Hon. George Wyndham, Chief Secretary for Ireland, resigns from the British Ministry. March 8.—The peasant revolt in outlying Russian provinces is rapidly spreading. Men at the Russian naval dockyard go on strike. China decides to build immediately the Kalgan Railway and to place it under a Chinese engineer, which is regarded as an anti-Russian move. On a fiscal policy division forced by Winston Churchill in the British House of Commons the Government is sustained by a majority of 42. Both Premier Balfour and Joseph Chamberlain deny that they are protectionists. March 9.—Russia pushes troops toward her Indian frontier, in evident opposition to Great Britain’s moves in Thibet, Persia and other Central Asiatic territory. The plague in India kills 34,000 in one week. March 10.—It is reported that the Russian revolutionists have agreed to a general uprising on May 1. The rioting of the Russian peasants continues, and great destruction of property is reported from Tchemigoff, Orel and Hursk. March 14.—French bankers refuse to negotiate a loan to Russia until more is known of the intentions of the Russian Government. The Canadian authorities serve notice on polygamous Mormons that they must either leave the country or be prosecuted. Russian peasants pillage the estate of the late Grand Duke Sergius in the Dimitrov district. The peasant uprisings spread to the northwest provinces of Vilna and Kovno. March 16.—William Marconi, the inventor, is married to Beatrice O’Brien, sister of Lord Inchiquin. March 17.—Mobilization orders lead to renewal of strikes in Russian Poland. France complains to the United States of the infringement of the rights of the French Cable Company in Venezuela. March 19.—An international conference at Vienna considers the proposal to form a World’s Chamber of Agriculture. March 20.—Governor Miasoredeff, of Viborg, one of the Russian provinces of Finland, is shot and seriously wounded by a fifteen-year-old boy who proclaims himself a “revolutionist.” March 21.—After a great debate in the French Chamber of Deputies, a motion to postpone the bill separating church and state is defeated by a vote of 363 to 40. March 22.—Many peasants are killed and wounded by Russian troops in the provinces of Kutno and Ostrow. The British House of Commons condemns the proposal of a protective tariff by a vote of 254 to 2. March 23.—It is announced in the British Parliament that up to March 11 of this year there have been 346,000 deaths from the plague in India. President Morales of Santo Domingo declares that unless the treaty with the United States is ratified there will be a revolution in that country. March 24.—President Castro of Venezuela curtly declines to arbitrate the asphalt controversy with the United States.