The critic., 1890-12-22
FLASHED UNDER TIE SEA.
Tbc Days Doings Ia the Capitals Of til,
Old World,

old World.
LoNpoN, Dec. 22.-Thc British govern
mcnt has on handan American problem
besides that Of Deliring Sea. Venezuela,
whose liberties lSnglshmen hclpedt to win,
is now being robbed of her territory by
Englishmcn. The Ncnczueans object to
British encroachmcnts aud the British
colonists who have been seizing their
ncghbor's lands now call for troops to
protect them in possession Orders have
been ISSUED for the enrolment of troops
in British Guiana, the present military
force in that colony being merely paupcr
establishments and it il not improbable
that the NcncZuelans ana the oolonists may
come to blows. AS the nearest imperial
troops are at san Lucia England could
claim responsibility for the acts of the
cOlonists. should serious trouble arise from
the absorption of Venezuelan territory.
Americans intending to pay visit to
Germany should paste In their hats ncw
decision of the Supreme Court uf the en-
pirc ut l.cipsic, that IL you remain seated
when the health of Emperor Is proposed
yon are guilty of crime known as icsa
ncjcstds q sort Of petty treason, punisha-
BILE by various degrees of Imprisonment
and German prison diet. As the case pre-
Emperor, IL may reasonably follow that
the same decision would be arrived at in
the case of other German sovereigns. too
numerous to mention. who abound in the
fatherland II would also he well. there
fore, for every tourist to he armed with
copy of the Alnanach dc Gotham and
keep his ears open for royal and imperial
| tOasts.
The news that Mrs. Burkc-Rochc had
obtained divorce in America has created
something of q sensation here in certain
| circles in which her husband Is we'll
| known. Burkc-Rochc hadit in contempla-
| tation at ono time to dispute his wife's suit,
| but changed his mind az the instance of
his brother. Lord fermoy. The ex-hus-
| band is in rather Strengthened circum-
| stances, having only an income of a few
| hundred pounds, whereas during the
earlier years of his marriage he aud his
| wife were in receipt of liberal allowance
from Mr.. Work. Burke-l,oche Is not an
| Englishman, but an Irishnan of the
| ancient and noble house of Fcrmoy.
| The conservative newspapers praise Mr.
parnclps final days clcciioncering rs the
| most effective of campaign. They bctray
tie utmost anxiety for the result of the
election, and evidently believe that to-day
| is big with significance for the Tory party.
The Liberals are also takinga deepintercst
in the news from Kilkenny, but express
| confluence of success OF HenncSsv.
Sixty ladies Of Cork have signed an adj
dress for presentation to Mr. iarnel, con
demning his course, and asking, in the
name of lreland's reputation for purity,
that lie retire from active public life.
/ Adyices from Italy statethat the gravity
of the situation arising from the wretched
condition of the laboring classes isincrcaS-
ing. The great army of unemployed
grows larger every day, and rs it increases
in size it grows more menacing. There
are 40,0O0 idle workmgmen in Milan
alone, and the same relative proportion
holds good for the other cities OF Italy,
At the same time the pcaSantry is in n
half-starving condition. Agitators are
urging the suffering people to resort to
violence to procure bread, and robbery
| and other crimes are rampant. \ favoritf
form of theft is to dcspoil the churches
Forty churches in single locality-thai
of De Fcrra--have been robbed
The correspondents at Berlin Of both
the N,onjete and Standard say they dc
not believe the recall of men from the in.
terror of Africa is definite. They con-
slider that il is due to Baron Wissmann
alone, and is probably not favored by thu
| German Government.
The Hambu,yer Mlchrichtcn vigorously
criticises Emperor Williams speech in
closing the educational conference. Tho
paper declares that it is impossible u
learn or understand history backward, as
he wishes done.
At Fohnesdorf, in Syria, 1000 miners
| have struck.