, 1876-05-06


Prince Bismarck appears to have made,
in the Prussian Diet this week, a sort OF
apology to the Constitutions Prussian
party of 1865, for the apparent hostility
with which he treated their resistance to
the military autocraCy claimed and Kept
bv the Crorn, IN reference to the organi-
"a ion Of tua Amy He had plans, he
saws tDr Il plans 1t course,
for n7gtIng Austria and p acing Prussia at
ne mead Iteria4 y,-<vuich made it
necessary to c5e.,,u uHi de' 'iop the ar
my, aal 'heso plans lie could aot have
condjed to a porn5 body Nevertheless.
70 he now declares, he aoi 5na @fs2'rst
respect for she nolj"eS OF ttta :h" Opp
sition, aud he hoaed hs hat always evil
ced a becoming disposition 10 forget he
enmjCies dating from that unsettled period
His remark appears to have been poIn.e ed
by a complimentary reference 10 Professor
Firchow's scientific emjuonce, to which,
however, WIS tacx,d a conpIa,1s t13 b.
(the ProtesSor) W ~ t'e ~ f't-
ing hin (Prisce r. Na <. g't Fl
he JiG deserve, aapor on SC 1ap
OF enmitjes 81 thirteen years ago.
Is this & hint tha. the authority aud
iulaeuce Of the Throne, which were essen
tial 10 military progress r. 1868, might,
without any mischief, be CurtaiIed IN 1851
Mr.. Dixon, Mp. for Birmingham, mOve5
on w ,dnesdav the second reading Of his
Education Act Amendment Bill, Tor ex-
tending educational |comPu.-ioa to the
whole nation, aad extending it by meaus
of universal School BoarIs H ma ie a
very moderate speech, intlma.lag that
though lie wished for universal School
Boards universal School, Boaris were nor
nearly 50 essential as comp ljeion, and
showing that the cost of the School Blaris,
when elected only to enforce cOmpulsl0n,
the school accommodation being assumed
to be already sufficient, might always be
covered by a rate of a penny in the pound.
The expense of rs School Boards, where
there had been no schools to build and
maintain, had been covered by an average
rate of that magnitude. The necessity tor
compulsion being admitted on almost all
sides, the debate turned on the ACCESSIBILITY
of the universal extension OF School Boards,
which Lord Sandon strenuous y entreeted
the Housa by It's voee 70 repu late, throw
ing inI 81, a quite factitious lntensl y OF
re,is anc. iato nj, deaaactation OF that
sep,-proba0iy because i wou d never
do for the Conservative pal 10 seem too
near adopting a Liberal policy. We have
reviewed the real issue involved In another
column. Mr.. Bright, in an otherwise ex
celIent speech, admitted a rather unneces-
sary fear lest the children of laborers
should be given an education too elaborate
for their condition. Surely the real fear
is quite the other way Does not MIR.
Bright know that, in Australia, Cambridge
wrangIers and Oxford ciass-men find even
their education no impeachment to the
mending of roads and the minding of
sheep Mr.. Dixon's Bill was rejected by
. majority Of 121 (2SI to 1907.
The 'Mistletoe' affair has ended IN a
kind of compromise. The Admiralty have
decided that when the Queen is on board
the : Alberta the attention of her Captain,
Prince Leiningeu, is uDavoidably taken up
by attendance on her Majesty, and the
actual responsibility must therefore rest
with Captain WelCh, who-not being a
Prince-cannot be acquitted of blame.
They Therefore reprinlaad him. and Offer
sums in Compensation to thosa injured, Mr.