786 



SALVADOR, 



ria began to be opened up by the groat trim- 



d railroad i fer- 



:]stru'U of that part of the empire wan also 



encouraged by theOorerniufiit. Mr< ;t,..n ; 



000 acres were surveyed and iwtrrcled out f<-r 



peasants to the new i< h .inn. ; 



that early in 1897 the Qon -.-Mid it neoae- 



ary to stein 1 1 -MMMI ,.. ,->, t ; , f,, U n.l 



way eastward acms* tho I'ral mountains dur- 



\000of these were, .hl.ged to trump 



ii.le plight, 

 tin- i: 'hat was free of forest an 



I,.- railroads had been disposed of. an.l 



ugh ground of the steppe that remained < -ould 



tie managed by fanners II.IMH- capital ami 



employing a force of laborers. Consequently tin- 



Government -topped the grant f pecuniary axi to 



.iii.l curtailed its a>- 

 is. During 1897 several th.-i, 

 ccted emigrant fain; UBOQg " 



sacks of Orenburg an, 1 \)\< -ported at 



Uover cpenaB to the Amur district and there 



led with lands and loans of capital ami grant - 

 .inutiity f: n and other privileges. 



In July the judicial reforms instituted in Boro- 

 pean Russia in 1864 were .\Mid.-d to Siberia, ao 

 that the whole empire was at la-t endowed with a 

 nn raoden of public j i-ti--,-. The 



change WHS decided upon in IH'.Hl. and was finally 

 announced on May 27 in a rescript of th.- r/ar de- 

 _: that, in oonasqaeaee of tin- construction f 



the railroad and other measures intended to satisfy 

 the needs of Siberia, the development of civil life 

 had made such progress that the antiquated 

 ami j- -vstem of justice that was in force 



onuMnoloi ;heimli>p- iireim-nts 



<>r the country. When Nicholas II visited \\" ;i 



was received by the whole popula- 

 Aith demonstrations of loyalty that were tin- 

 Poland. 



I on-i-ii Poliry. The predominance of R 

 in the councils of Kurope was not less apparent after 

 .tiiieiu of Count Muravieff than under 

 anagement of his predecessors. Germany had 

 been gradually ousted from the portion of lead- 

 European power uml the French alliance had 

 been employed for the political advantage of I; 

 With ig a battle Russia has continued her 



conquests, supported by France and Germany and 

 uith riii. which 



a few years before had strenuously opposed the ex- 

 pansion of Russian interests. Bulgaria was com- 

 pletely under Russian influence, and the other Bal- 



kan states had returned to their old allc:iaiiee. 

 Japan had b, .-n deprived of the full fruit- f her 



.. and in the fa: 

 the' but suivh establishing \ } \^ ^ n . 



.Mid even iWllisli vtate-'m, 



: it a political and ec< iiomical m-, 

 that :. ,11 i e-free seaport 



lishmen admired the linn, humane, an, I 

 policy bv \\hich Ku>>ia had \\ithii, 



croduoed compi \ into t i.. 



quered | T- \ 1 1 1- . - ,.f (eliTal \-!:i."the lna-lefly 



statesmanship that I. rlike tribes 



and fanatical town population into pea. 



l,.\al subjects of t' . and t he 



that was 

 formini: 'i tttO a garden and -\' 



us all lh< 

 civili/at i.m. Reforms in Anat"lia could not ! 



.!! not allow 



iltan's ant Imrity to be superseded. When the 

 Greek quest ion came to a cri-is all the Km 



.lied to see \\ ! Would do. Ill 



Constantinople M. de Nelidoff i-ould - 



united Kiin.pe as well as to the Sultan. I'.y the 



MO b\ Prince LobaiiolT ami Marsha'l Yn- 

 i oil Ma. ,11 ilidepetMleliCO Was 



guaranteed under the joint protect ion of I 



Japan, which declared their readiness to assist the 



Kin.LTof Korea in maintaining order and to 



foreign loans for the pin tablisning 



financial ecjiiilibrium. insuring the (.r-am/ai 

 the army and police, and arrai. p detach- 



ments of troops of e,|iial stren^l h in the conn: 

 long as ini-ht be necessary for safeguarding their 

 respective inter. :an ollicei 



in PebrtUU r the purpos,. ,,f a-ting as mil- 



iisj ruct.rs and forming regiments of in! 

 and" cavalry ami batteries of artillery. Tin 



of A'ustria and later the German Km 1 

 visited the C/ar in 



lent l-'aurc arrive,) at Cr..nsiadt to return the 

 vi-it of t !. MI this lat ; ., t) )( , a )|j. 



aiiee between Kus-ia and France \\a- announced in 

 uninistakal)le terms. In his meeting with th, 

 man Kmpen.r the C/ a r s, )() j,,. ,,f ,| |( . traditional 

 bonds and the good relations happily es(ab 

 between the two neighboring empires as furnishing 

 a guarantee for the maintenance ol 

 hich formed the object of his constant efTor 



.; wi-he<. and in replying the (ierman F.m- 

 -poke ,.f traditional and intimate n-la 

 founded on an unshakable ba^K and then promised 

 to stand by the c/ar with his whole strength in the 

 iron of preserving the peace of nat 



S 



^\M MM)R. a renub ntral America. 



The legislative body .tiomil Assembly, a 



single chamber of 42 members, elected for each an- 

 nual wsion by direct universal male suff 

 The Presidont. who is ele- 

 rote of the nationals Gen. Rafael Antonio Quti< 

 inaugurated on March 1. 1HB5. The Vioe-Pre 



lencio Alfaro. The Cabim-t in the be- 

 ginning of 1807 was composed as follows: Minister 



reign Affairs. .1 i Public Ii 



Dr. Jacinto Castellanc* ; Minister of the Interior, 

 hr Prudencio Alfar r of Finance and 



Public Works. Dr. ' Imus; M 



tnd Marine, Estani.slao p >V as recon. 



stituted during the year, when the Diet of the 

 Greater Republic of Cent ml America a-M,m.-d di- 

 rection of foreign affairs, Dr. Juan F. Castro be- 



coming Minister .f Antonio Rui/, Min- 



i-ter of Public Works. Finance and Credi- 

 .Justice, and Dr. Carlos Bonilla Minister of ( 

 and Public Instruction. 



\rca and Popnlatic.n '! . im of Salva 



uare miles, and the population 



at 80.'{..*i:',4. Of the native inhabitant- not more 

 than 'JO.(KK) are of pure whit, race. '!'!. popula- 



va<lor, the capital, is about 54 

 The military forces are about 3,000 active troops 

 and IH.(KK) militia. 



I i nances. I I for 1896 mak, 



treasury receipts sfinj 74.000, of which 



report done*, $278,000 export duty on 

 $2.524,000 the duty on spirituous liquors. $2"' 

 stamp duties, and $2,081,000 other receipts. Ex- 

 penditures are set down at the total of $9,745,000 



