Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-07

respected Of the Irish members, who
has always held aloof from the Par
nellites, has already made q speech In
the north advising the farmers to
throw of all allegiance to either Eng.
lish parry, or vote for whichever prom
ises them most.
Parliament has de voted Itself chiefly
to domestic matters. The budget hsi
been presented and shows O much
more flattering state Of finances than
had been anticipated, including Q
national debt reduction Of S35, 600,
600 during the year and a good sur.
plus Of over expenditures,
An attempt to bring up the Ktlmain
ham treaty In the commons failed,
Mr.. Gladstone opposing II, although
Parnell roasserted his charge that the
first o%vertures looking to his release
came from the government.
In France fear, are expressed oil
another ministerial crisis, in which
Leon Say will succeed Ferard as mlp'
lister Of finance. General Thibaudln
will resign the war portfolio. The
French debt Is now 20 immense and
the extravaganza of the government
In public expenditures has been &C
great that Says elevation will be
every where regarded as strengthening
the cabinet. The bestowal of the
wal Office on General Thibauiin, who,
howeverhisp partisan may seek to palllate
the act, indisputably broke his
parole In the Franco German war,
naturally gave offence at Ber-
lin, and the German news.
papers have since shown more hostility
to France than at any time sincs 1873,
when, as is we'll known, Bismarck had
planned . second invasion. The re.
moval Of the present minister of war
Is apparently indispensable to the re:
establishment of thoroughly friendly
relations between France and Ger
many, and 1t Is noteworthy that the
majority Of the chamber r looking
for his SUCCESSOR In the ranks of the
GAmbettists, who alone Of the repub.
lican factions enjoy In some degree the
@ ,nfdence Of the property owners and
the army. The selection of Gen.
Cimpenon would mean that the de.
puties feel constrained by the In.
security of their W position to
accept a man long regarded as q tool
CT g Ambetta's, and whom not long age
they reviled with much of the same
bitterness with which they denounced
the exdictator himself.
Italy, in preparing for the reaump.
tlon Of specie pay ments, Is going
through precisely similar experiences
to those of the United States. The
18th Inst. IL the day fixed for tho great
event, but the gold premium has al
ready disappeared. The banks handle
gold and paper at par; "shin. plasters'
have been replaced by silver; there is
no popular excitement; no run on the
treasury Is anticipated, and the opera.
ton from beginning to end has q de-
oidedly American-like appearance.
Archbishop Croke will not fall In the
esteem of his diocesans becsuse b ,me
holds him In disfavor for his loyalty
to PArnell. Astute a. the Vatican
has always proven itself In Its dealings
with states as Germany, Austria, Rus.
sia and France, II has never interviewed
In Ireland save to bring discredit up.
on the church and incite hatred
among the people. It is the glory of
the present movement In Ireland that
lines Of creed are no longer drawn,
and the Protestant Parnell IL sup.
ported - cordially In the contest for
reform In Ireland a. O'Connell or the
martyrs Of 90.
The Nicaragua Canal Company talks
OF beginning operations at once, with.
out waiting for q subsidy, and build.
Ing the canal off. hand In Eve years for
$4,000 600. This Is Wise. There ID
no possible pospeot of q subsidy or
guarantee from Washington. II the
canal will pay there WILDE no difficulty
in raising the money. and II 1t will
not pay the taxpayers of this country
shodld not have to meet the bills. o.
the Panama canal nothing has been
done but q few preliminary surveys
according 70 the engineers of Its rival
although clroumstantial reports are
made that q large part Of the enter.
prise IL under contract.
The French policy of colonial OK.
,ention 10 getting q good airing.
France nov claims . considerable part
OF the country ON both banks Of the
Oongee river, by virtue of M. de
Brazza's famous treaties, but Portugal
also claims jurisdiction over these dis.
%tricts, and In these pretensioas Portu.
cal, It Is said, Is backed by Great
B sitain. This 10 perhaps natural
enough. France, again, is asserting
Itself in the upper valley of the Nig,r,
to reach which the construction If q
railway across the divide from q point
high up o. the Senegal, If not, In,
deed, from the Atlantic coast, Is uu.
der way. The eastern, or Niger, ter.
minus OF this line Is to be the town
of Ramakon, and q Paris dispatch @
few days ago announced the receipt Of
intelligence that the French troops,
after a severe fight with the natives,
had captured Ramakon. This country
10 surprisingly fertile, and well worth
fighting for. Central Africa, In truth,
10 . new world. 1t may become anothe,
America some day-unless tho climate
shall prove to be an ,nsuperable hin.
dranoe. Frenohmen, also, 1t may
DO mentioned, still entertain hopes o.
making Of the Desert Of Sahara an In,
land sea.
B,rlin correspondence gives som.
revelations Of the alleged relations
between the vatican and the Prussisr
government. It u stated, on good
anthnpIt~ that xhA U.-~Al -