Mrs. Guadeloupe Sanchez De Gordan, who died in Mexico' City, January 7. TIk chief executive Inherits 'J5(J,000 pesos and the will reads that the bequest was made as "a proof of gratltudo to President IJla:; who distinguished mo with his friendship In rendering good advice from time to time." Further rioting at the collieries of the Dominion Coal company. St. Johns. N. B., yesterday, prevented return to Hall-fax Hall-fax of the troops, details of which have been at 51. Johns slnco July. At the Calodonla mines the company's police wero, attacked by sixty strikers. Sov- H oral officers wero injured and it was H necessary to fire on the mob before order H was restored. Alexander MncDonald, a H striker, was shot and severely Injured. H President Madrlz yesterday Issued a H proclamation giving details of events that H have led to a renewal of hostilities. He H refers to offers of peace made by tho H revolutionists through Rear Admiral IH Kimball and their refusal to accept any- H thing but complete recognition of tho H provisional government. Tho efforts he H has made to bring about peace, he says'. H gives him a clear conscience, nnd he ac- H ccpts sorrowfully, but tranquilly an ap- H peal to arms. So far as known hero there H has been only two or three skirmishes at H the front. H