Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01
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Tbs yesr 1875 viH ps& TITO History
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teen 10 great var between natious
@vsnky matatse, mazy saeh bsvs bssr
thressensd. sE1 shsrs have bseu rsrsr
oss var whses are szAA ssoor1irs 70
cur nA9nitees3 latter 12y sdsss. b1s
witch arsRis stY struggles - ooDparsc
With ths vars q tie Ni1dls Asss. vita
the Ct0uvslIisr vsss, vita The vars u
Yrsdsxisk sss Gssss, o. With TIE Aneri-
e&a Esvsls.ion- Al the b4Qinnina Of
tbs ys2T tie syss u TIA world vsrs apon
tie osneiet II tbe 5oa4.1-s eocnses
whish viii Be memorable for the nseo
who fell In II, 10 Less thAn for tAs toe
Arab leaders whoz IL broaskt tsso
IToantnenoe szd VIE hsvs already
pssyod o1I their parts On The sssRs Of
history AID retired forever behind The
sosoeN. u Mskdl and Osrnsn Dlgns
ssrvrsssd tie word BY the stzbboyrns~s
Of thssr defense q tbsir soanfry. bos
their names pale by ssespArison vita
tha@s % tie brilliant soldiers wbo
fo8ght snd fell 10 the ssort 10 sub3ns
thea. Ire gafinssly deaths Of 0ocdon.
5ts14rt, Ezsls. Basnaby sDd 81 VIn-
oeut all slEaTs lend > Esosrnfai inter
50 70 the story o. the Sedan campaign
While thai csufict vas still undecided.
hOssTsr. TIE events trsnspsrlnz &C the
irDHtler Of Afgbaristan attracted tee
attention. u TIE World Then. irdsed
Il sseHaed thai Iss5 s4s 70 BE- . year Of
battles bai the x4E olgad happsIy lifted.
aad the question u precminsoos IN
Central Asa v4s left for settlement AZ
smother time Later IN the year the
Servo Bulgarian gar. with the aisuAI
possibilities IL ts tram, has bseo
watched With interest throaghoss the
World. 10 addition 10 thsss, the var in
Central Amsrses. shieh ended In the
defeat sAd death Of Bagrios, the pro
trastoc strsgzIs IN tbs LATED states Of
Coionbia, the evil var In Peru. The
wAr betseen Francs And Cana, the
frsneA operations 10 MADAGASCAR. tos
Italian campaign 90 the Red Sea. the
kiel rebeiliour the British isvsstsn Of
burDah, the var eIsitsmsnt 10 Tnrksy.
Greeos and hontensero, the Bssphs-,-
Egypti>A difficulty which thrsstessd 70
involve England and France in hesssis-
ties, and the CAroliDss qasstiss. vtish
brosRAi Germany and spas 10 the
serge Of war, ell Justify the s1srtiou
thai las vas . warlike year.
The political changes 10 several o<
she nations have been excsedineiy TN
psrtant. 10 EnRisnd. the fall OF the
Gladstone ministry, the bitseriy COO
tested parliamentary eleotious, tbs vos-
derful success Of the lrish patriots
under The leadership Of Parnall. and
tbs opening discassioa Of the question
OF hsrns rule for Ireland make the year
rnsnDsrabls. 10 France. the important
Psiitieai events we're the diseraosfu!
saowEfAl Of tie Ferry ministry. the
monarchiss reaction Indicated in the
elections for the Chamber Of Depasies.
tie re election Of President Grevy. spd
the towzfal Of the Briseou csbine.,
which goes Of the stage Of action WITH
ths year. In Gsr.sany, there have be~o
no great political events. Tbs tendency
taToaRboss the year has been toward q
STRENGTHENING and confirming Of the
power OF bismarck over toe German
government and the German people.
Month By month the predsminanee OF
.his idsss Of pstsrnal government has
become more and more Married. Itsiy
has enjoyed the laxary Of ons esbinss
.crssia spanish political circles we're
stsxihiy Agitsted by The e1ostement a.
vending the Caroiinss dispate And lates
by ths death Of King Alfonso. Den-
zsaFk has been the scens Of . stubeors
contest between the people and the
psriians1s on one hand and King
Christsan, the ministry and the nobility
90 the ether. Time aoa again did this
contest assume 80 ihrestenins N sspsst
shst y rssOlatsan was not deemed i'm
probable. IL led 10 an aitsnps to -
sassinate Premier fssrspp, aud 10 10 yet
far from decided, although q trace be-
tween she eontsndina parties hiss sp-
psrenliy been proclaimed. kassis. the
sconptry wishsui parties. has been, % far
as the outside world oan sse, without
politics. unless the eoart tstriGnss
vhieh never cease may be termed such
Even Nihilisn sesns p have bean
crushed oai. The Sihilisis have. ai
least for 9 time. cessed their ATTACKS
.apou the Russian government
Altee~iher, IL esnaos be s.id thss. en-.
e-pi IN knglard, much saee~ss hss beeo
attained in the never eadiax struggle
for popular rights. In Essisnd the
franchise las been extended and The
ocs7mon people have made thsar power
felt a. newer before. Is every other
astion lSsS lesves the sitaatioa nach -
iset left IT, In Frssse. indssi. there
@csSEs even 10 have been q reastioa.
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