The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-31

lists In the Assembly are ceaselcsslv active, but
they see tAey must wait for their opportunity In
tie future. Thcrs nd Gtm eta We con-
uuued In their piaces A. R,pIbncIn L. der.
There ate ~ any si. rs int the present Ats m1.y
Viii soon proNie for ita own dissulutiou. and
the specdv erection ot new Assembly, inter
wricr botn Houses will lsso rnble as the l. eisa-
tive power OF an org nizei constitutional re-
pulhc.
IN tue RTsr or EUROPE.
In GERMANY we'll. bismarck is Germrnv. lie
has made no great Now movements this We n.
lie has not checked the scticn If the ! W. rcla.
tive t. the church, ana on many uCcs einns pre-
iatcs aud trirsts have been the sufferers by
them. The hierarchy have no mnuns 90 prcVcut-
Ing the cxecution 81 the laws ~ is.3 T. the ~
ulation uf education. coolest steal authority,
ami church ur 1ne'tv, ana tie foDe has hal To-
ret saii inod win Ills previous rcuunf:rln'cs
against them. We recently had new evidence
showing how fully bismarck controls German
legislation, and the various policies he has been
engaged I'm turning into laws I'll bear the mut X
Of his strong b I'd. Bismarck has been studying
Turkey but We have not yet learned his conclu-
siuns.
In Italy the wear has been one of greater 10.
litical quictu than any other year for long
time. There has been no new trouble about the
Pope, who has Kept himself closely confined In
the Vatican, aud the Ultramontane party have
offered only passive resistance to the Laws
which in previous years were felt so heavily
The Emperor Of Germany visited the kug ui
Italy short time ago at Milan. but II the mon
archs conferred ABOUT political questions, they
have not yet published their views.
In Ausiro-Huugary, also, the year has been
one OF unusual internal uuictudc, Though latter
~ tuc lcuni GONefumcnts Mulch mas been
compelled to keep close watch over the insur-
gent Bosni tns and agitated SefVians across IT,
southern border, has had more than its share on
trouble over the Turkish question. Austria "
more directly interested in the Sultans fate
than any other power, Russia not excepted.
Russia has given us little matcr / for lucu.
bratiOn, beyond the items incidentally men
toned in our survey. We get no news FROM
there Of Governmental crises, or Of exciting
popular elections. or Of projected policies, OF VI
religious struggles.
Looking at spain, we see that the young king
has maintained his place, tht the reaction
against the changes made during the republic
has been In progress, thtt the Caflist war IA
languish ~. that the Government l. controllc,
"a ever by military politicians. and that no PRO
vision has been made for calling together aRui
the Curtcs dispersed hy the soldier Who over
threw the stellar republic.
All the south American states have keft tn,
peace with each other curing The We IT.. ana III,
Emperor II irzil VIII soon enj IS the pleisur,
OF paying us "A visit.
The great .Asiatic empires are apart from NJ
In thought ana motion. China needs us not. mo-
the Indies, nor Persia. As Tor Africa-wha
OF ~
SO much for the lands " the world, and ss 10
Its Yates, they, too have had their Nicissitudes
| GA the Atlantic. and GA our Pacific coast, "
| have had a number u shipwreclts, with appal
| ling consequences.
The Mil-rites have expected the end OF tn
! world this year, ~ they have done for 80 man
years; but the old machine yet wagging tn
| a