The New York herald., 1875-02-22
Present Condition Of the Principalities,
Prelacies and Peoples.
Silent Struggle Of the Democracy with
the lmpenaisms
The Pressure Of Taxation and
the Military Armamente.
Chinese Libefalsm-Ils Mode Of Political
Action and Purpose.

PARIS, Jan. 81, 1875.
1t Is on Spain that the eyes OF Europe have been
liked during the present month. The young King
is firmly seated In the saddle; even Senior Castelar,
having given in his adhesion to the new monarchy.
The restoration has had good though slight effect
on the value OF Spanish securities. The truth is
Till the statesmen OF the Peninsula adopt very
vigorously that policy OF retrenchment for which
the English radical party has been content TO In.
cur SO much oblOquy. Spanish budgets will contine
with scientific certainty to exhibit, year after
year. q succession OF deficits. The pension list
especially requires revision. Not unirequently a
Spanish Official receives o pension or 81, 900 or
$4,000 for not moro than o months service In hts
department.. Worse than thls the cX.Oflicial has
not even the poor patriotism to spend the earnings
Of his jobbery at home but prefers to apuse him.
self abroad.
THE CURSE OF SPAIN
ls Absenteeism. You may drive for hours In the
heart OF the country over uncultivated land be.
longing to an emigrant noble. false political
economy, too, mas stined commerce by the undue
taxation OF wealth. Another Sc ious impeachment
to industrial development lies In the crc instance
that the priests are opposed to the OF macnin-
cry. Prices, OF course, are constantly increasing
articles OF luxury alone being cheap. as there are
30 few persons to buy them. A dtpomatist re-
Gently sold nne Irish horse worth about 81 900
for $125. Generally speaking the expenses OF
living at Ma@rid are as great as al New York.
THE CARLIsT REBELLION
is dying OUT through the disinclinalon Of the Car
list on1cers to bear arms against Alfonso XII But
the nower OF the spanish population Is still ar
rayed under the banner or legltlmlsm. The
Southerners who fought for the Republic and are
now lighting for the constitutional monarchy are
described by those who should know them as
miserable soldiers. One OF the republican generals
who lell not long since IL believed to have met
his death at the hands Of his own soldiers, VINO
were furious at MS in1cting on them the hardship
OF real lighting. They evidently dreaded their
own commander as much as the enemy.
good instance Of the altered relations between
European states since the last war Is furnished
by the fact that
FRANCE
Is said to be unwilling to recognize the new gov.
srnment Of spain lest she should give offence 20
Germany by appearing anxious to take the initia-
tive 1t Is not to be wondered at that the latter
Power should be somewhat overbearing when
everywhere she nnds the nations PROSTATE at her
feet Recently her Consul General In Servia
claimed precedence by right Of seniority over
another Consul General, who, however, was also
political agent from his government. A difficnlty
snsued, and the Cabinet OF Berlin announced
shat IL could not recognize the rank OF
"agent," as 1t had not been recognized by
Ihe Congress OF Vienna In. 1915. There
upon all the ConsuIs General OF the great
Powers at Belgrade, who were also agents, agreed
to drop their diplomatic titles to humor the Con.
sular representative OF Prussia. The consequences
may be extremely ipconvenient to themselves, for
the Servlan government will. In all probability.
refuse henceforth to treat with them on political
questions and refuse them political information.
GERMANY.
But, II reports from Berlin are true, Germany
u about TO lose ner right arm, for Bismarck Is
tottering to his all and his power is not ex.
pecred tc last out the year. The court, the aris
tocracy, the independent press, the Catholics are
Ail against and too strong for him. The bankers,
on the other hand, support him, thus showing
how ultimately they consider the material pros
perity OF the Empire co be bound up with the
domination OF Its iron Chancellor. 1t still remains
to be seen whether the principle Of federalism will
Bucceed in Germany. Thus the Bavarian bishops
have presented to their King protest against the
Introduction OF the Civil Marriage law into Baya-
ria, but the imperial government Is not likely
to allow King Ludwig much liberty OF action
IN the matter. The deIeat vi the bill in the Bava-
varIan Parliament would be q victory TOR the
Chul ch over the Empire. and the Empire Is not In
q mood to brook defeats least OF all at the hands
Of the Roman Catholic clergy. Herr Won Treitscke,
tue CceDr8teQ HermA puDlIclSt mas just put 1Ortn
. volume, In which lie advocates the
MORE COMPLETE UNIFIcATIoN OF THE FATHEaLAHD,
hints that he would not be sorry see all the
tribatary kings and grand dukes swept away. In
conjunction wirn Herr Treitscke's proposals may
be taken the refusal OF Emperor William to
sanction the succession or the Crown Prince of
Hanover to the ducal crown OF Brunswick, which
Will be HIS rather his fathers by right OF lnher-
hance on the death OF the reigning Duke. The
next netr by the Sale law, after the ami!y Of en-
King Ernest, Is the Duke OF Cambridge, and 1t Is
believed that the claims OF the English Comman-
der Chief were at one time favorably considered
ct P0tsdam. But public opinion will probably
urge the Empcror.King to annex the province to
Prussia. whether such public opnlon will be
manufactured or not Is another
affair. The ''reptlle iund." as Prince Bismarck
terms the secret service money placed at MIS- dis
posal for the corruption OF Journalists amounts to
b7500OO. with which good deal may be done In
tnis world.
will never more give trouble to Prussia and the
Germans OF the new Empire must have heard with
sincere pleasure that the Austrian Minister OF
Finance Is actually enabled to show an excess OF
Income over expenditure during the past year.
For rhe nrst time since 1889 Austria mas q surplus.
1t amounts to $275o,ooo, but Is unfortunately more
than cOunterbalanCeu 0Y HUNGARIAN deficit OF
ST., 1000 O0O which Will necessitate the imposition
OF an income tax OF four per cent In the Translei.
than portion OF the monarchy. No position can be
harder than that OF the Austrian Germans, whose
destinies are linked with those OF the thriftless
Magyars. It Is as though q steady and hardwork.
Ing Scotchman were compelled TO take gypsy
into partnership, with privilege reserved to the
e. psy oil working as little as he liked and drawing
TO An unfimit ed extent on the ScOtchman
RUSSIA.
Another sham surplus Is that recently an.
nounced by Russia, against the deception Of
which would. DO investors In Russian securities
ought 10 be warned. Although the estimate OF
revenue and expenditure, as Mr.. Frederick Mai
TN points ont, are always exactly balanced IN
the Russian offlcial returns, there has been In
reality no financial period during the last ioity
years without u large denclt. These deficits are
chenv covered by iOrcign loans. In contrast TO
Russia, France has a nominal deficit and a real
surplus, the former being Occasoncd by the
honorable resolution OF her statesmen to devote
not less than S40000.000 yearly to tive payment
OF certain portion OF her debt. There ought,
however. to UOubt ultimate