Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-08


FIVE years hence rcikn over the Turkish pos
sessions, no matter how restricted they may
by that time have become. Neither can we
deem it possible that tie Romanoff family
will not continue Ito rule Russia in 1894,
whatever may be the issue of the appalling
contest between the nihlists and tho pres
ent car. So of the composite empire of
Austro. Hungary Il may be said that the
most durable feature Is the Hapsburg sue.
cession. Francis Joseph may abdicate or
die, but in all probability he will be sue
ceeded by prince OF his house.
~.
The increase in French emigration to
South America, particularly to the Argen-
tine Republic, is causing the French gov
ernment much concern. No less than IL, ,105
Frenchmeu sailed for that country in 1888,
as against only about 5000 in 1886. This is
peculiarly trying to the ministry in view of
the comparative failure of the efforts to in
duce colonists to go to Algeria and Cochin
China. The minister of the interior, M.
Constans, directed circular letter to all the
projects of France on April 49, urging them
to put intending emigrauts on their guard
against the ilusory promises held out to
them by the agents of foreign countries He
| speaks with considerable justice OF the dubi
Gus prospect necessarily before the larger
| part of the emigrants to the Argentine Re
| public, destined to be set down in the midst
| OF the vast uncultivated areas of the interior,
| under obligation TO the Argentine govern
ment or to emigration companies for their
passage money, exposed to the probability
| of a fall In the price of labor and to the un-
| certainties of huctuating paper currency
and with no chance of becoming owners of
| land except as metayers. The projects are
| ordered to press these facts upon the at
tention of the people generally, as also to
| proceed with the greatest severity against
| emigration agents who are not duly au-
thorized. They are also to enlist the help of
| village authorities in the attempt to diminish
emigration, getting the latter to discourage
| to the utmost intending emigrants who apply
for the necessary passports and papers. 1t
| will be interesting to observe the effect of
| these vigorous measures; it does not seem
possible that they can fail of accomplishing
| much of their aim.
The recent crisis in the Spanish ministry
| appears to have been only the breaking out
| Of an opposition to Sagasta within his own
| party, or rather the fusion of parties owning
his leadership, which has long been threat
ened. The immediate cause of the rupture
| was the defeat of the proposition to increase
the duties on cereals AT the time of voting
on the bill, May %, a great dist urbance took
, place in the chamber, the prcsid ent, Martos,
actually leaving the chair to vote against his
party, while Gamazo and his little band of
| protectionist liberals seeing that the measure
! was dc stued to defeat, refrained from vot-
ing altogether. To these disaffected liberals,
it was publicly understood, that Generals
Cassola and Dominguez, with Romero Rob
ledo, had joined themselves, aud that they
could muster about fifty votes against the
government. Theylproposed to join the con
servatIvcs in demandinga 4 vote on the admin
istration bill to grant universal suffrage be-
fore discussing the estimates, and counted
on ousting Sagasta on that issue. The situa-
tion was so CRITICAL thpt the resignation of
the ministry was generally looked for.
Sagasta, however, chose to stave things off
for month at least, and secured the queen
regents assent to a decree suspcndlng the
session of the cortes. 1t Is expected that
that body will be assembled again early IN
July, and it will then appear whether Sagasta
has been able to maze combinations assuring
the continuance of his administration. The
outlook for him is certainly most stormy.
|
A congress of 1900 delegates, represent
| ing $50, 000, 900 people, is soon to assemble in
India to put into form the demands of the
native population upon the British govern
| ment The congress will ask for recon
structon of the legislative council so as to
admit the election of ne.half by the people,
the absolute separation of judicial from ex-
ecutlve functions, free admission of natives
| To o5t in, of tive off n.
mission of the budget to criticism, and that
native representatives shall have power TO
question the government. These demands
simply show the kind of government that the
| $50 900 600 people of Indly. nave submitted TO.
| They show that the British government has
| taken the government of the people of India
into its own hands as completely as any des-
| pot of Europe or Asia has the government
| of his own people. The British will be
reluctant to grant this right. 1t is trouble
some in the hands of friends-that is, of
| political opponents who are of the same race
and attached to tho same principles of gov
crnment-and may be made much moro 50
| in the hands of enemies who are seeking
| points for attack. The representation that the
people of India are content under British
rule comes to mainly through British
sources. To the world at large India is nearly
| q sealed book.
NJ.
Dr. Peters has at last obtained permission
to start for Central Africa with q large guam
tity of stores destined for Emin Pasha. His
route will probably be from Mombasa, north
| to Zanzibar, across Masalland to Albert
| Nyanza, and if e.gets safely through his
| great supply of relief stores, purchased with
funds raised entirely in Germany, will en-
rich Emn for many q day. The delay in
starting this fnely-equipped expedition was
due partly to Bismarck's fear that a large
caravan going inland would tend further to
unsettle matters on the east coast; as it ls
the German government has disclaimed any
responsibility for the safety of the caravan.
The strange fact that Stanley brought no
| letters from Enin to the Congo, and also
that the letters from Stanley give no idea as
to the amount of relief stores he has been
able 10 place in the hands of the governor OF
the equatorial province, have increased the
anxiety OF iimins friends. The coming de-
parture of the Peters expedition shows that