St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-25
Terribly Handicapped by the
Grave Responsibilities He
Is Compelled to Face.
Stanley's Advice to Salisbury
Regarding the Settlement
Of the Soudan.
The Political Phase Of Mr..
Ritchie's Local Govern
ment Bill.
Copyright Cable to The Globe.

L 0CIIHdliJ ID StTlCkSu Will IiOTtdl us
ease is acknowledged by all parties to
be strong factor in the success or fail
ure of MIR. Goschen's scheme for the
conversion of the public debt of Great
Britain, which will undoubtedly pass
both houses of parliament with little or
no alteration Of the original bill. As a
general rule it may be said that con-
tinual anXieties tend to confirm the po
sition of British funds and the
chancellor of the eXchequer, who is GER
tainly well acquainted with the lines of
financial thought in Berlin, is of this
opinion. On the other hand is argued
that the present anxiety regarding Ger
many is an exceptional one to any that
has hitherto influenced Europe. En-
restoration to health and work is hardly
regarded as possible. The power which
has developed upon him, he may at any
time be incapacitated from welding,
and the leadership of Germany pass
from one of the wiSest of men to young
prince who has hitherto been known
as the representative of passion and
with at least two of her neighborS can
be kept friendly only by rare combi-
nation of decisionland insight. Perhaps,
indeed, they cannot be maintained
UPON PEACEFUL TERMS.
The internal affairs of Germany are
full of pitfalls. There are ambitious
German princes who are not PruSSians
and whose respect for Emperor Freder-
lex will go with HIM to the grave. The
government of Alsace is thorny prob
lem which all the aStuteneSs of Prince
Bismarck has only complicated. The
Poles in the east are the counterpart of
the Protesters III the west. The Social.
ist legislation of the chancellor has
made a Liberal regime for years to come
well nigh impossible. Last, but not
least, the most highly educated
people in Europe is given
over to the domination of mill
tary caste. These are some of the diff
culties that beset the path of Emperor
Frederick, and in facing these grave re-
sponsibilities he is terribly handicapped.
Intelligent. upright and conscientious,
he enjoys the respect and affection of
all who know him. If any man could
steer Germany through the breakers
that are assuredly ahead of her, it would
be the Emperor Frederick. But by
what appears to be the cruelty of fate
the one man most needed has been for
some months dangerously ill, and it is
still an open question whether his re-
cOvery is possible.
THE SOUDAN DIFFICULTY.
Just previous to starting on the Emin
Bey expedition MI. Stanley gave Lord
Salisbury the following piece of advice
regarding the settlement of the SOudan
difficulty: "YOu must get rid OF the
notion that you are going to do every
thing with the rifle. Upon the Congo
quarrel with you for making monthly
payments to them and asking nothing
in return. At least, | have never met a
chief who has done So" This infOrma-
ton, at the time, was received with in
eredulity, but since the recent bold
attacks of Osman D1gna upon
Suakim, it has dawned upon
the British government that the
advice is worth needing. 1t is now
learned that Lord Salisbury has COM
menced negotiations with Osman Digna
to get rid of these everlasting demon
STATIONS against Suakim. 1t is con-
tended that the object is to provide
Osma Digna and his tribeSmen with a
sufficient inducement to give up hank
ering after the slave trade, and instead
will try substituting him. The method |
has tanned Tippoo lib, who III his Gay
was quite as unmanageable and trucu-
lent person, and it is believed it would |
tame Osman Digna. Suakim has been |
retained mainly for two reaSOns-aS a
CHECK UPON THE SLAVE TRADE,
which otherwise would undoubtedly use |
that port, and by way Of keeping some |
kind of hold upon the overland route !
to Berber Aside from the slave trad |
ing, it would be for the interest of |
OSman Digna, and indeed every one |
living in that part of the world, that
SualIim should be in the hands of some |
civilized power. The legitimate indus
try of these people is, or used to be, the
carrying of trade between Suakim and
Berber, and clearly under ordinary cir
cumstances there would be much more
by England or even Egypt than
if it were OSman Digna's capital. |
A few subsidies would open the |
road to Berber and here is the chief |
point. If the region of the great lakes
can once be tapped and regular cOmmu
ensured with it by way of the
Upper Nile, KhartOum and Berber will |
be won back to civilization. But once |
this traffic has been established, the |
question of quitting the Nile at Berber
and taking the short cut to the sea, so
as to avoid the great bend by AbOO
Hamed, and the difficult navigation
from Dongolo to Assouan will become
of urgent practical Importance, and
Suakim will be seen to have been worth
the price.
IT IS ALSO CONTENDED
that such action on the part of the Brit |
ish government will, if his expedition |
has not met with grave disaster, greatly !
aid Mr.. Stanley's designs in the Congo |
country. The statement that Mr.. Stan
ley, reinforced by Lupton Bey, who is
represented as still governing his prov
ince, is probably engaged in completing |
Gordon's work of putting down the |
Soudanese slave trade, is regarded as |
altogether illusory by his friends in
London. In the first place there |
is reason to believe that Lupton
Bey is working as blacksmith in Khar-
toum. In the second, those who know |
MI. Stanley best are under the impress |
sion that should he undertake any SEN
Sational exploit after relieving Emin |
ascertain the exact situation there. But |
in truth there are few of Mr.. SANKEY'S |
friends who believe that if he has not |
been killed by the Arabs he is engaged |
in anything more remarkable than pre- |
pairing for the safety of the new terri
tories of the British East African assO-
citation.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.
Politicians who have closely studied |
all the details of the local government |
bill have now come to the conclusion |
that the measure is intended as strong |
political card, and that Lord Salisbury |
contemplates coup d. etat, having for
its object the dishing of Mr.. Gladstone
and also the governments Liberal
Unionist allies. 1t is known that for
some time the government has been