March 31.—Emperor William at Tangier gives assurance that Germany will protect the integrity of Morocco and maintain the “open door.”
President Arnal, of the highest court of Venezuela, declares that the French Cable Company has forfeited its contract.
The agrarian risings in Russia reach such proportions as to overshadow the war. They render further mobilization of troops impossible.
An important group of the Russian clergy declares for the separation of church and state.
April 1.—The Federal District Court of Venezuela charges General Francis V. Greene, an official of the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company, with having given $130,000 to the rebels in the Matos revolution against President Castro.
Camille Flammarion, the celebrated French astronomer, predicts a hot summer because of the sun spots.
The Victorian, the first turbine steamer to cross the Atlantic, makes the trip in a little less than eight days.
The Police Commissioner of Lodz, Russian Poland, is severely wounded by a bomb explosion.
April 2.—Four persons are killed and forty injured in renewed riots at Warsaw.
April 4.—Severe earthquakes in Northern India cause much loss of life and damage to cities.