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, 1880-05-02

which must sooner or later be realized,
whether the English Government lends its
countenance and sympathy to it OF not.
Whatever else the war with Russia may not
have done, one thing is certain: it was the
deathblow to Turkey. She is bankrupt in
finances, in material resources, in political
possessions. She Is beneath contempt as q
Power among European States, Shefs shorn
Of large part of her area, and, when the
treaty is fully carried out, she will be re-
duced to a capital without country. Such
a skeleton as this, even If it had the dispo-
sition to carry out reforms, could not do it.
The whole spirit of the treaty aimed at max
ing Turkey a European Power pursuing
European methods Of rule,-a metamorpho-
sis as impossible as 1t would be to expect the
Afghans, the Tartars, the Chinese, or any
other Asiatic caste to Europeanize itself.
There is but one alternative left, and that is
the foundation of a great Slavic Federation
upon the ruins of the Turkish Empire; and if
the Gladstone Government can accomplish
this, or prepare the way for 1t, it will leave
behind it noble monument, even if it
should fail in every other measure Of the re-
forms it hopes to consummate.
, 1880-05-02

Most of the metropolitan journals OF
England strongly opposed the Liberals in the
recent elections, and before they came OF con-
hdently predicted the success OF tho Tories.
Now the owners Of these papers are 1ischargtng
the conductors and leader writer's by the whole
sale, and supplying their places with men more
in accord with the opinion of the country Us
proclaimed at.the hustfngs. Among those who
have received notice to quit is Mr.. Greenwood,
the editor Of that most lingo Of all lingo organs,
the Pau Mall Gaz<tte. bir. Greenwood might be
ftttDgly described by the language which
OConneu once applied to Rocbuck,
the late member for Sheffield, as "a
vinegar cruet on two legs" as his
vinegarish and virulcnt references to America
and Americans, in his valedictory published in
last evenings issue OF the Gdzcte, fully show.
Although action looking towards the abroga-
ton Of the Bulwer-Clayton treaty had been
taken by Congress before the announcement of
the dissolution OF the British Parliament, Mr..
Greenwood says: !" It is significant that the ad-
vent of tho Liberal party to power should have
been seized on by the American people as the
occasion on which they might offer with i'm
punity slight to England After alluding to
the humiliation which he claims the British
nation suffered through the Geneva arbi-
traton, and tndulgtng in rather undIg-
nidcd scold about the assumption of " Yankee
sovereignty over the American Continent, he
concludes by calling On Gladstone, Gran-
vile, and Bright not to be frightened by Yam
kee bluster into the cession Of any rights
which are conferred by the Clayton Bulwer
treaty. Mr.. Gladstone and his colleagues are
not any more likely to follow the advice Of the
retiring editor Of the Pdu udu Gazette now than
when that gentleman was regarded BY bis en-
plOyer5 as great political prophet.
, 1880-05-02

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lhe above is a stronger force than that
with which Turkey held Russia at bay so
long, while in this case the Federation would
have the active sympathy Of England, which
Turkey did not have.
In answer to the very natural comment
that might be made by some, that these PROV
lnces would be mere outlying States Of Rus
sia, the Spectator says:
So long as they are oppressed by the rest of
the world they naturally look to their one
armed friend, fear to disobljge him. and in the
last resort even obey his commands; but, if once
made free, why should they be Russian, even Ia
proc!ivities? Because they are slav: The Rou-
mah!ans and the Greeks are no moro Slav than
OF their separateness from NIL other peoples,
and the South Slavs are no more Russian in pre-
dilcction than the Poles are People write as if
~ of the 5oeet ee
Tended for 600 years, and that third has always
expressed ID acute fear Of being lost in the vast
makes peoples inteIligible to one another. but
ooSs oS nos pal5 awa5s make them friends; and Pole
And Russian, or Serb and Russian, OF a Bull
quarreling as Virginan and q man from Mas
sachusetts~ Do all we English love all Yankees
Sddesf sd dGageeangy much? has been one OF the
:oNaesI circumstances of the controversy now
ended' that the men who desest Russia and de-
st1 ssesoe her as the most cruel and oppressive of
most attractive Power SO attractive that Serb.
s ana houmanian, and Bulgarian will always be
ner, ner GeEoIed and faithful agents They will, we
nle ana az refractory neighbors, always ready for
any alliance which viii release them from Mt
lending to St. Petersburg.
ne ABOVE statement is interesting as pre-
sentlng the policy of the Liberal Government,
ana 1t IS policy which not only will CON-
1oend Itself to all free peoples, but is one
, 1880-05-02

union despotism has overreached itself.
Its exclusion Of Americans from all
mechanical emp1oyments has invited hlther
vast hordes of skilled workmen from
all the nations of Europe. In brief time the
amount Of both skilled and unskilied labor
seeking employment will equal and far sur
pass any demand at the present OF possible
future rates of wageA The attempt to en-
force monopoly of mechanical labor has Of
itself invited hither the agents to destroy
that monopoly. Before July quarter Of a
million Of workmen will have arrived TINS
year seeking employment, and each day
thereafter will swell this number, forcing
them into every industrial centre, there to
compete with the trades-unions and by force
of necessity and Of numbers break down the
usurped authority OF the unions to deter
mine who shall and who shall not work for
living at mechanical and skilled labor.
In the meantime this unprecedented mI-
grafton to this country of skilled workmen
serves to perpetuate the exclusion Of the
American boys from mechanical industry
and employment. If apprentices were pro-
hibited when there was room for employ
ment, the possibility Of the education Of ap-
prentices under daily arrival Of ship-loads
of full-g1own workmen, seeking the employ
ment which their necessities make impera-
tive, is still further postponed; though
it may be that the very magnitude Of the
competition may, By breaking down the ex-
elusive rigor Of the trades-unions, open
the doors of workshops and Of all the trades
to American boys, and make it as free for
them to become mechanics as 1t is to become
lawyers, doctors, clerks, statesmen, barkeep-
ers, and hoodlums.
, 1880-05-02

The punishment Of William II. KembIe,
once the political "boss" Of PENNSYLVANIA,
and his fellow conspirato1s, for bribery, is q
yindication Of justice that will cause all good
men to rejoice. The Pittsburg Riot bill,
authorizing the appointment Of commits
sion to ascertain losses caused by the riots
three years ago, and providing for the pay
meut Of the same. which was introduced in
the House Of Representatives Feb. 8, 1873,
was the instrument which has secured this
result On March 10 it came up for a second
reading. The organized opposition to the
bill at first consisted Of only about dozen
members, but as time went on the number
grew, aud outside and inside Of the House
the opposition became formidable. An i'm
mense lobby was organized against it, and,
after monopolizing the most OF the session,
1t waa Indemnity postponed on the
9th of April by vote OF 103 to
90. On the same day 11r. Wolfe,
a member Of the House, stated that he had
positive evidence Of IAN attempt on the part
Of prominent men to undertake to corrupt
members upon the floor of the House." and
moved a committee of investigation. The
Committee was appointed and commenced
It's labors on the 24th Of April. with what re-
suit we copy from the Harrisburg corre-
spondence Of the New York Times:
, At nrst rs sessions were secret, but they were
dnally held In the Hail OF the House, which was
:Towded ut every meeting. William Fl. Kembles
testimony WIS gwen before the sessions Of The
COMMITTEES were made public He announced
himself bank President and President Of a
.ailroad company When asked, in the language
II the Constitution, concerning the bribery, he
cpued: II know the Cousutut has a Lot Of
, 1880-05-02
PERSONALS.

a dark horse is soon currfed.
The Prince Of Wales latest bust Is ona
that he sat for to Sarah Bernhardt-
It is gratifying to know that America VIII
soon be prnperly represented among INC
naughty potentates OF Europe a t1hs team
| leaves for England next month
Proctor ut is true that if you giVe
dog bad name it will stick to him, and II u
also true that If you give small boy can II
will stick to the first dog he can catch.
Brooklynite is no "Vanderols
| scandal The Maud S. that Mr. FandefnilEs
! name has been associated with so much OF hae
is q trottfng-horse- Sorry to spoil y0ur anuet
pated fun.
Maybe there isn't any God for the unlseo
states,' said Canadian Mayor to Col kooeFt
1ngersofl. !" but there's one for Canada; ann
you can't have any hull in this town In WHICH %
defame Him.
4 new play by Joaquin Miller, caleo
Home, Sweet Home" has been performed Ior
week In Providence II 1t Is anything nko
some OF Joaquin's poetry, we should think too
spectators would appreciate the tito more taao
the play itself. =
. - DR.. Schliemann ''-The origin OF the e1.
preston, 81 You will never miss the water ."
the we'll runs dry is not known, but 1t ID 20.
itered to have come from Kentucky, wnete ~
the wells In county wouldn't be missed as loo6
as the whisky held out
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who will soon %
again in collision with hIs brother, sa1d 70 ~
interviewer that 81 the world will find OUT aver
awhile that Bill hasn't any brains Cofnenu'
asserts that he has cleared <100o0 IN STOCKS ~
SIX months. Fir has as much money as he Nan1'
but he doesn't want trustees put over nlm -
ifhe were lunattc.
Emperor Alexander's son and heir IS nos
much esteemed in Europe. Although "eA pe
havcd and religiousIy disposed. he is though.
narrow minded, a sort Of Louis XVI Prooaov
II the young man would cause himself 70 70
blown up q few times he would become q ulu-
versal favorIt~ It seems to be necessary III
Russia for rulers to be detonated into the aneo
tions OF the people.
The New York Tribune OF april - says:
The Government has prosecuting olnceI y.
queer kind in Chicago. Mr. Leake, whose du'9
1t became as Dfstrict-Attorney to prosecute one
of his friends, IN ex-Postmaster charged WIN
appeared both for and agalnss
the Government, or rather did not appear iof
the Government ut all. He went Solun1ate
upon the stand as witness to the PostuasE''
good character, and afterward asked to oe e1-
cused from addressing tho jury, as it "onlo 80
painful for him to do so. When Judg7
Blod8ett denied this reouest, Mr. Leake az
:uscd himself By simply making q brief and e'.-
iently fnsincere demand for conviction. Ihls
IN extraordinary prostitution Of official powers.
|lr Leake might have resigned his Office, or 1ei'
he disagreeable prosecution to another. ASH
vas, he seems to have taken charge OF the doS'
case for the express purpose o1 "
raging it,
, 1880-05-02

| 0~o~-AA IN ote1o 4AOtL+~ W S""@-
its dread for the future Of the Established
Church in England and Scotland Is merely
the dread OF change, and its tears, after all'
may be crocodile tears. What 1T really
breads is an extension Of the suffrage, an
| abrogation Of the feudal privileges OF its
patrons, and the secularization of education,
although. as far as the latter is concerned,
the Education act now in force In England
Which was framed By Afr. Forster, a Radical
Is emlnently satisfactory to the mass OF En-
glish Catholics. Besides, the Tablet is the
organ OF that aristocratic and Ultramontane
faction Of the Church which has brought
discredit on it in every country where they
had control,-Spain, France, and ltaly,-tne
faction which, to preserve its own factlous
importance, cared nothing for the general
mass of the people, aud who affected Chris
tianity in too many instances because it was
respectable.
The alliance between the Irish and the
English Radicals, alluded to By the Tablet,
shows what THE. TRIBUNE has frequently
pointed out: that whatever the Irish may oe
In this country. where they are too frequent
~ the tools Of native and foreign dema-
gogs, in Ireland and England they have
an Intelligent appreciation Of their duties
as citizens. Many would naturally suppose
that they would support Catholic candidate
in preference to Protestant, but this is
shown to be not the case. All through the
United Kingdom they supported the Liberal
candidates in preference to the Tories, and
the Radical candidate in preference to the
milk-and-water Liberal. They cared not.
what the candidates religion was; they only
asked what were his political principles; and
1t is admitted on all hands that not less than
fifty Liberals in the English boroughs owe
their election to those Irishmen who
are too often referred to as ignorant Papists.
Although they were appealed to by English
Catholics. yin the interest Of the Church
both at home and abroad to support the Con-
servatiVe Government" they refused to do
so on the advice Of their honest and patriotic
leaders, and have proved not only their in
telligence, but the falsity Of the charges Of |
religious bigotry and stupid intolerance too |
often made against them. They have un- |
made great advances in few |
years, and in this way have begun to win
respect from their bitterest opponents and
aaAlAt at1oH hou tucn ayu1pdllllLeia- ol6oI1J
was never so great an element in their char
acter as some nave honestly believed, and,
with the spread OF education amongst them,
1t will wholly disappear. Already they seem
to have come to full understanding with
their false friends, the Ultramontanes Of En-
gland and elsewhere, and the latter will prob
ably begin to think that they have only them
selves to blame.
, 1880-05-02

IHE New York Tablet. leading Catholic
Journal. deVotes an article Of the last fssne IN
Arcnnisnop Darboy, who was massacred BIZ tho
farls Communists. The article concludes ns
follows: ~
,of1 He Ie!l martyr 70 duty and religion, and has
"1tn Wnat calm resignation and devoted fortitnde
= a. patr1ot priest can mes't his death In the soG
nnur ~ o1 nis a1dictfon he found a kind friend ~
Mr. Mash1urne, then United States blinisrer t. r.
tnna rance s Mhsn the representatves Of OTHER nao
st no small risk to himself to watch over 4h e.
tea se1esrs 81 OF americans In Paris. With him duty
regRos r1I .a t. safety md though be bud no
noble and generous nature urged hi to maFs ks
every possible effort to save hi5 life. Faflfn1 fo
his mea ne nas senerousy paid deserving tribute to
mar.yr whilst in bitter invectvcs he rails 81 his
Tfana TagsunoneEs a as vile, bloodthirsty rabble Of
basnei u5E Even Catholic, aye, every = M Renernns.
Aoae-aearted man, whether Catholic o. othar,
, 1880-05-02

GEN. GARFIELD Is rather dfspleased with
those who represent him as being an obstruc-
ton to tariff reform, and. in speech delivered
in the House yesterday, took occasion to char
acterize as slanderers and rilihers the persons
who SO represent him as being responsible for
retaining the duty On wood pulp: but, In answer
to a question by. Frost, Of Missouri, he admitted
that,while he was willing to vote for reduction
OF the duty On that article, he would not consent
to have 1t plae4,d on the free list.
, 1880-05-02
ENGLISH ULTRAM0NrANE5 ARD EN-
GLI6H LIBERALS

The following paragraph, taken from the
London Tablet, the organ Of the aristocratic
! and ultramontane English Catholics, is 20
| ing the rounds Of the press:
| Among tho incidents Of Wednesdays poll one
excltes our especial rGgrct,-rhe defeat of the
qn,y Edan E1nan Tafhoe aIbt eapdate IT in England
Norfoik) ut Burnley. The local Conservatives
| worked well for him. but the Radical and Irish
element WAS too strong to be beaten.
This should be read in connec tlon with an
article which appeared in the Tablet the pre-
ceding week which gives expression to the
feelings and opinions Of the class which it
| represents. After the utterance OF some
gloomy predictions founded on the result of
the early electoral contests in the English
boroughs, it says: "For the sake Of the
Church, both at home and abroad, the pres
ent l'Tory] Government should be support
ed.": When it is remembered that the Tory
party fought Catholic emancipation, fought
the dlsestablishment of the Irish Church.
fought the extension of the most limited
privileges to Catholics at all times and under
every circumstance, fought the granting Of
the most meagre justice to the unfortunate
people OF Ireland, who have suffered the
grossest fndignity, the most exasperating
priyations, and the foulest injustice for cent
uries, and in great measure because they
have been steadfast Catholics, it puzzles one
to know on what grounds an English Cath
ollc paper can support Tory Government
The specious and plausible theory which
it puts forward in one part Of its article will
not account for it. It may be true, as the
Tablet says, that 1.-THE policy of Catholics is
in the main conservative. founded upon
faith in those great institutions which
have worked we'll for generations" The
English feudal system, the Irish land laws.
the penal laws, a State-paid Church, the
landlord game laws, limited suffrage, and |
compulsory ignorance, according to the En-
glish Catholic organ, "have worked well for |
generations" But apart from the so-ca1Ied |
" traditional policy of Catholics" there are !
far more potent reasons for the course DUR
sued By the Tablet and the people whose
mouthplece it is,-a small but powerful sec
tion OF Catholics whose 1eactionary and con-
seryatlVe instincts have always been a check
upon progress and liberty. With it and them
liberty means license, privileges belong only
to the wealthy, and the poor are mere
chattels, well enough In their way if they
minister to the comforts of the arfstocratic
people who let them live. Liberals become
Radicals, and often show an inclination to 70
IN getting redder and redder in the color of
heir opinions Catholics can have no SYM
3athy with the revolutionary doctrines which
ire rapidly gaining among the real leaders
II the Liberal party,-as witness the speeches
made upon btshment In. England and
, 1880-05-02

TIE debate on Carlisle's InternalRevenue
bill yesterday was diversified by discussion on
temperance.-the Iowa Congressman, reinforced
by Conger Of Michigan, taking strong grounds
against intemperance and the manufacture and
sale Of whfsky,-while McMahon, true to his
Celtic origin. several Of the Southern members
who have probably tndulged In the sour-mash
ard bourbon Of Kentucky, Singleton of Quincy
Who wanted farmers to be given permission to
establish private stills, and our own Barber. who
doubtless has often partaken Of tho foaming
lager Of the North Side, could see nothing but
good come from moderate indulgence in the
use Of the e1hilaraHng products Of the brewer
les and the distilleries.
, 1880-05-02

The Montenegrin frontier troubles seem
to have only commenced, and Notwithstanding
the demands made on Turkey By the other Euro
pean Powers it is difficult to see how 1t can turn
over the territory claimed by Montenegro In the
face Of a threatened invasion of portion thereof
by some Is coo Abanians. There needs to be
new partition of even the border provinces Of
the Ottoman Empire.
, 1880-05-02

INVESTIGATION into the Irregularities Of
the returns from the Seventh Precinct OF the
Fourteenth Ward indicate that considerable
crooked work has been done in the way of doc
tortng the returns, and 1t looks now as II some
of the judges would have to stand trial with
Murphy, OF Seventh Ward notoriety.
, 1880-05-02

TEE CHICAGO TRIBUNE has established branch
rces for the receipt Of subscriptions and ADVERTISE
1nents Al follows:
NEW YORK-Room g Tribune Building. r. Z. Nc
FApoEx, Manager.
GLASGOW, scotland-Allan's American News
Agency. 81 Renneld-st
LONDON, Enx.--Amertcan Exchxnge. ~ Strand
HxERY Z. GuLIG. Agent
WAhHlSGTON. D. C-1Sl9 F sneet.
, 1880-05-02

II the County Conventions held through
out Illinois yesterday the delegates chosen are
pretty evenly divided between Grant and Blaine
AS usual the strong Republican counties select
ed Blaine delegates, while the Democratic coun-
Ties Of Egypt selected Grant -4elegates- For
Governor, Cullom seemed to have the lead, but
was closely followed by Hawley.
, 1880-05-02

TIE Board Of County Commissioners al
Howed Edwin Walker <45, 600 yesterday in Salts
faction Of his claim for extra work done on the
County Building and in compensation for the
loss he has sustained in discounting county
orders. Soue Of the members strongly opposed
kthA aflnypnca
, 1880-05-02

TIE County Conventions throughout Wis
consin show that Washburne has very consider
able strength, and there. Is uo doubt that should
he come out as candidate he will have very
large support from that State. In this city the
Washburne movement is gradually assuming
shape, and at meeting Of the Eighteenth Ward
Republican Club last evening resolutions
strongly favoring the nomination Of Washburne
were unanimously passed, and, notwithstanding
that it is the home OF E. G. Larned, the Club ex-
pressed itself as opposed to the third term.
, 1880-05-02

] REPORTS from Washington state that the
Republfcan Senators arc willing to cordially CO.
operate With the Democratic leaders in bringing
Nabout an adjournment Of Congress about the
1st Of June. Should the adjournment not take
place then It is thought that the session will ex-
tend till after tho Cincinnati Convention.
, 1880-05-02

Jewish people have been strongly imbued with
revolutionary principles, while In the northern
provinces, where they enjoy many privileges,
they have kept aloof from any participation
with the Nihilists i
, 1880-05-02

A.-o resH ness.
na, o-"'""''. ''ooSa p M- I t:5o p H. 900 T. N.
tne lnoo,. ~ nas lio" JUST passed into her last
qua' 1ei. sue W. oe Win saturn. Mercur7,
Ano 'enus on tloas morning. but several de-.
s1e1a W .ne Aol .n~afo IRON tnose planets. Her
eon1aues,on WIN .ne sun !ne" NOON will occur
- "4oA A44's' "1 20 minutes after mid
! nignt'
1ne SUI upper hno rises Monday at 4:524
o. - sootn, ~ Il" o'ul' 4''oas a. ~; and sets
u. ~. ~ VIZ H. r H.
tne sun .uppee ~ n.no alses Friday at 4:4ss4 a.
H. soutus ~ ILL., oon1" -1~os- g. NJ and sets e.
~. vo7s" +. m' :;
-. oluefea1 l1ine 1nassoay mean noon, 2h. 59us.
4s.9es'
mercury IS morning star, oy virtue OF pod.
aon' though not visible to the ordinary OBJ
server. lie VIII rise Thursday at 4:0e a. m: ~
, 1880-05-02

SPEAKER RANDALL, who may be con-
Ridere j al authority on the natter says that
Tlldcn will bo candidate before the Cincinnati
Convention, and that he is confident Of nomi-
nation. The talk about Ttlden's withdrawal in
flavor of anybody else Randall pronouuces as
nonsensical He also claims that forty Ut the
Pennsyivania delegates are for the Sage Of
Gramercy now, and that before the Convention
meeGs the entire delegation will be in bis favor.