Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

the death OF the late car, and which has
more thsn once threatened the life Ct the
present sovereign. If the people were
not informed OF their misery, the imperial
councillors argue, they would never be
stirred uptodesperate action as u means of
Fighting their wrongs. II they were not
informed by these discontented Journal
ists, and by the authors of unneccs.
sary books, that in some parts of Europe
the rights of the people are thoroughly
respected, and they live prosperous, hap
py and free lives, we should have not the
least trouble in ruling the English peo-
Pile. They are made discontented and
unhappy by means of compprisons, and
hence the easiest way to make them hap
Ply and contented is to deprive them of
the means of drawing comparisons. They
should not be allowed to know that they
are less favored than other people, or
that there are people more favored than
they are.
If the writers of matter intended. for the
public will not come out In enthusiastic
support of the imperial system, then
the only thing to do is to completely
suppress their writings. This has been
the course adopted by Count Tolstoi.
The attack was begun upon the reviews,
which are an important feature In Rus.
sian literary life, and continued by the
suppression of a number of daily news
papers. Hundreds of Russians have had
their fortunes ruined in this way, and
thousands of men have been thrown out
of employment. BY q few strokes of his
pen the minister of the interior contis-
Gates property worth perhaps hundreds
of thousands of dollars, giving to his
| victims neither monetary redress nor the
courtesy of a satisfactory explanation.
The Liberal party in Belgium has prac-
tically fallen to pieces. The dissensions
In the party proved somewhat serious
last June, when Mr.. Freere Orban, the
Liberal who was then ut the head of the
cabinet. had to consent to an extension of
the suffrage In order to get the budget
passed, This concession resulted In the
overwhelming defeat of the Liberals at
the polls, the election of a Catholic
majority to the chamber of representa-
tives and the installation of a Catholic
cabinet. Since the events of
September the breach between the two
factions of the liberal party has been con-
stantly widening. The moderates Wish
to bide their time, and believe that the
enthusiasm of the clerical party, headed
by M. Malon, will lead 1t into excesses
which will disgust the people and result
In the restoration of the liberals to power.
The radicals, on the other hand, are not
content to await the slow movements of
public opinion, and want to wage agrees
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ally In regard to government control
of education and the church es
Enlistment. These differences culmin-
ated at a great liberal caucus held
at Brussels The views of the opposing
wings of the party proved irreconcilable,
and the caucus collapsed. Five hundred
moderates, including M. Freere Orban
and most of the e%x.ministers, formally
seceded from the liberal association and
left the hall In possession of the radicals.
The moderates have since published a
manifesto founding . secret political as
ISOLATION, and deereeing the expulsion of
ali radicals from membership therein.
The practical result of this split will be
to insure o long lease Of power to M.
Malon and the present clerical cabinet.
~.1ba CoYeans are having a revolution
Kings sons and siz of his ministers have
been massacred, the queen has disap-
peared, and the king has fed to the hills,
where he invoices the protection of the
Japanese. The outbreak seems to have
been An entire surprise. 1t occurred
while the king was giving an entertain
ment to the British minister, and moth
L inc in NOT Lpoup, Of -. oo,so - 4, oL.ons
The Hong Kong dispatch to the London
Times which gives the meager informa.
ton adds that the foreign residents are
safe, which seems to indicate that the
jealousy of foreign influence was not the
motive-as 1t was during the rebellion a
few years since, which cut off the then
king, and eventually resulted in placing.
the now dethroned ruler in power.
The crown prince of Sweden, the
Stockholm papers say, is room to be made
viceroy of Norway. The young man
will have a trying, and it is TO be hoped
profitable. inittatory experience as. a
ruler. The old Morse spirit is fully
aroused. The bitter struggle of con-
stitutional liberty, which has been wagedr
in Norway for q dozen years, has result
ed In the utter rout of the blindly stub.
born king. There is a lull now; but it
would be better for King Oscars son. If
he seeks to understsnd the temper eff the
Norwegian people.
One of the most notable results of the
pretensions of England in Egypt is, tho
breach of the existing treaties by Russia,
who now not only builds her navy in the
Black Sea once more, but sails, and de-
clares she will continue to sail, her wal
ships through thu Bosphorus and Oar.
danelles, carrying troops to whatever east.
ern destination as shall please her. The
port of Kavala on the Eg an has been for
some time In Russian hands. Nhglaud
is making a loud protest at Constantine
pie, but it will do no good. She mast be
contented with owning and controlling
the Suez canal.
The labors of the Scottish Land Re.
storation League are having q marked
effect in the Highlands of Scotland, and
landlords are becoming alarI0ed at the
spread of the nc rent agitation. The
lectures of Henry George attract large
audiences In every town on his route,
and his doctrine of the naturalization of
land seems to have taken 9 strong hold
on the rent paying classes. The agents
of the large landed estates denounce Mr..
George as the most dangerous sgitato7
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