The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-10
Present Condition ~ spain, France
and Gernany'

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II II on Spain that tho eyes u
Europe have boon dxod during the
present month, The young king ii
firmly seated In tho saddle, even
senior CASTELAR, having given IN his
adhesion 10 tho now monarchy,
Tho restoration hna had n good
though slight effect on Spanish
securities, Tho truth Ia, I'LL tho
statesmen of tho peninsula adopt
very vigorously that policy OF re'
lrcnchmcnt for which tho English
radical party has been content 10
incur 40 much obloquy, : spanish
budgets will continue with sclontldc
certainty, TO exhibit, year allor
year, u succession Of deficits, Tho
pension list especially needs row
sion, Not unlroQuently u Spanish
official rocci' on u pension OF two or
three thousand dollars for not more
than u months service in his do
partment, Worse than this, tho
cx,onicinl has not even tho poor
patriotism TO spend tho earnings Of
his jobbery ut home, but prefers TO
amuso himself abroad,
THE CURSE OF SPAIN
IL absentoosm, You may drive for
hours in tho hoart Of tho country
over uncultivatod land belonging TO
m omigrant noble A false polit'
icOl economy, too has stuffed com.
merco by tho undue taxation Of
wealth. Another serious impodi.
ment to industrial development lies
in tho circumstance that the priests
arc opposed to tho uso Of machinery.
Prices, Of course, are constantly in
creasing, articles Of luxury alone
being cheap, IN thore are 40 few
persons TO buy them, A diplomat
ist recently sold II dno Irish horse
worth about ono thousand dollars
for ono hundred and twenty-five
dollars, Generally speaking tho
expenses Of living ut Madrid aro
as great as at Now York.
THE CARLlsT REBELLION
is dying out, through tho disinclin.
alton of tho Carlst officers to bear
arms against Alfonso XII, But the
flower of the Spanish population is
still arrayed under the banner of
legilimitsm. The southcrncrs who
fought for the republic and are now
fighting for tho constitutional mon
achy aro described by those who
should know thom as miserable
soldiers. One Of the republican
generals who fell not long since is
believed to have met his death at
the hands Of his own soldiers, who
were furious at his inflicting upon
them the hardship Of real fighting.
They evidently dreaded their own
commander as much as the enemy.
A good instance OF tho altered rc-
lations between European states
since tho last war il furnished by
the fact. that
FRANCE
is said to be unwilling to recognize
the now government Of Spain lest
she should give offence to Germany
by appearing anxious to take tho
initiative. 1t is not to be wondered
Mt that the latter power should be
somewhat overbearing, when every
whore she finds tho nations pros
trate at her feet. Recently her
,onsul.general in Servia claimed
precedence, by right Of seniority,
Dvor another consul-goncral, who,
however, was also political agent
from his government, A difficulty
cnsued, and the cabinet of Berlin
announced that it could not recog-
nize the rank of agent as it had
not been recognized by the con
gress of Vienna in 1915. There
upon all the consuls-general of the
great powers AZ Belgrade, who were
also agents, agreed to drop their
titles to humor the con.
sular representative of Prussia.
The consequences may be extremely
announcement to themselves, for the
Sorvlan government will, in all
probability, refuse henccforth to
treat with them on political quos-
lions and refuse them political in.
formation.
GERMANY.
But, it reports from Berlin DO
true, Germany is about to lose her
right arm, for Bismarck is lettering
TO his fall and his power is not even
expected to last out the year. The
court, the aristocracy. the independ-
ent press, tho Catholics, are all
against and too strong for him. The
bankers, on the other hand, sup.
port him, thus showing how init.
inately they consider the material
prosperity Of the empire to be
bound up with the dominion of its
iron chancellor. 1t still remains to
be seen whether the principle of
federalism will succeed in Germany.
Thus the Bavarian bishops have
presented TO their king u protest
against the introduction of the civil
marriage law into Bavaria, but the
imperial government is not likely
to allow King Ludwig much liberty
OF action in the matter. The defeat