The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-16


much commented on by the press of Vienna
and Berlin. The author, who writes under the
signature of "a Hussar" but who Is known 10
be q Hungarian military officer of high rank, ue-
cares that it is impossible for Prussia to be SIN
cerely friendly towards Austria, IL must In
due course make an attempt to seize the German
provinces of that empire In the event OF u War
between Prussia and France therefore, he CON
tinued, Austria must take the side of the latter,
in which case il will be necessary for Prussia 10
place 300, 600 men on the Bohemian frontier 10
cover her flank against the corps OF oOserVau9n
which Austria would send to that province IN
such a struggle, the writer adds, Prussia ana
Russia would also have Turkey, Italy and Eng
land" against them. The result of the war, nc
concluded would be the humiliation OF frussla
as n great power, the humiliation OIL hussla "nu
the restoration of Poland.
The antagonism between the Slavonlc ana
Italian populations on the coast oil the AuIllIl'
has again broken out in some serious disturb
ances at Trieste. These disturbances created SO
much alarm among the Inhabitants that the
local militia, which is entirely composed OF Sla-
yonians, has been disbanded. The Governor
General Moring, is very popular both with the
Italians and the Slavonians, and his experiences
in America and as a member of the Frankfort
Parliament have given him strong liberal ten
dencies, which have caused him to be perhaps
more lenient than the occasion demanded very
stringent instructions, however, have now been
forwarded to him from Vienna, and it is stated
that he has already given notice to the po-
desta and other influential citizens of Trieste
that, If the disturbances are repeated he Will
be compelled to place the town in state of
siege.
"A contributor to the Daily Ne,cs gives an
interesting account of an unsuccessful attempt
made by a correspondent of Victor Hugo, while
the translation of LES Travailleurs de la Mer'
was being proceeded WITH to convince the great
man that Premiere des quatre" was not a cor
rect rendering of Firth of Forth" and that the
Firth of Forth was not the "First of -Four
Cliffs The curious blunder was noticed in
r1nt rta la
appeared; but wei now hear, for the first time, that
it had been pointed out to VI. Hugo before the
work appeared, and that the sublime romancist
persisted in maintaining that the Firth OF
Forth was what he had declared it to be, and
that the first of the four cliffs which mark the
frontier between England and Scotland had
been blown down by the fury of an equinoctial
gale. The meteorological facts mentioned by
me, he replied, being the same us reported by
the Bulletin of the Paris Observatory, if there is
an error, or if the denomination is ineXact, it is
to the Bulletin that that error or ineXactitude
must be referred. For the rest do not believe
that there is an error ON reste je ne crotS pas
qUU y alt erreu).'
An archdeacon and a clergyman or two of
lesser note have venturcd to attack Darwinism
before the members of the British Association at
Exeter. As might be expected, whether right
or wrong as a matter of fact, they got the worst
of it in argument, Professor Huxley. observing
that their papers and speeches seemed to him
to suggest that Cain was the first doctor of
divinity. and Abel the first man of science.
Almost at the same time the Pope's organ, the
Ctcidd CattOlicG, was discussing the same sub
ject. The following is brief summary of its
argument-"As the Church teaches that God
created man, the liberals will not believe it,
and maintain they descend from apes.
They have chosen that animal for
their progentor, because Satan, the
first conspirator, the first revolutionary and the
first liberal that ever lived, was the ape of the
Deity. Further, they have observed that, as the
ape is notoriously impudcnt, malicious, and,
above all, prone to theft, he possesses the same
qualities as themselves. The liberals are the apes
of the Church and of God, and follow in that
the example of the devil, their lord and master
From this come their hatred and anmosity to
the Church. Does the Pope summon an ECu-
menical Council at Rome? The liberals propose
at Naples an assembly of free-thinkers. In
short liberalism is only grand piece OF aping.'
The Moscow Gazette of August ID publishes
an article which contains some interesting in
formation as to the measures taken by the Rus
sian Government with the object of facilitating
the use of railways by the troops in time of war.
No railway, it appears, can now be made in
Russia unless the company charged with its
construction engages to build the carriages i'll
such way as to make them easily available for
the transport Of troops. sort of railway drill
has been established in order to accustom the
soldiers to enter and come out of train with
the greatest possible rapidity, and special rail
way companies are to be attached to each regi-
ment, consisting of men capable of acting in
of need as engineers stokers drivers, points
men, etc. The total number of the soldiers
forming these companies will for the present be
1000 The Moscow Gazette thus explains the
necessity for the above measures-"No one
doubts the great importance of railways in
military point of View but if the necessary ar
rangements are rot made in time OF peace they
will not be One-tenth as seryiceable as they
ought to be. If, for instance, the troops, and
especially the artillery and cavalry, are not eX-
ercised during peace in entering and leaving
railway carriage without losing time, or
if the enemy should destroy portion of the
rails, or the employees of the rlilway(a Gas was the
case during the last Polish insurTection) do not
deserve the confidence of the government, and
if no means are taken to provide against such
contingencies, the best strategical combinations
might be paralyzed.'
The disturbances which lately took place in
consequence OF the establishment of n monastery
at MOaDit, n suburb of Berlin, have called the
attention of the Prussian press to the laws on reli
giOus societies which exist in the various German
States. 1t appears that in Prussia the only au-
thority that decides as to the establishment of a
monastery is the bishop of the diocese the State
lshed for the purpose of exercising an influence
on public affairs" By article IS of the Prussan
Constitution, monasterieS can only acquire the
rights possessed by lay associations through
special laws made dd hoe; and no religious order
is to be regarded as a corporation unless its
foundation has been sanctioned by the State.
The numerous mOnastcries and converts estab-
lished in Prussia since 1850 have accordingly
no corporate existence in the eyes OF the law,
and their property is held either in the name of
n third person or of an individual member of
the society. In Bavaria no religious establish
ment can be founded without the consent of the
State (edict of 1879. In Austria by Article %
of the COncOrdat, the concurrence OF the Gov
emment' is required for such foundations, alter
which they become legally entitled to all the
DOdlpS,