The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-01-03

maintained. The free trade colonies
are much disturbed by agitations
of protectionists. There have
been some changes of admins
trations, the latest being in New
Zealand, where the astrlte. and vet
eran politician, Sir Julius Vogel, has
had to give the leadership of affairs
over to Major Atkinson, who promises
economy and retrenchment as the
policy to deliver the colony out of its
troubles. Melbourne is inviting the
world to an International Exposition
this year.
CHANGING at the United States we
find our great neighbor early in the
wear much exercised over the efforts
to administer the Interstate Com
merce Act of Congress, devised to
abolish anomalies in the vast railway
carrying traffic of the country.
American emulation has been ex-
cited in railway matters by the be
ginning of operations in earnest over
the Canadian Pacific Railway from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, with
line of splendid steamships
between the Pacific terminus and
the Orient. One result of this
new rivals appearance has been the
shortening of time over United States
transcontinental routes, until the
traveller is now whisked from New
York to San Francisco in five days
and few hours The United States
acquisition of naval privileges near
this port, in consideration of the ex-
tension of the Reciprocity Treaty, is
worthy of mention in a reference to
that country 1t betokens no indif
ference, to say the least, on the part
of the United States regarding her
maritime interests that Congress
should have asked for such a conces-
sion. The Presidents one idea
message to Congress has been
one of the notable American in
cidents in the end of the year, but
whether it will bring about the eco
nomic changes apparently intended is
doubtful New York State having
been regarded as the key to the Pres
idential situation, the Democratic re-
tention of the strings in the late
elections there means that Cleveland
will be renominated by the Demo
Gratis. Other elections have left prog
nostications a basis six of one and
half a dozen of the other. By the
execution of the Chicago Anarchists,
in spite of immense endeavors to save
them, the world has been informed
that law is to be supreme in the Land
of Liberty, Charleston has celebrated
with great heartiness its restoration
from the effects of the terrible earth
quakes of the previous year A dem
onstration of patriotism on a colossal
scale has taken place in Philadelphia,
to celebrate the centennial of the
national Constitution.
Coming to Europe we have only
space for mere catalogue of the
years events. The jubilee of the
great and good Queen Victoria's reign
drew all the world to London. An
other experiment with coercion in
Ireland, together with social disturb
ances in London and agrarian
troubles in Scotland, clouds the
British political horizon. France has
attested the stability of republican
institutions by a peaceful change
of rulers at the close of abnor
NAL excitement. Prince Alexander
was chased off the Bulgarian
throne by Russia, but Prince Ferdin-
and has succeeded him and declined to
be bundled off in like unceremonious
manner Just about the right time
for the new King, and intended to be
for the peace of Europe, triple al
lance was formed by Germany, Aus
tria and Italy, Great Britain concur
ring. Storms that piped up suddenly
from border episodes threatened to
burst between Germany and France,
but they have happily blown over.
The latest news indicated that not
improbably the long expected crash
may come shortly in a conflict between
Russia and Austria, into which it
would be strange if all Europe were
not drawn. Germany is sad over the
dangerous illness of the Grown
Prince, while the old Emperor is
steadily failing under the tremen-
dous weight of nearly a century.
ONE phase of the recent change in