Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-13

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made the chatgefu the most public manner,
IN the chambef OF deputies, but instead OF
steps being taken, TO ascertain tho truth or
falsity of the charges, Thevenot intends, II
it said, to resigus This may be in accord
ance with custom In France, but IL seems
very queer. Adlsthese crises and changes in
the cabinet, oocarring with such frequency,
should have taught the French the folly of
trying to maintaSh the system of a RESPONSE
BILE ministry inarepublic. They should take
pattern by theeUnited States and have re-
sponsible executive, with power to choose
his own advisers as the president OF tho
United States does, instead Of parceling out
the responsibility between the president and
the cabinet. The attempt to engraft mo-
narchcal methods upon republican form Of
government has not been successful in
France, and it would be much wiser to profit
by the experience of the many ministerial
crises and change the system altogether TO
that of the United States, which has been
tried and found to work we'll.
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There is no doubt that the relations be-
tween the king of Italy and the pope Of
Rome are now severely strained. Never
theless it is the general opinion that the
latter will not go to Spain or any other
country, but will continue to reside in the
capital Of Italy. The reasons, expressed in
the briefest possible forms, are these. 1. The
| Italian people are faithful to the church,
as well as loyal to the state, and will
| persuasively implore the pope to stay. q A
vast majority of the college Of cardinals is
compose of Italians, who can and will re-
strain the man Of their choice from abandon
| ing country which in his and theirs.
8. The pope is bishop of Rome. Historically,
| he derives his claim to be primate
| of christendom from the fact. The doctrine
| of the church is that St. Peter was the first
bishop Of Rome, and, irse facto, the first
| pope. A pope who did not reside at Rome
would shock the sensibilities and tend to
| shake the faith of the faithful 4. The
| pope has, in fact, exercised his spiritual
| functions since losing his temporal power,
| and he can still do so. 8. The exper-
| iment of removing the papal residence from
| Rome has been tried with esults that bring
| shudder when recalled to the mind Of every
| devout and educated Roman Catholic. 1.-THE
| Babylonian captivity" is what historians Of
| the church style the residence of the popes
during the larger part of the fourteenth CEN
tury at Avlgnon, in France.
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| The Lisbon governments prompt accept
ance of Lord Salisbury's suggestion to ar
bitrate will leave little work for the three
British war ships ordered to Delagoa Bay.
AS Portugal could not pretend to cope with
John Bull in a resort to arms she must be
| quite content to leave her case to the de-
cision of an umpire, Still this is gain for
Great Britain, because she has protected
her subjects from high handed treatment,
| nd ha frat to,.r o1o af
Portugars right to withdraw her conces-
sion. Even with contrary decision it will
be for the umpire and not the Portuguese
government to detsrmine what compensa-
tion shall be made to the railroad company.
The reports of Portuguese violence at Della
goa Bay were evidently exaggerated, and it
is even said that the compsny's agents
themselves turned over the property to the
officials and stood on their legal rights,
while the Lisbon directors of the enterprise
have all along been considerably less de-
monstrative than its London shareholders.
Practically the whole difficulty is in train
of peaceful settlement, but the delay in COM
pleting the railroad of which Portugal COM
planned will now be Increased, as interna.
tional arbitration is slow process.
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Weeks ago the trial of Boulanger was set
down as sure to take place in August, but
there is much reason to believe that the
French government will never seriously
enter upon that trial at ALL Indictment il
now said to have been found against Bou-
langer, Count Dillon and Henry Rochefort
''for conspiring against the safety of the
state" But Boulanger has shown the gov
ernment clean and very lively set Of heels,
and appears to be having an extremely good
time in England, where, for some inexplica
BILE reason, the Prince of Wales takes very
kindly to him. For the sake Of appearances
the French government may proceed with
the prosecution, but at the most that pros
ecution can amount to little or nothing
Besides this, the republic as it now exists Is
much better off while Boulanger and Roche
fort are in voluntary exile than it would be il
they were in France. If the government is
wise it will formally let the whole matter
drop. The government itself may be in
exile before long.
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The story of the fanatics who have been
pershing of thirst almost within sight of the
Nile, forced back by soldiers whenever they
tried to reach its refreshing waters, can moi
fail to excite the worlds sympathy for theil
sufferings though every civilized country
will rejoice when it is certain, as it soor
must be, that their enterprise has failed
The expedition sent north by the mahdi':
successor, which was defeated last weel
south of Wady Halfy, has for its purpos
nothing less than the conquest of Lowe
Egypt. The Emir Neioami was sent by th
despot of Khartoum to annihilate the khedlv
and Queen Victoria unless they embraces
the true faith. For two weeks before tn
fight, reports almost daily reached Wad
Halfa of the emr's advancing forces, an,
troops were hurried forward to strengthen
the river garrisons. 1t was reported severa
days before the fight that the advancing
force numbered 5000 men. The dispatche
| from Cairo fix the Arab losses il
the battle at 900 killed and 700 take
prisoners But this terrible revers
and the subsequent sufferings of tn
invaders due to the water famine have not
it appears, checked their northward advance
1t was reported two weeks ago that thu
emir's purpose was supposed to be, not Il
make direct attack upon Wada Halfa, bu
to circumvent that fortified place, pushing
north of it and cutting off ITS communication
| with Egypt. This is exactly what he il
doing. The battle occurred about twent
| miles south of Wady Halfa Colonel Wode