Dispatches from Paris state that France will send warships to coerce Venezuela into paying France’s claims. The Czar starts a movement to reorganize the Church in Russia. January 16.—The Moroccan conference begins at Algeciras, Spain. The Duke of Almodovar, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, is elected President of the conference. The Liberals continue to gain over the Unionists in the election now being held in England. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board and a prominent labor leader, is re-elected by 1,800 majority. St. Petersburg Police raid a meeting of the Workman’s Council and capture 22 members. Revolutionary documents, correspondence and the headquarters from which propaganda is conducted to the army and navy are discovered. In the Caucasus the rebels continue their resistance to the Government. January 17.—Joseph Chamberlain and his seven candidates are returned to Parliament from Birmingham, England. M. Fallières, President of the French Senate, is elected President of the French Republic to succeed M. Loubet. Venezuelan officials prohibit M. Taigny, the French chargé d’affaires, from landing in Venezuela. The heads of the French cable officers at Caracas and La Guayra are also expelled. January 18.—Delegates to the Moroccan conference agree that the shipping of contraband arms into Morocco must be stopped. After giving M. Maubourguet the Venezuelan chargé d’affaires, his passport, the French Government has him escorted to the Belgian frontier by special police. Serious riots occur in Hamburg, Germany, between the police and Socialists. About 20 policemen and 15 Socialists are wounded when the police attempt to disperse a crowd of Socialists erecting a barricade in the street. The Constitutional Democrats of Russia meet in convention in St. Petersburg. Trouble continues in the Baltic and Southern Provinces, and the Czar is still afraid to leave his palace. January 19.—The Constitutional Democrats of Russia vote to take part in the elections to the duma. Dispatches state that three French warships have appeared off the coast of Venezuela. The insurgent forces capture Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Vice-president Baquerizo Moreno assumes executive power and will appoint a new Cabinet. According to advices received at the Japanese Embassy, at Washington, 680,000 persons are starving in the Northern Provinces of Japan. The condition is due to the short rice crops, which is only 15 per cent of the average. January 20.—The new Government of Ecuador lasts one hour. Baquerizo Moreno is overthrown and General Eloy Alfaro made President. About two hundred persons were killed or wounded during the fighting. The Venezuelan Government continues to garrison the ports and collect supplies for the troops.