New-York tribune., 1885-01-01

,o,rA NJ viav "A an omen question but having once
taken this now departure he has displayed charac-
tsristto energy In following 1t out He H. eetao-
lished o claim TO Angra Pequena, ON tine West
African coast and after prolonged correspondence
with Lord Granville has secured the annexation OK
along strip of coast. In the German Parliamens no
has defended this policy on tho broad ground tnas
protection due to colonsts wherever they may %
and no matter how few may be their number nor
how inoonsiderable their resources dc protesteo
AGAINST England's treaty with Portugal respecting
the Iowor Congo. and summoned to Berlin an Inter
national Council to determine tho future OF vast
areas of Central Africa. This Conference mas de-
fined the Congo basin as including 1000 600 miles
of territory under the control OF an t
Commission and has empowered Ensana oochas -
the lower Niger and France the upper reaches VI
the river Prince Bsmarck's closing ach'ssseHMone H
IN the year is the annexation OF porto9 oi Som
Guinea and two adjacent Islands n the and
Irritation in England The diplomacy Oh IeImany .i @
is now markedly hostile to England ana the E4-
position to the financial proposals LOT Esyp' or's-
The political situation of Germany remains un. IN
changed The Parliamentary elections nave haao ad
slight alterations in the relations OF parties ana To
groups are at once unstable and helpless. no
Chancellor does not hesitate to show his contempt
for the Reiehtag even If ne 6as Sicb 20 bas n millions III
of citizens of German birth. The Lasker resolution
passed by the House Of representatives ana ad-
turned to Washn gton. and fusillade OF abuse was
directed against the American Minister at Berlin
In like manner the Reichstag deents 10 =, Herr
WIndthorsts resolutions in favor OF the abotloI Oh
the remnant of the May laws, or even by refusing m
his request for increased eePCs House has
been laid With great pomp during the year. i Gii
many needs soSsthing more than spendld rpuid r.
inr TO make Parliamentary government reality ~
needs Ministers responsible to the representatives Oh
the people. ,,,,,. ..orrod
I'm n dlabolical attempt TO murder the German EN-
per,r has been the most conspicuous dynamite
event on the Continent, there have been constant
of pl9ftngs IN Russia 90 bs
lieve that the Terrorists have abandoned ,loi oan
paign. The Government has persevered IN lIs Io-
dictionary policy and has not made any EFFORT 10
conciliatc the disatlected classes Inc RUSSIAN
prcss is subjected to rigorous discipline and public
opinion is everywhere stiilcd and suppressed. TX
terna ly the position of the country has been I'M
moved during the year Visits have been ex-
changed between tho Russian and German courts
and diplomatic relations are now on most corulaI
Gootinr Russia has fallen into line behind Germany
in Prince BismarclSs diplomatic campaign against
England. and has. moreoyer made sterthy @ au-
yauces toward India. In February tho IurcoHiah
tribes occupving the oasis of Merv submitted to tho
Gar. This brought the Russian arms WITHIN 20; IDo
miles of Iierat in Western Alghans,an I't,i,s ~
the remainder of the year closer approach was
silently made and England has been startled wlt,ll
a fortnight by the announcement that 'h9 trincs pes
about licrat have acknowledged tue hussi"h
In Hungary tho reform of the Upper House ,l has
been undertaken as n Government measure nc
REJECTION of the bill for lcgalzing marriages be-
tween Christians and Jews after II had passed the
popular Chamber seemed TO render tins action lndlS-
pcnsable. and the Emperor proposed reform
measure in his speech from the throne IN OctoDcf
The Governments plan gives the balance ol power
70 the Emrerors candidates and reconstltntes the
House SO that il Will consist of hereditary peers
ownmg at least 10000 in land, of ecclesiastical
and other funcionarcs and of life peers, the latter
for,ninr oue-third of the entire body. The Coalition
Cabincf in Austria has had an uneventiul year
The diplomacy OF the Empire has been shaped from
Errlin Bosnia has remained quiet. In East
Tonmclio there have been signs OF disturbance
in the agitation in favor of union with bulgaria. Du
the Balkan peninsula is tranquil at the ciose o. the
year.