The Washington critic., 1890-03-06

above another; another estcoms every
day alike, and. in effect, he inculcates
the true doctrine of liberty when he
urges that man should or should not
honor an observance just rs he is per
suaded in his own mind" That there
is a day of the week of such sacred OBJ
legation as to require the stopplgc of
trains and newspapers, of strcetcars,
milk wagons and many other conven.
fences Of civilization cannot be sustained
apart from theological dogma.
Tue DOUBT wuICn was mOmentarily
raised in regard to the gcuuincness of
the picture known rs the "Angelus,' ~
painted by Millet. and which was pur-
chased last year by Mr., Sutton at the
Sccretan sale in Paris, has been wholly
removed by the statement Of Mr. Wal
ters, the well known connosseur aud
collector of Baltimore. 1t was alleged
that Millets famous picture had been
in Mr. Walters collection for years
and that the picture bought by Mr. Sut-
ton was mere replica. Mr.. Walters
explains that what he had was not the
picture itself, bat the original design Of
il in black and white, and this he has
still, 1t never having been out of his
possession.
Russia HAS NOT only refused to take
any part in the Berlin International
Labor Conference, but she objects that
the effect of such conference will be
to add economic superiority to the
military preponderance already eXer-
cised by Germany over Europe. In Il
sense this is confession of conscious
weakness on the part of Russia. 1t is,
in measure, unwilling testimony to
The military greatness of Germany.
Nevertheless, Germany real greatness
will Only develop when her military
system is abandoned, and, when that is
done, she will be found leading the
nations of Europe-perhaps those of
the wOrld-toward a new epoch.
THE MOVEMENT FOR federation in the
Australian colonies, following the ex-
pertinent made in the Canadian prov
inces, really points in the direction Of
independence. The Legislature of
Great Britain, which is intensely selfish
and regards the interests of the tight
little island as always paramount, will
do nothing which can possibly promote
the separate advantage of the colonists.
The idea Of imperial federation is too
cumbrous and slow, and would secure
for the colonies none of the benefits they
now desire. Independence is the proper
outcome of the present agitation, and
when that is arrived at the Australian
States will be the most powerful nation
of the southeastern or (Which is it?) the
southwestern seas.
BIsHoP DUDLEY of Kentucky, in an
address in New York recently, said
concerning the race questions:
Some say that the remedy is to send the
negroes back to Africa. Why, you might
as well try to send the Irish back to Ire
land, or any other foreign peoples who have
come here and settled. They won't 60.
They are citizens of the United States, and
they know what that means. They are In
the South to stay, and the South needs the
negro. He is the only possible laborer to
bring out its natural resources.n
| It may not be just the proper thing
to say of reverend Bishop, but we can
not refrain from remarking that Bishop
Dudley's head is eminently level.
THOSE who HAVE visited Cairo, not
in Egypt but in Illinois, and have
looked upon the junction of those mag
nifcent rivers, the Ohio and Mississippi
and watched their three mile-wide
majestic sweep just below the southern
angle of the levee, will find their bosOm'
swelling with patriotic pride because a
| present the confluence of those streams
! by reason of the floods, covers fifty
miles from shore to shore. Where es
have they such rivers and in what othe
country could they afford 50 mucl
space?
THE GOVERNMENT leader in The Eng
lish House of Commons has moved 70
the adoption of report of the Parnel
Commission, which found certain per
sons guilty of conspiracy. But with a
inconsistency which gives away tn
whole case, Mr.. Smith announced ths
the commission was not appointed t
punish, and that nothing further woul
be done in the matter. For parlis
mentary leader Mr.. Smith (the Sir Jc
seph Porter of "Pinafore'') showed hin
self capable of considerable unconsciou
humOf.
WHILE ENGLAND, PoRTUGAL AN
GERMANY are looking with jealous eye
upon the movements of each other il
Africa, France, unobserved, has bee
rapidly extending her possessions in tn
fdarly continent - Tho latast naus