Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-12

the crown princess, who Is woman OF great
determination and character, has been
chiefly instrumental In preventing anything
from being done TO relieve their difficulties.
While the assertions of the press that before
twelve months have passed monarchy will
have been abolished in Brazil are doubtless
extravaganza, yet there are many thoughtful
public men who consider it an assured fact
that Dom Pedro Will be the last occupant of
the throne, and that on his death the republic
will be proclaimed
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When Stanley arrives on the Zanzibar
coast he will learn that the decline OF Brit
ish influence there, which he pointed out
and lamented when he visited that region
to prepare for his Emn Bey relief expedition,
has not only been checked, but to large
extent repaired. The sultan has made such
concessions to the British East Africa com.
pany at Lamu and north of u that the Ger
man East Africa company is demanding
compensation. The CONCESSIONS include the
full governmental control of the island of
Lamu and of four important points north
ward, 80 that the coast line of the company
is now about seven hundred miles long, ex-
tending, in fact, as far as Warshekh. This
covers the region through which DIR. Peters
was anxious to make his movement for the
rescue of Emin; but apparently the would.
be rescuers have "soured onn the brave
governor, for the Germans suggest that he
has been engaged by Stanley TO act as
equatorial agent for the British company in
establishing q lns Of traffic between the
great lakes and the Zanzibar coast. 1t must
be admitted that Stanley's exit eastward and
not by way of the Congo together with the
| fact that Sir w. Macklnnon, who is chief
| figure In the British East African company,
| was also one of the strongest hackers of
| Stanley's expedition, gives some color of
plausibility to the German surmise. AT all
| events, the acquisition OF Lamu, the third
| most important port on the coast, with its
| control of the commerce of the river Tana, is
| successful stroke.
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| The Iroa Gate on the Danube has been the
| subject of good many treaties, commercial
| and international. The removal of obstruc.
| tions would be of great benefit to Europe,
| but the Austrian conservatives, using the
| same arguments that have been urged
| against the channel tunnel IN England, have
| prevailed upon the government to leave the
| Iron Gate as it is. This narrow, rocky
channel lin which there is fall of forty-one
|
| tory but in Roumania, but the Improvement
! can not be made without the consent OF
| Austria. The old fashioned mobiles look upon
| the swift current at the Iron Gate as better
| guard against Russian gunboaJs than tor
| pedos and Notifications and work has been
| stopped. The mouths of the Danube ION the
| Black Sea- are in Bulgarian territory. The
| river has navIgable course of 500 miles
| within the Austrian empire or above the
| Iron Gate.
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The Earl of Zellaud the new viceroy Of
| Ireland, took the oath of office a few days
ago. With but few exceptions the changes
! in the chief executive of that country have
| simply been a transfer of the misuse Of au
| thority; and even when there has been ar
| effort on the part of the incumbent to substl
| tute more humane rule 1t has been hind
| cred and baked by the obstructive attitude
| of the imperial government. 1t is strange
commentary on the act of union that while
the population of Ireland in lS41 was
over S,000,000 it issnow, according to official
figures, only an, ,534. No such decrease ha:
ever been witnessed in even the most badly
governed of modern European states.