Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-28

that upon his coronation the car VIII
the sentences OF all the
pihilists now in prison under sentence
tf death and will pardon q large mum
Der of others condemned to various
terms Of imprisonment. One report
says that this act Of clemency on the
part of tho car Ia only carrying out
the traditions Of the emperors OF Rus
sis, who have always upon their coro'
nation released prisoners and done
many other acts Of charity and mercy.
A dispatch, however, from well In
formed parties at st. Petersburg, says
that this concession is due undoubt'
eddy to the extent and righteousness
Of the nihilistic activity and the Tear
entertained by the car that he would
meet his fathers fate.
The Danish press complains OF the
unchivalrous and arbitrary conduct
and brutal abuse Of power of Prus-
sia iu North Schleswig The number
of Danes In North Schleswig has ct
late years largely increased by an ap.
parently thoroughly organized imm'-
grafton of new elements from Dem
mark, and the promise made by Ptus.
sia Of allowing the inhabitants I that
province to choose between German
and Danish nationality has, as q con-
sequence, been considerably modified
and almost cancelled. The difficulty
which Prussia experiences now Is that
young men liable to military duty
claim to be Danish subjects. Prussia,
being in possession of the province,
exercises the right of the copqueror
and ignores the claim Of the unwilling
recruits, marching them eft to serve
the stipulated time as soldiers.
Italy has successfully resumed
specie payments, the reserve OF specie.
available being something less than
seventy-four per cent. 1t is seven
teen years since Victor Emanuel
drove the Austrisns from the PENN.
sula and set Venice free. To meet
the expenses of :his war Of deliver
ancs 1t was necessary to issue paper
currency, which at once fell below
par, and when peace came 1t was
found to be impossible to resume
specie payments. The nation was
overwhelmed with drafts upon Its
| slender resources which must be hon
ored If 1t was to be respected, not
to say feared, by the powers
Of Europe. In 1875 the re-
ceipts Of the government passed Its
expenses, and thereafter q balance was
found on the right side of the ledger.
This notable Improvement In the na.
tional finances was not more remark
able than Its strides In commercial
and industrial affairs, the increase of
its population, and the growth of ma
tional power, and q return to specie
payments began to be sgit,ted. At
last, In April, 1881, q bill was passed
by the national parliament which pro-
vided for the restoration of the paper
currency to par in 1883. Later April
IL was appointed as the day for re.
sumption to take place, and energetic
preparations were made for the
change. Tho ~csblegrams show that
this result was attained without effort
or disturbance and Italy has at a single
bound placed herself among the high
credit nations of Europe
There seems to be no further news
regarding the triple alliance though in
the Italian senate, the minister oil
foreign affairs has declared Its sole
object to be the preservation of peace,
He denied emphstically that the
agreement between the countries
named was characterized by any splri'
of hostility to France. He gave nj
light upon the name or form of TIT
agreement, and said that the senate
must be content to know that Ital,
had Withdrawn from her former posi-
ton of isolation. Tho agreement, h,
added, allowed perfect reciprocity o
rights and gave a free initiative t,
each. A radical member of the italian
chamber of deputies suggests In
Published letter that 1t is perhaps tn
fact hat the alliance was inspired b,
the fact that republican ideas woul'
obtain deeper root and spread through
out Europe.
The false prophet FL Mahdi l
reported to have captured Khartoum
This gives him complete control O
the White Nile region; enables hin
to out of the Soudan from Lowe
Egypt, and to put . stop to the ivor
trade. Moreover, It will give him tn
prestige which IN An oriental oountr
Il certain to bring to the side of tn
successful chief the support Of tn
dlsoontented elements Of the populs
ton. FL MAhdi will now invsd
Egypt with . force which will constant
~ receive aooessions from the people l
the region Of his line Of march, On
since Add 81 Ksder, the only EgyPtia
officer who has shown any militar
ability, has been unable to saw
Khsrtoum, II ID very improbable tbs
any Egyptian force led by IN Egyptia
officer Will be able to make . stan
against the false prophet when b
Deglnb nl6 mexCn on OhltOs
Prince Bismsrok has long bee
casting about for an expedient to di'
ooursge the outflow OF the Germa
people. Russia has resolved upon
system which might be made to wor
effectually. In order to discourae
absence from the czAr's dominion
the government proposes to sdd
large penalty to the present to,
Heretofore Russians residing outsit
of their own frontier have bee
forced to pay . passport tax of .
The ministry now propose to inoreai
this sum toss per month. Anyor
failing to pay this during his absen'
, will, on his return home, be assesss
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