Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01


he has repadiated newspaper reports re-
garding his political schemes for Ireland.
/! If the scheme credited TO Mr.. Gladstone be
| genuine, il means that he favors local legis-
latiop for Ireland by a local legislature
| but it does appear that this is to extend to
commercial legislation. England will
never consent that the island may set up
tariff against English manufactures. With
out that power the grant of local govern
ment to Ireland cannot affect for i'll the
government of that part of the Empire by
the Crown. All the talk relative to home
rule points to the scheme OF Mr.. Butts, as
that most acceptable to the home-rule
party. This plan gives the Queen the
nomination of portion of the proposed
Parliament, but to this section leading
Irish agitators are as bitterly opposed as
are the aristocratic and Crown influences
of England. The dynamite explosions in
the houses of Parliament in January
were the food of only temporary excite
ment. The difficulty between England and
Russia regarding the Afghan frontier has
been too familiar to our readers to call for
any restatement at this time The whole
question has been referred to Joint COM
mission, which is now engaged in consider
ing all the issues. Whatever the outcome
Russia will not be satisfied Her dream of
an advance Indiaward is not to be aban-
doned, and no Commission will frame an
agreement that she will not find it convent
ent to avoid when the proper occasion offers
The report at this writing is that the Amer
of Afghanistan is wholly indisposed to
| yield Maruchak to Russia. He declares
that after the bloody conflict of March
Both he yielded Pendjeh in Difference to
English advice, but that it was then agreed
that the whole region between Maruchak
and Pendjeh was to remain in his possess
sion. 1t is claimed that Lessar and Sails
bury agreed that Russia should abandon
the surrender of Pendjeh. But this the
Russian Government now denies, and thus
the deadlock now on comes about The
Ameer expects England to support his
| view, and it is difficult to see how she can
do otherwise. The Egyptian question has
taken on new phase since the death of
Gordon, the abandonment of the Soudan.
and the death of the False Prophet. A
new Ell Mahdi has arisen; the terrible mis-
take make in abandoning Dongola is now
realized, and England is fitting out new
expedition to the Soudan to cooperate with
the Egyptian forces against the new fanatic
The conquest of Burmah has been accom-
plished within the year by England, and in
the speediest possible manner, as also the
effectual suppression of disorder in South
Africa. The hanging of Riel was an Incl
dent of the close of the wear which related
to English rule upon this continent 1t did
not bring upon the Dominion officials the
dire ills that so many feared would follow
that severe punishment, nor lead to a
prophesied new instruction in the North
| west.
RUssIA-TIfE BALKAN STATES.
In Russia the Nihilistic troubles have
not been actively renewed, and the internal
state of the country has been placid In
her aggressive and advancing policy, how
ever, Russia has been in a ferment She
invited and encouraged the difficulties in
| the Balkan peninsula, but she is not at all
| gratified at the outcome. The father of the
Gar was the friend of Prince Alexander
He made him what he was found to be at
the outbreak of this year. His confidence
in the man was not misplaced. He has
been wise and discreet ruler of Bulgaria
But the present Car is wholly dissatisfied
with the limitations set by the treaty of San
Stephano, and his enmity to Prince Alex
ander has not been concealed at any time.
In the past year he seized upon the first
plausible excuse for striking him from the
honorary rolls of the army, and has thus
sought to fix the stigma of royal disfavor
upon him. The act had totally different
effect. 1t was seen that the Car had been I'M
able to control the Prince to his own ends.
or to aid the great scheme of Russia to ad-
vance her power in the Indian direction.
Eastern Roumelia desired annexation to
Bulgaria, though the latter had not invited
or fostered it. Servia reused herself to war
at this misunderstanding prodded to it by
Austria-and marched to the front for the
| restoration of Roumelia, in the full ex-
pectation of crushing the Bulgarian forces.
But the Prince, who is the great-grandson
of plebian German journalist with never
a drop of blue blood in his veins, proved TO
be as able a soldier as he was a discreet
/ rtrlo 10 oil ho I
won the admiration of the world for his
bravery and vigor in brief but bloody
campaign. He did not permit his ambi-
ton to lead him on to conquest but at the
desire of the Porte withdrew to his own
territory, respected the decree of the Con-
ference of the Powers. and thus won the
admiration of the Porte, whose suze-
rainty he has admitted, and the
respect of all Europe for his discretion.
The Turk, in the warmth of his admira-
ton, has made the Prince the ruler of Rou-
melia, without destroying the independence
of that State, and thus the question has
been settled without so much as asking the
advice of the Gar, whose rage at Prince
|
probably fil.,l new expression on the first
favorable opportunity. All the evidence
in the whole Balkan trouble of the wear
indicated that there was a secret under
standing between Russia and Austria. and
that the aim of the former was to renew
the effort she has never stricken from her
ambitious schedule-the removal of all
obstacles to the ultimate seizure of Constan-
tinople.
| GREECE.
In 1876 Greece attempted to seize upon a
share of the supposed booty that was to
follow the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Turkey. but
she was compelled to forego that treat, and
has ever since been anxious for an oppor-
tunity to renew the effort. The Balkan
trouble appeared to present a fitting occa-
sion. and she at once modified her army,
but. as events proved. she was again disap-
pointed, and she must continue in fear as
to the ultimate fate of that bone of con-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.