Download or read book Fifty-Seventh Annual Report of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, 1909 written by Hawaiian Mission Children'S Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty-Seventh Annual Report of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, 1909: With the Charter and by-Laws and List of Active Members The year has been one of general unrest, of history-making and advance. One of the most appalling disasters ever recorded occurred on Dec. 28, when Italy and Sicily were visited by the most destruct ive earthquake of the centuries. Political disturbances have been many. Ancient Persia is awak ing and India calls for more freedom. Austria, Crete and Bulgaria, on the point of involving greater nations in war, were surprised when Turkey, the unchangeable, issued a proclamation of personal liberty to her subjects, religious toleration and freedom of speech. Russia, at her third Duma, inaugurated many reforms; Portugal, although King Carlos and the crown-prince were assassinated, has moved steadily forward; China's Emperor and Dowager Empress are dead, yet no uprising followed and reforms continue, the anti 0pium law making rapid progress; war between France and Ger many has been prevented by an agreement in November to arbi trate; Japan has sealed her friendship with the United States by a treaty; The Hague conference was followed by peace meetingsin many lands; the American fleet sailed on a mission of peace around the world and was received with eclat by the nations; a wave of prohibition has swept over this nation and five states have enacted prohibitory laws; graft has been exposed and punished; 2-cent postage has been inaugurated between the United States, Great Britain and Germany; the problem of aerial flight has been solved; wireless telegraphy has greatly advanced; color photog raphy has been evolved; moving pictures and a signal system on railroads by which broken rails can be detected in time to prevent a wreck - these are among the many changes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.