, 1881-06-27
lord, 1t Is 1nnnlfestIy impossible fur HIN to
face Ills transatlantic competitor.

trrfltts.
Mr. s'1Rtlst01lc Is beltt III slirrrllIcrlng ~
prns. Tint island Il MI lint rc,MaiMsnf what
Atr. Bright cnllelt tho "tll.satten gntns ot
liieotstN."
rtiE ABANDONMENT or cyrt,Cs |
Inns to NIL iNtcnts anl purposes l,eGn decided
0i. 'flio l'rGmfcr, however. Is afraid to bturt
NIT tito announcement, ati,t SO llu atid Ills
colleagues and tho Liberal l,apsrs nru pre-
imrtng tho public ututf for the ,,ews by tltlnt-
Ing oil tho unhtmltllflMss uf tito climate.
the useacssiess OF tlu unly linrbH Oh tllg |
island, and tho lnrnrnhu bankruptcy Of tho
Treasury. Ministerial journals aro uut sng-
gcstti,g that ii tireccetfucs not waiii IT, II hal
better to given lmck To tho Turks, frnm |
whom 1t WIS IltGl.utl. If no unfuvurablu !
response cnl.,cs frnm tic people talnt they Snrc
81 tntlcl, taknl, tp 1,tst i,nw will, hone nf-
fnrs TINT they have neither tim nor lnrllnn-
t1on TO attend to fnreisn nattcrs), Cyprus
Will bo restored to tic f'ortr hefnre Tho cnd
of tho ycar. md tic last shred Of Imperialism
cast away. ....-..'..-
TIE AMERICAN p1:nr.
The Ec0n0n.lst to-day tells the American
people TINT they might to sslspcn.l their
cfioris to rcltuce tile NnsIU,ml sipbt mid
abolish The excessive Import ttutlrs which
restrict foreIgn commerce. Other Journals
reEretfufly n,lmtt TITO battie vt free
trade Inns tn bp fought over ngnsn
III England. md MI concc,ln that tic rctultn.
tfni, movement II slpstInet IN lucol,c n
powerful factor in l}r,tial, pultlcs, II not 10
bn tho leading question OF tho day before
long, II Ia moro ti,nn ltkely that
tho Government will l,u co,l.-
pnlled tu, increase tho duty on
French, wines. Tho present duty works
lujustfy against the English tlfstll!ers, a,,tl
the Imposition of n heavier duty would bc
both retaliation agni'sst the foreign null fair
plny Ia hontc industry that Ilas suffered
grleyn,.SIy for sonc years nnst.
StOres conttuun 10 bu circulated III tho
leading papers Of
DEFICIENT GRAIN cnol's
and an approaching war at rites in tl.e
United States. These "bcar'' operations
hive again caused depreciation II. prices allt
discouraged tho general uuhl1c from tu,,cl,-
ing American securities. Hcrapnit's .foHr-
ON Ut thls movement, anil tells him
tint ho cnn l,nrtIiy expect to retain
the large sl,are OF business Ills line has 50
long tlus,e, alut that lio uuEltt to ngree to
divide competitive traffic rather than bring
Oil Il destructive war Nf tariffs. II, well-tl.
formed circles III tho city It Is not be-
llevcd that Mr.. Vanderbilt originated tho
"beNr" campaign. The entire plan Is
| attributed to Mr. kcenc, who IL sail to linyo
lost heavily N, Eric, nntl tn be nl,Xfolls 10
recover by depressing prices. lie Is nllegsN
| to flaye hcen operating agNtnst Erie willie
acttng us II director of tint road, nlal to l,nva
srnivt:S TT 1Srt,cr LOSS
| upon those who put hin III n ,ilslnc0ry rosf-
tim. It is also suspected that iie Inns
prompted the attacEs which appear In
son,a ul,arters tlron Mr.. Vanderbilt. Mr.
keei,e's nan1u IL not ,uncti known thus
fur IN tho city, hut tho ns're II is a,car, Of the
less 1t Ii, liked. 1t will tnke considerable
tlnie to undo tic mischief crcated by Ills
Systematic efforts To destroy public con.
ttlcncc hi American Investments.
ritE ruSSE1. 1't:rwEES poyta AND CALAIS.
1t was announced the ,other dny TINT tho
experimental bostngs for tho tunnel between
Dover md calnis had turned ont very s..c.
ccssfu1, but experts say tho schcnlo IL n
visionary ole, and eminent engineers
laugh nt what tlloy consider a
wild freale OF Imagination OF tho
part ot Sir Edward Wiilnm Watkiu. They
wni,t to know how the debris IL to be re-
moved n'tl ventilation secured for tho work
men. It wollld be absolutely impossible to
work trains enough through Slical Il tunnel
to make 1t pay unless enormous passenger
and freight rates were charged. Sir
Edwards csttnlntc tl,ut tho seyGtl-fn0t
dflft-way ,can l'o completed III 1lv0 ycnrs IL
rItlieucd rs Il gross absurtlity. The whole
affair Is probably meant ns I'LL attempt 10
raise tho wind for the Southeastern Railway,
OF which Sir Edward Is Chairman.
TIE oil, MAN CONSENTS
;. A. rtl,nor says TINT C0Mnt llerhprt Bismarck
1ins Mt Inst obtained the consent 0f Ills pa.