The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-01-24
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.


q very long article, in which the history
Europe during the year which has just e,
pired is ably summarized. Speaking Of th
present British ministry, it says Mr.: Disrae
has saved the country from the dangers Of
/ Conservative reaction, and has taken ne'
step in educating his party by impressing O.
, it that it ought to show itself worthy to b
: considered the party Of Pit and Grerville
} Lord Derby's foreign policy is as safe as
foreign policy can be.
He has managed to stand well with power
of very various kinds, and wise reserve wa
exercised in the instructions given to tn
English representation at the Brussels Con
ference. The chief excitement of the closinl
months Of the year has been religious no
political Mr.. Gladstones pamphlet on tn
Vatican DEGREES has had two important con
sequences. 1t has revealed the wide differ
ences of religious opinion which separate
many persons who profess the same creed
and it has improved Mr.. Gladstones position
with those sections of his countrymen who
thought he was wavering in his adherence to
the Established Church Of England.
Great Britain, like most other countries,
has been blessed last year with an abundant
harvest, which has done much to mitigate the
distress caused by depressed trade and the
continuance Of the struggle between capital
and labor in the shape of strikes. In matters
of science, England has taken her share in
the observation of the Transit Of Venus, and
is now fitting out an Arctic Expedition.
The Ashantee war has been carried to a
successful conclusion, and the Fiji Archipel-
ago has become part Of that Empire over
which the sun never SETS The Bengal fam
inc, which doomed up in such threatening
shape, has been dealt with in statesmanlike
manner, and its most dreaded results in a
great measure averted or mitigated. The
Canadian reciprocity treaty with the United
States has been negotiated, and now awaits
the sanction Of the American Senate.
France is still under the Septennate, a
provisional state of things to be sure, but one
to which the French may become used if
Marshal MacMahon continues to maintain Or
der and to keep down the strife of all extreme
parties. Should the present Assembly fail to
adopt the measures the President has persist
emily recommended for the organization of
his Government, it is likely that dissolution
will take place, and an appeal be made to
he voters, who will most probably elect
majority pledged to the permanent establish
nent of Republic. In the meanwhile France
S not unhappy.
The harvest and the vintage have been un-
good, and the Bank of France
s accommodating very large reserve Of bullion |
n preparation for the resumption of specie |
ayments. Immense efforts are being made |
Q reconstitute the army on scale that will |
i've France once more voice among nations.
he foreign policy Of Fr6nce has been also
Moderate, prudent and concilatory.
The Unicers was suspended for time to
lease Prince Bismarck, the Orenoque was re-
allied to please Italy, and Duke Decazes has
sken proper measures to prevent breaches of
eutrality on the frontier of the Pyrenees.
The great rival of Frances has passed
trough year ofsgfeater agitation than
rance herself, the elections to the Reichstag
aving sent to tina. body troublesome oppo-
ton, consistly partly Of Ultramontanes, and
artly Of extreme Liberals, who do not ap-
rove the great German Chancelor's high
,nded ways Of going on.
Germany is armed to the teeth, and is de-
rmined to remain SO. The attempt Of Kull- |
ann to assassinate Bismarck vastly increased
at statesman's popularity, as such attempts
variably do, but the more recent arrest and
ial Of Count Arnim can scarcely have salts
ID his prosecutor, although the facts elected :,
owed the enormous superiority of Prince
policy over that recommended by !,
8 would.be rival
Aft3 passing through another military a
Spain has again been landed into c
onarchy and boy Of seventeen has been Q
lied upon to solve problem which has v
retofore baffied her ablest soldiers and q
sest statesmen.
Italy is absorbed in the task of improving :
financial condition and REFRESHING the :
igands, whose lawless doings have struck !.
ror into Sicily and the Southern and Central
ovinces Of the peninsula. is
Russia has this year taken steps to create 8,
army which, it is said, will, if all reserves b
counted, not fall short of two millions of Il
N. 99sss al Ia HIua 81
Austria, like Italy, has its financial diff -
ulties to encounter, and its exhausting :,
ny to maintain. While every great power -
for war no power probably wishes
war at present. but although the general
ace has been preserved, although the