The sun., 1885-02-08
STIRRING TIMES In EUROPE.
WILL GLADSTONE he ABLE TO WEA TIER
THE EGYPTIAN STORMY

ChaaberIain's Open BId for the SuecessIoa-
Eject Of tho Fail of khartoum-9~orge
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dines-B,E Pawn shops In 1,~ud~n-Womeu
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story Fnlis FiHs-rhe Kussian stage and
Shakespeure-'rhe I.ntest CernicAitties.
LONDON. Feb. THE fall OF Khartoum will
enlarge enormously the military operations OF
England in Egypt. The chief cause OF this Is
the uneasy feeling that England's military
prestige has gone down In the eyes OF the
world. A defeat by q Mussulman leader also
involves immense dangers In India. which II
perilously ready for revolt.
Wolseioys cheering kilograms do not break
tho tide OF hostile criticism on his strategy.
and the whole army OF enemies he has made
BY his success. his self assertion. and his
oliquism. is bearing down upon him. The
general public and his own soldiers still be-
lieve In him. however.
It 10 impossible to say whether Gladstone also
will weather tho storm. Its nrst outburst was
the most vehement and universal expression
OF English anger since the assassination In the
Phoenix Park; but unless there bs new dis
asters. much OF this will be spent by the time
Parliament meets.
Meantime tho Liberal spokesmen have n
fierce quarrel among themselves. The open
bid OF Chamberlain for the succession to the
Premiership has reused fierce animosity in his
own camp. Mr.. Goschen's whole series OF
speeches In Edinburgh were meant as a coun-
terbast on behalf OF the moderate Liberals.
and the press generally is also hostile to Cham
berlain. The Times was SO violent against him
that he had to write letter OF fierce complaint
and the Pail Mall Gazette. which used to be the
chief organ OF the Radical leader under tho
editorship Of John Morley. now RACES rs vio-
tt,,n, ,o,,r cl~,,
him. Mr.. Gladstone" exclaims the Pal Mai
Gazette. may imagine that he has one foot in
the grave. but even from the grave itself he
might be expected to return to rebuke tho pre-
sumptuous aspirant who seeks to purchase the
revorsion OF the Premiership By the COARSE
bribes Of a proletarinn Cesar"
Another ground OF difference between Soc
tions OF Liberals is tho imperial federation
business. John Bright's denunciations OF tho
aew movement are answered by Buckshot
Forster. who has 4 demagogue's love for sez-
Ing the ruling folly OF the hour. and is crazy to
dethrone Chamberlain in revenge for being
expelled from the Chief fSecretaryship BY Cham
berlain's bold and adroit tactics.
Mr.. Dixie has taken clear ground as a mill
tant Radical by advocating a bill to compel
landlords to mako restitution to their outgoing
tenants. Meanwhile Harrington, Harcourt
and the other Wings of the Cabinet preserve
An ominous silence. and it is impossible to say
whether the terrible news which now swallows
up every other topic will have the effect OF fore
ing these openly discordant elements into q
patched-up truce In common elf-defence or
OF parting them still further in the mutual re-
examinations Of the unfortunate.
All this ferocous earnestness has been hap
pily relieved by two excellent Jokes both at tho
expense OF the now universally abused Cham.
berlain. Lord Reay. scholarly and the ughtful
peer. who has Just been made Governor OF Bonn
bay. suggested that Chamberlain = love OF going
on the stump has reduced statesmen TO wan
dering minstrels. Sir Stafford Northcots. who
Is privately most witty and usually in public
most dull. has also had his hit at Chamber
lain's well-known preference for the orchid as
IN ornament to his buttonhoe. 1T ia imported
with difficulty" said the Conservative loader /;
1t has to be nursed with tenderness; 1t cannot
be exposed to the climate or even to the sun Of
England: it has to be sheltered in hothouses
maintained at a certain temperature. and kept
from too much light"
Finally the newspapers have made m uninten-
tional addition to tho com lea litiss Of the week
by publishing likeness OF the Mahdi which
everybody declares to be picture OF the Mar
Qus OF Harrington. Tho comment is that
while an Irishman has claimed the Mosem
HtTO dS Nh " 0ulllVAn. In0 PHOTOGRAPHERS nave
made him Cavendish.
George Eliots biography is still largely dis
cussed. and the strong reaction against the
too idealized portrait is continued. Some
female writer's especially condemn the apology
for her union with George Henry Lewes In the
lifotime OF his wife. and a lively correspondence
Is proceeding as to the eternal question OF sex
ual morality. The main defence Of George
Eliot's admirers is that there was no divorce
law at the time. by which Lewes could have
got rid Of his unchaste wife.
The Prince Of Wales has shown his char
acteristically keen sense Of the necessity for
even royalty to cultivate tho democracy In this
age by ordering his sons first appearance at =
boys refuge in the most squald part OF Lon
don. Tho young Prince was as shy and nerv-
GUS as any OF his Juvenile audience.
Sir Andrew Clark and the Duke OF Westmin-
ster have at once testified their friendship for
old Gladstone and inaugurated new custom
by sending checks for f1OO as young Glad
stones wedding present.
The approach OF Lent. the strict observance
OF which ritualism has made common among
aristocratic Protestants. Is the chief cause for
the great run OF marriages. At a recent we'd
ding the congregation was surprised to soc .
lady in tho sombre habit OF a Sister OF Charity
conversing gayly with the seven bridesmaids
dressed in white silk over lace petticoats.
An enterprising German woman has risen to
the highest position as q maker OF corssts In
London BY plying her clients with lectures on
anatomy. and protesting to be able to so con-
struct corsets as to give small waist and at
the Same time not to interfere with the free ac.
tion OF tho liver or the lungs.
Tho latest proposal for the assistance Of the
poor Is the establishment Of huge n,onts de
pietS In several quarters OF London. and to
check the extort!on OF pawnbrokers who be-
como enormously rich with suspicious rapidl-
~. Tho profits Of tho shareholders are limited
to flve per cent.
Tho English drummers, who have been heay.
iy bitten by the depression In trade. are further
oxasperated by tho competition OF women who,
Tor the first time In England, now advertise and
are advertised for as travelling agents for mer-
camille business.
The conference OF the Society OF French Cooks
suggests the remark that Paris cooking has
greatly deteriorated. owing to the haste OF
French restaurateurs to get rich and the con.