New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
MILITARY MANOEUvRES IN VARIOUS
COUNTRIES.
THE CASE OF THE EsPIEGLE-FRANcE's LOAN
TO RUs1A-DEcREAsISC ExPoRTs-THE
TRADES UNION coNGREss-FREE
EDUcATIoN-THE WEATHER
SOCIAL TOPICS.
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cor,rf,h,, 1891 b. The Tribune Assoc,atOh
London. Sept lathe Continent has through
the week resounded with the clang oS arms Bul-
raria and Servia. who wanted to take their
hand at the game, were peremptorlly oroereu
of. but Austria has had her military manoeuvres
with the peripatetc German Emperor on the spot
uatronizing and applaudng Holland has re-
minded the world. not unnecessarily. that there
Is such thing in existence a Dutch army
and Belgium has massed some troops OF cavalry
in the field. England, not to be behind has
mobilized as many as IL, 900 men at arms near
Aldershot, and the latest news from the scene
n operations is that Lord William seymour S
force has surrounded Wolmer Forest
All this is farce, but there is something srinlV
serious in the manoeuvring Of the French army
This has been called out on colossal sca]e-a
sort of rehearsal of what might take place any
aav next month or next year should the trumpet
rail- sound for the inevitable war with Germany
Twenty-one years and few months ago there
= was a similar muster General lie Boeuf having
assured the doubling Emperor that there was
NOT lacking a button on the CATERS OF the army
n impede its march to Berlin. The manoeuvreS
this week have been watched with crlucal eyes
by experts from all nations. ana the geherai
opinion is that to-day all the buttons are ac-
,,o,l, In +bcir nlaces Everything went smoothly
and all whom il may concern know that. the
r,.rcb army to-day is very different from that
rbich in 1870 marched out to Berlin and got
no further than Sedan.
II Parliament happened TO be sitting just now
Lord Salisbury would be pressed for an eXplana-
tion Of the circumstances under which the captain
of the British ship Espiegle took on Doard ana
carried ont of Chilli in the interests OF Balmaceda,
ouantity of specie, and deposited it in the mint
At Santiago under the direction of the Chllan
legislature Since Parliament is not sitting, the
question is taken up in Opposition quarters ana
forced on Lord Salisburys attention MI Osporhe
Morgan, who, as Judge-Advocate General In MI
fladstone's last Government, claims to know some
thing Of such questions, denounces the lnterVeh-
+iop in this matter Of the British Minister at
Santiago as fragrant wrong, and hlnts thao
Great Britain may be called upon to make good
tbe loss accruing TO Chill. If Chill were the
;ntad States or some other flrst-class Power cap
able of enforcing its claims, there might ne
something alarming in Mr.. Osborne Morgahs
representation but since it is only Chill' his
letters. to some extent backed up by "Ihe llineS'
are read with unruffed mien.
1t appears after all that there was something
more than froth in the cup that Trance has druik
to Russia The Gear will short time hence ana
in it not less than 800, 100000 francs ms Is
the loan he wanted to raise in May last through
the ordinary channel, the Rothschilds, but the
great Jewish fnancierS putting patriotism above
percentage, declined 10 serve monarch VINO was
responsible for the atrocous persecution OF the
Jews with which Europe at that moment was
ringing Since the Rothschilds would not do IL, IL
seems that no one else possible, and whilst
urgency for the loan increased the hope of obtain
ing it receded. Then came the voyage OF the
French fleet to Cronstadt, the personal reception
of the Republics ships and sailors by the Gar, ana
all France abaze with enthusiasm and a1ectlon
for newly developed friend who might some day
help to regain Alsace and Lorraine. The Russian
Finance Minister struck whilst the iron was not.
and arranged with a group of Paris bankers for
the issue of loan on the most favorable terms.
The houses that have underwritten this colossal
transaction have of course regarded the situation
from strictly business point of view, but they
know France and Frenchmen intimately, and have
not loaded themselves with the responsibility for
800, 900 900 francs without moderate certainty
that they will be able TO place the loan 1t is
expected that the French people will regard it as
point of honor TO to the assistance Of Russia,
and that in hundreds Of thousands of modest home
steads the stocking will be Withdrawn from its
hldlD2-piace ana q manu- ulPpcu III lOi DNhOHV
of Notre Ami le bon Gar.
The Board of Trade returns for the last month
show a significant decrease in the export OF
British goods The feature is important from two
points Of view. In the first place, exports OF
tofeign and colonial merchandise fall short by
Dearly so per cent as compared with August OF
last year. In this matter the hand of the striker
is plainly seen He has far succeeded in ln-
cTeasing the charges at shipping ports Tor hand
ling goods that traders who once found it con-
venient TO send goods hither for transshipment
now forward direct 10 foreign ports. The other
notable feature is the falling off in exports OF
timed plate TO the United States. In August OF
last year the United States took over $4,000
tons Last month something over 5000 tons OF
English timed plate sufced for their needs.
Bat, since August 800, as English traders bit
terly remark the Mckinley Tariff bill has come
into operation This is mainly explained by the
fact that year ago tin plate was being rushed
into the United States in anticipation of the |
Mckinley Tariff.
The Trades Union Congress has been sitting at
Newcastle through the week and has had concen
trated upon 1t attention which testiies to the |
ever-growing strength of the workingman. Last |
year the Congress held at Liverpool showed an
enormous advance in numerical representation. |
There were present 457 delegates representing |
100000 wOrkingmen. This week upwards of |
800 delegates gathered in Newcastle, with proper
uonate increase In representation. The Congress
was presided over by Mr.. Burt, Member of Paria-
ment for Morpeth, man whose sterling merit.
impregnable honesty and conspicuous ability are
everywhere recognized-not least in the House of
Commons. Even Mr.. Burt, with long experience,
weight Of character, and unfailing tact, failed
control tie turbulent elements of the Congress.
From day 10 day the scene resembled a bear
garden, or Committee Room No. IL when Mr..
Parne with his back TO the wall, fought the
aTmhealyites." The delegates were broadly
divided into two camps; the one TO which the
chairman himself belongs representing moderate
views, the other, known as the New Unionists.
including the extreme and Socialist wings That
the latter were numerically in the majority WAS