, 1877-05-05
EcwiENna E,nSifiGn.

An Italian uarIcarure which happily re-
cord- the humoFs Of opinion in Europe, gives
an Illus ration OF the first collision uI the
war. There is the terrible General I=na'itf
Laurishins pygteutous sabre, aud there axe
the awful Russian suidirrs bearing down on
be Grand Turk, Who is plc;ured IN The
placid gGi.e in which be appears oa the out
side of the half pound packages OF tOttcco.
But this picture OF the Grand SelSui1r Is
uocue on The shoulders OF il stA!wart fellow
hym II partly hIG,s-as the nayerti,'uE
giacarls arr borne The backs OF cry 'ramPs.
y the sharp WEAPONS ui he Rn~sIen soldiers
pass through he picture OF the musinUhlU-d
! iGIk hey lease lhI~ fellow behind, who, IN
4 desperate move 10 get ont OI the way, dis
| closes the red co,' ,-;d well known vI~aSe Ct
! Our cousin john Bali. Tins L. the OF IuIoa OF
diplomatic Europe, that The Turk l. show
sui an APPEARANCE OF 10 more consequence
IN tn case hen tobacco iabel, and that the
rel figure behtuI 90 .brI = England,
| Their l. 20 much tru III Tins that i
! scarcely meets Ihr r,quIreu.rnrs of joke Ii
! - OJvlUus fac to wto-ver has observed
| 'he cos with ordinary attention that Eng
! iand Is the power Tat - hnGG, and ihr very
| occurrence OF he war l. The Goteir Gf EaS-
| li-h -t.rysIn .n>hiP. 1, l. Eag.rud's ease that
! the Turk stands or, aud The tone III wEI-h
the last note OF Lord D=rby Is written r, fleets
| Ih- huu.Iuajion lelt over the fact that Eng
/ land L. nos n party 10 IA warm which her own
case Iu tie East Il he cast. l. the most IN
! porranr point at stake II Is not with = sense
Of satisfaction that The Ministers Of country
fully conscious OK It's greatness and OF -
I h..
| are competed 10 Jlke uo.Ice OF the evideuc
hat III. y cannot acr mp the scale of Their
pretens!Un,; that they are unequ.l 10 ~ha
The world exp c's oi ihrn +; hat, Ia flc',
the position of their country, If not precisely
that Uf political cadence, - one - much III
contrast 20 What 1t wa~ IN he days when 1t
-av the law to those truun whom It must NOW
I aucey' It hat 1t bas The effect Of dec ideucr
upon the observer.
L RI Guuvillv's references 20 the E4s;er;
qu-s ION Ia The Hou-e If Lords puis ihi-
t1c; befJre the MIIi,rry very successfully
! WI'hou, overs'eppiua those hn.i's Of pa RIO
i-m that every EmgiishnHu regards he
declares, wish tru b, that England Is expos
! 81 10 reticIie III The world 10 day precisely
because she mas been placed Ia Il position
| where She Il necessarily lmpvtent by
Ministry that plunged head FIRST into this
vo:ex II crien'el politics, profes>ed to - False
/ EIgiand : pOsiriou III Constitutional pJiItics,
! 10 assert abroad her ancient consequence In
fact. the Ministry began this game As Oliver
! began the last war. with d light heart,
with an easy ignJrance OF all the conditions
Of success and The possibilities Of Calamity,
| and uoW wishes II " a. as safely out OF Il
! the government 1t displaced was out Of the
COntinrnial carGelysm that occurred III lis
time. Events exhibit that the difference rs
TO Continental politics between the Gladstone
government and that now II power Is that
the former prrc-ived Immediately 'hr chang
ed rel4Jious OF England to the rest If Europe
and the latter only learned them by great
humiliation.