Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-26

- huCu OuNTtBeu Always Will 10 htHOhk
fres people, has aroused . spirit Of anger
that will strengthen the hands Of the anti
~sristccrats beyond anything which has
occurred In recent years, A similar at
tack on a peaceful meeting with q regi-
ment Of yeomsnry cavalry at Manchester
sixty years ago, which went Into history
under the name Of ''the massacre of Pc
terloo," did more to compel the passage
Of the Catholic emancipation act and the
6rst reform bill than all the arguments Of
the friends Of the two measures, and this
later outrage Is likely TO have q similar
effect on the existence of the hereditary
legislative chamber Of the country. Its
immediate effect, however, will be to
open the eyes of the newly enfrsnchlsed
voters to the hollowness of the %pretense
of the present tory government to pol
itlcAl liberalism. THIS was seen, when
It was suggested to him, by the home
secretary, and he OF once proceeded
anxiousIy to disavow any responsibility
for the police raid, a blunder al
most as great as the raid itself,
for no one will believe him.
But such folly has always besn chsrAc.
teris ic of the %torieB, as a whole, whose
party consists of small headed men,
with sometimes a big and inscriptions
brain, such as Dlsraeli's, to govern them.
1t reminds one of the story of the Lon.
don halter who kept the principal sizes
of head covering In stock, the smallest
for footmen, the next In ALA for tory
statesmen, and the out sizes for liberals.
s ,llSbury's homo secretary would proba-
liz, 10 uualI Ettad uulth cha fnnknnan'a
hat.
1t Is reported from London that the
mitsion of Sir Henry Wolff to Constanti-
Lople has failed. This wa evident from
the outset. The sultan Is tired of hear.
Ing the cant phra,ing about English
assistance in governing Egypt. He
knows the length and breadth aud true
in vardness of that talk. He would like
the old suzerslnty over Egypt, but Wolf,
If course, dared not promise anything Of
that kind. England has no notion of
scuttllng out of Egypt proper, and she
will not do CO., even to gain a Turkish
alliance which would plug Russia up in
the Black sea In case of war. Besides,
Bism ,rck might oppose such an alliance.
Luz Jdlh VI luIhioh OOCuphtkuh VI ISlpb
Is absurd. The Ottoman Turks are thor
oughly detested in Egypt.
The frs. reports of the Roumelian
revolution were to the effect that three
of the great continental European powers
at least tncitly acquissced In 1t. Lister
reports, however, indicate that 1t Is doubt,
full whether IL will meet with the approba-
ton Of any of them, except possibly Rus
sia. Sill, even this may be q matter of
doubt. 1t Is a mistake to suppose that
Russia desired the creation of a strong
state north and south of and including the
Balkan mountains. On the contrary, the
idea of Russia was the creation of q group
of small st ites, not sufficiently powerful to
stand In the way Of any future military
movements she might propose to take
In the direction of the control of the en-
tire Balkan peninsulsr, including Con-
s~tsntinople. For this reason, at Berlin,
Russia stoutly opposed the proposition to
give Roumtnla the virtual control of Bull
gsrls, and go permanently alienated her
late ally who had done such excellent
at Plevna and other s~tragetic
during the war.
Already Germany begins to exhibit her
diaapproval of the revolution, while Eng
land, Austria hi France are yet to be
heard from. Should England and Ger
macy declare against Prince Alexander's
coup d'etst. the whole affair may be con-
"off."
While 1t is true that the treaty of
Berlin, signed July -, 1873, has been
Violated by the unifcstion of Bulgaria
and Eastern Roumelis, there is q very
significant heaitancy on the part of the
of that instrument to main
tain Its integrity; while the sultan him
self, whose rights have been distinctly
is In a ~quandary. The fact ia,
of the powers desires to reopen
the eastern question Ia this quarter, and
the sultan knows very well from past
experience that If he orders out his
against the Bulgarisns, he will
have not only Bulgarlans to fight, but
Servians, Bosnisns, He~rzegovinese,
AlDanians, and a large admixturs of
Russians also, with the prospect of los-
ing the few remaining provinces he has
on the Balkan peninsula.
Oneol DiouihCCh y orgaun uas peeu per-
mitted to say that the story about Ger
many having a covstous eye IN Cuba Is q
and to rldicule the idea of the
permanent annexation of Cuba to Ger
many. The absurdity of the suggestion
struck many people on this side of the
when first made. And it may
as well be understood that the utmost
power of this nation will be exerted to
prevent either the temporary or perma-
nent occupation of Cuba by Germany or
shy other power, IN peace or war. We
are not superlatively strong In ironclads
and things of that sort just now, but In
of danger means would be found to
put Americans enough on guard in Cuba
to make any thought of the islands occu-
patton by forces from Europe as ridicu-
!Ous as the idea of permanent annexation.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL POINTS.
Hon. John A, Kasson will engage in liter.
NY work in Washington this winter.
Senator Dolph Of Oregon has bssn 10 Alaska
summer-on q congressional investigation,
Of course.
Eugene Schuyler, the distinguished diplo-
nat, is engaged to deliver a course of lectures
before Cornell university this spring.
Sam Randall walks on Chestnut street,
philadelphia with nna hand oar.iaa ,,nda. hia