The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-16
THE YEAR 1888 ABROAD.
SOME STIRRING POLITICAL EVENTS.
What the Last Year Has Brought to Pass
In England, Ireland, Egypt, France
and Germany-A Busy
Twelve Month.
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characterized by any general war, political
events have been Of very stirring descrip-
tion. AS to England 1t might be truthfully
said that the attention Of the Government
has been almost exclusively confined to
the punishment of Irish political offenders.
In February the Phoenix Park murderers
were arraigned for trial, and as the result
of that trial six men have been hanged
Joseph Brady, Daniel Curley, Michael
Pagan, Thomas Caffrey, Timothy Kelly
and Patrick O'Donnell, the latter for the
murder of Carey tb, informer; three have
beeH sentenced to penal servitude for life
Patrick Delaney, Joseph Mullett and
Fitz Harris; five have been sentenced to
ten years. imprisonment-Jame Mullett,
Edward o'Brien, Edward McCaffery,
Daniel Delaney and William Murray; and
one to five years. Thomas Doyle. In addi-
tion to these, five murderers connected
with the Mayo conspiracy have been
hanged; also Joseph Pool for the murder
OF Kenny, the informer. Four dyna-
miters-Dr. Gallagher, Wilson, White
head and Curtin have been sent into penal
servitude for attempting to blow up public
buildings in London, and ten others for
attempting to blow up the gas-works in
Glasgow. Besides these events, the Gov.
ernment has been occupied with Parnell's
amendments to the Land act, which were
rejected in March; with Healy's bill for
local self-government, which was rejected
in April; with the Affirmation bill, which
was defeated in May; with Bradlaugh,
who was precluded from taking the oath
In May; with correspondence with France
regarding the Madagascar troubles in
July; and with De Lessep's proposition to
build another Suez Canal, which was prac-
tically abandoned the same month; with
the discussion of projects for housing the
poor; and with the memorial Of its Aus
tralian colonists praying for the annexa-
tion Of New Guinea. To the Governments
reply that 1t was not yet ready to do so,
the colonists have responded by holding
convention in which they declare that no
foreign Power must claim any jurisdic.
tion in the South Pacific. 81 .,-
During the summer the condition OF
Egypt was considered as SO much Inn
proved that orders were issued for the En-.
glish troops to evacuate It, That order has
since been countermanded, owing to the
hostile advance of Ell Mahdi from the Sou.
dan, who, early in November, annihilated
force sent against him by the Khedive
under Hicks Pasha, and has since massa.
cred another Egyptian force near Berber.
Baker. Pasha is now in command, but has
not yet actually taken the field, so that the
outcome of the new expedition against the
False Prophet remains to be seen. Lord
Dufferin still retains the general charge of
affairs in Egypt, Major Barring has been
appointed Consul General, and Sir Auck-
land Colvin has been made Financial Ad.
wiser to the Khedive, but the scheme for
the reorganization Of the country is not yet
fully perfected, and when IL Is will have to
to be submitted to the Porte and the Pow.
ers. Its general features are a council OF
twelve Ministers, a. legislative council Of
fourteen, and an elective assembly of
forty.four without actual legislative pow.
er, the initiative of legislation resting
with the Ministerial Council. The most
fatal blow to Egypt during the year was
the cholera, which broke out in June, and
in few weeks swept of fifty thousand
victims.
France has had herusual variety Of polit-
ical agitations at home. The death Of Gam
beta on New-Years Day was followed by
ridiculous manifesto from Prince Napo.
leon (Plon Plon), which led TO his arrest
and the subsequent banishment of all the
Orleans Princes, including an order to Eu.
genie TO quit France. Bourbon uprisings
were attempted in La Vendee In the in
terests Of the Count dc Chambord, but the
agitations of his followers were ended at
last by his death. Meanwhile the discus.
sion Of the Expulsion bill brought on a
Ministerial crisis and new Ministry was
formed under M. Fallieres, which in turn
resigned in February, owing TO the action
OF the Senate on the Expulsion bill, an.
other Cabinet being formed by Jules Fer.
ry. During his Administration the pro.
posed revision Of the Constitution has been
rejected, Communistic uprising has been
suppressed. Madagascar has been invaded,
Alfonso Of Spain has been insulted in the
capital, leading TO the resignation Of Gen.
erai Thibaudin, Minister Of War, and the.
importation Of American pork has been
prohibited. The most important event of
his Administration, however, has been the
attempted enforcement 6f his policy to es.
tablish a protectorate over Tonquin, which
has led to long diplomatic negotiation
with China, which claims suzerainty over
that provinc g, pending which the French
have made an armed invasion, captured
the capital in the South and Hanoi and
Sontay in the North, and at last accounts
were advancing upon Bac.Ninh, an assault
upon which China has announced, she will
consider cdsus belK.
Germany has had quiet year, and has
improved the opportunity to perfect an
alliance with Austria and Italy, to come to
good understanding with Spain, and to
establish modus Uiuendi with the Vati-
can, the terms of which are not yet known.
Austria has been agitated by serious
troubles between the Croatians and Hum
garians, owing to the encroachments Of the
latter, but the two races are now, tempo
rarily at least, at peace with each other.
The most important events In Russia have
been the coronation OF the Car, Alexan.
der I'LL, the establishment Of pacific rela-
lions with the Vatican, the acquisition of
new territory in Asia which brings the
Russian frontiers as far south as Afghan.
istan, and an intimation that tho Car Is
about TO concede certain popular reforms.
which, though they will fall far short OF
constitutional Government, will be
great advance on anything yet conceded
by that autocratio Government. In Spain
there have baen come uDriainQa of tha