The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-02-01
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE

LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE
RxADSTONE'S DIFFICULTIES INCREASED
By sTERARTS VICTORIES.
usAsss or tie DyRanits Explosion- q Gorge
Eiiot's Biesraphy-rhe Tichborns Clsiun.
ant's Tour Werkiagmen's Candidates for
-1.abouchere san, Blasting the
1ueeu-Ex ult alton Of the Parneliites-A
Remark able spasm OF Virtue In Paris.
LONDON Jan. 3l.-Thc victories In the Sou
1an have left an unpleasant taste in tho Eng
nsh mouth. The foeling Is general that after oil
kwas near thing. and that Wolseley ought not
10 have trusted 80 much even to his proverbial
Rood fortune The losses are deemed ex.
hemely heavy, and there IL q vague dread that
N to the present the worst has not been told.
Woseley has never made any concealment OF
Dis dislike for the special correspondents. al
though no General owes more OF his fame to
The newspapers, and the censorship he has
Always maintained has been exercised with
snusual severity IN the present campaign. The
nrst indication OF the continual suppression OF
tho news was gIven by the failure OF Mr.. Cam
oron, the dead correspondent OF the Standard
to get his message through. This excited
great remark, rs he was known to be corre-
spondent that was never beaten. 1t has now
boon made plain that the reason OF his failure
vas thathe was too plain-spoken critic to be
acceptable at headquarters. Several other
newspapers have since complained that their
correspondents have been treated similarly.
On the head OF this comes the fact that Wolse-
Icy. instead Of giving Gen. Stewards despatch
in full. satisfied himself with giving extracts.
The assumption. from all these circumstances.
Is that there Is much ugly truth about the
UArllu NJ thia onu ION which will pt ha
known till the campaign Is over.
Meantime the curious paradox which no.
uced last week 10 still apparent that the VIC
tories In the field rather aggravate than
facilitate Gladstone's settlement OF tho politi-
BAL difficulties OF Egypt proper. Chamberlain
has seized the first opportunity to renew. in
terms OF almost harsh emphasis. tho doctrine
that the British must retire at the earliest mo-
ment. and 1t can easily be imagined how
agreeable such doctrine Is to the English
people at the very crisis when they are divided
between pity for so many well-known men who
have been killed and exultation over the ex-
Eaordlnsry victory Of their handful Of soldiers.
Dhamberlains language 10 interpreted as justi-
wing the apprehension that Mr.. Gladstone has
persisted In his weak position In reply to the
French counter proposals 1t Is impossible to
Day to what point the popular mood may have
rot by the time when Parliament meets. but at
present there is an extraordinary unanimty
" opinion. even among Ministerial organs, in
declaring against any concessions. The Pal
Nall Gazette goes 80 far as to denounce con-
Dessior to France as treason to England; and
he Conservative organs howl that even the
popularity Of Gladstone would not save his ad-
ninistration from immediate extinction II the
Hood OF English soldiers should bring no ade-
Uuate return.
The excitement over the dynamite explo-
Hons has partially subsidized. Evaporation
nther than panic was the temper they excited
mong the English population OF London. The
Irish inhabitants are consoled by the feeling
hat. while sharing with the English the com.
non danger OF being blown up. they have the
peril peculiar to themselves OF being falsely
accused or arrested by the English authorities,
T lynched by English mobs.
The biography Of George Eliot has. on the
whole. produced a sense OF disappointment.
The letters are considered as not remarkable
md the discretion Of the editor has been so ex-
Eavagant as to leave the great authoress a
yaintly lay figure instead Of human being
with tho faults and offerings Of flesh and blood.
The production OF As You Like It." by the
Kendals. Is failure. the robust. matronly
charms Of Mrs. Kendall entirely insulting her
Tor the tomboyishness OF Rosalind
Young Justin Mccarthy Is engaged on two
new plays.
Tho Tlchborne claimant has now falon so
low that he appears In a provincial variety
company. and takes his turn between an aero
bat styled The Human Serpent" and the
conical mule.
The Gladstonian organs point the moral that
II the advocates OF proportional representa-
lion had had their way he would occupy O
very different position from tho large num-
ber OF his adherents in English Constituencies
The miners Of Durham have taken the first
practical stop toward utilizing the recent
changes in the English Constitution for demo-
cratic PURPOSES. They have resolved to run
workingmen's candidates for three out OF the
thirteen constituencies In the county. and to
pay each salary OF s625. In London there Is
talk OF running nine workinRmen. and raising
. fund OF $4,000.
Labouchere stands manfully for Karoline
Bauer. with extracts from whose memoirs he
pelted the Queen 30 mercilessly for several
weeks ip succession. He maintains the gen.
eral accuracy Of her story. rensserts that King
Leopold the uncle Of the Queen. was self-
seeking. licentiouR. and stingy. and that Stock
mar delighted in being Q pander to q royal
friend. and finally declares the JOY Of the whole
world at the exposure OF the Anglo German
gangs Of wirepullors behind the throne who
have been 30 extravagantly Landed for years by
the literary lackeys OF the Queen.
The success OF Mrs. Weldon. In pleading her
own cases. has had magical effect Forty
cases in single court. in the present sittngs.
are being conducted by either tho plaintiff or
defendant In person.
Tho recent indisposition Of the Emperor Of
Germany was simply indigestion. induced by
having eaton more than usual Of Holsters.
The Parnellitss are very exultant over the re-
sent receptions of their loader and the proceed
sngs OF tho boundary commissioners. Special
attention is called to the honor paid to Mr. Par
nell by Sir John Arnott. q wealthy Sootchman
and proprietor OF strong anti Parnellite Jour-
nal In Dublin. and by Sir George Colthurst, a
wealthy Tory landlord. The reapportionment
In Ulster will give the Parnellites several addi-
tional seats. and they now calculate on winning
81 out Of tho l0s Irish constituencies.
One English clergyman has Just declared that
he leaves house as soon as he sees a novel In
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