The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-06
HHAT rs GOING ON IN EUROPE.
The probability of general European

| begins to be questioned even by those who but
few weeks ago were offering to bet odds that
before the first Of January all Europe would be
ablazc. and who had begun new bull campaign
in Wall street on the strength Of this belief Of
theirs. Cable dispatches have brought US every
morning unmstakablc indications that tho war
party in England is losing ground and. without
the armed Interference Of Great Britain in the
settlement Of the Eastern conflict there Is no
reason for anticipating troubles in Europe.
| In point OF fact. 1t became evident, some time
ago. that. as far as the English Government was
concerned. the war faction consisted Of Lord
BcaconsIleld alone. with but q feeble support on
the part Of the country at large. The great ma
jority in the Cabinet. the bulk Of the intelligent
representatives OF the mercantile and manu-
| featuring interests. together with the mass OF
the population. were all for peace. The great
mistake OF the British statesmen was In not
accepting the Berlin memorandum. 1t was by
this foolish act of Lord Beaconsfcld that war
between Russia and Turkey was rendered pos
| sbc. Had he agreed to the memorandum
| Bulgaria would have become partially indepen-
| dent. but Armenia would not have been overrun
| by tho Russians. and the so-called British in
terests would have been in no way impered
The great error OF the English diplomacy was
In supposng that Germany and Austria were
too deeply interested in the freedom Of the nav
igation OF the Danube to allow II to be endan-
gered by any territorial alteration in the map
OF southeastern Europe. The fact is that the
railroads have destroyed the commercial i'm
portance OF the Danube. In now threatening
to resign unless Lord Carnarvon does. Lord
Beaconsfeld IL simply trying to make the best
OF q bad job. But it may prove to be too late.
He ought to have taken that line Of action in
November last. at the time Of Lord Derby's
| pacific speech. Instead Of that he has been all
| the time giving encouragement to the Turks by
| sending instructions to Mr.. Layard at Constan-
| tinople over the head OF the Foreign Secretary.
Another and more neutrality-suspicious. OF
the bad fix in which Lord Beaconsneld finds
himself is given by one OF the most outspoken
and usually well-informed London weekles:
The Hebrews settled in England form wealthy and
.snied They nsa,ally "a, sympathy iST ne TURKS BY
anupahy Tor the Russians. who have always mareated
,sws ghsy .erei9rs ,ock adys9Hse Of me delason
Of ne integrity Of The Turkish empire IN Europe and
iv Te,qaJ1 the principal Hebrew organ in England
ew pe. Srisde WIN az ss ia and smsT ct
could not be hooiwnked for long Where our Interests
" Ss sG'fs into
a Snus hono ore OF @ s tor RUE s sars
| fptk, over subject races IN Earopcan provinces
Of The Greek Church and his releiou eraAe led him to
communion Lord Bsc"hsneld has always haG nv tie
AMI hazy notions respecting the rights II the semitic
rope and he has, consequently. sentimental weakness
the two most powerful men In the Cabinet prevented
unity Of action AMI ansurc the kcennc- of their natural
intelligence. Lord H. rhN therefore the temporilor par
eNeellenee the man Of tomorrow. and again tomorrow
ruled supreme.
II would be idle 10 try 10 predict what the up
shot OF all this is likely TO be but from the gem
eral tone Of the Russian and German press it
seems evident that the Russian Chancellor has
ia .r.t
met At any price. even II il be at the price Of
giving much easier terms to Turkey than the
latter anticipates. All that Prince Gortchakor
seems anxious about is TO prevent England from
having a word To say in the matter. and IL Ger
many and Austria find the Russian terms Of
peace equitable. Great Britain will be neeessa-
riy shut out Of the transaction.
The Queen seems thoroughly 20 comprehend
the unenviablo position Of Lord Bcaronsneld
and to ke,nly sympathize with him. AT all
events. the London Tunes has explained to She
world that the Queens recent visit to her Prime
Minister'S country seat WIS made with the sole
object OF showing that in this contest between
the members Of the Cabinet she sides with the
gallant Premier. To this Kindness Of his SOW
ereign Lord Bcaconsleld responded with his
usual tact 10y establishing the Order Of tho
| Crown Of India. " for ladies only" The order
| has been at once conferred on all the Processes
| Of the royal house. on eight Indian Highncsses
| and on eighteen other ladies Of distinction. If
! he il likely To- lose his credit with sensible men
he Is, AT all events. sure To increase his pouu-
lary among the fair sex. and France has re-
Gently proved that women can sometimes do
great deal in politics. The recent crisis in
France was entirely the work Of Just that stamp
Of ladies', who, had they boon subject If Queen
Victoria would probably have been decorai
with the new order.
Let us hope that the American lady who has
Just been called to play n prominent part in the
diplomatic salons of France will not contrve 10
initiate the examples Of Madame MacMahon or
Madame Troubetzkoy We mean the wife Of
the new French Minister of Foreign Affairs.
She was "A Miss King and is American 10y birth.
NJ Waddington that Protestant counterpoise Of
the stanch Catholicism Of Dufaure. is an OK
ford ilrst-cass man. His father and mother
were English. naturalized in France. and his
brother is still managing largo cotton bust
ness. whence the family derive their income.
The French arstocracy say that the traditional
brillancy Of the salons OF the Gfores ftdng6reS
is now gone forever. But that remains 10 bo
seen; III ough Of course. il is not 10 be denied
that M.and Madame Wnddington will have avery
arduous task in sustaining the style Of some OF
their predecessors rouyn de Lhuys, for in
both foreigners. and will accordingly be always
exposed TO exaggerated criticism. In matter
Of lavish expenditure they will be cclipsed by
many OF their own countrymen in Paris. and
that is another disadvantage. They will thus
be- wanting III the eyes Of the French people
in everything with which the ofico Of Minister
OF Foreign Affairs has hitherto been associated.
A report comes from Paris that the California
lrishman, Mr. j. W Mackcy, is going 10 buy
papal carldom. and become 4 Conie al Ndckty.
He has lately bewildcrcd everybody hy the ex-
trayagancc Of his living and some Of the news
papers have been computing his fortune to.
gothcr with the fortunes Of the two richest men
Of the civilized world. The table shows a heavy
balance in his favor.
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Per hour ..... 500 So
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Ii seems to have been finally decided that in
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