St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-11

part of the bill, creating the Irish parlia-
ment, is not to come into opera
ton until after certain adj
dresses have been presented to the
queen. A number of politicians are
unable to see that this proviso consti-
tutes any guarantee, but the main inter
est in the scheme arises from its Con-
sentative origin. 1t is learned to-day
from a well informed quarter that
Mgr. PersicO's reports to Rome are OF a
derstood that he sympathiZeS with the
Nationalist movement, which, he advises
the holy father, is perfectly just and
laudable, but he is extremely distressed
by the failure of the Irish priesthood to
check agrarian crime, and feels that
any failure in this respect must I'M
fayorably affect the public view of the
Catholic religion. Moreover, he is
alarmed by the spectacle of certain
Nationalist leaders
COQUETTING WITH COMMUNISM,
which in its development on the CONT
nent has always shown itself the deadly
foe OF Catholicism. Under the pressure
of these rather conflicting sentiments,
Mgr. PersicO reports that the movement
for home rule may safely be encour-
aged, but that it is of the utmost impOr-
lance that the cause should be kept free
from all association with crime and VIC
lence, and should be enforced by strictly
constitutional methods. Those who un-
derStand the inner workings of the
Roman system profess to see great sig
nificance in the fact that Mgr. Persico's
reports are referred by the pope, not
to the congregation of the propa-
ganda, which is strictly eccleSia-
Stical body, but to the Vatican" or
papal foreign Office, which is differed by
politicians and men of the world, and
commands all the best resources of
Italian diplomacy. The death of EN-
peror William-a dire national calamity
in any circumstances is doubly
a misfortune to Germany at this
time. 1t is admitted. by those response
BILE for its government, that the peace
of the empire has for some time been
seriously endangered. Seven hundred
thousand men between the ages of
thirty and forty years-men who had
arrived at a period of life when they
felt safe in marrying and settling down
in the belief that their liability to mill
tary duty has passed-have been re-
called into the fighting army. NO ma
ton makes changes of this sort except
in the last resort.
THE EMPEROR FREDERICK
is, for the present at any rate, incapae-
itated from taking an active part in the
management of affairs. His son, the
Crown Prince William, is young man
of twenty-nine, popular officer, who
recently received generals rank, and
has the reputation of being of a warlike
disposition, Notwithstanding his recent
speech at the annual gathering of the
hussars of the guard, i'll which he took
pains to assure the world of his love OF
peace. There is no doubt that Prince
William is the rising hope of the Ger
man military party, SO that anything
like warlike speech from him
on that occasion would have
been taken as an indication
of the degree of expectation current in
military and junker circles. The death
of Emperor William and the probable
fatal illness of Emperor Frederick may
possibly have the effect of postponing
the crisis in Bulgarian affairs. Even
the most sanguine prophets seem to ad-
nit that war is inevitable, and that
peace" really means nothing more
than postponement. But the catastro-
phe which has befallen Germany has
made Prince Bismarck exceedingly anX-
ious to preserve peace as long as peace
can be preserved consistently WITH
honor. For this object Germany would
sacrifice Prince Ferdinand of Coburg
and upset any arrangements made by
the Bulgarians in contravention OF
THE TREATY OF BERLIN.
1t would not be surprising, therefore,
if an agreement between Germany,
Austria and Russia should be eventu-
ally arranged by which at the cost of
some sacrifice of liberty in Bulgaria,
modus vivendi between the powers will
be attained. The continued absence OF
news from Stanley undoubtedly tends
to develop feeling of anxiety regard
ing the fate of the courageous explorer
and his not less courageous cOmpan-
ions. The eagernesS to have the veil
lifted which has hidden the little band
from view since they left the Arnwimi,
to proceed overland in nOrtheaSterly
direction across the watershed of the
Congo and the Nile, naturally becomes
more intense as week succeeds week.
The late st advices from Lake Nyassa
of extensive devastation by Arab raid
ers, and the reports of native refugees
from the Wele-M akua region that when
they left their homes Arabs were posted
in the rear of Stanley, on both Hanks.
make the prolonged absence Of news
from the explorer at least omin0us.