The sun., 1878-12-22
WHAT rs COMO ON IN EUROPE

toloRrAmB-tno Btendy increase OF ulbtIebb III
Great Britain. The evil seems to havo attained
proportions alarming enough to provoke Par
liamentary discussion. UDon being asked on
Wednesday night in the House Of Commons
whether II was true that tho nation was face
TO face with n crisis Of distress the like Of which
the present generation has never known" tho
Home Secretary Mr.. Cross. tried to represent
tho reports as exaggerated. but had to ncknowl-
edge that the sufTerinRs Of tho working popula-
tion OF the great manufacturing districts had al
most exhausted the ordinary resources OF relief
Tho critical condition OF affairs in Groat Brit
ain has been attributed almost exclusively OF
late to tho Government which, by its foreign
policy. has rendered recovery from business
stagnation almost impossible. But these accu-
sations are only partially justified. Tho col
lapse Of the mercantile and manufacturing
prosperity OF Great Britain is the natural and
inevitable result OF a variety Of causes. The re-
turns Of the Board OF Trade show that the ex-
ports have been steadily declining for years past.
whilo the imports have been pcrsistcntly ad-
vancing. Mr.. Stephen Bourne has recently read
n paper before the Manchester Statistical So
ciety. showing that. after making all necessary
rectnca,ions Of tho published figures the adj
verse trade balance OF England amounted in
1877 to $500 900 600. and is likely to attain the
same dgure at the close Of this year. I'm 1871 1t
was only $4,000 600; in 1872 1t was nil; in 1873
1t reached 500. GOO 600. and has been constantly
increasing since. Referring to these figures.
tho London World says:
Itwas inevitable that this should tell and IL has told
AMI b. stu telling Will vengeance asnn't u Ihai
for had had To port bonds o Indebtedness We held
under our ircenporis M allowed the control Of our
home markets g. sir from ours 'es in,o ihs hands q
other countries we have been nrotnt TO prevent other
tnr"s Our mee'imndrt. system has omiy given
usireedom o. trading IN buy ing aud We need freedom IN
selling rs well If We are to Ice prosperous
The war news from Afghanstan continues
favorable to the British arms Gen. Browne
has occupied Jelalubad which will be n very
good base OF operations in the spring. md is a
comparatively comfortable station FOR the win
ter. On the other hand. the ncws from the Cape
Of Good Hope is far from being satisfactory. 1t
Is reported that Ceiywayo. the Zulu King. has
called out all his regiments. ." We are living on
a mine which may at any moment explode and
deal death and dcsolation along the frontier Of
Natal" SO writes tho Times correspondent
from Mnritzburg and so wrote in substance
Gen. Lord Chelmsford to headquarters many
weeks ago Yet rctnforccments from England
have been withheld. Tho same newspaper re-
marks:
Affairs look ugly al the Cape. There can he no doubt
moment soon The account. published oi col Row.
laniss operations against secococnts town tall short
disaster bu, they we're decidedly un,ucccssn lie en-.
and he had to retreat not cuv from want Of water and
orsse eGs sectu h io"ga & Ne encS, noe strongly
reveal the n dtails u our unfortunate retreat from be
sionp ihe ,ioc line o, TtSrst bS, imr ~ EefrS
There's growing murder m that laugh. aud tits p0s.
slc to proph, what tragcd may not follow this cy
elauon OF " what We cannot do"
The aristocratc world Of Great Britain IS
likely TO be disturbed by trouble in tho Bedford
dukcdom. HIS Grace Francis Charles Hastings
Russell ninth Duke. owes his title to a nukc.
having stood in the relationship Of cousin and
| major domo TO the late posscssor Of the prncely
inheritance Circumstances. says the World
prevented descent Of the title hy dlrcc: line
| though the late Duke is said to have left q fam
| ily for whom handsome provision was made
| Now. Il appears. tile eldest son OF this family
cntertans the idea Of signalling his majority
| by producing the marriage certificate OF his
mother.
The exodus from England. and the north Of
| Europe generally. TO Italy Is In fun swing. Al
| who dread fogs. frost and snow. and have
| money TO spare abandon their comfortable
well-heatcd and well-appointed homes 10 seek
refuge under what they suppose to be the blue
and radiant sky Of Italy or on the Mediter
|
always the same-a bitter disappointment. Th,
glorious months Of Italy are April. May. Sep
tember and October. but certainly not the win
ter months. during which cold and wet arc jus
as severe as in any part Of the south Of Englant
or Belgium. or in tho north Of France Tn
carpotcd floors. badly adjusted windows. exc
cradle stoves and invariably smoking opcT
| CRATES twhcrc any are 10 be found NJ alN rendei
winter sojourr in Italy anything but desira
| bic. To the disappointment on the score o
climate is 10 b. added the disappointment OF
tho score Of scenery. Even Naples. with IL
| Capri Sorrento. and Amaln Is really bcnutfu
only in the spring and summer. This year III,
| eruptons Of NcsuVius may do a good turn iu
the visitors and landlorls-but that Is all. Ih
city itself IS very unhealthy and its social rc
sources much less attractive than those o
| Rome or Genoa.
Speaking Of Rome, II Is refreshing to obscrv
that earnest efforts are now being made in IN
Italian Chambers to improve the sanitary con
dition Of the Eternal City. Signor Bacccli
medical authority and Deputy for the city
has taken the matter in hand. and is fighting
CLIQUE Of landlords who contend for their abso
Lutte right TO do as they please with their own
oven though the health Of the community suile
from their ignorant violation Of natural laws
correspondent Of the London Ne'rs writes:
The Government arc giving remarkable proof of thei
faith iu thg eucaN ptns tree ss mcau> o irtreNm- t
appears that tIcy have made ccnecs-.un ol ili hc
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that The monks undertake 10 llant certain number
FONT ma no tower than hty sorts u the cuclypil, but
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'isht years old haNns ginNu TO helst w MY Got an
RON Me extensive planting Of this trcc in AID ar,u
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