The morning call., 1891-03-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The cruiser New York, which the Cramps are
constructing In the same slip that the Baltimore
was built in is now having her protective deck
placed in position. The cruiser, Which will be
heavily armOred, Will have displacement or
Sl50 tons, with a speed OF twenty knots, the
builders receiving premium of LOCO for each
quatter-kuot in excess OF the contract require
nents. She will cost 50, 9S5. 600. Near the
New York the keel and frame OF the commerce
destroyer, Cruiser No. ~, are being put together.
This vessel will be capable OF overhauling the
great ocean greyhounds Her contract price is
81, 725 900. The keels of Batlle-shIps l and
will shortly be laid in adjoining slips. For these
magnificent vessels steel plates and castings are
arriving daily, and the ward is piled high with
carload after carload OF material The amount
required for their construction Is enormous. The
battle ships will have displacement of 1929
tons, with armOr ranging from 37S inches TO 10
inches on the tuTrets and barbettes while the
decks, over vital places. viii be six Inches thick.
The contract price Is 100000 eaeh and they
must make speed Of 16.2 knots an hour 4
premium of $4,000 being offered for each quar-
tei-Krot over the contract speed.
A number of State Legislatures, Including
those Of New York, Massachusetts aud PennSyl-
yauia, have had under discussion bills designed
to promote uniformity in State legislation. There
are many who regard the task OF getting all the
State Legislatures TO pass uniform laws
given SUBJECT DIS uopoicSS one IHe IHlSDuTp
Dispatch believes that the proper course 10 pur-
sue is 10 decide on what subjects uniformity is
needed, whether marriage. divorce, business or
corporate legislation. When that conclusion Is
reached 1t says "agitate for an amendment TO
the Constitution OF the United States, putting
the power 10 legislale III the hands of Congress"
There are, however, number of States that
would not be likely 10 consent to any proposition
OF this character.
prominent feature Of the French Army
maneuyers last fall was the fine display made
by the cavalry. In Germany this years autumn
maneuYers VIII chiefly tend TO prove The
efficiency of this branch OF the service, for which
purpose there will be more mounted troops con-
centTated on the ground than any previous
occasion. -Four cavalry divisions have received
orders to prepare for the event. aud an equal
number viii be summoned at the last moment.
The cavalry Will engage In counter maneuvers,
each division being supported by detachments
Of artillery. Among other things the efficiency
OF The lance, which was introduced into the army
with special view to combating the C0ssacKs,
is to be thoroughly tested.
Prince Karageorgeytch, the Servian Don
Carlos. whose name has figured In recent dis
patches, is now resident OF Montenegro He Is
a bold. adventurous. dlsspated Prince, with the
Oriental passion for gambling. While his wife,
Tie daughter of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro,
was alive ift lNtQ quietly al tettlDJe, Dut lie has
now resumed his profigate habits. During the
Franco 6 erman war he an officers cross of
the Legion of Honor. As he Is now The brother
in-law OF a Russian Grand Duke and IL not with
out ability as soldier, IL Is barely possible that
between Russia Servia ana Montenegro he will
yet loom up as prominent figure In Southeast
ern Europe.
SalIsbuIy's recent references to the labor
questions and the new royal commission have
it low appears, stirred up an undercurrent OF
Tory maledetiOnS. While The Conservatives are
making big efforts 10 gain the support of The
wOrkingmen in the next campaign, aud tho Min
istry With this object Ia view submitted to Par
lament factory bill in some respects socialistic
IN its propositions, the Premier In his Chamber
of Commerce speech speered at protective labor
legislation and promised that the royal CON-
mission, about which so much has been said,
would expose to The light OF day the "unwhole -
some delusions and theories cherished by the
working classes ana their leaders.
Prince Napoleon Jerome B0naparte, who is
now believed TO be at the point OF death, is won
derfuily like his uncle. the great Emperor. but
while remarkably Intelligent, eloquent and pos
sessing the Bonaparfe face. he is described as
atheislica immoral and dlsslpated traits which
long ago led TO estrangement with his WIFE, the
Princess Clotilde, sister of the King of Italy. As
The head OF the Bonapartlst house he has been
quite unpopular, while his son. Prince Victor, is
very well liked.