Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-27

such q radical measure, and urge n
law Increasing the discretionary powers
OF the government in treating with
pretenders. An open rupture be-
tween the chambers OF deputies and
the ministry seems inevitable, and the
resignation Of M. Duclerc, tho pre-.
mier, Is regarded as certain. 1t is
evident that the French republic is
menaced with serious dangers. What
with the anarchist Vaccinations that
are openly and secretly plotted in the
south, and the legi.imist organizations
reported in the west, it would seem
that 1t will have to fight for lis life.
The administration of the republic 10
declared to have been unfortunate,
and the people ara surprised and dis.
appointed az the extravaganza and ex.
penditures srd the deficit shown in
the budget. France ia not prosperous.
Somehow or other, the republic ia de.
clared to be more costly than the
empire. The army, too, does
not exhibit tho efficiency that was
expected Of it, as the result Ct the
elaborate reorganization. The Tnni.
sian war showed that it is lamentably
def cient 10 the quality Of mobility,
and Is probably as i~ncapableof success.
fully meeting the admirably Organized
German corps as 1t proved to be In
1870; and O consciousness of this fact
has a depressing effect on the French
mind. The republic is, no doubt,
still the emphatic choice of the French
people, and they are utterly adverseto
exchanging 1t either for a Napoleonic
empire, or a legitimist kingdom; and
1t Is to be hoped that they will yield i.
the hearty support it will need In the
dangers gathering thick and close
arc und 1t. But with Gsmoetta in his
grave and no one to fill his place
legitimist plottipgs in the Vendee;
socialist plottipgs at Lyons and on the
S wiss border, and imperial manifes.
toes openly issued and posted in Paris,
1t ssems destinsd to an ordeal thatwiil
tent it's powers TO the utmost.
In England the political dullness q
a season which hss no parliamentary
serslon has been broken by two i'm.
portant speeches, ono by Lord Soen'
Ger, lord lieutenant of Ireland, the
other by the Marquis, of Harrington,
q member of the Gladstone cabinet,
Both take a rather hopeful view OIL
the outlook, but insist on the necessi
ty Of vigorous measures to represr
crime. The speach of Lord Harting'
ton is ~resctionsry In tendency. 1,
declares home rule out of the question
and peasant proprietary too expensive
for the government TO purchase
Mr.. Gladstone is still ct Cannel
resting and the note on the Egyptian
question Is receiv ed with gen
eral approval as ~affordipg England
an opportunity either to advance o.
recede from her present position TO
wards the Porte. ireland is distract
cd by the exposure of q wholesal,
conspiracy, with assassination as 1t
|, object, and which is believed to hav'
been respcn,ible for the crimes of tn
last four years throughout Ireland
Inform ers attracted by the govern
J ment rewards have revealed all tn
details Of the plot, and forty arrest
have been made by the police. TIL
Phoenix Park ,ssassirs are said to b
in custody, together with the assail
ants Of Juror Fields. The creates
CONSERVATION prevails. The crow
claim to be In possession of suficien
evidence to convict all of the accused
and to lay their hands on the ringlead
ers Of the society which devised an,
/. executed the recent ou.rager.
Davitt and Healey have been convlc.
cd of disturbing the peace and hav
> the alternative Of giving bonds or en-
during six months imprisonment.
-. IL probable that they will choose tn
, latter, although offers CT bail are nu
, merous and sufficient. Tho govern
!. ment has received a check In the elet
ton Of O'Brien, editor Ct the Unite
, Irishman, to parliament from til
Mallow district His return is genel
, ally interpreted a. q defiance Of tn
government and off all English pal
q ties. From the north of Ireland come
news of starvation and distress whic
has impelled the government to sen
a gunboat with supplies to the peopl,
Germany has been uglow with p'
triotism over the twenty fifth ann
versary of the wedding OF the Crow
Prince Frederick William to the Pril
cess Victoria Of England. The deaf
of Prince Frederick Charles, broth,
of the emperor, caused the abandon
d ment of the court festivities, but BE
i. lin was brilliantly illuminated and Il
whole of Germany united through q,
y dresses of congratulation and presen
n in attestiug their loyalty to the empil
O. aud their devotion to the coming so'
ia eign. Subscriptions from all over ii
civilized world are pouring into Pfu
sia for the relief of the sufferers fro
10 the Rheri,h floods. America has q