Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-29

N A Burmah-The Irish Bill-Madame de Valsayre-The Popular Prince of Wales-ssThe Cenci" Performance.
 Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CouR TER. All Rights Reserved.l
 LONDON, May 15. To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER:
 It is still doubtful whether the Greek ques- tion will take a tragic turn, but for the pres ent it continues a most amusing comedy. The great powers hurled their ultimatum into Greece, but it did not go of and now it would be very difficult to decide which are more ridiculous, the Greeks on a huge war footing and all wanting to go home or the powers agreeing to coerce the Greeks, but unable to make them go home. It is pretty we'll known now that Prince Von Bismarck long ago advised the Sultan to go forward and crush his rebellious vassals. Lord Rose bery, English foreign minister, had also been persuaded by the German chancellor to in- tervene by force of arms. MT. Gladstone, entirely absorbed by the Irish affairs. had allowed his young minister (who is known to be an intimate friend of Prince Bismarck) to have his own way. But when last Monday he was informed that the Turks were going to have carte blanche, and that it was also proposed to convey them to Athens on board the fleet of the powers, Mr. GIadstone's phil hellenic blood revolted and he sternly op- posed his veto. Personally l believe the Enolish prime minister could have given his permission, of which the Sultan could never have availed himself. The most lucky thing for the Greeks is that the Turks gre not in a fighting mood for the present. Otherwise they would have been at Athens long ago. The Buddhist archbishop of Burmah has
 been interviewed by the Times correspondent at Manda1ay From the conversation that took place it is easy to infer that England is far from having done with the Burmese.
 'sThe English have taken Burmah," said the
 Buddhist prelate, ''but they have not con quered it; they in possession, but they are not rulingn The would be conquest was a very easy matter for a British army, but it was only the beginning of the business, not
 the end. To get rid of King Theebaw was 8 good stroke of business for the Burmese, but if Burmah is to become part of the British empire it must be conquered. Now the real conquest has not yet commenced; the coun- try is in p-rfect state of rebellion and an
 archy. The dacoits enter villages and plum der them. Then as soon as the dacoits have done their work and left the British soldiers come to punish them and the villages are
 plundered again. What the grasshoppers spare the caterpillars consume. It is the old story. UT course these 'dacolts are only | patriots defending their own country and | trying all means to get rid of the foreigner. According to circumstances patriots become rebels and receive some despicable nick
 names. In Burmah they are called "da- coitsn in Ireland s'Fenians," in Tunis
 'sKroumirs," ;" in Tonkin "Black Flags" The nastier the name the better.
 The poor Irish bill is about to give up the ghost. Its friends say that the only way to | save it would be to take it to the Downing | street hospital and submit it to several am putations, after which operations it would
 scarcely be recognizable. As for the Irish
 land bill, it is now dead as door nail and I
 do not wonder at it. The prime minister's
 inconsistent figures were sufficient to kill it.
 First he asked one hundred and fifty million pounds to buy out the Irish landlords; then he reduced it to one hundred and twenty millions and finally expressed his opinion