Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-03-25


simply register the decisions Of the
committees, but those best qualified
to Judge believe that It will not be
possible to prevent discussions Of
contentious, aud even burning ques-
tions which may cause serious mis-
understanding and possible pro-
tests and Withdrawals.
THE STATE OF FRANCE.
In France new government has
appeared. The fall OF the ministry
Of NJ. Tirard marks the disappear
ance Of the twenty-fifth ministry
since the foundation Of the French
republic. The question of protec-
tion against the importation Of
Turkish fruit, upon which the Cab
met resigned, is the most trivial In
the world per se, and could not have
brought about the crisis if other
matters had not been crowding upon
the government and driving 1t into
corner, 10 that retiremen: at no
distant date had become Its fate.
The question Of the commercial
treat with Turkey, brought up by
the diplomacy Of NJ. Tirard and NJ.
Spuiler, his minister for foreign af-
fairs, simply afforded the ministers
. chance Of selecting Il soft place to
fall on, and they promptly availed
themselves of 1t with great good
sense, instead Of waiting to be kick
ed out, which would have been vir-
tually the situation If they had
waited to abide the result of di-
rect vote Of want Of confidence ia
the government, which the chamoer
OF deputies would certainly have
hurled at them at the first oppor-
tunity.
Serious politicians of France
doubted the capacity of the Tirard
cabinet to deal effectively with the
weighty problems Of the balance Of
revenue and the expenditure OF the
nations money, and Tirard himself
is known 10 have shrunk from the
heavy task. The real question at
issue was the policy Of protection, In
which French statesmen and the
great mass Of business men
thoroughly believe, and the avowed
free-trade sympathles Of NJ. Tirard
and one or two Of his colleagues, 10
opposition to the declaration Of the
chamber in favor Of q protectionist
tariff upon the lapse Of the present
treaties of commerce next year,
made their continuance In Office
absurd.
France has learned something and
is strongly In favor Of protection,
which policy is represented by Con-
stans, DE Freycinet, FslIieres and
others.
UNEASY CROWN ED HEADS.
The Austrian emperor has been
much upset by the resignation of
Hungarian Premier Tisza, who has
at length been bounded out of Office
by the united and persistent efforts
Of fendal, clerical and revolutionary
parties. His majesty has taken the
usual course Of reprimanding cer-
tain party leaders and altogether
has betrayed an irritation and nerv-
BUSINESS In this matter calculated to
increase the anxiety which has pre-
vailed for sometime past respecting
his mental and bodily health. He
has managed also to give fresh Of
fence to Herr Won Tisza, expressing
his pleasure at the defeat Of the last
Pan-Slavist plot In Bulgaria, and
his words may have the dangerous
effect Of encouraging Prince Ferdl-
nand TO set further and more open
defiance Of the Russian bear. The
Gear himself Is In bad humor, with
more reason than his Austrian
brJther. He sees In the labor con-
ference n triumph for socialism and
complains that II has encouraged
his revolutionary subjects to greater
audacity. The Nihilists are undeni.
ably and unpleasantiy active. The
demonstration in the United States
and In this eountry against the
cruel wrongs In Siberia haye com
ported them and nerved Them to
fresh efforts. What that means Is
shown by the fact that the ezar was
impiored not TO attend q service eel
ebrated on Thursday at the cathe-
dral near SITS. Peter aud Paul In
memory Of his murdered father, aud
that when his majesty insisted upon
going, the entire route from Cat
china 20 81, Petersburg was searched
and held by an enormous torce Of
police aad military, The cathedral
itself was examined from vaults 10
roof, aud only the most trusted civil
aud military officers were admitted
20 the ceremony.
AS % the possibility Of a Franco
German alliance, Il will take some
thing moro than n shadowy dread Of
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