Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-04
CURRENT TOPICS IN EUROPE.
Condition OF the POor.-William and
the SocialistS.-British Politics.
-BaIfour's Bill.-The "Times"
Surrenders. - Agrarian Agita-
tipa, etc.

less inhabitants OF that beautiful
Mediterranean ISL; but there are
some allevilting circumstances
connected with Cretan afiairs
which do not extend TO the
affairs Of Central Europe. In Crete
there is no pinehing cold, no frozen
limbs, and nc starvation. But when
we turn our attention to the inhabi-
tants Of more northern ATTITUDES we
come face to face with the most
intense and almost universal suffer
ing. What pen can describe the I'M
told misery that at present prevails
in Austrian Hungary, in Bohemia,
in Westphalia, and in Belgium? The
| government Of Germany seems TO be
awakening TO the miseries of the
people, as well rs 10 the danger that
will certainly menace the Empire
if these abuses long continue.
Without doubt the revolution in
Brazil is having a powerful reflex
action in Europe. The caricatures,
representing the Sovereigns Of the
various nations, rs SO many skaters
skating on thin ice, while every now
and then one or another breaks
through and disappears, has more !
I foundation in fact than fiction. Ii |
Is evident that the rejection Of the /
anti-socialist bill I'm the Reichstag, /
some two weeks ago, has had a
mighty influence over public /.
opinion in Europe. The suffer I
ings Of the millions Of working I
people starving, shiveTing. dying /
in their wretchedneSs il beginning /
to influence even the rulers. IL I
was indeed bold act for the MEM |
bers Of the German Reiehstag 10 |
hurl defiance ut the government, !
and virtually throw the anti-sOcial- |
ist bill hack into Prince Bismarck's |
face. The fact that the prince inn ]
! mediately resigned his position as |
minister OF commerce, which posi- /
ton is 50 intimately connected with /
the interests OF labOring men, is 4
itself significant. This seems TO 4
have been done with the approval Of /.
the Emperor, who, while he I
wishes to retain Prince Bismarck I
as the leader in the international I
affairs, seems 10 wish 10 inaugurate /
n different internal policy from I
that pursued by the Iron Chancel- I
lor. The resent proclamations Of
the Emperor have taken the people [
as well as the journalists by surprise.
The issue Of these proclamations ]
without the signature OF responsible !
Ministers Is regarded in some quar- I
ters rs an unconstitutional act, and I
this feature is much commented I
upon. Therearc some who claim that I
the Emperor is really working in the I
interests Of the laboring classes
that he sympathizes with the suffer .
ing he sees around him, and desires .
TO alleviate II rs far rs possible.
There are Others who perceive in .
all this only an attempt to gain the .
favor OF the voters and thus prevent 4
socialist triumph at the coming
elections.
The establishments in Ger. .
many are a great political force, and /
all their energies are directed To re-
forms in the condition Of labor. The
Emperor Of Germany, like many
others, no doubt sees that labor is
the problem Of the day which must
sooner or later be solved if a revolu-
ton is to beavertei.
Tho internal politics OF the Brit
ish Empire at this time are well I
worthy Of consideration. The sur
render Of the Times in the great
Parnell controversy is a very signi-
ticant straw which shows very plain
~ the direction Of the popular
breeze As everybody knows, the
Times newspaper poses itself as the
greatest Of newspapers. 1t may be
safely asserted that the di-
rectors and supporters OF the
Times have n wider political.
social and mOnied influence than
those Of any other journal on the
face OF the globe. For many years
they have employed the very lest
journalistic talent available, and .
sent correspondents TO every quar-
ter Of the world. At one period n
word from the Times would elevate
or deprtss stocks IN any Of the great
exchanges or money markets Of the
world. Happily that time is passed.
The Influence Of the Times culmin-
ated during the American civil
war. The Times had ever been
ultra conservatives; but it was
during that terrible war that
it gave vent 10 its pent
up rage and plainly showed
Itself to be the foe Of democratic in {
the enemy OF the rights 4
OF man. Since then the influence OF (
the IItlDideres', as its friends some
times styled it. has been decreasing.
Society had seen it with the mask
of.
The conduct Of the Times in the I
famous Parnell controversy has not /
been such rs TO win friends. To G
attempt TO drive political '
leader from public life. by [
bringing against him an afro I
ciOus charge TO withhold {
from him all means Of testing or L
iisproying 1t: TO trade on it for
years, and then when finally ex-
posed, TO say that the character they
had been at such pains to take r
away, was only worth forty shillinrs !,
Sl0E This was not conduct 10 Il
itself to fair-minded men ,
# any party; and in their own in =
erests, the proprietors Of the Times y
ave done well 30 desist from it. q
the Parnell commission h
las not yet made its report, the
counsel Of the Times msde an offer
o Mr.. Parneli 10 give him twenty
i've thousand dollars and nav a
he costs Of the commission. \
,lr. Pnrnell's conduct in accepting a
he Times offer, instead Of pressing Ii
m the action vindictiveIy, il In q
,eeping with the dignity and mag G.
llnimity he has shoW n throughout. Il
Inder the most painful onieal 10 d
which any public man in Great Il
Britain has been subjected during
he present century. =
Under these circumstances it is
lot wonderful that what has been [
nown rs "Gladstone's pelicy" is 1
mining adherents. The recent cleo I
ion in glasgow was virtually-a vic
Dry for reform, inasmuch rs the con-
ervative majority was reduced
1ore than six hundred. 1t is not
then, to see even Mr.
salfour changing his position and
I the very opening Of Parliament
ffering a bill for the purchase OF
lnds, and the alienation of distress
u the tlicklV uOuulate,I dislricfu 30