The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-25
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE
A TERRIBLE STRAIN IN LONDON OvRH
THE Events or THE DAY.

Ero0.
pects OF tho wolseisy Expcdiiion-GsiaA.
sssao's sasuxgles In the Fayptina Morasa
LONDON, Jan. pat the hour send thia
cablegram London Is in the throcs Of ter.
riblo strain. There IL great anxiety ,over the
dynamite plot. and there is painful sus.
pense over the condition OF things in
the soudnn. There arc rumors Of disastsr.
which are immcdla lately contradicted. The ON.
Gals OF tho War Office nre sitting through the
long hours OF night and day. and eth no newa
has como. Tho circumstances Of the first iRht
quite justify anxiety as to the second. There
ia moro alarm than citation ovor Con- Stcwart's
victory. The breaking OF tho square has sent
nervous thrill throughout tho country. and the
laborious apologies for tho mishap only make
It worse. Strong rcsen tnicnt Is expressed be.
cause tho organization OF the intelligence de-
partment WIS so bad that tho troops practically
knew nothing OF tho largo force Of tho cnemy
Immediately in front OF them until they almost
stumbled upon them. Military critics havo been
disgustod by tho foolhardiness of tho enter.
prise. and tho universal unpopularty of Eng.
innd at tho present moment gives point to the
bittcr criticisms Of Engands mi itary proceed.
inGs which appear in all Continental organs
Tho loss, too. OF so many we'll known Officers
ana tho slaughter OF so many Soudancse are
bringing home the horrors Of war to tho popu.
lar mind, and Gladstone is being uncomforta.
lowers Of the Mnhdi as a people rightly struS.
Cling to DO free.
All this tends to add a deeper element OF
tragic gloom to tho difficulties of Gladstone.
Tho Egyptian question continues to be his
moraas. in which there is no solid ground
either In retreat or advance. Tho injury Of the
refusal OF his own proposals. and tho counter
proposals OF France. is aggravated by the In
suits which are henped upon him by tho press
Of the Continent and BY the impossible propo-
sails shrieked from the throats OF tho irrespon-
sible journalists Of his own country The con-
trast between the tone Of tho press Of England
and OF other countries is. indeed. one OF tho
hosns o he 1% 's The
carried even the sober Daily Ne,os and several
shss NIKE njFh; 5asSss n bowling that tie
On tho other hand. tho foreign journals de-
es hs tnsSS
MI wlI not lot matters proceed to sxsrenitles
posas s%s ri tSis loud and aSsps b%rP i1a
show England our teeth. and England viii sur.
prise the world by her cownrdlce."
y .sstS ana has the eS as Siois oF
confronted by another terrible difficulty, for
Is what the journals are erwin: for.
ON hs Ssa. 81 eH nfth2n Of IN ass,y
The Fiji CORRESPONDENCE has come uron the
damage the reputation Of tho Foreign and ,n 20.
lonial Office, and it looks as though the british
long as Gladstone is at the head OF affairs every.
thing Is bound to go wrong.
n
very poor SELECTION In the princesse Georges"
ns he "ba Hs Gny Mapapobe
The adverse verdict Of the fret night has been
ends ss a e sn& a
In tss 1 q tn:
sr9us 10 catch sight II the once adored leader
Mile; iardins has been moro sueeoss.ul as
fr9,t fion than as the heroine Of Le Maitrs
M Meantime the son.royersy stu rases a. to
he OF
Hollingshed OF tho Gei?ty which is popularity
mnny the NUDITY NJ d hn led
clared that the merctricious style Of buresaue
Is on its last legs. The semi-nude bnrlesQue.
no says, now fr!ghtenS away all good authors,
pieces, and the decent author, would have to
hear his lines blurtod out by half max ed women
with the manners and accents Of kitchen maids.
Mr. roole our most successful low come
to the pessimisn OF Mr.. Burnand rSmindins
the editor Of Punch. WHO 80 severely assais the
actress. and claiming that actresses are peou.
Harry ia generous eynie lorrn9list finds this
s o Sh
Tse I by msrs yon S Ssen
, Tho cor Tor twenty vars was reader to FREDERICK
than that hther,o eccoped " H. Bore i the rs
verses Of the Seven Years war with tho great;
with calmnsss al bout poetry and theolosy ." Vol
taiSe used to make him write some OF his pieces
his a T rred mqs TIA, h.
he ms his aa o & sn;hs s tina,
The hsso!Ieetio s' Of tho Siege Of Paris. b,
the Emrass ais Dsue:
the empire. Her courage had broken down
Sssd Of hS nns sHs d had 11
Th os aha sR fell Int 81
ing around her nor understood what was said to
r sso s hHa f fne a to s he,
that at she 81 had not time TO carry away with her
she had was little, roticule large enough for
esE ss aS1 na fey hSnaksr
kcrchefs DR.. Evans had to wash the soiicd
the farrsse WDdeW When emo her ' Wardre 5S@
were examined the furs for autumn and night
wear alone wero valued Mt 1000 There
were nifty parasos in her bedroom every one a
chef d'1uvre. There was n separate room for
shoes, another for hats nd bonn and 30 on
and there were several lay figures exactly her
size. stuffed with bran. which wero dressed
every day exrerimentally in tho various COS
Holland has advanced to the proud eminenes
81 reeont law yReh closed 1000 1000 saio sp
Two and half percent. OF her population were
sent to prison in one year for drunkenness.
and nearly $4,000, 900 O yeur Ia spent on
whIskey.
Another long list OF n,iserlss has boon added
hygiene: Carpets arc denounced ~ a lurking
place OF disease Curtains and blinds are
pressing on its windplps and the opening Of
Wtndows does not obviate the danger. for tho
mission to u room. Fins ally. tho householder ID
advised against storing Goals for they are