Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-11-17
Troubled and Unhappy Europe.

Prosperity and peace in America, in
Europe agitation, want, revolution, wars
and rumors Of war. Such is the record to-
day. The conditions which prevail in our
land, and for which the gratitude of the |
people should go up in mighty thanksgiv-
ing to God, are in signal contrast to those |
which prevail elsewhere on the globe. |
Even in the midst of our political excite |
ments the people have pursued their bust |
ness az usual, their work has gone on I'M |
interruptedly, and there has been manifes
ted everywhere feeling of thorough conf
dence in the future Of the country. How
different this from the utter uncertainty
and apprehension and alarm that envelop
nearly all the nations of Europe. From
the Atlantic-washed coast of Ireland to the
washed coast of China, from the
Baltic to the Mediterranean and the Indian
Ocean there is trouble, present or appre-
hended; and in many parts anarchy, blood.
shed and starvation hold joint sway. Even
the very element themselves have present
ed the same strangely contrasted opposi-
tons on the two sides of the Atlantic. In
consequence, while the crops in Europe
have suffered and fallen far short of the
necessary supply, with us they have been
abundant. Even Russia, the great Euro
pean granary, has now too little grain for
the home market, and our food is being
| sent to that far country.
But worse than the short crops are the
social and political complications and diff.
culties that confront the European states
men. With infinite pains combination
of Powers was effected at Berlin last Sum.
mer, only to prove in few months how
brittle was the bond that held them to con.
certed action, and how useless it was to
| bOna far oOvthipn lilo har.
mony between the nations on any question
affecting the remodelling of the map of
Europe. The Sultan, by his defiant and
obstinate policy in the face of the pressure
brought to bear upon him by combined
fleet, succeeded in showing that the concert
Of Powers was too weakly to live any longer
Had he finally refused to cede Dulcigno,
| England must have gone ahead on her own
| responsibility, since she could not afford to
stop short of that; and now that be has
agreed to the cessiUn, somehow the Monte
negrins do not seem much nearer posses
sion of their new territory. Greece, mean
while has assumed a somewhat more war.
like tone under her new Ministry, but it is
plain that there will be no combination of
the Powers to help her in carrying out the
Berlin provision extending her boundary.
Russia has an eye to preventing any united
action regarding European Turkey, and
altogether it looks rs though the Sultan
would still be maintained as an essential
cause Of contention between the Powers, to
prevent consequences more unpleasant than
are likely to come from dallying with the
Porto.
England has more troubles on hand than
any other Of the nations. At home and
abroad she is harrassed, and Mr.. Gladstone
| tnDsf haa hur5ay Of ballipo he I'm
at one Of tho most critical periods in her
stormy history. There is a fresh uprising
in Afghanistan, with the reported murder
of Abdurrahman Kahn. In Bxsutoland
revolution is at its height. The policy oil
the Government with respect to Turkey
may at any moment involve it in fresh
complications. And added to all this is
the terrible state of affairs in Ireland.
Things there have even a darker look
. than when we wrote last week. The ap
preaching Crown prosecutions seem tc
have rendered the Land League leaders
, desperate, and their programme has appar
emily been to SO arouse the people thai
: their arrests would be followed by a revolu
ton. Mr.. Davitt has been pointedly direct
ed to stay in this country and collect funds
A if not men; and Mr.. Parnell has plainly
announced where he looks for efficient help
, Said he at a Galway gathering: {" fee
convinced that if ever you call upon YOU
5 countrymen in America for help, and show
, them that there is fair chance Of success
you will have their trained and organized
! assistance for breaking the English yoke,
q Utterances like this have been made re
peatedly, and their effect upon the ignoran
masses of the Irish peasantry can readily b,
imagined. They are most false and I'm
worthy utterances, calculated to injur,
both the people of Ireland and of thi
E country. They show the real purpose o
Mr.. Parnell's visit here last year, and of tn,
Land League agitation here. In the fac,
a of such assertions it is not strange that thu
g English papers charge that the trouble il
: Ireland is kept alive by American support
:. Ireland is in state of open social revolt
: Secretary Forster has been bitterly ant
d publicly denounced by Mr.. Parnell, VIII
y insists upon autonomy for Ireland. Tn
r proposed prosecutions have provoked Mr.
!. Justin MacCarthy and Mr.. F. S. O'Donnell
d Members of Parliament, to join the Lane
d League. The arrest of a League agent 70
n threatening a landlord has caused intens
h feeling, and the whole land is now in
e ferment. 1t has come to the pass that
70 must be with England strong rule or n
b rule in Ireland. and under such blind ant
l. desperate leadership as that of the LAM
l League now is, the end can only be NOR
t sorrowful and gloomy than ever for Erin
o green isle.