Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-14
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS,

Conspiracy and assassination are
still the chief topics Of a discussion In
Great Britain. England Ia thoroughly
aroused to her danger, and the king.
dom Is patrolled by q detective force
whose capacity has been doubled to
grapple with the problem which con.
fronts the government. The impress.
sion is universal that the Birmingham
conspiracy vas plotted by members of
Irish secret society with head
quarters In America, and a strong chain
of circumstantlal evidence has been
thrown around the men now In Gus
tody. Ga T%hursday the ak prisoners
were a~rraigned, and evidence Of COM
plicity between them aeduced. 1t
was shown they were constant visitors
to each other and that Norman ap-
peared to be the leader In the plot.
Whitehead was undoubtedly the man.
utacturer Of the dynamite. 1t is prob.
able that the prisoners will be
remanded for q week in order to allow
the prosecution opportunity for
acquiring further testimony. The
Birmingham discoveries stimulated
parliamentary action, and at Sir Will
liam Harcourt's instance an exceed
ingly drastic bill for the punishment
of the crime Of causing explosions
with intent to destroy life or property
was introduced by the government,
considered In committee, passed both
houses, and received the royal assent
within the space of Two days. Not q
voice was raised In opposition to 1t In
any party or In either house. This Is
an evidence of the extent to which the
public mind has been reused In Fog.
land by the dynamite plots lately
chronlcled. The bill Furnishes all
grad6s of completely In the dynamite
act, from directly causing an explosion
to having explosives In ones posses.
sion with intent to use them. The
penalties range from imprisonment for
fourteen years to the life penalty, and
In the present state Of the public
mind, they will be freely administered
upon occasion.
Ia Ireland attention during the
week has been directed to the trials
of the Ptenix park assassins at Dub.
lin. The testimony adducei seems to
have thrown no additional light on
the tragedy whose revolving details
were fully brought out In the prelim.
mary examination. The informer,
Carey, has been the principal witness
In the trial of Joe B:ady, who Is
charged with numbering Burke and
C~avendish. The defense endeavored
to prove an alibi. 1t was brought out
on CROSS examination that Carey has
been promised . free pardon BY the
crown q . reward for his treachery to
his comrades. bis testimony together
with that Of Kavanaugh will undoubt.
eddy put the rope around the neoks of
all the prisoners. There are rumors
that 10 Galway and Eants Q secret SO.
clety similar to that Of the Invincibles
has been discovered. Meantime dis.
tress continues and a united repre-
s~entation IL to be m,de by the Irish
members to the government praying
for relief.
In France the impending change In
the ministry is still discussed, and
Talbaudin's retirement is considered
certain. The minister of wal Is ex
tremely unpopular. He has been
more intent since his accession to
tffcs with pursuing the Orlssnist
princes than with improving the disci.
pline or organization of the army, and
has, In fact, apparently made himself
the organ 10 the cabinet of the OK.
treme radicals In chambers, to
whom, like our stalwarts, the first
and greatest political interest Ia the
expulsion from tfi 20 of everybody
who does not agree with them. Gen.
eral ThibAut is success In getting the
Orleanists put On the retired list has
emboldened him to make an attack on
the Marquis dc Gillifet, who IL, aud
with more reason, another great OBJ.
jsot of radical dislike. Giltfet 10
not simply the best cavalry fiji ,er In
France, but by far the best-probably
the only one who can vancouver
cavalry on q great scale and II war
broke out tomorrow would be simply
invaluable In the present derth Of
military talent In France.
There has been much discussion in
Germany over the late sooialistic
congress. Sixty leading socialists, the
head and front Of the movement In
Germany, have been enabled to CON.
vene In the neighboring territory oil
Denmark, and continue the propa.
ganda represssd by Bismarck's muzrle
laws. There ID no record Of the
deliberations, but It Il announced that
the party has thriven by the unfair
legislation of its enemies; that the
doctrine Is spreading, and, Instead Of
. small minority in parliament, the
leaders at the next election count upon
an equal division of seats with the
liberals. A policy of consistent op
position to the purposes of b smarcs
was adopted The propaganda q
soclalistic doctrines Is to be corried on
vigorously. Meanwhile 1t is startling