New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-31

King revolted agains; the new Government. and
under the leadership of Mataafa, fought several
battles The civil war which still continues in the
islands is to he attributed directly 10 German in
trigue against Malctoa, with whom the United
States Government had made treaties, pl'dging
itself to employ its good Offices as mediator
whenever ser ous differences with any other Power
should arise Prince Bismsrck's cavalier treat
ment of Secretary Bayards feeble remonstrances
is one of the cynical humors of the years diplo-
macy But then, Germany is great Power with
which the State Department does not venture to
take liberties Its spasmodic displays of energy
are reserved for weak States which cannot resist
them. There was miniature naval demonstration
on the coasts Of Morocco, when two Nohammedans
under the protection of the United States Cnsul at
Tangiers were imprisoned and the foreign Consuls
were called in to settle the controversy. There
was q similar exhibition Of naval force in Decem-
Der, when Admiral Luce was sent to llavtl TO de-
mand the surrender Of the steamer Haytien Re
public which had been seized by the provisional
Government of Legitime for ignoring a ttimsy
blockade of the ports held by the hostile faction
headed by Ilyppolite The vessel was restored to
its owners without struggle. wiser and moro
statesmanlike policy is the revival Of Mr.. Blane's
project for conference Of American States in
Washington during 1889 Congress has authorized
the President to invite Brazil, the Republics of
South and Central America, Mexico and the West
Indian Republics TO send representatives to this
international council, which will be empowered to
devise a plan of arbitration for the settlement OF
disputes without warfare, and to promote the i'm
provement of business intercourse by the adoption
of uniform systems of coinage, weights and meas
ures customs regulations and mail communications.
In domestic administration the most credtable
achievement has been the progress made with the
construction of the new Navy. Several cruisers
and gunboats, which give promise Of high speed,
have been launched and the industries requisite
for the production of gun metal and steel armor
have been established on American soil. A dyna-
mite cruiser has also been completed. In the
States the most noticeable features of legislation
have been practical temperance measures and
High License bills, ballot reform schemes, and in
Ncw-York the substitution of electricity for the
gibbet. Socialist agitation has continued IN
Chicago, twelve dynamite bombs having been dis
covered on July :, with proofs Of conspiracy for
the destruction Of many public buildings. Dyna-
mite was also used in one Of the railway strikes,
but Anarchists on the whole find America most
unpromising field for their operations. Yellow
fever devastated the population Of Jacksonville in
the summer and autumn. having been introduced
from Cuba by way OF Tampa While there were
thousands of cases in Florida the disease was not
particularly malignant the proportion of deaths
not being high. Typhoid fever has made terrible
rayages in Northern cities the apparent cause be-
ing the unusually rainy summer and autumn, which
followed the famous March blizzard.