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15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | President Krüger is, however, too clever a man to allow this to be done without making some effort to secure the port for himself. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | We told you that Dr. Leyds had been sent to England by the Boer Government to arrange the trouble over the Transvaal Raid. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | Dr. Leyds had a further commission, which he did not mention while he was in London. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | This was to try and secure possession of Delagoa Bay for his own country. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | He went to Paris, and organized a company to buy from Portugal certain lands in Africa which should include Delagoa Bay, its ports and customs. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | To prevent England getting any knowledge of what was going on, the matter was arranged in Paris, and appeared on the surface to be a French speculation. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | But it has come to light that the large sums of money which will have to be paid to conclude the matter are being subscribed in part by German financiers, and the rest by the National Bank of the Transvaal. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It seems that it is an arrangement between Germany and the Transvaal. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | As we have told you before, Germany is quite friendly with the South African Republic, so much so that, at the time of the raid, the Emperor of Germany very much displeased the English people by sending President Krüger a telegram congratulating him on his victory over the raiders. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It is said that neither the English nor the Boer-German offer for Delagoa Bay has as yet been accepted by Portugal. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | * |
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15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The news from India is of a very serious character. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | We told you some months ago how the trees in Bengal province had been marked, and how the European residents in India feared that it might be the signal for another mutiny. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It would almost seem that their fears were well grounded. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | On the clay of the Jubilee celebration in India the natives killed Government officers in various parts of the country, and assumed a hostile and impudent attitude toward Europeans generally. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | Last week a riot broke out in one of the suburbs of the city of Calcutta, and for more than forty-eight hours the mob held the town. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The trouble arose over a mosque or Mohammedan temple. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It is contrary to the rules of their religion to allow mosques to be built on ground that belongs to unbelievers, but of late the Moslems have been seizing on buildings owned by Europeans and Hindoos, converting them into mosques, and then refusing to pay rent for them. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | This practice has annoyed the land-owners very much, and at last one owner, a Hindoo, determined to put an end to the nuisance. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The Mohammedans had seized a mud hut which he owned, and as usual they refused to pay rent for it. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The Hindoo appealed to the British Government, and under its protection sent workmen over and had the hut demolished. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | This enraged the Mohammedans. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The hut had been converted into a mosque, and they regarded its destruction as a wicked act. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | They rose against the Europeans under whose authority this had been done, attacked them, and the soldiers had to be called out to quell the disturbance. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The riots lasted for two days. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | At the end of that time it was reported that to pacify the mob the authorities had given them possession of the land on which the mosque had stood. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The European residents were very angry when this news reached them. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | They feared that it would make the people still more unruly, as they would be sure to think the authorities were afraid of them if they gave in to their demands. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | This prediction appears to have been correct, for even after the rioters had been subdued, it was unsafe for Europeans to venture into some parts of Calcutta without protection. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It is stated that the authorities did not really give up the land, but only allowed the rumor to be circulated for the sake of pacifying the mob. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The police have possession of the disputed property, and will not allow any one to approach it. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It has developed that notwithstanding the fact that the owner of the land was a Hindoo, there is no really bad feeling between the Hindoos and the Mohammedans, but that both have combined against the Europeans. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It is distinctly an anti-European feeling. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | British authority is openly defied by the natives, and the situation is regarded as very grave. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | In Simla, which is the summer home of the Viceroy of India, there has been more rioting. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | A mob tried to seize upon a mosque, but the police and soldiers opened fire on them, and a serious fight ensued. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The mob was finally repulsed, and the leader arrested. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | Simla, which is one of the most fashionable of the Indian summer resorts, is built high up among the Himalayan Mountains. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The seat of the government of India is really in Calcutta, but the heat there is so intense during the summer months that the Europeans cannot endure it. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | For fully half the year the Viceroy, who is the representative of the Queen, moves up to Simla, with his council and household, and the government is carried on there. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | That riots should have occurred at the seat of government makes the Europeans still more uneasy. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | Nor are these the only disturbances we have to record. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | In a recent number we told you about the attack on one of the government officials in the Fochi Valley. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | There has been a fresh outbreak in the same place. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | A number of coolies or porters, who were carrying provisions, were attacked and robbed. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | This time the attacking party did not meet with such success. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The military commanders have been on the alert since the last outrage, and no sooner was the news of the attack telegraphed, than a body of cavalry started in pursuit of the offenders. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | They were overtaken before they had time to reach their hill dwellings, and fifty of them were captured and brought back as prisoners. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It is little to be wondered at that these various disturbances, coming so closely one upon the other, should be causing the Europeans in India a great deal of uneasiness. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It may be that the memories of the mutiny make them a little over-anxious, but the situation is certainly very serious. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | * |
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15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | There is a report that the Siamese have invaded the French possessions in Indo-China. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The French colonies in Asia consist of Cochin China, Tonquin, Anam, and Cambodia, and since the year 1896 a large portion of Siam has been added to them. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | All these provinces lie to the east of Burmah and Siam, at the extreme southeast of Asia. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The telegrams state that Cambodia has been invaded by the Siamese, who have pillaged and burned many villages and carried off a number of prisoners. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | In Bangkok, which is the capital of Siam, and also in the provinces ceded to France, French authority is no longer acknowledged. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The Siamese demand taxes of the people, and when they insist that they are under French protection and must pay their taxes to France, their claims are not listened to. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | All their papers which relate to the subject are destroyed, and they are forced to pay the taxes demanded. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | When the French in their turn ask for the taxes, the people naturally refuse to pay them twice; then there are lawsuits, and the people who will not pay are brought before the judges. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | This, however, does little good to the French, for the courts refuse to hear French complaints. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | Some of the Cambodian chiefs who are under French protection have been arrested by the Siamese, thrown into prison, and kept there many months without being brought to trial. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It is thought that the King of Siam needs a lesson to teach him to be more respectful to his European neighbors. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | You remember that in the case of United States Vice-Consul Mr. Kellet at Bangkok, that the trouble arose from the Siamese trying to seize the property of an American citizen named Cheek, and that Siam did not want to make amends for the wrong. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | It seems that the French difficulty arises from much the same cause. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The Siamese Government does not like to see the taxes going out of its hands, and so, despite its treaties, seizes them for itself. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The spread of civilization into Asia has taught these Eastern monarchs many things, and they are no longer simple, docile people, who can be overawed by the knowledge and power of the Europeans. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The Japanese have recently come to the front as a nation, and it would not be surprising if the Siamese followed their example. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The King of Siam, who has just been visiting Europe to attend the Jubilee celebrations, appears to be a clever and progressive monarch. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | He has been visiting Rome, and has of course been taken to see the wonderful art treasures that this very ancient city contains. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | His guides were much impressed by the correct taste the King displayed in matters of art. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | They declare that no artist could have made better comments on the various pictures and statues shown him than this King of Siam, to whom examples of Greek art were new. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The history of Italy and the deeds of its great men were also familiar to this far-away King. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | In passing through one of the galleries he saw the statues of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and of Garibaldi, the two men who had worked so bravely for the liberty of Italy. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The King of Siam stopped before these statues, uncovered his head, and paid silent homage to the noble deeds of these two great heroes. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | His suite followed his example, all the gentlemen in his train bowing with uncovered heads and passing silently on. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The King also appears to have a keen sense of humor. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | He was invited by one of the scientific societies of Rome to attend a lecture on some very deep subject, in which he was not at all interested. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | He did not want to attend, but confided to King Humbert that he feared the professors would call him a barbarian if he stayed away. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | So to the lecture he went. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | On his return King Humbert asked him how he had enjoyed it. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | "To be frank with you," he replied, "it is even stronger at putting you to sleep than our opium." |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | When the news of the trouble in Siam was telegraphed, the King declared that he knew nothing of the affair. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | If he is as clever as they say, he probably keeps himself thoroughly acquainted with everything that is happening in his kingdom. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The chances are that he knows all about the matter, but does not want it mentioned until his pleasure trip is over. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | * |
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15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | A sad story of a wrecked steamer has just reached us. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The vessel, the _Aden_, was one of the steamers which carry passengers from Europe to India, passing through the Suez Canal. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | Heavy winds and storms have been raging in the Indian Ocean for some weeks past; in fact, the storms and the earthquake about which we told you came at the same time. |
15,828 | The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 37, July 22, 1897: A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls | The unfortunate steamer was caught in one of these tempests, and driven on a reef off Socotra Island. |
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