Premier Witte states that the Government will not yield to the revolutionists’ demand for transforming the National Assembly into a Constituent Assembly for the purpose of formulating a constitution. Russian troops kill 65 revolutionists who attempt to wreck a military train in Livonia. The revolt in Esthonia ends. The feeling against foreigners is growing stronger in the Southern part of China. Dispatches from Madrid, Spain, state that there is little fear of a serious difficulty between Germany and France over the Moroccan question. January 12.—General Morales resigns as President of Santo Domingo, and prepares to leave for Cuba on the U. S. gunboat _Dubuque_. Venezuela and France sever diplomatic relations. France will push her claims against Venezuela until they are fully recognized. The worst of the insurrection in Siberia seems to be over. The leading members of the Warsaw revolutionary committee are arrested. Cossacks shell an Armenian seminary at Tiflis, killing more than 300 persons. German Socialists prepare to hold meetings in Berlin to commemorate the Red Sunday in St. Petersburg, and to protest against suffrage restrictions in Prussia. Dispatches from London state that the European Powers will aid France in her contentions against Germany on the Moroccan question. January 13.—A. J. Balfour, former Premier of England and leader of the Unionist party is defeated for re-election to Parliament by T. G. Horridge, Liberal and Free Trader. So far the Liberals and Labor Party have gained eighteen seats over the Unionists in the present election. Fears prevail in Paris that the Emperor of Germany will be too aggressive in the Moroccan dispute. January 14.—France recalls her Minister from Venezuela. The French interests are placed in the hands of the American Minister. The delegates are gathering at Algeciras, Spain, for the conference on the Moroccan question. Carlos F. Morales, former President of Santo Domingo, reaches San Juan, Porto Rico. He declares in favor of the treaty between Santo Domingo and the United States now before the Senate for ratification. The Santo Domingan troops rout the rebels in a battle at Guayubin, Santo Domingo. M. Durnovo is made Minister of the Interior by the Emperor of Russia. General Nogi is enthusiastically welcomed home by the people of Tokio. January 15.—The election of members of the British Parliament up to date shows a landslide. The Liberals have elected 132 members while the Unionists have elected thirty. The peasants are said to be committing all manner of horrible crimes in Orel, Russia. Maj. Gen. Lisooiki is assassinated at Penza. Assassins kill three sergeants of police at Riga. The revolutionists continue to resist the Government in the Caucasus.