, 1873-05-18


resented the wards OF cties in municipal position, the
were signa1y defeated by the votes Of the women.
| London, ~ ia well Known, Mz1. Garf1H Anderson
II. D., Is one Of the most useful members Of th
School Board and the il true Of Miss Becker,
| Manchester. The right Of suffrage seems to hav
been conferred the principle that whera women pa
tux for any object they shall have the right to Vo1e
| IN the disposition Of tho funds.
THE INFLUENCE OF WORLDS PAIRS.
Tho German press, and particularly the Ber1i1
newspapers, arc engaged in discussing the in:
tiuences which tho Vienna Exposition is likely te
have on the peace OF Europe fac sentiment il
by NO means unanimous il favor Of tho popular
notion that Worlds Exposition ia great har.
monizer OF nations. It is customary for Amari-
cans to regard everything which carries the word
+" international" as calculated to cement the
bonds Of continents and promote the policy OF
! universal harmony. There has never yet been
an International boat-race, or an intexnationa
boxing-match, or an International congress OF
any description, which Americans have mott
heralded as harbinger Of universal peace
and promoter Of good feeling. The Berlin
newspapers take q more practical view Of the
matter. They congratulate the Austrian En-
peror upon the possession OF 30 Industrious and
enterprising people; they congratulate the
Austrian people upon having SO good an En-
pcror and they congratulate both upon the
prospect Of SUCCESS attending the opening Of
the Vienna Exposition. 1t the same time they
cannot refrain from limiting that Austria appears
to better advantage in peace than in war from
recalling the Inst brief conflict between Austria
and Prussia, or from pointing out that PEusaia
has taken the lead in shaping the destinies OF
the German Empire, and will not brook any in
terforence. One Of the Berlin newspapers goes
Exposition the occasion for insisting that
the Prussian navy, the wenkest feature
in this strong Government, must be moro fully
recruited than over before. All these hints and
inRinuations are covered up with expressions OF
friendly feeling for Auatria's progress, but they
are not strictly in the line Of Peace-
r. :. . uurst1on whether these Universal Ex-
positions exert any marked influence in main-
tanning friendly relations or bringing govern-
ments closer together. The fact ia that they are
purely commercial institutions, and Is such,
calculated to stimulate competition in trade,
to illustrate the advantages OF free interchange
Of commodities, nnd to teach the mercantile
clasces that much is to bo gained, in timo OF
peace, by ep1arging their intercourse
and working together. But the war
power Of European nations rests with
an entirely different class, not generally
in sympathy with those who contribute to the
success OF international exhibitions. Neither
royalty On the one hand nor the army on
the other has any particular interest in these
fairs outside Of the pride in tho pageantry aad
the temporary brilIancy added to the crown un-
der whose patronage one Of them is held.
These expeditions ara direct oufgrowth Of the
Leipsio and Frankfort fairs, which had more
genuine international characte1istics than the
big shows Of modern times, and which fur
nished the great annual and serni-annua1 rnarts
for the interchange Of the rich pro-
ducts Of the manufacture Of all na-
tons. These fairs did not prevent
wars and dissensions any more than their Sue
cessors. There have been Ave Of the great
Worlds Fair, tho first held in London in 1851
the second in Paris in 1856; the third in London
in 1852; the fourth in Paris in 1867, and tho !
praeent one in Vienna Interspersed anoug |
these were several important uars. The Cri- |
mean war followed the Exposition OF 1851 the
Italian war followed the Exposition OF |
1856; the Austro-Prusaian war followed that Of |
1869, and the Franco-Prussian war came close
npon the heels OF that Of 1867. Vowed ir sue
light Of the past, therefore, it is im1sssible to
conclude that these expoaitions are great aud
3irect agents Of peace, however important they
nay be in illustrating and advancing the interests
II commerce.
There il reason to regard great International
,howa Of any kind in the light Of hollow fustiau,
'xcept as to the immediate object to which they
re devoted. The entente cordiaze was thought
o be fully established when King William, Of
Prussia, visited the Emperor Napoleon at Paris,
nd the event Was celebrated throughout Europe
ast1ng peace between the two nations they rep
esented. Yet it did not even serve the purpose
# postponing the outbreak Of international hos
ity, or Of lessening the 7indictive horrors ofthe
var that followed shortly after. The Treaty OF
Washington, it is safe to say, accomplished more
u the why Of settling international difficult
les without warfare than Dozen Inter-
lationa1 Expositions- Yot it is doubtful whether
his plan could have been successfully applied,
nder similar circumstances, between any two
ations on the face Of the globe except England
nd America. Worlds Fairs have much to rec
mmend them, though their main advantages
ccrue to the benefit Of the particular cities IN
ihich they nre held; but the Germans are prnc-
(cally right in ref1aining from the usual predic-
ions Of universal peace as q consequence. This
l q rather visionary result at BEST and one in
hich neither the viennese, who are making hay
hilo tho sun shines, nor the strangers, who are