Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-06

plbhkCu " UNITY IVA ~ LARGE OObti
ent and oreditable programme, and
who through his personal magnetism
and electric elcquenco could have
steromod the tide of mediocrity and
arrested the rapid d~ecadenoe Of repub
licsn forms of government N the esti.
nation Of his couutrymen.
Messieurs C%lemencs,u and Ds Frey.
cinet are each spoken Of as the future
French leader. Both are inferior
in ability to the dead statesman. Glenn
enceau has been for several years the
leader of the extreme.,left or radical re.
publicanbranch Of the assembly, and De-
Freycinet is we'll known as advocate of
the moderate republicans and Gam.
betta's successor as premier.
In England the week has been mark.
ed by renewed speculations upon the
stability of Mr.. Gladstone's revised
cabinet, and the policy which the
government will pursue upon the
opening of parliament In February.
The entry of Sir Charles Dixie, the
old time wheel horse Of the radicals,
has excited wide spread comment.
Mr.. Dixie has himself felt 1t
necessary to retract some Of his
former most radical utterances, and
apologies on tho score Of youth for
his early arguments favoring repubi
can institutions. But if Mr.. Dixie lie
an ultra radical republican, Lord
Derby is IN ultra'conservative. His
renewal of ministerial life has given
good reasons to apprnhend a reac-
tlonary tendency in the handling of
The Irish question, approximations
which are strengthened by the re-
gained popularity of Mr.. Forster, and
the virtual adoption Of his policy by
the lord lieutenant. The reports that
Mr.. Gladstone contemplated q with
drawal from public life have died
away, and 30 long as he remains In
office his political dexterity and great
personal influence will probably
%sufice to bind together the ILL
assorted elements of his party,
and assure to all his folio wers
a firm hold Of power. Nothing
but a European war, and some grave
b'under In the attitude assumed by
England In such an emergency, would
expose the present cabinet to q chance
of overthrow. In the absence, how
aver, Of any abnormal event, there
are grounds on which both the foreign
and homo policy of the Gladstone
ministry will be- followed with more
than common interest during the new
year. Seldom has British diplomacy
had to deal with a more thorny
problem than that presented by tho
corqu.st of Egypt. OF the three
posslble solutions, viz annex tion,
submission to The willlJf a c1nierenc- e,
or the restoration OF the status quo,
cash is open TO MANY objections; yet
the British foreign ofice cannot post.
pone much longer IA choice bet geen
them.
Germany, Austria and the Danubiau
PROVINCES continue deluged with water
caused by the rising of the Rhine aud
its tributaries. Fifty villages along
the former river are reported az de-
stroyed, and Immense damages has
osen done TO dikes on the
Danube. Few political rumors
of interest omanate from the
courts at Berlin, Vienna or S.
Petersburg, Fresh Nihilist threats
reach the car but Alex andsr Ill. Ia
beginning to 500 that danger to the
empire OF tho cars lies more from
without than within. Il is felt both
at st. Petersburg and elsewhere that
the foreign policy of every European
state will be affected by the relations
OF Russia to the Austro-Gsrman
league, The whole European situs
ton during the ensuing twelvemonth
will, In fact, hinge upon the question
whether we are to sse peace or war on
the Danube aud the Vis'ula There
is ground for thinking that q collision
can only be delayed by the sentimental
reluctance of the venerable German
Kaiser, who is now eighty-six yeara
old, The renewal of the alliance be-
tween Germany and the Hspsburg
empire for q second term of years, to
date from October 1884, sttests a de.
hberate resolve on the part Of Bis
marck to support Austrian preten'
sions In the Balkan peninsula
These pretensions are palpably
, and utterly irreconoilable with
those of the Northern Empire. The
Russian people would never permi,
the cstr to sacrifice the influence auG
!, opportunities purchased by such Al
: outlay Of the national blood and treas
ure, and We may be equally certain
that the Hapsburg monarchy vii
never abate n jot of its claims upor
tho sultan's Inheritance 30 long ss i
can rely upon the firm support O
Bi.marok No division of the O5vo
man territory in Earope will be prao
) ticNble, because neither of the heir
. will give up O3ns'antinople. War, i,
' abort, is the only Issue from the con
, t~enti0n for dumi, slve.i in the BNka.
: peninsula, aud it will not be easy t,
postpone much longer the drawing o
the sword. With every week come
Q fr,Hl prof of tho clash Of interes
? ano Intrigue in the pr,ncipslities, AM
the actual crisis in Roumelia, whicI
is al Austrian rejoinder to the Rus
sian coup detat in Bulgaria, show
0 that the materials Of conf grafton ar
t ready fer the torch.
o In Spain the SOMEWHAT prematur
attempt Of Marshal Serrano to organ
ise y new party uuder the name of tn
Dynastic l. II seems to have temper
aIily misoarried, but his project rep
! rssents u legltimA o and inevitable ste
y in the process Of liberalization towsr