The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-31
WHAT rs GOING on IN EUROPE

The resignation Of Lord Derby and the
| announcement that a message from the Queen
calling out the reserve would he issued on
| Monday created panic on the London Stock
Exchange, and general excitement all over Eu-
rope. The war feeling ia as intense in Russia
az it is in England. But Lord Derby assured
the House OF Lords. on leaving office. that,
| though he disagreed with the policy of the Gov
| eminent he did not consider tho proposed
measures ms necessarily implying war. Some
| 1900 army reserve and some 5000 militia
| for HON. use-thls after oil. is n very small
| item. II England really means business. There
ia. evidently. n great deal Of blufr in Lord Boa
consfield's way Of playing this game, and II il
not by any means suro that Andrassy will not
| compel MIN TO lay down his hand.
| The solution OF the imbroglio IA entirely in
the hands of the Austro- Hungarian Chancellor.
| with whom Cen IgnntiefY has bocn negotiating
Mt Viennn. II Andrassy has been won over to
the Russian side. Lord Bcacons1eld and his
| policy are doomed. II he Is with England Rus
sia will have to submit. Three or four days will
elapse before II can be clearly seen whether II 10
| TO be peace or war In Europe.
Ii IL satisfactory to notice that intelligent and
outspokcn Englishmcn begin TO look at the
present contest In the proper light Labou-
| chcre, who expresses the opinions of a very in
nuental fraction Of English politicians. avows
candidly:
no y 7" s, ,G% an 'SsgGSn,
Russia Is attaining her egds But she has been power
characterized our diplomatic efforts to withstand it To
an smionam ss sS & to srs S on 9s
existence upon her TO rule at ton.iantinoplc through
prevent any assertion Of Greek nationality were the oh.
succeeded She has ioustior 6em hut She has not de-
alone S SPSn the suTase ct heT ,sde Or The
Euroncan powers against each other and has ncurazcd
Her armes have yanqushed tile Turks; her dlplomatss
have Nanqushed US.
1t IL absurd to accuse the Russian dipomatsts
oftreachery Finessing il perfectly legitimate
part Of the game OF diplomacy. and. If Palmer
ston was a great man at all, it was only because
he had in him more Of the Bismarck Gortcha-
| rofI. and lgnaten stun than Lord Derby has
| developed.
The retirement Of the last named statesman
will prove n great loss TO England. The Mar
qus OF Salisbury is a much inferior man and
| more dangerous one. for he is intensely obstl-
nate. and he has n wife who is very fond of
mcddlng with governmental affairs. The only
drawback in Lord Derby's case was n little want
| Of courage in great emergencies. But England
has not another statesmen as enlightened us
| truly patriotic. and as free from personal bases
| as he is. II seems that his personal friendship
| LOT count C'npuNNlDU anu l4hly Derby init
mate relations with Nine. Ignaticfr were among
the main causes Of the sudden revision OF the
high opinion which the mass Of the English
people had always had Of him.
The Gdsetd dHdld has Just published I'm old
private letter Of Ratazzi. to which great import
ance Il attached 10y those who knew Rattazzi's
perspicacity:
There is man who to my mind has great deal
more chance dor The paracy than Cardinal III liciro
he fl.ft
,arln"l I,cei ue Archbishop OF Perusia would
Auonci will survive the Pope, Tor he would oppose
Tins rccci'a man Of unqucsuonahc merit who has
| occupied ny nnl hnlc and asain lie /. man o great
WIN ,hss mliesi manners His eondnct At Bcnyvcno
liable temper l frequently spoke ~ Cardinal P,cci To-
kins Leopold III, most iar'ccins Prince in Europe Ne
ofity. ana the tcs", Ani hopes which he inspires the
ac sn a TI he rSca se % .g gs os S
IA. nrui.e's in'nebie, bordering uinos, erocious
Tho bigamist cx-Minister Crispl's affair ap-
pears to be much less piauant and romantic
than at first reported. His Discarded wife was
originally a laundrcss at Malta whittier she
| had cmgrated from Savoy. she is a distant
relative Of Victor Emanuels Rosinn. "A stout
thrifty. money making vrago Sgnora Crispi
| No. does not seem to have been ignorant Of
the former matrimonial alliance Of her hus-
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