, 1891-08-15

would misunderstood, the resignation of the
Ministry. he consented to remain in Office, the
slight put upon him Notwithstanding. 1t
would certainly have been a very regrettabie
ending to a peaceful session had there been a
Cabinet crisis in France, and it is far better to
drop into the silly season, rs it is called, with
out one. The present French Ministry has
held it's ground longer than the majority OF
French Cabinets have done of late years, and
stability in this direction cannot but be advan-
tageous to the affairs of the country.-Earo-
pedn Mat.
Victor Emanuel, Prince of Naples, who arri-
YES in our midst to-day July 22), is but a little
over 81 years of age, having been born IN Nov
ember, 1869, in the fair city from which his IT,
tie is derived. The Prince is a well-favoured
young man, strongly resembling..his royal father
in both feature and form. Like the German
Emperor, the heir to the throne of Italy is a
good |linguist, and will be at no loss in making
himselfunderstood amongst us. But being more
a man of peace than a soldier the Italian Prince
will cultivate our art, science and industrial
exhibitions more eagerly than anything we can
present in the shape of military displays.
The systematic persecution OF the Jews IN
Russia has reached a point when it becomes
the duty Of all fair-minded men to protest
against it. Fully one-half of the total Jewish
population of the world is settled in the domin-
ions of the Gear. It is a grave reproach to
Russia that at the close of this nineteenth cen
fury it should be unable to find any better means
Of dealing with a comparatively small section
of it's immense population than those which
~ opopIOuo1 onoipct ITO lavish guhInCta
When once an alien people has been admitted
to the privilege of settlement, they are entitled
by every consideration of hospitality and ma
tional honour to the right of protection in their
persons and property. AS no one dreams Of
using force to compel Russia to adopt a more
humane course towards her Jewish subjects,
it only remains to make an appeal in their be-
half to an enlightened public opinion. 1t is
noteworthy that the leaders of the Jews out
side of Russia who have taken an interest in
the fate Of their Russian brethren are ac-
lively engaged in devising means for
promoting Jewish emigration from Rus
STA on a large scale, as if they de-
SPARED of being able to mitigate in any APP
preciable degree the rigour of the prosecutions.
The dearth in Russia becomes more and more
threatening. Indeed, if the statements that
leak through can be trusted IN any measure,
no less than n universal famine lmp0nuS. Inc
natural consequences have begun, in the form
of riotine and outrage. Merchants and specu-
lators are accused Of buying up grain and con-
cealing it. The people, not unnaturally, attack
their warehouses;: not unnaturally either,
though unwisely, Government encourages this
spirit by denouncing such 'forestallers and res
graters'' as our ancestors called them. They
are to be expelled the country ipso facto,
But this is only July-what will hap
pen at Christmas ? And it is understood
that tho famine cannot possibly be subdued
for W years. Such a prospect would be
awful in any land; but Russia has a
thousand disadvantages peculiar to itself.
Not the least grave of these is the intense long
ing Of the Northern population to return to the
fertile districts Of the South, from which their
forefathers were deported wholesale by Peter
the Great.
Agricultural Education is just now a subject
of more than usual interest, owing to the fact
that all over the country the county councils are
organising schemes in connection with the mat
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