The New York herald., 1875-02-22

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Russian administration OF the land OF KosclusKo is
not so dark as rumor would paint 1t.
| THE SICK MANI
still shows signs OF liie and the completion OF the
underground railway at Constanunopie is q sub.
| war may yet be found IN the Sultan's dominions.
But civilization, IN Its highest sense. is wanting
! The Counsel OF State, for example, has inst drawn
| up a law iorbldding marriages between Turks and
ness Of religious anmos,ry between 1.-The the
two nations, Tor ! need not remind Ameri-
regard the people OF the other as disse nters iron,
| the true Iaith. one article OF the law declares
that II female OTTOMAN subject snail marry a
Persian the children OF such marriage shall be re-
Rarded as Ot,oman SUBJECTS and the sons liable
to the conscI,ptlon; rnis provision is remarkable
rules OF international law, which or course de.
eide hat the clildren's nationality Is that oil their
THE MoSrENEGnN DIFFICULTY.
Il has happily been arranged without setting the
East in names. A ie " Oflicals are to be hung
either side the lrontier-let us nope with satisac-
tion to all parties concerned Concerned
| continues to illustrate the failure OF artificial
! royalty. The Deputies 10 the Assembly, accord.
ing to a practice TOO common In Europe. are rem.
| dering legislation impossible by deliberate absence
! from the DEBATES. The session OF the Chamber.
count count out. out Parliament viii be convoSed next
month IN "extraordlnary session. 10 vote the
while there Is no doubt that King Georue would
receive plenty OF moral support, whatever
as vsu 70 %s
In Hellas. There are precedcnts IN the golden
period of Greek history for the appointment OF an
AiSumnetes, or Dictator and H. Is such person
who Is wanted at the present moment-a man
ss S o. me Se
and bravest friend"
The sister kingdom OF Italy is Just now chiefly
occupied IN welcoming Garibalol tn Rome and
listening with rapture to me accents which ial
from his lips, as he phiosOphtcaly and charitabiy
stgmatlzes most gentlemen VINO differ wltn hin
as thieves and rogues he nas declined private
honor which, on tue other nand, Prince rarlonla
has eagerly sought, to thank His MAJESTY person
was was i awarded ard a. the frnce to commemorats me @ % the
splendid service he has rendered the state in
ss 1ss to sTs Rs D he ss would @
vate fortune. ms hne collection OF PIC
homage whicn Prince Torlonia renders to .'the
SuD,Alplne King" as ne - stil DESIGNATED at the
which IS comns over the M Roman noU,,sy and ,n
duclng them to accept the revolution OF 1870 as an
accomplished fnct But through ,ut Europe the
religious conflict Is only beginning. In
SWITZERLAND
the third marriage OF an O.d catholic priest has
Just been celebrated, while the baptism OF some
Od Catholic children has been the occasion OF
serious disturbance in me canton .! Geneva:
the Mayors OF two communes nave been arrested.
me action OF the SWISS authorities makes one re.
call with sign Lord MelbOurne'S Oft-fepeated be.
cause olt;appropr'ste question. "wny cau'syou let
" the other smaller States there is little TO
chronicle, except that they are all arming to the
teeth,
DENMARK
especially looking to her i0rtlncatlOnS, While In
BELGIUM
the adoption OF compulsory military service Is
CnamDer Ol Deputies has, hOwsver, done good
work In socmniy lecordlng vote In iavor of
arbitration as means OF settling International
,quarrcls.
PHLEGMATIC HOLLAND
has started cremation society Oi Its own. which
already numDeis 1000 members. just Us the idea
Is beginning to get out OF fashion IN
where the more reverent plan OF burial has been
suggested by DR.. seymour Haden, anu has met
a GI aS @ aprrYy 81 fo tas
not OF cheerful klnd. Kingsley - dead, and
Gladstone's retirement has revealed the unpleas.
ant truth that the bei al party Is more hOpecssly
disorganized than was supposeu and that man
OF ta.ent TO lead it cannot be found. The pro.
Rramme OF Ministers for tne coming session ap-
pears to be more iron-clads and more bishops.
Mr. Ward Hunt, II runlor speaks true, Is 20 pro.
pose an addition of $4,000 900 t. the naval estl-
mates, and Lord Lytuellon's bill for the increase
/ OF the eplscOpate VIII be supported ny tile Duke
to gauge the strength Of local feeling in ENGLAND
he may learn tnat the news vi q scheme Tor lncOr
pOratlng the 0loccse OF SOdOr and Man into q new
BlsHOPkIc OF LIVERPOOL
threw the Manx people mo state OF the most
uncontrolla6le emotion Inc "House OF Keys
lutions against the contemplated measure,
Tor the Cabinet has not the slightest wish to nurt
the Feelings Ol tue ManX people.
The continuance oi Engand's empire in
INDIA
does not exactly depend. rs some OF her prophets
inform her. ON the iorDearance OF RUSSIA: uut
Whatever tends TO delay the era OF border wars
on Inc Indian frontier is gain to humanity at
large. There ore one Is not sorry to hear tnat Nj.
has been almost contemptuOusly rejected by the
Russian government as not being practical
necessity Yet 1t ~ difficult 70 believe thas Russia
would not have drawn nearer to Peshawur oy LIE
adoption.
THE KHAN OF KHIvA
has paid another portion o. the 'Indemnity," as
1t IS tAcetiously termed, which ne owes tho Czar
lor having given His Majesty's General the trouDie
The two kings vi
are fighting each other, what for they best know
themselves being iather and son. q circumstance
which perhaps explains OF itself tDetr hostility.
Tne iatier, Cnau Fla Chua LOugkorn by name, is
FIRST King anu exercises the real authority, to
which the second King asplres. KrOmamum
bawaraWlchai Chnu Is the DESIGNATION Of tue lat
hereditary chIeltains or landed arstOcracy OF Slam
are more powerful than either.
THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN
has made an Important concession to foreigners
Ia allowing them hcnceortn, II d1ly provided with
serve In passin :, that Japan is usually regarded
in Europe as destined ultimately 10 be u uepcn.
be worse late In store Tor that active and Inge-
NOUS people,
for instance, has taken the irst step toward her
ultimate absorption III the Muse ,vite Emu ire by
Sooy transferring nn to the RasslaS General Faxen-
curlously Orionta! method Of PROCEDURE.
But the centre OF Aslatlc interest during the
mon IN mas been
CHINA,
the death OF the young Emperor being, 1t must
frankly be con nessed, no loss tu the world at large,
but the reverse. He represented a reactlouary
and ian :lcal policy, and nal u few months since
degraded the nberal Prince Kung, though he SUBJ
sequently restored him TO Iavor. Chinese liberals,
unfortunately, cannot rely IN their country upon
the action Of the ballot box, aud 1t Is darkly
limited tina they sought other means Tor influencing
the course OF events. The ucKless Empe tOr could
not understand what 1t was that disagreed with
but NOua-tzen, the court phySiclan, stood on his
ri4nts and ella lined he exclusive privilege OF cur
Ing his sovereign. On the termination OF the Ill
to be nOpcd) Vi ess ceremony, Nouatzen was,
perhaps, with more justice than we fancy 10.
headed. Eastern history IS still, In Its simplicity
like O larry iale, but with all the beauty struck
out and the marvellous last disappearing