Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-10

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carried out the bshests of the secret
organization, the writer added, he
would himself have been sssasrinated
by his colleagues.
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OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
Mr.. Gladstone's return from France
has ct once shown itself In TIE quick.
ening Of business In parliament and a
strengthening of the liberal ranks.
The week at Westminster hall has
been essentially q business one and few
excitingipassages at arms..have disturb.
ed the routine. The premier took
occasion to intimate that the remark
of Lord Harrington that the British
troops were to be rapidly withdrawn
from Egypt was merely the expression
Of q hope, and that the government
we're as yet unable to say when the
Epglish rifles would return. This Ia
generally taken as a quiet hint that
the Eoglish occupation of Egypt Is to
be permanent, an event which every
one has lookedSfer since the bomb
ardment of Alexandria.
In Ireland few startling develop
ments have taken place during the
week, though new discoveries Of arms
and additional evidence Of Land
League completely are reported. A
rumor current In London that Egap,
secretary Of the Land League, has fed
to Spain with all the Lsagus's funds,
lacks confirmation. France In refus.
ing to e1tradite Byrne, on the ground
that his effense was q political ono,
has given q precedent to the United
States In the case of Sheridan. Ca.
Diagrams from London on Friday re.
ported that additional evidence con.
corning Sherldan's completely In the
Pt~ai1 park murders, have been sent
to Secretary Frelinghuysen, but there
is little probability that our govern
ment will stultify itself by denying the
right Of political asylum to foreign
refugees.
The Danubian conference is still In
session In London. This body is In
reality an adjourned session of the
Berlin conference whose ostensible
purpose Is to take definite action on
the regulation Of Danubian naviga-
ton Ia reality 1t meets to attempt a
further division of spoils resulting
from the Russo Turkish wal of which
the two interested parties reaped little
practical benefit In territorial acquisi-
ton. Russia Is the most interested
party in the present conference. She
demands the free navigation of the
Danube from the mouth, which she
controls, to the source, which Is In
terri DRY dominated by Austria. Per-
hsps the most trying grievance that is
to be laid before the conference Is the
complaint of Turkey that her vassal
states, Bulgaria and Servis, refuse to
pay their share of the debt contracted
In the DISASTROUS struggle with Russia.
Encouraged by Austrian promises on
one side and Russian intrigues on the
other, these semi.independent states
ignore the clause of the Berlin instru
ment directing their payments to the
porte, and It Is not improbable that
the astute statesmen of the north will
make this an apple of such aggravatipg
discord that the conference will serve
only as q preliminary to another war
with Turkey and q new and final dis.
memberment. 1t Is for the interest of
England to soothe the suceptibilities
Of the porte and check the influence
Russia has been gaining "a the friend
of the sultan, for, as things stand,
England has everything to gain by
the present status quo. France will
join Russia, and not impr badly Italy,
In attempting an enlargement and re.
definition of the clauses In dispute
This will leave England, Germany and
Austria in a minority Of one, and,
unless large CONCESSIONS are made to
French susceptibility and Russian
greed, We may expect the conference
to break up, al 30 many have done be-
fore 1t, with the participants bent on
war as q solution Of the problems.
When four such powers as Turkey,
France, Italy and Russia enter a CON
ference resolved on making trouble, 1t
will require more than Granviile's
smooth address 10 placate them with
lees than their demand, even with war
as an alternative.
Ferry's government Is growing In
popular confidence in France and
shows evidences of permsnency. M,
Clemenoeau's proposition for q revis-
lon Of tho constitution came up early
In the week before the chamber of
deputies and was defeated while a
resolution Of confidence in the gov
eminent was adopted by a vote of 3O7
tn 1872. This Ia a substantial victory
for M. Ferry and his cabine. The
anti.clerical composition of the minis.
try is seen In the passage Of q bill
removing the obligation of oommunes
to make good to ~paroohial dignitaries
whatever deficit remained between the
amount of collections and the sum
necessary to maintain churches and
schools. Political excitement IL rap.
Idly subsiding and the outlook il
good for q strong administration of
public affairs which will commend
Itself to popular confidence,