The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-10-29
EVENTS IN THE OLD WORLD.
TIE NEW sOCIALISTIC OUTBREAK IN
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

THE NEW SOCIALIS7IC OUTBREAK IN
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
Surprise In England Over the Non. Resist.
a.ee Of Irish Members to the Cloture
Understanding Revelations Looked Fer
iAArabi's Trunk rui erI.stters-very Great
1lesAs IN the Thanes and In the Tyroi
~ Gable to The sun.
LONDON, Oct. 28.-The leading topic Of the
week was at first the opening Of Parliament
but public attention has been rapidly drawn
away to France and the grave disturbances ut
Lyons and Observation-Disclosures The official
note Of the Government issued yesterday has
not had the effect OF calming the public mind
and 1t IL apparent that the organization IL
widespread and most effective in its workings
and that II can. as q Paris journal said yester-
day produce from its headquarters on the
banks Of Lake Geneva explosions Of dynamite
In all quarters OF France. and defy arrest or
Interference. Tho greatest alarm prevails.
Business In Lyons is in great part suspended.
tho theatres are empty. and there Is no
sense Of security. Some Of the Govern
ment journals style this new Socialist out
break French Fenianism." and the Gov
eminent Is already dealing with the
prisoners after the improved Irish fashion. BY
change OF venue and special system Of prose-
cution. Prince Krapotkine Is held to be at the
bottom OF the whole organization. and all con-
sentative Frenchmen are asking what hos
Nihilism to do or to hope for in France. In the
mean time tho English prose- takes occasion to
say that such state OF affairs clearly indicates
the hopelessness Of republican form Of gov
eminent and Is wholly attributable to the pres
ont attempt to establish 1t. The situation is
really full Of gravity. and. as usual the chief
burden falls upon those least able to bear IT..
There has been nothing very eventful about
about tho opening OF Parliament. The debate
on the question OF cl6ture has become singu-
larry involved and uncertain in it's direction.
and the Irish members have disappointed pub
lie expectation by grim and silent determine
ton to offer no obstruction to the proceedings.
and to withhold as much as possible from par
ticipation therein. Their non resistance to the
now rules has taken every one by surprise. and
has bafiled all attempts on the part Of the press
at explanation. Mr.. Gladstone's opponents
s&y that he has driven another shameful bar
gain. but perhaps there Is some clue to the
truth in the remark OF an Irish member to-
day: 'We are going to have tho cloture. sure
enough but We mean to take care that 1t works
~ we'll against others as 1t does against u.s."
Egypt during the week has been partially
quiet but Arabi's trunkful OF letters from the
Sultan and the Khedive is eagerly looked for
ward to for startling revelations. 1t is un-
doubtedly true that the present disposition OF
the Egyptian Governments to abandon Arabis
trial altogether. and that II any adequate pre-
text can be found 1t will do so. He has had the
adroitness and the ability since he began to
speak through his English counsel. TO change
completely the aspect OF the English occupa-
ton. and to show that it is an absolute political
necessity to Egyptians who have any sense Of
patriotism left in them.
The gale has been very severe. and the
tide in the Thames to-day rose four feet above
Trinity high-water mark. OVERLOOKING the en-
bankment. carrying away bodily tho pier at
ChAring Cross and doing great deal Of dam
age. Such . tide 10 unprecedented.
There il a severe and unmistakable reproof
TO Judge Lawson in Mr.. Gladstono's announce
ment Of the Governments intention to intro
duce . bill amending the law Of contempt.
Apart from the political aspect Of his imprison-
mont Of Mr.. Gray. his act was fragrant abuse
OF the committing power. 1t was not his first
arbitrary outrage upon an Irish editor. but 1t
was his last and it now looks very much as
though he will have been the means OF depriv-
ing the judiciary Of its most highly priced and
most dangerous privilege. Mr.. Gladstone and
the leader OF the opposition are both on the
committee appointed yesterday to consider the
case of Mr.. Gray.
NJ Elisee Recus has married his two daugh-
ters to two gentlemen OF tendencies equally
radical with his own and in doing SO has seen
fit TO dispense with any ceremony whatever.
civil or religious. This extraordinary pro-
ceeding is attributed to desire on his part to
restore to the marriage contract the charm OF
its primeval simplicity. 1t has made = very
painful impression UPON his many friends in
England. where he Is known TO almost every
body concerned with educational and scientific
progress. Few frenchmen are better known in
America than NJ. Reclus.
Boehm's statue of Carlyle was unveiled yes
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