Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-25

ly fawning, than his letter to Grant.
And he is proud of his voluntary
abasement. Having called him liar,
Grant can do him but one more favor
to spit upon him.
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS
At the death of the car Alexander
III the liberal element in Russia enter.
tanned great expectations of happy re-
suits from the accession of Alexander
III. These expectations do not seem
to have been realized. The prisons
in Russia are so crowded that the prac-
tice of administrative deportation
which Gen. Mehkof sought to abol-
ish will have to be continued on an
extensive scale. Siberia is distant
and dreary region. Only two or three
involuntary exiles have ever returned
from it, and yet it no more exclusively
a penal settlement than Australia is
at these days. There is this difference,
however, that the natives of Siberia,
whether of Russian extraction or not
are entirely destitute of loyalty and
affection tow ard Russia. If the nihi-
lists were not likely to prccipitate a
crisis in Russia at an early date, the
sentiment growing up in Siberia would
eventually be as hostile toward that
empire as the feeling of Irish settlers
and their descendants in this country
is bitter toward England. Enemies
of the land league speak apprensively
of the greater Ireland in America, and
were the present course of events to
continue long there would be great
anti-Russia in Siberia
In spite of the enormous bounty Of
fered by the French government for
shipping built in France, we notice by
the Liverpool Steam Shipping Circu-
lar that British can still outbid French
builders. One reason is that the
French resources are SO limited that
English builders have a large share of
the work. The French yards have
now orders for some years to come.
This compels ship-owners in that coun-
try to contract with English builders.
The cost of bnilding in England is al
so 30 much less, and the delivery so
much quicker, that any apparent ad-
vantage derived from the full pre-
MUM granted to French owners on
French-built boats is more than coun-
terbalanced by the extra cost, and
consequent greater depreciation, insur-
ance and interest. British steamers
are also said to be better built. Sew
eral French orders for steamers of
5000 to 1000 tons dead-weight ca
pacity have lately been placed in Eng
land. Iron sailing ships, 1900 tons
register, we see by the circular, are
now being built in England at e12 to
el3 per ton.
The point in Mr.. Gladstone Irish
policy which has been most severely
criticised is the preference in respect
to the time which he gave to coercion
bills over his measures for ameliorat-
ing the condition of the people. The
conservatives supported his coercion
measures with alacrity, and were evil
IDENTIFY glad to aid in fostering a sys-
tenn of ceercive laws upon Ireland at
the expense of the liberal ministry.
But Gladstone did not effect an al
lance with his opponents which helps
him materially with his land bill. SO
far the opposition has shown itself, in
working with the extreme Irish party,
for delay rather than in direct antag-
onism to the bill. But delay with the
landlords in the enjoyment of the pro-
lection afforded by the power of arbi-
trary arrest granted them by the Life
and Property and Arms acts
is fatal to the popularity of the minis
try. The landlords have created such
fury by wholesale evictions that
desperate populace is exposing itself to
further manifestation of power on
the part of the government The lat
est repressive measure announced in
preparation for the unfortunate Irish
is substitution of what are termed
Especial commissions for trials by jury
in certain class of cases" The spec
ial commission is so much like n court
martial that it would be a waste of
time to point ont the difference. The
judges, appointed by the government,
have the decision of cases in their own
hands. The suspension of trial by
jury is in fact a suspension of the CON
stitution and the exercise by the gov
ernment of extraordinary powers on
the plea of necessity.
The coffee crop Is falling off in Bra
iii. This is attributed to political