Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-21
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
1t never rains but 1t pours. The fall of
Khutoum and tho massacre of its gaIri-
son is now fl owed by the announce
msnt of the death OF General Stewart,
the hero OF Abu Kles Wells, aud reports
| of further di.aster to detschments of the
Br.t!th srny in Soudan. A profound
| sensation has been created in London by
an order Issued from the British war
office suspendipg further transfer, o.
officers from the regular army 10 the re
server. Much alarm in the British me.
tropolis respecting The forces of Genera
| Butler, who commands a division of
| troops at Abu Klea Wells. Munitions of
war, greater than were ever shipped to
the Crimea, ara now being forwarded to
Egypt, and all ndic,tiors point to a
long and costly conflict with the Mahdi's
forces.
Parliament has reassembled and a vote
of cersu-e upon the administration for
its conduct in the Egyptian campaign is
likely to precipitate a crisis. At the
present juncture, with public excitement
running high, the liberal Gladstone min
istry may be compelled to give way to a
tory cabinet with Lord Salisbury at its
head.
1t is al unsafe to swap horses while
Gro ,sing a stream, ADD with all it's blum
ders and shors oomings the Gladst one
ministry may be much safer for the sue
cess ef the Egyptian campaign than a new
ministry. Some Of the Tory leaders view
the situation in the same light. Several
lengthy and anxious conferences have
been held by the Tory leaders previous to
the reassemoling Of parliament with a
vlewof settling upon so me policy. There
is no doubt that the opposition could
drive the present government from power
by a determined attack upon such vul-
nersble points as the loss of colonial pres,
t'gs, the prospect of Russian cncroach-
ment toward India, and, above all, the
fall of Khartoum and the sacrifice of
Gen. Gordon. Lord Salisbury and the
other Par y managers hesitate about
preci .itatIng a crisis just now. There
AS been to some extent a change in pub
lie feeling since the news of Gordon's
fate was first received. Then it seemed
as though Mr.. Gladstone and his gov. rn-
ment could not Withstand the shock Of
popular indignation, which found ex-
preston even in staId and loyal Liberal
journals. Had parliament then been In
session thers Is no doubt tha. a vote of
ce asurs would have promptly passed, and
Gladstone would have a to go. Since
then the pc ,ple have become moro Inter
ested in the que stion of avengiug Cor
drn's death and strengthening the hands
of the brave fellows who are left 10 III
Soudsn. The l. berals, especially the
whlg members of the party, promptly
trimmed ,heir sails to the popular breeze
and were among the foremost aud mos
vehement in urging energetic action,
The fe sling of indignation over the
original blunder still remains, bur
it is o~vershadowed by the determi-
natl II to retrievs the d SISTERS.
The extr.mi"s in the Tory patty argue
that DOW is just the time to attack the
Liberals, IS hey srs divided ty internal
ascension, as well "a under the ltigma Of
the nation for their crimes and and blum
ders. These x emis is comprise a ma
iity Of the rsnk sni f'e If the Toiie',
md it is prCb'be that their views will
prevail in The party councils. If SO,
there will be a def fmined eff rt to Gus
the government with the aid If the Par
%rellits members, who, of course, will
have to be rewarded by concessions In
Irish affairs. Many of the Psrr elites
reason that no government which the
Tories might establish In Ireland could
be worse THAI Lord Spsncer's, and they
era quite disposed to dicker with the
Tories.
Ever since the fail OF Khartoum good
deal of idle talk has been INDUCED in
about what Disrseli would have done had
he been alive AID at the head of the Br t.
ish government during the past fsw years
He, We are assured, never would have
allowed England TO suffer such humilia
ton. He never would have resorted TO
su,h petty means ss ser ding one man
into the Soudsn TO yApqulih a horde OF
savsges with a Scripture text. He would
have pushed an army there end
tbrashed the rascsls In a mon h. Indeed,
he would have settled the whole Egyptian
business long ago, We never should
havs found him talking of concessions.
He would have decided for bims Ii what
Eogland wanted, ard would have t ID
France aud Germany and Russia
to growl if they dared. In
fine, by some ~inscrutable means,
Beacon, field would have success
fully ds6ei the world to step in EGG.
lano's pathway. Not that this has ali
been boldly stated, 1t is the spirit, how
ever, # thu criticism which attributes 10
weakness the perception of the Limitation
of Eugl and 5 u The idea back
of it is the old AMI peculiarly Brit sh one
Of the divine right of EnalSnd To Iaye