Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-06


masses in Belgium have become exasperated
| by their inability 10 take any part in the
| government Of their country, aud have for
some years been clamoring for large ex-
tension of the franchise. This tho con-
servative cabinet absolutely refuses TO take
| into consideration, and, strong in its large
parliamentary majority, obtained under the
present antiquatod electoral legislation, re-
\ -sists all attempts TO render the government q
! truly popular one The great
| anarchist trial which has Just
been concluded at Mons brought 10 light
| the fact that the insurrectionary outbreaks
! and socialistic risings which have done so
much to disturb Belgium during the past two
years were not only connived at but oven
| originated with and were fermented by the
| premier and the minister of the interior, with
the object of frightening all the wel-to-do
| people from any inclination to support the
| popular demands for an extension of fran
| chise. The premier had even gone so far as
to correct in his own handwriting the draft
| of the revolutionary manifesto calling upon
the socialists to rise and march upon Brus-
sells, and the document in question was actu'
ally produced during the trial at Mons
| huSSlh SbeNlS 10 UdNt dCCOlHDllSlitu uO iuop
| her long cherished purpose Of securing an
! exclusive port for herself on the coast of
| Corea. Deer Island Is the point she is said
| to have acquired as a coaling and naval
| station, and Russian man-of-war now con-
trolls all landings aud departures there. For
several years this project of Russia has been
| spoken Of At one time she was said TO have
seized Quelport, a large island exceedingly
| we'll situated for approach to China Japan
| and Corea; but its lack of good anchorage
| in sea swepted by fierce storms during a
! part of the year was an impediment to carry.
J ing out that plan. Then it was alleged that
| she had her eyes on Port Lazereff, in Bough-
| ton Bay, n good harbor on the eastern coast
of Corea, and well sheltered by the Nakhim-
| off Peninsula. 1t was even reported THAT
| China made up her mind to anticipate the
| SEIZURE of this place by sending troops there.
| Finally, last October, Grand Duke Alexan-
| der went to Corca, had an interview with
| the king and, 1T is said, arranged for the
| requisltion of u port at Fune Judge
| Owen, the kings foreign adviser, was
thought to be concerned in this. What
| ever the details, Russia appears at last to
have secured n port south of Vladivostock.
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Peru appears to be about to fall into new
| troubles The prolonged hitch over the rati-
iicution of the compact With the holders of
| Peruvian bonds has now given way to n
political crisis of the sharpest kind. The
| Doughnomore contract failod of legal ratifi-
cation through the persistent absence from
their seats of number of members of the
house of deputies. who took that way of de-
fcating measure extremely obnoxious to
them. President Caceres has responded by u
decree declaring the seats of these obstruc-
Zionist deputies vacant. cry Of protest
ut once came up from the departments
thus summarily deprived OF representa-
ton. The reply of the president
was the dispatchng of body of
troops to queu the rising discomfort,
and to arrest all those who had the
temcrity to sign memorials protesting
against the action of the executive When
congress met recently government patrols
were at the place of a5semblage to keep out
the offending members.i More than this, they
went so far as TO exclude the president of
congress himself, 7Sen3r Arenas, who had
not been mentioned in the decree of expul-
sion. He endcavorcd to assert his rights un-
der the constitution and the laws, but with
out avail. President Caccres seems deter
mined to carry his measures through with o
high hand. and will have submissive con-
gress or none Mt ALL, His excuse is, OF course,
that the prosperity, of the country demands
the speedy settlement of the long-standing
dispute. This may De true; yet his methods
are of kind to produce worse evils than he
aims to cure.
~
The coming marriage of dauGht er of
| the Prince of Wales will be the second re-
cent break upon rule that royal blood
should not be blended with that merely noble.
| The mobiles have been marrying for money so
| l1ng that no one now regards the marriage
of u duke with rich commoner as a matter
for special cn'2ment. 1t is only recently,
however, that the royal family has consid-
cred nob,es as eligible mates either as hus-
bands or wives. When these marriages be-
come little more common il may be found
necessary to relax the rule which excludes
mobiles from the inner court circle 1t is not
every husband who would relish handing
his wife into n room filed with her relatives
and retiring himself to take quiet dinner in
an antc-room. The Prince Of Wales and the
Earl of Fife have had many pleasant suppers
together, and it will come n little hard on
the earl 10 be banshed from the table of the
prince on state occasions. The royal people
will discover in time how supronely silly
their little tricks to keep themselves select
seem TO The mass of mankind.
~
The Delagoa Bay railroad, over which has
arisen the pending dispute between England
and Portugal, would, if completed, open the
region watered by the Zambesi river to COM
merce and establish direct connection be
tween Delagoa Bay and Pretoria, the most
considerable settlement IN the Transvaal
Nearly eighteen months ago fifty-fou miles
of the road were formally opened to traffic
by the Portuguese governor of Mozambique
in the presence of representatives of Cape
Colony, Transvaal and Natal. Taking ad-
vantage of the alleged violations of contract
the Portuguese in Mozambique concluded tc
wipe out the rights of the English owners Of
the road. But the home government IN Lis
bon has prudently agreed to submit the
whole question to arbitration. There Is ac
cordingly no probability of a serious conflict