Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-18

other FIVE million people on the globe that
can show cleaner and more creditable
record than that compiled by the political
enemies of Ireland.
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Great dihicuity'is being experienced by
Lord Salisbury ip persuading any of his
titled supporters to accept the vice-royalty Of
ireland. Lord Spencer, as lord-lieutenaut,
was n cabinet officer, aud his chief secretary
took orders from.him. But Secretary Bal
four occupies the Irish seat in the cabinet,
and the nominal governor OF ireland is in
consequence 'mere fgurehead, without a
voice IN the Irish policy. The salary is large,
but the Office isiu,mensely unpopular This
being so, 1t is very improbable that the
prince Of Wales second son will consent to
step in and fill the vacancy although his OK
elusive nautical experience, and his COM
plete ignorance concerning Ireland and the
Irish render him emiuently qualified, from
tory standpoint, for the position.
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There appears to be favorable promise
that the great strike of the miners of Ger
many, which has involved nearly one hun
dred thousand men and produced such great
distress, will soon be settled. The govern
ment has manifested great deal of solicit
ude in the matter, and the emperor must be
given credit for showing marked
discretion in his addresses to the
Representatives of the miners who
presented their case to his attention.
He evidently appreciated the gravity of the
situation and the expediency of bringing the
difficulty to a speedy settlemenj with far
regard for the claims of the workingmen
In no country in Europe are the conditions
for political and social revolution more
favorable than in Germany Nowhere else
in the world are the tendencies to socialism
so strong among the masses of the people,
and nowhere else are the socialists so thor
oughly organized for action. The average
wages of the German coal miner is about
sixty cents day. This miserable pittance
is artificialy reduced by a protective policy
which taxes all his necessaries of living.
What increases the concern over this labor
strike in Germany is the fact that it is
accompanied by wild spirit of speculation.
There is no great difficulty in discerning the
ogcal relation of these two movements
The money accumulated by the favored
classes in systematic spoiation of the masses,
and which cannot find legitimate employ
ment, is being flung into all sorts of financial
adventures. 1t is quite natural that popular
istic movement spread in Germany when
its workingmen see that few beneficiures
of government bounty are accumuating
vast wealth, while they themselves, with
the most arduous toll, are scarcely able
to procure the commonest necessaries of
living
The condition of polite al affairs in Italy
promises to speedily develop results of great
interest. 1t is said that the present ministry
| is nearing a fall, and that the policy of the
| new ministry wilt be to break away from
Germany and renew the old alliance with
| France. Italy has been committing mistake
| after mistake ever since Sedan, but her
| statesmen seem to have fully realized the
sad plight of the country only when the re-
| turns of Italian trade for 1888 came to be
| published. They showed that the custom
| house receipts for the year had fallen off
over sl2O)OOOO AT the same time Italian
exports haG diminished by more than
| SIS, 900, 900. 1t was impossible to prevent the
| people from jumping at the conclusion that
| this bad exhibit was direct result of the
| abrogation of the French commercial treaty.
| That the prime minister himself believed the
| same thing, or at tleast thought it good policy
to appear to believelit, is seen in his recent
| public announcement that, as far as be, was
| concerned, he would welcome any proposi
| tion coming from France, for renewal of
| the treaty. In the parliament itself Crispi
| had taken occasion, at the time of the dis
| cussou over the imprudenG anti-Gallic speech
| of an army officer, to express the most
| friendly sentiments toward France. This
| does not mean, of course, a breaking off of
! the German alliance. Bisnarck's grip is not
| so easily shaken. But it indicates that the
| Italian government recognizes the spreading
| popular sentiment against war and the heavy
| taxes involved in getting ready for war, to-
| gether with the general desire to avoid a
| quarrel with France while restoring that in
| ternatiopal trade which was profitable to
both parties to it,
All accounts agree in stating that the Paris
| exhibition is proving grand success, and
not the least of its beneficial effects is the
| completeness with which it has thrown the
Bouanger question into the background.
| The building of the Eiffel tower has intro
duced new element into the plans of
| worlds exhibitions. The exhibition idea in
itself has become pretty much worn out as a
novelty, and shrewd projectors are learning
that some particular feature of interest must
| be added in order, as theatrical people would
| say, to draw" Loudon has, for several
| years, followed the plan of introducing
special features. such as the "hcath ex-
| hibit" of year ago. The Effel tower idea
is in the line of marvel to excite the worlds
| curiosity.
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Che new Russian minister of the interior,
M. Durnova, will, according to the czar. be
animated by the same principles that guided
the policy of his predecessor, the late Count
Tolstoi One of these principles, it Will be
remembered, was that the universities should
be closed against the sons of the poorer or
agricultural classes, for the alleged reason
that higher education rendered them dssat-
isfed with the habits and associations OF
their order. 1t also rendered them dssatis-
fed with the most autocratic of govern
ments, which accounted for the milk in that
cocoanut. 1t would be difficult to find in the
history of civilization more old-blooded
order than the one issued By Tolstoi, delb
erately denying these people the privilege OF
advanced study.
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Dom Pedro is said to have expressed al
| oninion tn tho effn6t That he ia the last Em