Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-20

it becomes o law; and though this has
been done with the minister act,
Oscar claims that on questions of con-
sti,utionsl amendment he has the final
veto power. Bjournstjerne Bjornsop,
the novelist, leads the popular party.
Only q leader was needed to fashion
into a force the democratic sentiment
which has existed among the peasant
voters for many years and expressed
itself 80 lorg ago as 1915 by s%bolishipg
the titles of nobility, and in later
years by substituting annual for tri.
ennial sessions of storthipg. 1t Is a
sturdy and plucBy little nation of 120,-
CO0people which wants togovern itself.
One result Of the late war is the
opening of a new route to travel t.
Egypt. Hitherto people bound to
cairo have been forced to make the
Journey from Alexandria, and if ,hay
nave taken pains to see the Suez canal
they have had to go out of their way
for it. Within a few weeks an Eog
liAh Australian line OF steamers, call
Ing at Naples fortnightly, has begun
to take travellers either from London
or Naples to Ismailis, on the canal,
from which place a few hours' ride
over the railroad which was Of 80 great
importance to General Woiseley, con.
veys them to Cairo. This route takes
one wei the battle field of Tel.el.
| Kebir, affords a chance to zee the canal,
and costs no more than the direct jour.
ney through Alexandria.
The first international exhibition
eyer held In Holland Is to be opened
at Amsterdam May 1. Preparations
for it have been under way for nearly
two years, and a fair representation OF
the products of all countries Is assured
The exposition building will cover
seventy acres Of ground, and space is
duly assigned to sll nations and col.
onies. Among the latter the British
colonies will naturally shine pre-.
eminent. British Iodia will fill TO-
900 feet Of space and Australia nearly
as many. The outlook for American
exhibits Is unfortunately discoursging
There would be q great demand for.
many American manufactures in the
Dutch colonies IL they we're thoroughly
Advertised, and this show will be a
good advertising medium.
A correspondent writing from Con.
stantinople complains because Russia
Is playing a sharp trick on Turkey in
the matter of the monument, which
by the termc of the Berlin treaty, the
victor In the late war is authorized to
set up in honor of Its soldiers who fell
at Shipka Pass. Nothing was stipula.
ted as to the form of the memorial,
nor was a site for 1t designated. 1u.
ssmuch as the heavy fighting took
place at the top of the pass the Turks
think the Russians ought to put their
column at that point. But instead Of
this 1t Is proposed to establish 1t at
the mouth If the defle and to give it
the form of a monastery. But o mon
astery at that point could be little else
than q fort, and, 1t Is pointed out,
would give the Russians the complete
command of the Balkans, which were
supposed to have been left by the
treaty of Berlin In possession Of the
Ottoman empire. The Turk obj cts
strenuously to this infraction Ct his
rights, as he naturally regards 1t, but
no one seems to care very much.
The compulsory school attendance
Of children In the German empire
differs in the several states. In Ba.
varia the law begins with their sixth
year, ending with the completion OF
their thirteenth year, as regards week
Eyeglasses, and with their sixteenth
year az far a the attendance of Sun.
day schools Is concerned. According
10 the Prussian law Of public instruc.
ton of March "a, 1868, every child
has to attend to the instruction pre-.
scribed for public schools from the
completed sixth to the completed
fourteenth year. In the Grand Ducby
of Baden the term is the same as In
Prussia, beginning aud ending on the
23d day of April of the respective
years. In the duchy of Anhalt chill.
dren are likewise required to go tc
school on the completion of their sixth
year; girls, however, are exempt al
fourteen, while boys must continue tc
the completion of their fifteenth year
In the kinpdom of Ssxony and the
duchy of SAKE the duration Of the
compulsory school-term Is eight years
In Wurtemberg only seven, say from
the seventh to the completed four
teenth year.
The German salary list contains
some interesting items. Chancellor
Bismarck receives an annual stipend
of $lS, 900 and the free use of hi
palace, together with an extra allow
ance of nearly $1,000 for the main
tenancs Of the furniture, linen ant
utensils of the palace and the gardenI
connected Herewith. The secretar,
# state for foreign affairs, Coun
Hartzfeldl, is paid $17, 900 per annun
with certain perquisites. But tn
ambassadors at London and st
Petersburg take the prize oompen
sations for their services to the gov
arnmapt o~attino ChO O0O apiaca no