, 1890-06-21

auestiOn - "rhe dlScOrtenG OF working
men," said the Prince to the correspondent
of the NOuoe ,RremlyG, sis a kind OF violent
fever, but the dissatisfaction OF CAPITALISTS
is worse and more serious. Tor the oV"te'
The existence of factories depends not upon
the worklnen, but upon the masters, Ai:d
these must be considered, or it will I've a
far more serious matter. The majority OF
working men are not terrible. LES mtnO.
rites turbulantes font la los" Working men,
he added can never be c~ontented. Nobody
ia ever contented in Western Europe, or
will be. till beliefs change !; bat what does
the Prince mean by the first sentences
That all capitalists, it too mitch irrl6at.
cd will strike, and SO, by throwing All
workmen into. the streets, produce - trc-
,,Vaenlpas social colvUisi6h ! That Is n"t'e
,,seMsiIan SUGGESTION, A threat of that Kind
was. We, have read Addressed by tire
great EN-. ,loyers 0f laboIr. IN Paris TO the
Provisional Government, but it came TO
nothing, Grave disorder can never Be
y the interest. of capital, which, IT deprived
of teir return, retreats silently ana SLOW
ly.nOssome place where interest is stlll Oh
tainable, It cannot retreat it "a revolution
ls raging, money unpr0curaOIc, anu h1e0
plant worth nothing to sell.
The trial Of Major PaDitza aud his fellow
conspirators still proceeds at Soma 1
Majors defence is substantially tha6 nc
dill mean revolution, but did not mean as
S~assinatiOn, and never intended " Russian
occupation at all. Ho dId, however, ne
admits. agree to q "military convention
with Russia - which would be much the
same<thing as occupation in the end. The
. Government allege that they can aud Will
Drove. from uRdemi tblo documents, the
comDlicity not only of Russian agents, but
of the Gar: but, according to tho CORES
Dondent of the Standard, they agree not
to accent "capital penalties. We do not
quite understand M. StambOul0tfs eager
~ fiess to expose the direct completely OF the
Russian G0veCRment IN Il plot WHICH, nc
describes rs one 0f assassination. Does ne
Il Uerhnns wish to fOFco on war, or does he
! think THAT, If he proves hlN. ease, Europe,
- rrcOiling before huch evidence OF political
Tx criltt:ffality, will intervene. tn protect h"l,
3ariA fhH After the rpSignntiah displayed
= tjy &aFOlGs 0ltder tile kidnapping of Erihce
: AtAxhnder- the m0SG astounding ntce'
" dent ever set even iw the East-the. Bul-
enrian Premier must ii the - c0Rd llyp0th.
e3is is true, be All exceedingly sHhg9lne
I ahan. s far rs yet appears we should
add. the "evitleuce" does not Prove hat
the Car was aware of tlle plot, even II lt
does prove thar - Russian itgcnG Sall <tllaC
hD WOuIt 1IlIOCM 'hlIH' Al EO"A th"hJ
things are assumed TO reach Gatschina
which never get there. ..e
The Trustees OF tho British Museum,
have got hold. Of great curiosity ia the
= shane Of a Chinese bank note printed in
the middle OF the fourteenth century, sever
al years before tho establishment of the
first European lamk (Nrid t" lbs the bank
established Mt Barcel0sI IA l4DI ,and tlire"
I centuries before tho establishment OF the
Bank of StOckholnt in 1868. The. ChitIeSe
had bank notes ut a much Garlic. data, for
Marco Polo saw some of them, llGliMpterll on
the imner'iEark ~Of'treeS, before the, end of
the thir century. at ~ remarkable
= that the Chinese had invented all the tour
principal mo,tern instrun 'nts, cOm'
pass, printing; gnupOwder, and paper cur
fency,-l6ng before EurOpe had amy Ofthem,
and YET that they remained almOstAlseless
I" tools III the haRds ef that acute but har.
areh!miuAed people. Even their artillery,
which they used centuries. before Europe
knew anything of artiIlery.( appears to
have been of Hardly any real value to them.
They never seem to haHe put ont their
T least to interest, but kept them wrapped
5" mp in napkins till they forgot their exist
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