Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-18

ander is beyond reehll. His authority is
too badly shattered Ito. be reinstated by
any vote of the Bulgarian assembly. Two
dethronements in one .plonth cannot be
cured 10y popular applause. The promise
of Russia not to intcrfete with Bulgarian
affairs beyond expeling Alexander, can
be kept without cost if an Oldonberg
prince becomes his suocessor.
i.
The opposition of the government to
Parnell's land bill is said to have in
creased in bitterness since the alterations
were made in that measure, and there
have been contradictory reports as to the
position which Mr.. Gladstone will take
regarding it. The radicals, it is undor
stood, will support the bill on the ground
that if nothing is done to relieve the ten
ants, whose situation is represented to be
growing every day more deplorable, So
cial disorder in Ireland will go from bad
to worse. The government will insist
that the debate on the supply bill be con-
cluded before day be granted for
discussion of Mr.. Parnelrs bill. In the
present temper of the parties it is not
probable that the house will be pro-
rogued before the end of the month. The
closing days OF the session are expected
to be exceedingly animated and of un.
common interest.
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The appointment by the British govern
ment of royal commission to investi-
gate the monetary question is n
matter of very considerable mo.
ment. Its first effect was to advance the
price of silver. The makeup of the com.
mission is such as to indicate at once
that the Investigation, so far as it goes,
will be thorough and free from any mon
ometallc bias, and that the present gov
ernmcnt Is disposed to adopt any meas.
ures that may seem practicable for the
establishment Of stable ratio between
the two metals. 1t is stated that while
the members of the commission are not
known us bimetalllsts they are
almost without exception men
who recognize the evils of
the existing situation, and will not per-
nit previously opinions to stanc
in the way of the formation of such con-
clusions as may be indicated by the facts
that may be brought before them. 1t is
mentioned as significant fact that the
chairman, Mr.. Balfour. is Il man who rec
ognizes the evils resulting from the es-
strangement of gold and silver, and yet
is not committed openly TO any plan for
improving the situation. 1t is another
significant fact that Mr.. Barbour, the
secretary of the Indian finance depart
ment has been selected us n member of
the commission.
Denmark's domestic Nroubles have be-
come serious, and maybventuate in civil
war. This state of things has been
brought about by the poverty of the
people, produced by BUSINESS depression,
and the squandering ;of much of the
revenues of the state by the government
in the support of gendarmes. A large
part of the people are opposed to these
soldicr-police on principle, believing that
the government intends to use them in
Expressing the peasantry. This opposi-
ton is heightened bS thedullness of trade
and the .imperiousnfss Of the gendarmes
themselves. Denmark is one of the
smallest of the European states, contain
ing only 1l,124 English square miles
of area, and 1,JS0,259 " inhab-
than Maryland, and about as
populous as Indiana was in 1880. In
fact, iG may be said to exist only on the
sutierance and because of the mutual
jealousy of its bigger neighbors. Ger
many has for years cast longing eye on
Denmark, and more than once since
she wrested Schleswig Holstein from the
Danish government in 1864 has the en-
istence of that nation been imperllled be-
cause of the ambition and aggressiveness
of the Prussian portion of the German
empire A revolution in Denmark Just
now might be fateful for that country
In fact, the acquiescence of Russia in
the annexation of Denmark by Germany
may yet turn out to be part of the price
of Germany's assistance to Russia IN the
Bulgarian affair.
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Religious persecution rcigns in Russia.
The cZar proposes to re-establish unity of
faith by forcing into the Dale of the
Greek church Polish Catholics and Lithu-
anian Protestants. Jews are driven out
OF the country. The governors of Pouo-
lia and Ukraine, rot content with closing
every public Office to the Jews, are now
shutting them out of other occupations.
The lawyers of the provinces are ordered
to dismiss all Jewish clerks,
that is, the majority of their
employes-within two months.
The same order is to be issued in the
southwest provinces, where Russian Jews
are gathered as in an immense ghetto.
In the Baltic provinces the attack is di.
rected against the Lutherans, who form
the great majority of the population.
The governor of Esthonia interdicts the
sale and circulation of any religious jour
nal not of the orthodox faith. Lutheran
pastors are forbidden to criticise or dis
cuss any actions or doctrines of the
Greek church. In the province of wilma
excitement is great, and new evils are
feared. Is it any wonder that disturb
ances should arise?
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The fact that Germany is most of the
time casting new cannon and making
more guns does not of itself imply that