New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-12
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
PEACE AGAIN MENACED BY RUSSIAN IN
TRIGUES AND .AGGRESSIONS.

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IRISH PoLITICs-INTEREsT IN THE hMEia-
CAN NAvY-MR. JUSTICE STEPHEN
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80 rnrono ;, bos begun 10 reappear in the
,onors Il ;s seldom used except when theIe ID
co. that tho pcace may he broken This ume as
- o,,ar before il is Russia who rouses men
fears II she wished pursue unohserNcd her
clans for a new campaign in the Balkans, she hao
better have held the hands OF her agents "no
murdered NJ. Baltcheif week before last feople
NAV look on idly at movements or reported move
ments Of troops. hut planned political assassina-
tim. with Prime Minister as the intended Vic'im'
ENGAGES the attention of the dullest. kilograms
from Vienna. Sophia and other central points snow
that the excitement in those quarters continues
NJ Stamboulon who can he diplomatic when ne
likes is reported, truly or untruly, as saying 10
Hungarian correspondent that he does not think
Russio had hand in the murder though had he,
instead of NJ Baltcheff, been killed, Russia would
have seized the occasion to make herself master
in Bulgaria.
next after NJ Stamboulof. is deemed the chief
obstacle to Russian ambition. Hence the sensible
suggestion that the Prince should designate ON
heir to the throne If the Powers could make up
their minds to confirm Prince Fcrdnand's election
that would be still more useful. 1t would DC
done if Germany would CONSENT but German!
still waits on Russia in Eastern politics Kussla'
meantime is believed to be continuing her prepara-
tions for the war which she intends to choose
her own time for beginning. Troops are moving
southwark and westward, and reports oil con-
centration on the Galcian frontier are rather
more precise and positive than usual. Alarm Is
freely expressed lest Austria, the unreauy, DC
caught uapping. Austria however is at least as
well informed as even that serious correspondent
who supplies this latest news. He is convinced
that Russia, instead of requiring four quarters
10 complete her warke preparations, Will DC
entirely ready early next year. 1t may be So
but Russia. not less than Austria, has dllatory
habits Vienna is the chief source whence How
these rpmors Berlin, which seldom accepts
Vienna as authority denies them. The Bourses
are disturbed but mainly by other causes
The German Emperor believes in peace, but
the German Emperor has convinced hlmseH tn"V
nobody can fire shot in Europe without MS
leave IT, does not occur to him that Others may
have different opinion or that guns sometimes
90 of of themselves.
The Australian Convention has adopted its Con-
stitution and adjourned. No important change
has been made in the provisions as given losV
week The Constitution has now to be ratified
by the separate States and accepted by the Far
. lament at Westminster. II is not supposed that
any serious objection will arise in either quarter
English people at home watch the progress OF
this experiment curiousig, but without visible
anxiety. Yet their immense Australian COLONIES
have suddenly ceased TO be colonies, OF VIII cease
when this new agreement comes into force. lheS
have declared themselves States and have formed
themselves into great Commonwealth Inc Ilnh
which binds them to the Mother Country IS Uhe
Crown 1t is precisely the tie which MI Farneli
once proposed TO keep and once declared that he
would break between Ireland and England NOBODY
has vet discovered just how strong or how weak
II NAV be by ITSELF when other bonds are sundered
The LOYALTY of the Australians is not at present
in dispute They are loyal in pretty exact pro-
portion to their freedom from control in matters
they care most about But it is a solemn thing
to create Commonwealth, and they who are doing
il themselves know not what new forces they have
set in motion, or what the effect of this act may
be on the relations between the colonies and the
rest of the Empire Imperial Federation is
sonorous phrase often heard in recent years IL
was never policy. 1t was respectable sentl-
ment and it does not seem to have gained strength
from what is happening in Australia. The fedora
ton of the moment is not Imperial, but Colonial.
News from Manipur is both better and worse
II is no longer doubtful that Mr. Quinton and
all or nearly ALL his party were killed Mr.
Ouinton as Chief Commissioner of Assam was
great official. and among those who perished with
him are Mr.. GrimwOod, the Resident of Manlpur
and Colonel Skeene, who commanded the Ooor-
lxbas The death of such men is a blow TO British
prestige which can only be recovered by striking
a heavier blow in return The leader of the
Manipur forces, who was also the leader OF this
revolt against British protection. has Obligingly
given his enemies the occasion they wanted, and
marched 10 Thobal q wretched mud fort some
twenty miles from the capital, thinking TO capture
a place weakly defended by eighty Sepoys There
happened however to be at the head OF this
weak force strong nan, one Lieutenant Grant,
He neither retreated nor surrendered TO an army
forty times more numerous than his own 1T
seemed 10 Lieutenant Grant better course TO
resist these 5000 Manipuris He did so; beat
them killed their leader and other high officers
drove them from before the fort. and has written
his own name large ia the annals Of Indian war
fare Reiniorcemcnts have since arrived. Others
more numerous hurrying feiward, and the
only question the Engllsh nave 10 ueclue - VIM"
of several possible forms retribution may take.
They may annex Manipur. or put their own man
on a nominal throne.
After long delay, made longer by the Queens
absence from the Kingdom, the Royal Commission
on Labor has at last been appointed. This Com
mission is the official recognition of the existence
and Importance of the struggle between labor and
capital and the attempt Of labor TO control capital
now in progress 1t is officially defined as
commission to inquire into questions affecting
the relations between employer and employed,
the combinations of employers and OF employed
and the conditions of labor which have been
raised during recent trade disputes in the united