Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-31

determined to Guido the utmost prodl.
Of former coronations. In the
Of this official activity the nihi-
lists are by no means Idle, and their
promise Of a warm reception to the
imperial guests on coronation day may
cause another postponement Of the
long deferred ceremony. R~eportsfrom
Russia are gloomy enough, and fear is
expressed that the coronation, 30 far
from being accompanied by conces.
sions to the public demands, will be
followed By the abrogation OF come OF
the rights granted by the late car
The warning of the nihlli5ts to blow
up the Kremlin unless the car assents
to their programme of political reform
has increased the feeling Of Insecurity.
On the part of the government
authorities the most cheerful assur
ances are given that the nihiIists will
not be permitted to distusbthe general
Joy Of coronation day, out 80 little
faith is REFUSED in their promises that
several Of the princes of Europe have
regretfully expressed to the car their
inability to attend. 1t would be very
pleasant to them to witness The cere.
mony, but they prefer to DO present
by proxy. II the Kremlin should be
blown up with the dynamite of the
nihilists the princes will have diplo-
matte representatives on the spot, who
will transmit faithful accounts of the
entire ffir, which will be much more
satisfactory than their presence as
witnesses. Since only n prince Is to
undergo the perilous ceremony of cor.
onation there Is no need that any
Others shodld take undue ria ks.
The latest Japanese papers show
that the relations between Japan and
China are strained" to use q favor.
Ito diplomatic phrase. The weaker ma
ton Is putting forth great exertions to
raise an army and to equip q feet that
will be able to cope with the Chinese,
but progress Is slow The nation Is In
a transition phase; II Is weaker than
1t was under the old regime, for all Its
advancement has been In the way Of
the arts of peace. It has made won
derful strides In civilization, but the
usual result of rapid assimilation of
knowledge is shown In the fondness of
the people for speculative enterprises
This has demorslized the currency and
materially Injured the trade Of the
country. The old warlike spirit still
lives In the people, but unless some
military genius should come forward
they would be no match for the com
paratively we'll drilled Chinese. China
has the means to establish an effective
army and navy. Thus far the latter
has been improved the mos5 rapidly
The Chinese make good nailors; their
naval feet ia not to be sreered at, and
II they had better material, the for
eign fiji GERS would already have gath
cred a formidable standing army. In
the event of war Japan will be badly
beaten, unless her diplomatists can
induce Russia to enter the contest.
Should this ocour, tho map of eastern
Asia will see many changes.
The 0rpt locomotive has made Its
appearance in Senegambia. Toe first
mile and a half of the French railroad
between Senegal and the Niger was
opened last December In the presence
of an amszsd crowd of natives, who
slapped their hands and tried to keep
pace with the train. Opposition was
made to the road by Lstdior, the King
of Cayar, who had formerly made a
treaty permitting the line to pass
through his territory; but the authori
ties with q body of troops, marched
to his residence and burned 1t with
out opposition. Latdior then took
refuge with a neighborlng chief, In
concert with whom he is expected to
begin hostilities.
Crime is increasing In Italy, and
especially in the central part of the
so.called Romsgna. Formerly the
crimes were laid 10 the aacerdotaI
rule, but for twenty-five years there
has been no such rule, and yet crime
Is daily increasing. The Romagnol
are trained to handle the dagger anG
practice with a pistol and a gun at ar
age when other boys play with mar
bles, and this may account for thei
highly developed blood-thirstiness
Score of police officers have been killed
by organized bands of thieves ans
assassins. A short time ago TIVE
police inspectors were murdered Ii
Bologna, another at Havenns, and
fourth in FAenzs, while in Caseena
prsfeot was butchered. In Ravennl
the royal prosecutor was shot dead ant
three noblemen of high standing kille'
two In FAeuzA and n in Lugo
The premier, Mr.. Depretis, has 6nall!
been aroused and he has announced
that he will adopt stringent measure
to put Q stop to this carnival of crime
A wonderfully rich gold district ha
been discovered about the Dfakena
burg mountains on the eastern side o
| the Transvaal. The number of digger
In the Kasp fields does not exceed SOC
but their steady pc rseverence Is q goo
sign of their success. The Boer gov
eminent Imposes q duty Of 8 per cen
on all gold discovered In the country
and this fact acts as an incentive t
secrecy on the part of the miners
which agsin prevents a rush to tn
diggings. Toe report of a competen
geoIogist from the Berlin reef In tn
Lepdenburg district is very encourae
Ing. He is acting on behalf of a com
pany which Is about to purchase tn
property, and he reports that tn
minimum average yield Is sixtee'
ounces from each ton OF quartz, Will
an much as l 900 ounces has been oh
tanned from one ton.
The wages of workingmen In Perl
h.va increaAed considerably since 1876