The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-27

approach truth tho only substantial winner |
will be tho treacherous and cowardly Scrvia. |
In n recent conversation With a London jour |
nalst. Midhat Pasha very iavorably put the case
of this miserable principally:
The conduct Of the great powers in respect to The &C.
ovcrrown aud at the mercy Of the Porte all the repre-
earnestly entrsated "in The interest; OF h ~, an
S any T asked eSq R s What
guarantee they would give US against It's repetition
powerspowcrs whose word believed to be their bond
w ,Hes hsi 91S to ese nnd All ~ tbS
gave me solemn promise on bchal, OF thsiL Govern.
and granted an armi.ice 10 the vanqushed traitor. We
ihSs quSTsT W. listened We eon.s ned and what has
been our rewari scryla waitln. IKE coward az she
more raised ler hand against and goi single
Perhaps we had but little reason to put all the
promises then made to US but two at We were
behalf expected sefinteIest to redeepl and, until
eS AND %Ti at s
Elliot. was considered sacred by every Ottoman"
On the other hand. the heroic Montenegrins
have amply earned the independence and ex-
tension Of territory now promised to them.
Antivari is OF greater importance to them than
Batoum is to Russia The possession of port
on the Adratic will give them the chance they
have SO long sought for OF developing their
natural resources.
singularly quiet and dull. The war excitement
in England eliminated In the resignation Of
Lord Carnarvon, Secretary for the Colonies.
Immediately afterward the Russian terms were
communicated to her Majesty's Ministers and
found to be satisfactory. 1t is not even quite
sure that the supplementary vote Of t3O,OOO,OOO
will bc asked on Monday. Lord Carnarvon
gave an explanation Of his difference with his
colleagues. but he did not make any allusion 10
his personal difference with the Prime Minis
ter 1t appears, however. that their relations
had Of late become quite unbearable. Lord
Bcaconsfeld not only rendered himself per-
sonally disagreeable to the Secretary for the
Colonies. but caused his private secretary. Mr..
Montagu Cory, to write a letter to the standard
denouncing Lord Carnarvon. The letter was
signed One who Knows and created all the
more sensation as the Sdl,ddrd had recently
become the organ Of the Government. Things
must have come TO a very strange pass indeed.
il the private secretary of Prime Minister is
| allowed 10 rebuke a member VI the Cabinet in a
newspaper.
The marriage Of the young King OF Spain was
| fully reported In the kilograms OF Thursday.
| The eXtravagant hrilliancy of the affair hns once
more demonstrated that however bankrupt
may be a country. somehow or other there Is
always money enough for war purposes and for
| festivities.
Two royal marriages are 10 take place In a
| fow days in Berlin and n third seems 10 be pro-
lcctcd in Vienna. The heir apparent Of the
| ustro-Hungarinn Empire. Archduke Rudolph.
II supposed 10 be about to marry Princess Be-
atric". youngest daughter Of Queen Victoria.
The Archduke is not quite twenty years old.
while the Princess will be twenty-one next
April. But the question Of age is not SO i'm
portant as the question of religion How are
they going to get over the fact tiatthe Archduke
Is Just AS earnest Catholic US the Princess is {,
| Protestant
The health Of Prince Leopold Youngest son
| Of Queen Victoria. seems TO be growing worse
and worse. and there is but little hope left of his
ever recovering from the fatal illness he has
been So long struggling against 1t is an inter-
esting question whether the physicians attend
ing the Prince will use the expedient which
seems to have Of late come into fashion In some
| Of the English hospitals. OF administering drugs
for the purpose Of effectlng euthanasia. or easy
death. These are used in cases which are
deemed hopeless. and in which the suffer ngs
OF the patient become intense. The practice ID
avery humane one. but there is one grave
drawback-the doctors may make a mistake as
10 the nature Of the illness. or miscalculate the
paticnts power Of resistance.
The European death roll includes several
wcll-known names. Gen. La Marmora. Count
palkao old Raspail. and the famous Courbc
have all been buried within the last few days.
Alfonso Fcrrcro della Marmora was man Of
"a, and one OF the veterans Of parliamentary
government In Italy. favorite OF the lat,
Charles Albert. he speedily rose 10 high rank II
the army and upon the accession Of Victor
Emanuel to the throne Of Piedmont. becam,
Minister of War. He commanded the Sardiniar
contingent in the Crimea. In 1864 he wal
Prime Minister and two years later had con
siderable dscredit thrown upon him for til,
disastrous battle Of Custozza. With a view I,
the yindication Of his honor, he published hi
famous pamphlet. In POGO Pin III Luce - "a
Little More Light ~. in which he hercely at
tackled Bismarck. and showed up his double
faced policy. Since then he has taken but it'll
part in public life, except Il 1870 when he wa
Lieutenant Of the King At Rome.
| Gen. Cousin MontGuban, Count q Psikac
, was an African soldier q me MaeMaho
, stamp. He served IA the African army iroI
sion. and WAS put in 1850, NJ the head OF n
Chinese expedition. The battle of P,alikao. tn
=. into Pckin. were his great trumphs. He ha
D always been suspected Of having accumulate
In S be rampfh The En-
: genie ON MS return IL Paris was OF mmens
4 value During the disasirous Franco; Germa
5 the defeats Of the army With the fall Of Nap,
n leon he retired into private life. and devote
p his time To literary pursuits.
Mon like Raspail and Courbet deserve MOI
than passing notice. and in n day or two y
shall give n sketch of the lives OF these ~
n curious Frcnchmen.
From MALTA comes the news Of q display OF r
h President Grant He arrived there fro
l. Palermo. and was most cordially welcomed
. the local authorities as we'll AS by the Duke al
= Duchess Of Edinburgh. lie had dinners Civ
o to him ON board the Sultan and at the palace
/, the Governor, and II luncheon at the palace
= the Duke and Duchess OF Edinburgh. IA
n performance was arranged for him at the clio
h Of the first net of Lucia" An American prir
J. donna. Miss Giulia Nada with motley Choir
- OF Maltese. sang the Star -Spangled Banner
e The house chcercd and oncored vociferous
lc but the great man sat stod and immovab
Ho did not vouchsafe the most distant b.
either to the public or the artist The cause
his discomfort WINS that the Duke and Ducht
- Of Edinburgh occupied the Governors box, q
that he had had to content himself with the
OF the Chief Secretary, Sir Victor HOultOn