Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-08
politicians sre terribly incensed wei the
article above referred to.

politicians sre terribly incensed over the
article above referred to.
The Hungarian house Of lords has Just
been reformed by the appointment OF
thirty new members by the emperor OF
Austria, acting as king of Hungary. The
selections of these msgnates have been
made from the representatives of art and
science, Finances and industry. Among
them are the governor of the Austro. Hun
garian bank and several directors. the
a~cademlclans Hunfaloy and Gyulsi, ex.
Prime Minister Coleman Ghiczy, the
oculist Hirgchler, the architect Ybl
Hirschler represents the jewish element
in the kingdom. A number Of the sp.
polntees have German names, while not
a single Stovak, Serb, or Russian has
been added to the body. Gen. Marlcisyy,
who defended the fortress against the
government during the revolution of
1S4S, Is oae Of the new s%ppointees.
There Is something ~curlously sarcastic
In the announcement by the Russian
government that IL wants nothing more
In Central Asia than 1t now has, especially
when the ame paper that contains the
statement contains also sn account OF the
hurled forward movements of Consscks
from the Caspian to the disputed points
In Afghanistan. Ii tho Russian govern
ment has ell 1t wants In Central Asia,
there is no need of sending more troops
there, for the English have no intention
of carrying on o career of conquest
against Russian possessions. Such unique
declarations are not inaptly followed by
the intelligence that ''the negotiations
between Russia and England are sill in
statu quo."
The adjournment of the Spanish cortes
Is followed by the renewal of efforts to
negotiate a new treaty between the
United States and Spain, or, to speak
more properly, to revive negotiations on
the old treaty. 1t cannot be forgotten
that the cause of the failure of the last
treaty to receive confirmation at the
hands OF the senate was the fact that It
was 30 msnlfestly In tho interest of the
Spanish colonies and to the detriment of
the United States that no BODY of sena.
tors could afford to take the risk of in
dorsiDg 1t. Those who are negotiating
the treaty anew should bear this fact in
MIND, for 1t is by far better to have no
agreement at all than to have one which
confers all the benefits upon the Spanish
provinces and leaves us to bear all the
hsrdships.
King John, of AbyRsinia, Is perfectly
willing to relieve KaasAla, az he has bsen
for the last year and q half, but thinks
that his services in this matter are worth
exactly half q million, which the English
government is now preparing to pay
There vas some time ago q pretty we'll
confirmed report that the mahdi was will
Ing at one time to relieve Khartoum for
this amount, but the English government
was then trusting to arms and Wolseiey
rather than to money and King John;
bat the former have proved In the one
case SO poor o ~relianco that 1t Is deemed
not worth while to trust them in the
other, So King John Slll get the money
and the job, Kassala will get relief, and
the English taxpayer will bave the . n
ISOLATION Of knowing thet, after all, there
is nothing like British gold for helping
England out of q tight place.
The pope In his latest allocu!ion shows
no sign whatever of any recognition of
the secular government Of Italy, snch as
he has been credited with g determination
to show. On the contrary 1t appears that
he took pains to condemn the italian
government for fosbiddng the public pro.
cession of the sacrament to the sick, and
for permitting the assemblsge of the late
antl-clerical congress In Rome. IL is
further stated that although Rome, that
Is, the pope, has been thoroughly concili.
stoTyin lis negotiations with Prussia, they |
have proved ffult,ess. This does not
seem to premise any attempt to suit the
popular temper IN respect to relations be-
tween church and state.
The debate over the naturalization If
Prince Henry of ~BAttenburg shows that
the English house of commons Is Just IS
ready to c~riticlss the queen as the Ameri-
congress Ia the president. The AL
was sharply made against her
that she wished her own new son-in-law
made a British subject only that she
pass him over the heads of British
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parliament and exciting only laughter, it
indicates the decay of the feeling of 10y
lily to the throne as apart from the peo-
pie. Royalty has frequently been at
,acked before in the commons, but it is
lot recorded that ever before the exhibit
ion of an utter lack of respect for the
queen was "recelved with laughter"
The recent decoration OF Abdurrshmsn
Khan, smeer of Afghan'stsn, with the
tar of India has borne fruit. The amer
les expressed the opinion that England
lesired nothing but good of the Afgh.ns,
md he advises his people to cultivate the
riendshlp of England, saying that 1t
be a bad day for them If they ever
sme under the ~tyranical rule of Russia
The ameer knows on which SIDE hi,
read Is bettered, and In decorations and
II bsidies, without which he could not d,
a~sintsin his government, he gets well !
aid for tho good words he speaks for I
After all, however, England {
ill give the Afghans better treatment I
lan Russia. g
The failure of the Munster bank has
ad o very serious effect upon trade q
,rouohnnt TFaland That unfnrtupota