The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-02-22
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A BUDGET OF NEWS.


tanning selection of the more promi- |
nent news items to date of sailing of the |
Alameda from the Coast. The death of |
General Hancock will be regretted by
all true Americans. His war record was
good, and in every relation of life he bore
himself as good citizen and true soldier
of the Republic. AS candidate for the
Presidency on the Democratic ticket
against Garfield, General Hancock made
q gallant fight. Indeed, there are not
wanting those who believe that his cleo
ton would have been secured if
John Kelley had not traded Tammany
votes with the Republican machine, in
exchange for the control of New York
City affairs. Be this as it may, he was
defeated, and has since then quietly de-
voted himself to the performance of his
military duties. His death will open
promotion in the United States army in
the higher grades.
Governor Seymour's death likewise
removes from the sphere of American
politics man of worth and distinction.
Twice Governor of New York State, and
ence Democratic candidate for President
against Grant, Horatio M. Seymour was
a man of mark and influence in his
party. His advice was usually asked by
New York Democrats when they wanted
TO make a straight party fight, and they
were successful exactly as they followed
It,
European affairs are not so pacific
looking as they might be. Greece and
servia are in fighting mood, and the
great Powers are not united in their
policy regarding the Hellenic Kingdom.
Russia refused to join the naval demon
stration against Greece, and the German
& feet has been ordered to remain at
Malta. The fall of the Tory Government
will likewise modify England's foreign
policy, and Lord Roseberry, the new
Foreign Secretary, will hardly follow
the course marked out by Lord Sails
bury It is said that Servia and Bull
garia have come to an understanding,
while the latter Power and the Porte
have patched up some kind of an ar
rangement by which the Turks secure
the right to garrison several places in
Eastern Roumelia. In Armenia the
people are ready to rise against the
Turks, which event would at once bring
Russia into the field in Asia Minor.
w lille Bismarck is busted creating a new
Ireland in East Prussia he cannot de-
- Dali
and is laying the foundation for heap
of trouble for his successors.
The English Cabinet is clearly COM
promise one Lord Granville is sent to
the Colonial Office, where he will muddle
things worse than Lord Derby did, and
that is saying a good deal. He was tried
in the Colonial Office before and made a
very bad record for himself and the Lib
eral Government Earl Roseberry in
the Foreign Office gives hope of vigor
Gus policy. Lord Aberdeen's nomina
ton to the Irish Viceroyalty is a bolC
experiment, and Mr.. John Morley's ac
ceptance of the Irish Secretaryship viii
either make or mar a good reputation
It was also very risky to make Sir w. V
Harcourt Chancellor of the Exchequer
His administration of the Home Depart
ment was neither successful nor brilliant
and while he is an authority upon inter
national law he has never displayed any
skill in finance. The Parnellites are
supporting Gladstone, and doing what
they can to pacify Ireland.
London was in the hands of a mob o
$4,000 people for several hours, and mo-
a little CONSERVATION resulted therefrom
The demonstration was partly an out
pouring of the unemployed, but several
thousand of the criminal classes at
tached themselves to the wOrkingmen's
movement for the purpose OF plumber
Fortunately comparatively little violence
OF this kind was committed. A commit
tee appointed by Childers, Home Secre-
tary, is investigating the riots. Lord
Lord Randolph Churchill has attacked
this committee, laying the blame OF not