Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-20
A Gable Letter,
The, Declaration of War by
King Milan has a Marked
Effect on the People of
London.
Gladstone is Likely to Succeed
in Making the Irish Ques-
tiOn the Main Issue.
The Gable Review,

KING MILAN's DECLARATION OF WAR.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE declaration
of war by King Milan against Bull
garia and the actual beginning of hos
tilities engage the undivided attention
of the people tonight. 1t is next to
impossible to get any reliable news
from Bulgaria, owing 10 me expulsion
of most of the press correspondents
and the difficulty the others have of
getting their dispatches forwarded to
the telegraph offices.
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIBERAL CAM
PAIGN
which is being made in Scotland by
Gladstone, is omparatively ignored
for the moment. Despite the adverse
criticisms made by the editors of the
great London dallies on Gla6stone's
treatment of the edisestablishment issue
it cannot be denied that he has large
ly succeeded in satisfying the church
men in England that the church is
not threatened with Immediate att
tacks, nor that he has pretty well
convinced the Scotch votaries that for
them the issue is separate one and
within their own control.
The probabilities are that Gladstone
will yet succeed in making the Irish
question the main one before elt ctlon
day. Even now many politicians
affect TO see his Edinburgh Irish
speech overtopping his disestablish>
mant address IN Importance. Its effect
on the home rule party is very mark
cd. The leading Parnellites already
manifest indieations of a desire to
come to terms with the grand old man.
Several of the Parnell organs openly
advocate such an alliance. The United
Ireland, Parnells' own organ, insists
that the home rule question is recog
nized by all the first statesmen of
Great Britain as the leading issue of
the hour in British politics, and says
that from whichever party its settle
ment comes, the settlement will prob
ably be q mere wrangle over details.
This latter witness must be consid~
cred important. It was Undoubtedly
inspired by the great Irish leader, and
was probably meant to carry to the
| league the information that the Irish
party managers no longer consider
themselves obliged to tie to the con-
seryative party for the accomplisb>
ment of their ends, but have succeed
ed in reaching position in which
their chances for q good deal else>
where are sufficient to warrant at
least declaration of Independence.
With the Irish help the liberals would
possess ar absolute certainty of re-
storation. Parnell would lose moth
ing, but gain everything.
THE EXCITEMENT IN GERMANY
over Bismarck's continued enforce
ment of his edict of exile of the Rus
sian Poles from Prussia continues un
abated. A great relief committee has
been sent to assist the unfortunate ex
Files at Lon. berg, Posen and Cracow.
The relief committee at the latter city
repol Is that 1000 Poles in one Rus
sian settlement were recently ordered
to settle their affairs there and to quit
Prussia without delay. A majority
of these are Roman Catholics. and
many of them have resided in Prus-
sia so long that they have forgotten
| their native language. They have
all been compelled to sell their prop
erty in haste, and spectators in
favor of the local officials, have taken
such advantage of the situation that
very little of the property thus forced
upon the market, has been solo for
more
! THAN ONE FOURTH OF ITS VALUE
To make the matters worse. Russia
has issued an order prohibiting the
entry OF those exiles into the cars
domain unless they can prove that
they were born therein In conse>
ouence of this there Is at present en-
camped al one place on the frontier
no less than 1,5o6 exiled Poles, pen.
niless, homeless and most miserable,
without the right to move forward
and with imprisonment at hard labor
staring them in the face If they dare
return. The Cracow relief committee
denounces the expulsieRs as inhuman
and unlawful.
1t quotes from the greas German
authorities, Letter and B,Intschili. to
show that the edict of expulsion was
issued by the German chancellor In
violation of the German constitution
of 1871, which lodged with the bundles
rath alone. and not with the crown,
the right to Danish aliens from the
empire. Innumerable stories of the
cruelty Unlisted upon tens of thou
sands of inoffending Poles under the
edict of expulsion ERE producing IN
Germany 4 widespread feeling of bit-
terness against Prince Bismarck.