Huntsville gazette., 1888-06-02
AN OPPRESSIVE CALM
GENERALLY PREVAILING OVER THE
CONTINENT or EUROPE.

While Aiming Themselves They all Cry
peace! Peacep'-The Tories Concoct
New Schemes During the Recess of Par
liament-Empress Victoria Happy.
LONDON, June There is very OPP
pressive calm on the continent, disturbed
only by the friction between Germany and
France over the passport system devised by
the former to keep Frenchmen out of Alsace-
Lorraine. the temporary furor created by
the provoking speech Of Herr Tisza. the
Hungarian premier, against France. the
demand made Wednesday by an Italian
deputy, Signor Nicotera, In the chamber,
that all the maritime towns of Italy should
simply indicate the uneasy feeling attendant
upon an expectation Of war. But in the real
seat Of trouble, the east, all is ready for war
and all is quiet.
Russia gives out the impression that she
will await the development of events In Bull
garia in expectation that Ferdinand's Ultra
montane sympathies will undermine his po-
sition eventually and accomplish Russia's
immediate purposes in the Balkans without
war; or that King Charles of Roumania may
find the rebellious elements too strong for
him at Bucharest. In which event Prince Bi-
besco, who Is a Frenchman at heart, would
be declared king. Ia that case Russia could
60 down to Bulgaria without interference.
No nation of Europe, however, believes
that Russia has made SO great war prepara-
ton with an intention of permitting events
to develop themselves without her aid Dis
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looked for through Russian intrigue in the
near future Meanwhile, all the nations
busily armiug continue to cry, Peace! peaceI
Schemes of the Tories.
LONDON, June From all accounts the
Tories have not been idle during the Whit
suntide recess, but having in mind their two
most recent lessons, their total and almost
overwhelming defeat at Southampton nd
the very narrow escape experienced through
the King -Harman salary bill, they have been
turning the holiday to good account in the
concocting of some new schemes in the some
what desperate hope Of continuing in power
and of gaining a firmer grip upon their al
lies, the Unionists
The necessity Of doing something about
the King Harman affair could not fail to be
apparent, and so the government leaders got
together, and, it is reported. the results Of
their wise councils will lie made manifest
shortly in parliament. The new scheme, as
far az can be learned. involve the abolition
of the office Of one Of tbs junior lords of the
treasury.
There are three Of these officers at present,
each drawing from government resources
the sum of Fl 900 year. Mr.. Government
leuder Smith, first secretary Of the treasury,
feels that he can dispense with the services
Of one of these assistants Of whom two are
English and one Scotch.
To equalize matters one Of the Englishmen
will be retired. His salary will then be ap-
piled to Col King Harman's office. which ex-
hibition of saving is expected to be step
towards harmonizing all the boilers and
bringing them back to the ranks again.
A further feature Of the plan is said to he
the promotion of Col King Hartman to some
higher Office from the under secretaryship Of
Ireland, In which position he is as offensive
to the Irish as any man outside Of Balfour
can be. He would receive the coveted salary,
while another more suitable man would oc-
cupy the abandoned position.