The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-04
LUROPEIN GOSSIP.

| five million dollars per annum. Tho consc-
| qucncc was that when his power fell to the
| ground at Sedan he was (apArt from other and
more serious liabiltiesl indebted for two or
| three million francs to the treasury. This was
not all. however. Not content with n laxity In
pccuniary matters that would have been enough
to send to hard labor any clerk guilty Of a SINH
lar offence, the Sire used TO sell every year from
eight TO ten millions worth Of land or woods be-
longing to the Crown estate and which he
ought on no account to have touched under the
Constitution. without the assent of the LcRis-
aturc. 1t is found that about 2G. 900 hectares OF
land were successfully disposed OF during the
last years Of the Second Empire. and the ques-
ton is now before the Council Of State whether
the sales are not simply to be declared null and
void. and the lands recovered by the French
republic
Tho Paris Project Of Police. NJ. Albert Gigot.
adopted on the occasion Of the last rent day
u measure which has met with the warm APP
provu Of every liberal mind. He has decided
that henceforth no respectable family I'm re-
duced circumstances could be- elected for want
Of money from its poor lodgings that IL to say,
that in any genuine case of distress caused by
unavoidable misrhance, II would be sufficient
for the poor people TO apply. five or six days
previous TO the much dreaded rent day to the
police officer Of tho district. who would i'm
mediately institute a private inquiry in the
case. and. when found advisable. advance the
money. The measure has certainly much to
recommend it at first sight; but M for many
other things its value will much depend on the
Tho suit Of Nine. Adclina Patti against her
husband is to como shortly before the Sixth
Chamber OF the tribunal OF the Seine She
wants her marriage with the Marquis de Caux
to be declared null and void, on the plea that It
f.4b In h.for
Catholic priest without any OF the legal pro-
ceedlngs and publications required by the
French code. Should her request be admitted
by the Judge. the result would be- equivalent for
her to n divorce-a great and exceedingly rare
achieyemcnt as there 10 no such thing under
the French law. In the opposite cnse. she
would simply remain. as she IA nj present in
state OF judicial separation. without any pOssi
bility for either herself or the Marquis de Caux.
OF marrying again, except after the death OF the
other There II in connection with the case
a most interesting financial aspect ii Is stated
that from the date OF her marriage Nine.
Adelina Patti earned n grand total Of $500 900
francs tseven hundred thousand dollars which
had been managed by the Marquis de CauX.
~ that amount. only l.6OO.OOQ francs lhDout
$500. 900 remain. all invested in the name
Of the MARQUIS de Caux. Az tue marriage set,
tl0mcnt was drawn UP under the regime OF
equal partnership IN tho profits. one half of the
sum would rcma n to the husband. il the Judi
cal separation alone were confirmed: while In
the case OF the nudity OF the marriage being
admitted. the whole amount would return TO
the worthy nobleman' has nOtcontriDuted one
cent To the formation OF the capital. and has
been quite satisfied Tor ten or twelve years with
kindly losing at cards the gold brought to his
pocket 10y his wife's eXertions.
Tho Modelling attempt has, To some cx-
tent, succeeded hitOr all, since II now amounts
almost to a certainty that the Emperor Of Ger
many will never resume his iunctions. Ii Is
confidently expected. indeed. that ho will very
shortly abdicaie on behalf Of his son. Al
the same time the fact goes far To SHOW by
a practical example. how utterly useless, Us
n rule. are such attempts against the life Of II
single crowned Individual. Tho suppression
OF a given monarch has never. or almost never
resulted in the suppression OF monarchy. In
most cases II has helped III consolidating Il. in
consequence OF the reaction thus let looss Ihis
would be now the case in Germany. II the Bis
MARKHAM scheme OF making capital Oi the
event for the purpose OF Hnnihiating the
Liberal party We're TO succeed III III" ballot OF The
he National-Liberals. Progressists. and Social
lists VIII bc lust rs strong as ever IN the next
kcichstag. and II il pretty certain that the
Crown Prince Will succeed his father without
any hindrance. Nobelings small shot vii! have
only produced u minimum Of effect.
Az lar as foreign policy ID concerned how
ever the accession Of tho Crown Prince Of Ger
many to the throne may Introduce important
changes. 1t is well known that our Fritz il
10y uO means rs enthusiastic a kussOphile. or
rather Czarophile. IA his father. and his famous
after dinner quarrel with the Czarovitch has not
yet heen forgotten. Russia has now obtained
from the German alliance whatever she could
expect 10 gain. and Will henccfOrtn almost neces
snrily draw nearer and nearer toward rance.
The step taken 10y England IN regard 10 Cyprus
has dcnnitiNcly estrAnEcd from her thr Modi-
terrancan powers. There ia consequently some
probability OF tho grouping ui the European na-
tione being ere long quite different from what II
has been lately, and. on that account u change
OF persons ON the throne OF Germany cannot
fail Ia be an important factor.
Personally. the Crown Prince has long been u
irce-thinker, and even an adept Of Spinpz .sm.
lie used for n time TO be las much spoken Of, for
his advanced liberal and philosophical ideas as
the Princess Alice OF Hrsse. IL secms. how
ever. that they have undergone some change
lately ms IL is usual with heirs apparent when
the time approaches of ascending the throne,
and that he has given hls unqualified approval
"a the renctlonary measures contemplated by
Bismarck. as well rs to the lHttcr's rdpprOChe-
ment with the lltrRmontnnes.
The keaetionists are everywhere very hard
generally. but nowhere. II must hr admitted rs
much M IN Russia. Not content VITA sending
where they are kept in the most ulgect penal
servitudc. half starved. beaten. and submitted
To every kind OF indignity up to the early day
when the mereurlai Diseases have aetually
brought them to the safe hhrbor OF death, they
have rcsorted AT Kew aud Moscow to an abom-
| inahl" system OF cnlumny Every crime or mis-
| decd which takes place In directly ascribed 10
| the Nihilists II has become tho regular custom
! Of the Government papers to confound syste-
matically the revohtOnists with the worst de-
| scriptlon oi criminals, and one cdn read almost
every day ior lnstanne, paragraphs TX the
| tort money from all the rich merchants and
landowners under the threat Of assass nation,
| wealthy lady who refused 10 pay black mail
has Just been poisoned" Sc., ~.
Great dissatisfaction prevails IN Russia gen
orally al The results Of the Berlin Congress VI
! TO the end Of the negotiations the Pan Saysi
! papers were compelled 10 keep silent; hut nc
sooner whs tho deilntiNc treaty slgneu than VIZ
hear Of pntruttc liant NATIONS on the cunctss One
madehy Russia. Above all, NJ. Ivan Aksak oil the
soul OF the Moscow Committee, is naturally loud
IN his complaints. Austria and England are es-
porially singled cut 10y him; Russian diplomacy
IL accused ot having betrayed the national cause
and tue hpnrttion Of Bulgaria is denounced
| rs u sacrlrgo. What gives more wuIgnt [,
/ his words il the fact that NJ Ivan Aksakuii as d
! loyal subject Of the Car IL above suspicion
| that he II the husband of II late maid -Oi- honor
| tu the Empress. and that he addresses the soy
| rrriGn himself Tor the purpose OF adJurlnH hIn
! e. complete the liberation Of the SchNonian race
| Moreover, ny the son Of The patriot Serge limo.
| felowitch, who died IN 1889. and tine brother o
Constantine Aksakon, who died IN 1860. both o
! whom can fairly be- considered the fathers ~ thu
! Pan-S lnVlst doctrine, NJ. Ivan Aksakon stands tC
Nussiun eyes I'm the capacity of n KIND of nm
| uonal poniln the rumliicntluns of the MOSCOW
| Central Committee, both nj home and abroad
| being borne in mind. 1t Will he seen that hlt
words can hardly iaii Ia meet with II loud ant
| prolonged echo.
In England. So far. there IL moro satisfaction
nj the results ~ - Berlin Congress, and IN,
occupation OF CyI~scs. especially. has the priv
| lcgc Of pleasing intensely the Jlngo' party
| The feeling may undergo some change ar,
long, however, when the Chancellor Of TIN
ENchequer viii have to lay before the House q
Commons plan Tor meeting the extraordinary
expenditure Of the last six months and il
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