The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-23

that will never see Parliamentary light The personal
government OF Sovereign. acting through an irrcspon
sble Grand Vhcr never was 80 trumphanty successful
browning of the colup" one positively envcs him the
pleasure with which he wh ead at his Berlin breakfasts
Of the vcstry dispute, at the VI Commons and the
vague replies Of sir stafford Unfortunate questions
government stnies are being shaped out by his
, s MINI w muS s asT OF OF s ..dTy w9Ss
death Of Queen Anne, will he Explain that Parliamentary
II 1t pleases. pass vote Of want Of confidence In HIM
The World speaks in the same strain
The interest Of the political meodrama increases and
The eliminating polntm ne Of Lord Bcseonned
Pit and perhaps Pit should scarcely be excepted ever
achieved by the present. Prime Winisier
Eh nc Lod re 2Sssnd not merely the
Nothing Ike this has ever been witnessed In the whole
Ministers. was Peel. and SO was Palmerson But mel
and when Peel went further than hi. followers. lie eii
OF him Lord Beaeonsheld has written that he played
Of Lord Beaconsned himself it should be written that he
be- SIhn a 6e curtain S SOON M a and fT TH pd
another act OF very different character But will at
English Prime Mini.te ever struck and the dazzling
1 am g w s .9 r unique IN he Pa
mersonan period we were an island with an empire;
policy OF English interests has sven way TO imperial
pesn dc,StTes. and an A.iSc emrress It's .gnacSnt.
y hin'ed mat Egypt viii ne be enough The ambitious
spendors leads up to the annexation Of syria and the
to be A ."ysd Sr the Present Sy ua W
Ting upon England the inheritance the purely A.iac
gossip ofeia circles and the hints thrown out not
n os vsi W s' w hu
weight has yet TO be realized and tie only que stion
to the new demand which will be made upoDn
And IN immense question is this oHly ques-
ton. Lord Beaconsneld seems TO overlook the
general stagnation Of trade and tho strikes all
over Great Britain. He forgets that he had to
increase the income tax before he was able 10
achieve anything at all. An extension OF Brit
ish power In the East whether IL be In the form
Of mere protectorate or Of actual possession
il a sure road 10 Great Brtain's ruin. The hes,
minds OF the country understand it and repeat
1t daily but the ambitious Premier will listen
To nobody. A grand theatrical triumph. the
Order of the Garter and the title OF a Duke
this is what he Is after, or the future he Is ut
tery unmindful: .ipres moi le deiuge" II it
be true that the Crown Prince OF Germany said
to his mother-in law. during his recent visit to
Windsor. tina, the defeat Of Lord Beaconsfleld at
Berlin would be the salvation Of her empire.
he showed an amount Of peers picacity which the
members OF the Hohenzollern dynasty have
never been given credit for.
Yet the business community seems TO place an
almost unlimited confidence in the policy Of the
autocratc Prime Minister. Consols maintain
themselves at the highest figures. At a mere
report that the question Of the severance Of
Egypt from Turkey had bcen settled Egyptian
securities wont up like skyrockets both on the
London and the Paris Exchanges.
France has lost another brave and honest sol
dier-Marshal Baraguey d'Hilliers. He WAS SO
years old. He lost his left hand and wrist at the
battle Of Leipsic. when barely Is years Of age
His father. a General unjusty disgraced by
Napoleon l.. committed suicide. The young
Count Baraguey d'Hilliers. then Lieutenant
in the Dragons. passed after that into the
Bourbon camp and became one Of the fayorlte
guard officers Of Louis NVIlI. and Charles y.
Early in the reign Of Louis Philippe he was
made Major General and placed at the head