It would be difficult to describe my feelings as I stood before the San Francisco church, Sabbath, November 10, and looked over the large congregation. My mind went back to the time, twenty-four years ago, when my husband and I were planning for the building of a house of worship in San Francisco. Some, when they saw the plan, said: “It is too large. The house will never be filled.” At the same time we were erecting the first building of the Pacific Press and the meeting-house in Oakland. How great was the anxiety felt, and how earnest the prayers offered to God that He would open the way for the advancement of these enterprises!
Interior View of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Building, 914 Laguna Street, San Francisco, Cal.
At that time I dreamed that I saw two beehives, one in San Francisco and one in Oakland. In the hive in Oakland the bees were diligently at work. Then I looked at the hive in San Francisco, and saw very little being done. The hive in Oakland seemed to be far the most promising. After a time my attention was again called to the hive in San Francisco, and I saw that an entire change had taken place. Great activity was seen among the bees. They were earnestly at work.
When I related this dream, it was interpreted to mean that in San Francisco there was a great work to be done. There were among us at that time only a few men to whom we could look for large financial assistance. Believers were few in number, and we needed much courage and much faith to brace us for work.
We prayed much in regard to the necessities of the cause and the meaning of the dream, and resolved to venture out in accordance with the light given. My husband and I decided to sell our property in Battle Creek, that we might use the proceeds in this work. We wrote to our brethren, “Sell everything we have in Battle Creek, and send us the money at once.” This was done, and we helped to build the churches in Oakland and San Francisco. And the Lord revealed to us that, altho at first the work in San Francisco would move slowly, yet it would make steady advancement, and San Francisco would become a great center. The Lord would inspire men by His Holy Spirit to carry forward the work with faith and courage and perseverance.
Before leaving Australia, I dreamed that I was standing before a large congregation in San Francisco, that the Lord gave me a message to bear, and freedom in bearing this message. The people had ears to hear, and hearts to understand. When we entered the San Francisco church Sabbath morning, we found it crowded to its utmost capacity. As I stood before the people I thought of the dream and the instruction which had been given me so many years ago, and I was much encouraged. Looking at the people assembled, I felt that I could indeed say, The Lord has fulfilled His word.
After I had finished speaking, all who wished to give themselves to the Lord in solemn consecration were invited to come forward. To this invitation two hundred persons responded. This was a time of precious refreshing. We knew the angels of God were with us. The room was pervaded with the atmosphere of heaven.
Among those who came forward were some who were entering the Lord’s service for the first time, and some who had been attending our meetings and had become interested in the advent message. May they decide to place themselves wholly on the Lord’s side. May they have the courage to receive and live the truth. I felt from my heart that we could say to them: “Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. . . . It shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.”
We were much pleased by the spirit shown by those assembled. They freely acknowledged the goodness and mercy of God, offering Him praise and thanksgiving. The Lord is glorified when His people praise Him.
At the close of the meeting, many pressed forward to take my hand and welcome me back to America. I was very glad to meet them. From Elder J. O. Corliss, who is pastor of the San Francisco church, we learn that there are many lines of Christian effort being carried forward in San Francisco. These include visiting the sick and destitute, finding homes for orphans and work for the unemployed, nursing the sick, and teaching the love of Christ from house to house, the distribution of literature, and the conducting of classes for instruction in healthful living, and the care of the sick. A school for children is conducted in the basement of the meeting-house. In another part of the city a workingmen’s home and medical mission is maintained. On Market Street, near the city hall, there is a bath establishment, operated as a branch of the St. Helena Sanitarium. In the same locality is a depot of the Health Food Company, where not only are health foods sold, but instruction is given as to reforms in diet.
Nearer the center of the city, our people conduct a vegetarian restaurant, which is open six days in the week, and is entirely closed on the Sabbath. Here about five hundred meals are served daily, and no flesh-meats are used.
Dr. and Mrs. Dr. Lamb are doing much medical work for the poor in connection with their regular medical and dental practice; and Dr. Buchanan is doing much free work at the Workingmen’s Home. At the medical and dental schools in the city, there are about twenty of our young people in attendance.
We earnestly hope that the steps taken in the future in the work in San Francisco will still be steps of progress. The work that has been done there is but a beginning. San Francisco is a world in itself, and the Lord’s work there is to broaden and deepen. Souls are to be sought for. The Word of the Lord is to be declared, line upon line, precept upon precept, that His name may be glorified.
God will use consecrated ability in His service. As His servants impart to others that which they receive, He will intrust them with more to impart. And as they are enabled thru His grace to accomplish good, they will ascribe all the glory to Him who is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last. Thus Divinity and humanity work together. Men become laborers together with God, working out their own salvation with fear and trembling, realizing always that it is God who works in them to will and to do of His good pleasure.
There is a great work to be done in San Francisco and Oakland. The Lord will use humble men in these great cities. He can work with those who will labor in His fear. He will give evidence of His power to sincere workers and to sincere inquirers after truth, those who desire not only to know but to do His will.
There are men and women whom the Lord, thru peculiar circumstances, will bring to the front in His work. These will be men and women who have consecrated themselves to Him. As they walk before Him in faith and trust, He will lead them to places of usefulness and honor. To those who rely upon Him He is a present help in every time of need. Those who honor His name He will qualify for important and perilous service. They may not have time to obtain all the education they desire, but the Great Teacher understands. What He calls for is the willing devotion of heart and mind. When this is given Him, He will fit the givers for His service, in spite of apparent difficulties and obstacles. In His name and in His strength they will go forth to conquer.
God is testing the motives and principles of men and women. Strong faith and much prayer will bring heavenly angels to our side. By patient continuance in well-doing, we become channels of light.13
Those who are willing to be emptied of self will be fitted for the Lord’s work. There is work for all who will deny self and lift the cross. Thru the help of the Holy Spirit they will gain the victories which God desires them to gain. Wisdom and strength will reward energy and perseverance. These are God’s gifts to the diligent, humble worker. Mrs. E. G. White.
RESPONSE TO HIS CALL.
By Anon.
Jesus calls me; I am going
Where He opens up my way,
To the toiling of His vineyard,
Shrinking not a single day.
Friends may shun me, toils await me,
Care and sorrow be my lot;
But I've chosen Christ, my Saviour;
I am going, call me not.
Jesus calls me; I am going
To the life prepared for me.
This poor world can't fill the aching
Of my heart, and set it free.
O, what anxious, bitter sorrow
Does the world give with its strife!
But with Jesus—O, what glory,
Ending in eternal life!
—Anon.
IT IS VICTORY, NOT DEFEAT.
Dr. GRIFFITH JOHN is in no uncertainty about the future of missions in China: “Twelve out of the eighteen provinces,” he writes, “have been swept clean of missionaries; but here at Hankow, and in all the surrounding counties where we are at work, there has been no suspension. Christians have been meeting for worship as usual; hospital work has gone on, and our day-schools have never been closed. Till a fortnight ago the daily preaching was carried on regularly, but when the officials suggested that it would be advisable to suspend this branch of the work for the present, we thought it only right to meet their wishes. I do not take a desponding view of the future—quite the reverse. There are glorious days before us. I am amazed to hear that people are talking about giving up the work in China. They must be mad. Our prospects to-day are vastly brighter than they were six years ago. At that time I was beginning to despond. I do not despond now. My heart is full of eager expectation.”—Missionary Review.
57 “AND they that had taken Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders 58 were gathered together. But Peter followed Him afar off, unto the court of the high priest, and entered in, and sat with the officers, to see the end. Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they 60 might put Him to death; and they found it not, though many false 61 witnesses came. But afterward came two, and said, This 62 Man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. And the high priest stood up, and said unto him, Answerest Thou nothing? what is it which these 63 witness against Thee? But Jesus held His peace. And the high priest said unto Him, I adjure Thee by the living God, that Thou tell us whether Thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said; nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest rent his garments, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now we have heard the blasphemy; what think ye? 66 They answered and said, He is worthy of death. Then did 67 they spit in His face and buffet Him; and some smote Him 68 with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, Thou Christ; who is he that struck Thee?”
Golden Text: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Matt. 16:16.
(1) Where did the soldiers take Jesus? V. 57. Note 1. (2) Who were there? Same verse. (3) Who followed, and how? V. 58. Note 2. (4) How did Peter act? (5) What did the council seek? and for what purpose? V. 59. Note 3. (6) What was the result of their seeking? V. 60. (7) What did the council seek to prove? V. 61. Note 4. (8) What questions did the high priest ask? V. 62. (9) How did Jesus treat his questioning? V. 63. Note 5. (10) How then did the high priest make his demand? Same verse. Note 6. (11) What reply did Jesus make? V. 64. (12) What did Caiaphas say of the reply of Jesus? Vs. 65, 66. Note 7. (13) What reply did the council make? V. 66. (14) What did the rabble then do? Vs. 67, 68. Note 8.
NOTES.
1. Led Him.—They first took Jesus to Annas, the former high priest, five of whose sons filled the high priest’s office. He was father-in-law to Caiaphas, and was now his deputy, or sagan, and for that reason called high priest. See Luke 3:2; Acts 4:6. Annas wielded great influence. Caiaphas, Joseph.—A vigorous, bold, politically shrewd priest, holding the office from A.D. 26 to 37; according to Schaff from A.D. 18 to 36. God used him, the last of the Levitical priesthood, to prophesy Christ’s death. John 11:49-52. Contrast his character with that of Christ. (See article in Editorial department.)
2. Afar off.—This was a secret of Peter’s denial of Christ. Had he followed with Jesus, as did John, he would not even have been questioned. Decided loyalty saves many temptations.
3. Sought false witness.—They knew no true witness which would condemn Jesus. They sought for men who would testify falsely, even as they did with Stephen. Acts 6:11, 13. This was but the logic of refusing to walk in the light. He who rejects one truth knows not the depth of the depravity to which he will inevitably come. The lesson is, “walk in the light.”
4. This Man said.—Mark tells us in the parallel passage that even in this the witnesses did not agree. Thus the Sanhedrin failed to carry out the law so emphasized all thru the Scriptures, that there must be at least two or three agreeing witnesses to put a man to death. The Sanhedrin was not seeking justice, but to condemn One whose life and teaching condemned them. So it has ever been with every court of religious persecution.
5. Held His peace.—Jesus at first spoke to the high priest, referring to His teaching and work (John 18:20), but seeing and knowing that His condemnation was determined, even by false witnesses, He knew it would be useless to say more; it would do them no good, and He committed His cause to God (1 Peter 2:23).
6. I adjure Thee.—The regular form of oath, which could not be refused, and to which Jesus replied, referring for His vindication to His coming again.
7. What further need?—Glad indeed was the wily priest to turn from his false witnesses, with their contradictory testimony, to the confession of Jesus. For their idea of blasphemy He was condemned; but for the trumped-up charge of treason against Cæsar He was executed. Their charge of blasphemy would not hold in a Roman court.
8. Then!—How easy it is for the mean, the low, the cowardly, to persecute the innocent, the inoffensive, the helpless, the friendless! Jesus stood there as the representative of the oppressed and persecuted of all ages. As they may and should do, He trusted God. He knew that there was another “then,” the great day when all should stand before the eternal judgment-seat. And, knowing this, He pitied His persecutors.
Maritilangi’s Story.
A singular tradition exists among the islanders of the New Hebrides.
The island of Tongoa, one of the group, first received the Gospel about fifteen years ago, from the lips of Oscar Michelson, a Norwegian evangelist. So richly were his labors blest that in 1893 all the inhabitants had been baptized, as well as those of the neighboring islets of Tongariki and Epi. Almost all the people know how to read, and each village has a school taught by a capable master. Public worship is well attended and family prayer observed.
In times past, these Tongoans worshiped evil spirits, with the idea of propitiating them, but they also admitted the existence of a supreme God. Twice a year they invoked Him—at seed-time to ask His blessing on their labor, and at harvest to thank Him for the fruits. The following is the peculiar prophecy which they say has been fulfilled among them:—
More than a century ago there arose among them a prophet named Maritilangi, which signifies “son of heaven.” He never fought, but lived in peace, even with the enemies of his village. When he was very aged he made this prediction: “To-day I have seen in spirit what will take place in the distant future. There will land in our island men with a white skin. Our bark stuffs will then be replaced by white cloths, and our hatchets by tools and improved weapons. And there, on that hill, the white man will settle, who will divide the island in two, and will lead you into the light.”
Then he led his people to the seashore, and, pointing to a rock with a smooth surface, he said, “Our houses are covered with thatch; the white man’s roof will be waton, like that rock.” Now waton means, in the language of the island, either stone or iron.
This prophecy has been fulfilled to the letter. When, fifteen years ago, the first missionary built his house on the spot pointed out by Maritilangi, and roofed it with galvanized iron, the native cried, “This is just what Maritilangi foretold!” and when Michelson constructed a road across the island, they saw in that the fulfilment of the prophecy about dividing the island in two. And when he preached the Gospel of Christ, the whole people recognized the accomplishment of the prediction that the white man would lead them to the light.—Union Gospel News.
THE TYPEWRITER IN UGANDA.
An independent testimony to the progress of missions in Uganda has been given recently by Sir Harry Johnson, a government commissioner: “The difference between the Uganda of 1900,” he writes, “and the blood-stained, harassed, and barbarous days of Mtesa and his son Mwanga is really extraordinary, and the larger share in this improvement is undoubtedly due to the teaching of Anglican and Roman Catholic missionaries.” Of the thirst of the people for education he says: “It is surprising what a number of men, boys, and even women have been taught to read and write at the mission schools. Several of the chiefs use typewriters; in fact, nearly all the official communications that pass between the regents and myself in the Luganda or Swahili languages are neatly typewritten by a chief or a ‘native secretary.’ The chief of Toro, on the borders of the Kongo Free State, possesses a typewriter also.” —Selected.
New Guinea
New Guinea.—The Rev. J. Chalmers sends a list of twenty-six villages on the banks of the Fly River, in which services are held twice daily and three times on Sunday. “The services are very primitive, and, when conducted by the people themselves, the words spoken are very few, and these in great ignorance. I have just sent Hiro and six church-members and their wives up the river to preach Christ and hold services in every possible village. The church-members are to remain three months, and then return here for a spell. They have no education, but they know the story of the cross, and they are in downright earnest. It would have done your heart good to have seen with what enthusiasm they went. I got wearied of waiting and praying, and it was heavily laid upon me to act and do something for the heathen.”—Missionary Review.
FOR NEEDY INDIA.
Previously acknowledged, $2,530.26.
Contributor
Amount
Contributor
Amount
Mrs. Clark and children
$1 30
Gt. Falls Church
$11 96
J. J. Burdinge
1 00
Mrs. Mate
1 00
J. R. Harris
70
W. W. Palmer
2 75
Mrs. M. B. Wilson
1 00
Annie Peterson
25
Mrs. S. Wilson
1 00
Three children
40
Minnie E. Johnson
60
Mrs. E. Choffer
4 00
Grand total to February 18 . . . $2,556 22
Our Work and Workers.
During Pastor Santee's recent visit to the church at Santa Rosa, five were baptized.
Brother C. J. Buhalts reports three conversions to the truth at Carberry, Missouri.
Pastor R. C. Porter is having a good interest in a revival effort at Hamilton, Missouri.
Three souls were baptized and added to the church in San Francisco, February 16.
Pastor Christianson and wife, of the Upper Columbia Conference, have gone to Utah to make that their field of labor.
Our first-day offering to foreign missions for the year ending Dec. 31, 1900, shows an increase of $23,000 over the preceding year.
A good revival work is in progress in Los Angeles, California, under the labors of Brethren Owen and Healey. Fifteen were baptized recently.
There were recently baptized in Healdsburg thirty-eight dear souls, largely youth and children. Many of these were attending the school. The special instruments used of the Lord were Elders A. G. Daniells, Taylor, and Cady.
In a recent issue of the New York Indicator, Pastor G. B. Thompson relates the following interesting incident:—
“Recently, while in Buffalo, I met Sister Simmons, a Sabbath-keeping missionary from the island of St. Lucia, West Indies, who related this incident: A ship from Calcutta was wrecked near the island of St. Lucia. From the wreck, a book, ‘Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,’ was picked up, water-soaked, and not of much value. A gentleman read it with intense interest, and began the observance of the Sabbath. God only knows how and by whom this book was placed on board that ship, and will reward accordingly. Let us sow the seed; for we know not which shall prosper, whether this or that.”
THE “GENERAL CONFERENCE BULLETIN.”
By Editor
As HERETOFORE, the General Conference Bulletin will be published daily during the session of the General Conference, beginning April 2. For the daily issues the price will be 50 cents. For the daily Bulletin with the quarterly issues to follow during the next two years, the price is 75 cents. Subscriptions should be sent in now, so that the list can be made up before the first paper is ready for the mail. Will our church librarians kindly agitate this matter? Send your orders to L. A. Hoopes, secretary of the General Conference, Battle Creek, Mich.
Worthwhile Notes
THE agitation over the liquor question in Kansas is still unabated. As a result the State Legislature has passed a bill making the possession of liquor an evidence of the guilt of the possessor, and the district court has allowed many injunctions to prevent owners of buildings from renting them to liquor men. The State Temperance Union has taken up the fight, and is calling upon the people of every part of the State to follow the example of Topeka, Kansas City, Wichita, and other cities, and many ministers are throwing their influence with the crusaders. Many joints have been closed up. In Winfield, Kansas, shotguns and revolvers have been purchased on both sides, and trouble is feared if the saloons should attempt to open again. Several wells belonging to temperance people have been poisoned, but thus far no deaths have been reported. Vigilance committees are being formed, and the people seem determined to continue the war on the saloons. On February 18 Mrs. Nation was again arrested, and, refusing to give bonds to keep the peace, is still in jail.
THE powers in China are still insisting upon the execution of the death penalty upon the Chinese officials named in their joint note, and China, notwithstanding her promise to comply, has still refrained from carrying out the promise. These officials, who have been ordered by the government to commit suicide, have refused to do so. Thus the Peking situation grows more tangled and more threatening. The German field marshal is preparing to send out a large expedition of the allied forces to the new capital, where the empress dowager is now residing with her court. The President has ordered the Americans in China to take no part in the expedition, and it is thought that both Russia and England will decline to join in the undertaking.
THE great Fairmount coal regions of West Virginia are being bought up by the Morgan-Rockefeller syndicate. Already, it is reported, about $14,000,000 worth of these coal fields have been purchased, and the rest of the region will come into the syndicate at a proportionate price. The purchase of this coal region is for the purpose of making the syndicate's hold upon the steel interests of the country more secure. The consummation of this mammoth deal marks a long step in the aggressive warfare of the trust.
PROFESSOR D'ARSONVAL, of Paris, declares that French engineers have solved the problem of the submarine boat, and that before the year is closed France will have submarine torpedo-boats which will be able to cross the ocean without emerging for the entire distance. The coast of France, he claims, will then be safe from attack by battle-ships or cruisers, and will not be dependent upon large war vessels for that safety.
TO-DAY the stars visible from the first to the thirteenth magnitude aggregate 43,000,000, of which nearly 10,000,000 have been photographed. It is suspected that there are 100,000 stars belonging to the fifteenth magnitude. In the milky-way alone there are about 10,000 stars, separated by vast distances. To the eye at the telescope the sky seems no longer dotted with constellations, but powdered with gold-dust."
REPORTS from South Africa indicate that the Boers are being hard pressed by the various columns that have been in pursuit. Several small engagements have taken place, and the Boers have been pressed back toward the border, losing many wagons loaded with ammunition, a Maxim gun, and many horses. General Kitchener has taken the field in person to superintend the capture of De Wett's forces.
In a large cave in the mountains near Alpine, Texas, 26 skeletons were discovered recently, lying side by side, and on one of the stone jars found was the name Narvaez and the figures 1526. This is supposed to be a portion of the Narvaez expedition which was shipwrecked on Galveston Island about 1535, and started to cross the continent, four of whose members finally reached California.
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY GAGE recently declared an additional duty on Russian sugar equal to the remitted excise duty which Russia allows on sugar exportations. The Russian Government retaliated at once by declaring a duty of 30 per cent. upon importations of American hardware, including structural steel and iron and various kinds of tools and machinery.
THE 30th Volunteer Infantry sailed from Manila for San Francisco on February 17. When the regiment sailed from San Francisco it had 1,338 men, including officers, of which 777 officers and men are returning, and 88 remain on duty in the island, leaving 436 who have been killed or have died of wounds or disease, or deserted from the service.
THE first division of the first Parliament of King Edward VII., which took place February 19, resulted in a marked cutting down of the government's majority. The test came over the matter of the government's policy in South Africa, and the vote showed a government majority of only 45 in place of the normal majority of about 130.
A FLOURISHING Mormon colony has been discovered in Paris, the male members numbering sixteen and the wives fifty-eight. No prosecution is expected, as the marriages are regarded as religious instead of civil, the polygamous wives being viewed by the State as having no legal status.
AN attempt was made recently in the Chicago council to repeal the midnight saloon-closing ordinance. It was defeated by a vote of 35 to 33. A resolution extending the time limit to 1 o'clock A.M. was also defeated; and Mayor Harrison promises the strict enforcement of the law.
A BILL authorizing the appropriation of $5,000,000 toward the expenses of the International Exposition to be held at St. Louis, Mo., in 1903, to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Louisiana purchase, passed the House on February 18.
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in the mines of the Union Colliery Company on Vancouver Island, February 15, entombing sixty miners and destroying a great amount of property. It is believed that all the entombed miners have perished.
INCORPORATION papers are now being drawn up for the giant steel combine, which is to take in all the leading steel-making concerns of the United States. The amount of capital involved in this great trust is placed at $800,000,000.
Six persons were killed and six more or less seriously injured by the wrecking of the East-bound overland train near Winnemucca, Nevada, on February 17, a cloudburst having washed away a portion of the road-bed.
TWO BILLS have been introduced in the California Legislature providing for the suppression of the slave traffic in Chinese and Japanese girls and women that has gone so long unchecked in various cities of this State.
THE result of the first Italian census in twenty years shows a population of 35,000,000. The ratio of increase is greater, according to this census, than in any other European country. The birth-rate continues high.
LONDON'S city chemist has testified that the beer drunk in the city of London each week contains on an average 300 pounds of arsenic, enough to kill a million persons if administered in equal doses and at one time.
THE Presbyterian committee on creed revision has unanimously agreed that some change in the creed is necessary. The committee will, however, present majority and minority reports as to what the changes shall be.
A DESPATCH from St. Petersburg, Russia, states that 336 students of Moscow have been arrested, and a Moscow newspaper has been suppressed by the government for publishing the university bulletins.
THE spread of the plague in Bombay is increasing, there having been 923 deaths from the plague in that city during the past week. Reports from Cape Town indicate the continuance of the plague there.
On February 7 the Delaware Legislature passed, by unanimous vote, a bill making the kidnapping of children a crime punishable by hanging. A similar law has been enacted by the Legislature of Missouri.
A MARKED increase has been noted in the number of suicides in Paris since the closing of the World's Fair, due, it is thought, to the necessity of stricter economy in living and retrenchment in expenses.
ANDREW CARNEGIE is planning the building of the greatest shipbuilding yards in the world, on Staten Island, New York, alongside the largest iron and steel plant ever projected.
THE Ship Subsidy Bill has been side-tracked in the Senate, and it is not expected that it will be brought up again at this session.
THE first Parliament under the reign of King Edward VII. was opened by the king in person on February 14.
THE city of Madrid, Spain, is under martial law, and rioting and attacks on Jesuit institutions continue.
A TIN-CAN trust is being organized at the present time, the object of its promoters being to control the entire output of tin cans in the United States. The few concerns which have not been taken into the trust will be dependent upon the tin trust for their material, and can thus be forced out of business at any time.
The Virginia Legislature, during the session just closed, adopted plans for a convention to revise the State constitution, the main object in view being the elimination of the negro vote.
Many thousands are reported to have died in the steppes of Western Siberia from the true bubonic plague. The malady was at first thought to be “hunger typhus.”
ANOTHER battle between Mexican troops and Maya Indians has resulted in the Indians losing all their fortified places.
THE work of closing the canteens at the different army posts began on February 18.
As a result of the rioting and unrest in Spain, the cabinet resigned on February 17.
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