St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-26
facilities for theft afforded by the pres


garding the unprecedented number of
postal prosecutions that have taken
place here and in the provinces since
the system was introduced, and which
it will require some time to collect.
These, however, represent mere frac-
ton of the thefts Of orders which act
ually occur. Yet such is the popularity
of these orders that Mr.. Raikes is not
likely to take the step which was once
urged by various influential bodies on
Mr.. Fawcett and withdrew orders from
circulation altogether, but is much more
likely to adopt one of the protective
devices, equivalent to the crossing of
checks, which are being recommended
by merchants and other interested per-
sons outside of ST. Martins.
WAITING TO SEE.
1.-THE authorities Of St Petersburg
wish for no tension with Germany, but
are waiting to see how far Russia will
be able to compel solution in her own
manner of the Bulgarian question:"
These were the words in which during
the last week of 1856 the North German
Gazette sumed up the situation. TheH
were roughly correct at the time, and
they still approximately describe the
position of affairs. The czar, according
to the Official Messenger of st. Peters
burg, wishes to have his own way i'll
Bulgaria, or rather to recover his lost po-
SitiOn in that province. Bulgaria, of
course, objects and so does Austria,
while Germany is Indifferent. DlplO-
macy has not succeeded in restoring
''OrdeI" in Bulgaria, and the car is
asking himself: Can the desired end
be effected by force?" The Bulgarians
would resist and Austria has declared
that she would help them. Will any
other power help Austria? That is the
question which puzzles the advisers of
the car, as it also puzzles great many
observers of politics all over Europe.
The way to Constantinople, it has been
said, lies through Vienna" and the
Russian concentration Oh the Gallcian
frontier looks as if the car were quite
of that opinion. But of course the say
ing only means that, first or last,
Russia must conquer Austria be,
fore she can conquer Turkey.
Austria would certainly regard
a Russian invasion of Bulgaria
as a casus belli. Would Germany so re-
gard it, too? 1t is believed at St. Peters
burg that Germany has categOrically de-
clared at Vienna that she considers
Bulgaria outside the sphere OF Austrian
influence and will not sacrifice man in
such a cause. Meanwhile, that most
precious life on which the tranquility
and welfare of Europe so largely de-
pend is threatened with new form Of
peril. the scientists are still divided
in opinion as to the precise nature of
the swelling in the throat of the crown
prince, the majority of the experts in
clining to the view that it is not cancer
Gus. Bnt in the meantime the swelling,
whatever its nature, is again getting so
large as to make the patient practically
VOiceleSS and to threaten the closing of
the breathing passage. Indeed, at this
moment, the precise nature OF the
growth becomes of secondary impOr-
lance. 1t is obvious that swelling
which might elsewhere be quite in
n0cuous must be extremely dangerous
when it ObstructS. the Windpipe. An
other operation may at any moment be-
come necessary and experienced sur
Seons are at hand to perform it.
THE CANADIAN FISHERIES
treaty still furnishes food for amicabie
discussion and angry argument, but as
matter of fact very few EngliShmen
understand the facts Of the case, and
have regarded the dispute simply as a
question which was likely to cause a
little bad blood between England and
America and in tie settlement of which,
England could afford to make a few
more concessions rather than run the
risk of mourning the permanent ill-will
of nation whose trade is of enormous
value to the country. From all English
point Of view Canada has no excuse for
being less prosperous than the United
States, as She has all the benefits of the
finest political economy in the world, a
free gift from the mother country. The
relief felt here at the probable adoption
of the treaty is generally very great,
and Mr.. Chamberlain will care even
less upon his return to London for the
denunciations of his English detractorS,
than for the unstinted abuse of the
Canadian newspapers. One point made
by those who can see no good in any
thing done by Mr.. Chamberlain, is that
the treaty will weaken the ties which
bind one of her majeSty'S most i'm
pol tant dependencies to England, and
will increase the not very numerous but
vehement party clamOring for the indie
pendence of the Dominion. The only
Canadians of prominence who would
SUPPORT SUCH A SCHEME 2.
have no following, and their ambitions
have no prospect of realization. Sever
ance from the old country would mean
ultimate absorption by the United States,
and it is well known here that the pres
ent generation of Canadians have, with
the result of the fisheries negotiations
fresh in their minds, a dislike of the
Yankee too deep-rooted to contemplate
such fate with complacency. A flood
of cablegrams has been received here
from Canada protesting against the UNI
derstood provision of the treaty allow
ing American fishing vessels to enter
all dominion ports for the purpose of
procuring any supplies, except bait, and
to ship their catch thence in bond to the
United States. The senders of these
dispatches consider that this is simply
yielding what Canada has fought against
for years, and they anXiously depend
upon their grievance being made known
to the British public through the col
umns of the journals which abhor Mr..
Chamberlain and the speeches of that
gentleman's opponents in parliament,
who will attack any measure of his on
principle.