Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-16

| against 1QCenQ1Af1oS Wnlfo remembering ClaU
London lost her PANTHEON and the states
| Chicago. Bills are being prepared ooligtng the
| owners Of theaters, workshops and establish
hVe ao
| tween all the stories. 1t is proposed to change
! the fire brigade and its military organization
into simple police fOrce TO lay In water pipes
throughout the buildings, having at certain
landings taps In soft metal that would melt
| at very low temperature and thus induce i'm
mediate inundation. the pupils in the colleges
oil clplned plans of retreat In case of fire; four
minutes suffice to enable the youth OF both
sexes. numbering 1,2oo to O. descend from four
fair sex be 1t recorded, they display more meth
odical agility than the boys.
POLITICAL REFUGEES.
In raising the question OF the right of asylum
for political refugees, France sees In that only
a manGuvre On the part of Prince Bismarck to
curry friendship with the new Car. There
can be only free trade In the surrendering OF
criminals for violations of common law; but
opinions must be free, even when erroneous.
the better to secure liberty for those which are
true 1t is the old question of the shield and its
TWO races; or OF the mountain, On one side error
On the ~ other truth The Esgutmo prefer train
form the credo Of every Frenchman-iess the
followers Of divine right-are not viewed quite
as the 'krict card at st. Petersburg; En- ylish
constitutionallsm is not in the odor Of sanctlty
at Berlin; governmental italian Is viewed
like an American citizen, as an tntranst1eaW
at Vienna Holy Alliances to crush liberalism
gress OF civilization. There can be no sou
dartte between governments against -evIl, If
there be not fraternity between them
wise governments provide tie safety valves Of
liberty. Russian refugees are to be found in
Switzerland England, America and France, but
these Sa s: neyes contribute refugees to
liberals as simply nihllfsts; yet that body has
IN Its pay the AFFILIATED OF all consplracies; and
still it was unable to prevent bombs from being
the Winter Palace! Further, when the imperial
family or the nobility had the monopoly OF
making away with the Cars, the police proved
able In the discovery OF crime when the lmpli-
Gated confess all about it. When Alexander III.
shall have punished the slavers Of his father
have the monopoly, he ought to study the words
OF Cavour: "Timely reforms render the revolu-
tionary spirit powerless." Outside IiDerty-as
Claims the church-there Is no safety.
WHAT THE MASSES THINK.
These views are practically illustrated In the
evolution daily taking place among the masses
in France. The more the people are left to
themselves tie less the government organizes
irritations, the more the country becomes great,
glorious and free. Louis Blanc, the apostle of
ethereal politics, has become simply a curl
osity; the socialists have eInigrate1 to Ger
many; the communists are reeds shaken with
the wind. Kochefort skedaddled TO Geneva TO
AVOID preSld1Dg at the anniversary banquet OF
the Instruction OF March, 1871; on the plea to
receive the imaginary condolences of i'm aglnary
nihiii6ts; for tnis desertioD, that no surrender
girl. Louise Michel, denounces the Mar
quio'-her Cuondam political lover, and the
dagger that she is ready TO sheath Ia Gamoetta,
is being sharpened for Rochefort The latter,
repudialed By the nihil!S,s spurned by the CON-
muDiSt, avoided by all that's respectable, and
Hnding his Billingsgate only benefits ambetta,
has 10 mourn the decay OF his newspaper. TIE
struggle between the blue blood royalists and
His Holiness, wfdenS and deepenS; Comte de
Chambord insists that the theme must bo
seated on the altar; that religion is the proper
living events, the Vatican has declared that the
church Is not at the service OF any political
party.
GAMBETTA'S PROGRESS.
Bolieau addressed a sonnet to the eye brow,
or bag wig of Louis XIV, wherein the fiatterer
wrote: '.Sire. cease to conquer, or cease to
WRITE" This was of course, before the Sun.
king left his kingdom in the last stages OF ma
ter1al and moral misery. Had the republic a
Yoet-laureat, he might grind few lines implor-
Ing Gambetta to cease TO conquer. That emil
nent patriot Is rapidly rlpening not only into
the first statesman OF France, but OF Europe;
for his recent banquet addresses have gene
raj application. He claims to represent the
gooo sense OF France, and pours out the walls
OF his wrath on utopists and wiad-bags; he
that can be worked out by time and estimated
by results. This he calls opportunism, and de.
mands, what public man would undertake. q
policy in Oppcrtunism. Gambetta has at last
got rid OF his tail-the ftt1ansigeants. Those
who intend following him must stand UP for a
republic, legal. we'll ordered, wise, exempt from
interests. tolerant towards mlnorities, protect
ors OF social peace at home, and OF the good
reputation OF France abroad. SO say we ali OF
us.
AN Kx,MINIsTERs CASE.
Gen. de C!ssey has been declared innocent of
the charge OF treason and peculatlon, unani-
mously, by the parliamentary committee of
inquiry. The case points moral and adorns a
tale. The bachelor ex-mlnister of war was
blamed not for having Mistress but for Sc
Letting one OF the political adventures class;
ne executed his :fteG cutDa, and atOned to in
dignant public opinion by resign1ng his COM
mand of an army corps. RocheTort and Dep.
uty Loissant, without ever examining had
they proofs, accused de Cissey Of being traI-
tor, &c; they were condemned In civil action
damages and costs. This second condemnation
Is OF moral nature; for Rochefort, he can
claim, those that are down need fear no fall.
But II has been humiliation for LoiSsant, who
was politician full OF promise and an elegant
and ripe scholar, though hardly SO years of
age; the events have thrown him into con-
/ sumption. and he Is now dying at Algers.
FRANCE AND THE GREEKS.
fIduCc having NltuuEdWu U0E DIN from the
| play" follows the Greek question with q list
| less, platonic interest. The Greeks mean fight
but would like at the same time TO be kept back.
| Thanks to their fellow countrymen occupying
such influential positions at Stamboul and Pera,
| the Porte has no secrets for Athens What The
| Greeks desire above ALL Is Prevesa which is the
| key to the Epirus, and the sole means for keep
| ing In check the Albanian league: in these
! regions Hellenism and Albanism are In pre-
| sence, and collision would be formidable
SUICIDES RIFE IN PARIS.
OF late suicides have been very rife in Paris
as many as four In one day, ana the majority
aged persons. Generally the cause OF self de-
! struction Is tediuHa pitv. Row the names n,
Schopenhauer must be content The banke,
Hiliel. In the full enjoyment Of wealth, troop;
OF friends, youth, charming wife and children
Dlow out his brains because he was "toO happy.
On the other hand, DIR. Treacher, who lost 8
| fortune OF three-QuarterS of million on an
| vent10ns," became so reduced that he gained hi:
living as day labOrer: unable to pay his rem
and chsgrined at the prospect OF his penatei
and models being knocked down to the MON
est bidder, he threw himself out OF his parre
on hearing the bailin's Footsteps on the stairs
BABY FARMING.
The celebrated Orgress of Lilas is being tried