The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-01-28
WHOLE NO. 1870.
LoND0N LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent.J
LoNpoN. Jan. Is. 1850.

LONDON, Jan. 10, ISSO.
The approach Of Christmas wss
not heralded tois year by signs oI
good viii among men. la whatever
direction The eyes are turned they see
swords being sharpened for The strife
On every side tue ears are filled VIA
a noise Of emj.uered dispute aud mu.
tual threats France, according to
toe hopes or fears of Ffeucnmen ol
ali parties, totlers ou The briuk OF "a
grave political crisis Ffencn demo.
Gratis are not content vI,h freedom
from military dssp0tIsm sud uucnai-
legged liberty t. make what converts
tGey eau The Republic under which
tney live remIuds tnem 200 paiafdily
OF Oh ideal Republic - hicn Is 10 CON-
mence by a tyranoy over opiuloa
Russia is stagg geciug uader tue shock
vi volcanoes working 10 darkness, On
when repression exercises oaiy tne
same power as water exercises ON
burning oil. MhiJary policemen
crush the centres Of disable iJu 10
lad that they have only multiplied
them Russian enthusiasm has eman-
clpaled the Bslcan populations ut the
Cost VI accepting too Il,eli an lntoler-
aUie yoke OF domestic suspicion and
terror.
Italy, the instant it has escaped
from one Parliamentary deadlock,
seems gal!y to prepare Itself tor an
other. Spain has been unable, even
aWld The Festivities Of isa young
Kings marriage, TO euj y q truce
lrUm Internal discJrds
Externally, the co0fict 10 Cubs
nas beeu sm9thered for couple ot
years to burst out as apparently in
exunguishs5ic as ever. BelgIum,
which might have been thought al
oasis Of orderly constitutional liberty
Un the European Continent, Is with
cred up VIII ecclesIasiiUal rancour.
Ou one frontier Ia Turkey There Is an
armed neutrality, Ia which the neu-
trailty - less conspicuous than the
ucmiug. Un another frontier there is
a sound Of war, which may not be the
less menaciBg that COastantinople
does not appear - inspire H. Ger
many Is too strong FIR open enemies !;
out rs strength IS pufcbssed at Il
nssgy price Il Is taruing railway
contractor, with Certainty 4! the US
ual results when States intrude into
trade
With the same mOitse OF scraping
together means los dessyias var ex
peuduure liz times Vi SAGE, the Im-
periaI ChaneeFy Is playing f.st and
loose with every priucip!s lich IN
the range Of poiiucs. .cohJny the
wisdom vi the nlueter .-h injury
seemed to have esiAoil4hed beyond
tue chance OF cayiI. Great Britain
is no better able thsu its neighbJrs TO
smooth It's brow in preparation for
Cnristmes
It is abundaltly supplied with
matter ef cO8ientiOs a. bone. la
ireland ]. hss problem TO deal wi,h,
The more difiicuit If not IDsUlnDie,
that il is no work Of the present gen
ersliou, bat Of d Zen generations
which preceded On ,he one SIDE Of
the Empire darkens be thick cloud Of
Irish poverty dsepened by rhetorical
disafirctiOn eager 20 protest against
every manifestation of charity hleh
d Is not imply political Concessions
The cares of the Empire on the west
are BALANCED by Others on the east.
This C1risImas the Britisa nation
canIoJ help regarding with anxiety,
however uumixed wItn fear, the per-
lis of its soldiers amid the seetbiug
turmoil of Afghan anarchy.