The sun., 1879-01-12
WHAT rs GOING ON IN EUROPE
rho vlcerov Of india confirms the MOVE d

Tho NtcerOy OF lnula cOn1TinS Uho hO"S VI
Gen Roberts's victory over some savage tribes
which were hHrassing his detachment but adds
that. owing to rumors Of thrcatcncd attacks on
the part Of some Mongol forces. the General
has decided to return to Khurum for the pur-
nose of concentrating his scattered forces. Tho
fight in any case. was not II very snnGuinary
one for though Gen. Roberts had force OF
GOlO men to oppose him. he lost only two men
killed and four wounded.
The news Of the fight OF Shere Ali is con-
flrmcd Gen. Hosgonof. the head of the rus
sian mission at Cahul. accompanied him on his
way to Tashkcnd and asked Gen Kaufman Tor
instructions as to what he should do with tho
Amcer. who insisted upon proceeding to 1t.
Pctersburg to have a talk with the Car rms
valuable piece Of news was communicated on
Thursday by Ivan dc Nocstync. the special
corrcgpondcnt of our cntcrprisng contem-
porary. the Herdld in Central Asia whom Mr.
]. q. Bennett escorted in person as far as St.
Petersburg. From Ivan de WogsWnes tele-
grams il appears that he reads all the letters
md private communications addressed 20 Con.
Kaulinanu. 50 there can be no doubt rs TO the ac-
curacy Of the information conveyed.
Though DIr. Woestync.is not solid journal
ist he is n man OF considerable experience. lie
il a Belgian by birth and his real name is van
Wocstyne H. was expelled from the military
service Of his native country Tor duel. ana
took to reporting l"r 'i' i"''9 .D'" '.i
the war with pormahy ni"N' ""'' "'
the French volunteer "''i,iy '''l9' ".'.,
tanned the RANK 'l h'"l"i "'a ."' .
battery on Mont Na!orieu. The treaty oi peace
sent him back To- the Figaro Office. ana he mas
been Mt work for that pup,r until recently. when
some business misunderstanding led him TO
accept tho offers of Mr.. Bennett Tho only
trouble ABOUT Mr.. Wocstyuu is that he docs not
know either the English language, in which he
is supposed 10 wr.t'. nor tie Eu ssinn. Whi'h ne
is supposed To speak In central Asia. But then
Gen kaulmann speaks French, as matter Ol
course.
Political and business life seems 10 have re-
vivod in France after tho holidays. At all
events the Ministry las issued a now and very
liberal programme. and promises ~ relcnsc all
the Communist couyicts except the rinsleadcrs
Important changes in the military commands
and in the mnGistracy have been announced by
NJ Dufaure. President OF the Cabinet. The I'M
poach mont Of tb. Broglic-Tourtou Ministry has
nieo been foreshadowed, and n new cable COM
pany. with two cnblos and capital of over
100000. .Oo0. has been formed.
But the most important pirce Of ncws is con-
tanned in the returns Of the Senatorial election.
These are the death verdict Of Imperial ism.
The Republican party Of France has had n
struggle but its victory IL complete: and this is
due mainly to the training in discipline which
lis members have had since the close of the
Franco prussian war. The London Ne,rs IS in
the right when it says:
ru1cr their austicc. Che complete reorganization Of
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.0,i A lcr. and n'.c Who wer, c 1r NJ cam
rIr,y maintain it.r Win greater credit darug long
sea.'n OF Doe 'e'e'''' '"AA
inc question no" Is Wh''her they VIII p' 'Die
to stand poiliicnl prospcrHy anu 70 use 'holr
power without nilsn-'ng H.
should be kept III mlhu 'hat lhe frehfh
senate Is a very young institution consists
oi 20 me- senators ana 70 members elected oy
a mixed rle't"IWe "i E'hrra' ''uh '4i"is couh-
clil'rs oil arrohd's-''heils. ana "oieE".s hp-
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senators are e''l'' l'r h'u' y'"ts' "h" ono
'hlrd oi them r'urr py ro'"uoh every ureo
years lhe recent 'i'c'i'hs were ior tn' pur-
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