The sun., 1890-01-05
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
1oNDoN FEELS PhNICKY OYER THE
ISShULTs OF INFL UENzA.

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Tornoy. Jan. Until tho commence
- ~ tbis veek England was able to watch
~. ,,-ooross NJ tho influenza scourge on the
Tnrorsan continent with philosophic calm
- Thara had heen n few cases in London
So, ,,me 10 time. but the disease had not as-
.nr,.d an epidemic form, British philosophy
sas now vanished. md calmness has given
n,soe 10 n feeling nearly akin to despair, for
tho Ruasian influenza has secured a firm grip
"a Iondon. and IA raging and spreading in the
urovinces Tho neysparers are urging the
v.on,a IN be calm and prudent, but In the
nolnmns adjoining the editorials one reads OF
Icrd salisbury's sufTerings from the fell disease,
a, MIRA Bernard Beere's agonies; OF stalwart
,o,,csmen droppinp on their rounds, OF sol
S,nrs falling nj their posts, and OF the threat-
49, INSTRUMENTATION of the postal and tele-
c-onhic servIces. The hospitals are beginning
80 ie.l tho nressnre. and ordinary medical
r,,ctitJonsra and druppists. although coinInp
,rorov ara comnlsininp of oyervork. The dis.
.a.. baa appeared in the barracks jails md
ornbanaoes In ope publio institution in the
Fsst End tbere are over 900 cases, and II mas
ho.n e.tablished bevond n reasonable doubt
tbat some tan or n dozen deaths in the metro
noII,an district tbis week have been due d.
rsctIv or indirectly TO the influenza,
Iondoners think Of the 4. .OOO. 600 Inhabitants
n, this bip citv and brood over the awful pos-
abilities OF the endemic. The weather. too,
has suddenlv become milder. and experts apree
that tho change will favor the spread of the
disense. The Britisb mortality returns ara
iaaned UeekIv. and wa shaIl not know
urt,l Tua,dav avanino 70 vbnt extent ~ INV
The death rate has risen this week. Should
tho Reqistrar General,s retnrna sbou anv
sorJous jncreaae the nrsvai,ino nessimism NAV
Aoy.lon into n manic Tba retnrne will not
ohov the npmher of nersona merely attacted
and e Ia dIf1cnIt 70 obtain reliable fippres bnt
n 4. nrohobIv MT an aXagoaration to estimate
sho numhor NJ nrasant suSrarino from tho In
Nr.n1o In tbis cItv Mt ~ Ooo Among than,
ConorI- -co,.rol Nav % omusiro bi,nools With
the new disease. and Vice-C Consul Johnson
after snandjn1 a week In had with the sane
imported malady. has inst got out in time 10
run the United States end OF London while the
Russian visitor has fun with his chief.
In Franco Germany and Austria the epi-
demic, after showing signs of subsiding. has
revived with almost its original vigor. Accord
ing to an imaginative newspaper writer half OF
Paris is sick and the other half is running to
and from the doctors and druRgists, Vienna
IA not in much bettcr cnse, BerIin has had n
bad relapse, and Rome ia worse than ever
Eyerywbere the disease maintaIns its demo-
cratic impartiality. having attacked, besides
the unnamed tens OF thousands, the dowaeer
EMPRESS Augusta of Germany. the Queen Of
saxony, the Belgian Crown Prince. Field Mar
sbal Albrecht Of Austria. Moltke. Prince Fer.
dinand of Bulgaria, and Arohduke Frederick
of Austria Lord SALISBURY has been confined
to his bedroom for. twelYe days past. The
Austrian Premier. Count Taafe, is also down.
and thero ia not Cabinet in Europe that has
not furnished two or moro victims.
The popular alarm is increased by the sud-
denness with which in some places the victims
arc attacked. In Vienna. for instance. Herr
Zeihrer, a strong young fellow OF 3s, was di.
recting the band of the Fourth Infantry Reel-
ment In Ronachers Concert Hail. when he was
seizod with tremblino fainted and had to he