, 1892-09-21
resignation Of NJ. Pashitch and his Ministry

ISSAS0@tAO6 VI ~F S
According to the Neue Freie Presse, of vi
emma, five kilogrammes of dynamite have
been discovered in the Custom House at Salo-
MICA, in a double bottomod chest. This
chest u Russian, travelling with q French
passport, was anxious TO send to Nish riG
Belgrade. The Vienna c0respondent OF the
Standard considers that in this circumstance
is to be found another clue to NJ. Stambu-
loft journey to Constantinople. and the al
most ROYAL honours shown to him by the
Sultan" NJ. Stambuloff. it is suggested heard
of the plot against the Sultau's life, and has
tened to communicate it; and it was thus
not by any accident, but by means Of direct
communication from Constantinople, that the
Customs officials at Sdonice discovered the
dynamite. Whether this inference Is likely
to be true or false, it IS diiicu.t to say. 1t
is clear, however, that all the signs point to
a period of trouble ia the Balkans.
The news from Tangier is still i%nconclu-
sive, though it seems probable that ne An5e-
ra revolt vii, be brought to an end without
further fgnting. An odd incident has been
the Intervention OF the Shereef of WAGON, -
a Moorish dign;tary now under French pro-
lection. whose position may be compared to
LudLtO1 VIC hC4CNtttnLf A0IN' 1850
till he got himself naturalised as a French
mans subject Of the Sultan; but q subject
somewhat in the sense III which the PrInos-
Bishops of Germany were subjects Of the EN-
pire. On Moplav, Reuters correspondent at
Tangier te egraphed that the Shereef had sent
a~letter to the insurgents advising them to
submit to the Sultan's authority, either by
surrendering themselves or their leader Ham
nam. This caused, it ls said, a Disagree
ment among the Angerite forces, many OF the
chiefs desiring to follow the advice thus CIV
enthem; and negotiations are now going on with
a view to the settlement Of the grievances OF
Hammam and his followers. Is will probab-
" not be rash to attribute the Shereets In
tervention to French influence.
Antwerp has this week been the scene OF
one of those gorgeo us anniversary commsmo-
rations in which the cities Of the Continent
take such delight. In order TO celebrate its
Jubilee. tke Antwe p Archaeological Society
has resuscita.ed the procession which took
place during the sixteenth century, when the
Rhetorical Societies Of the oity competed
among each other for the production Of the
best drama, the finest poem, or the most i've
ly burleSque. No expense was spared TO pro-
duce the most exact limitations OF the ancient
costumes, ana many OF Tue HltulDot0 u ZIG
Antwerp ariNtocracy who took part in the
f6te Of Sunday wore the actual swords Of their
ancestors, and adorned their robes with real
precious stones after the manner Of the
wealthy merchants Of the Low Countries.
The result was a dazzling pageant, andthe Po-
"pulation of Antwerp was, says the Times cor
respondent, quadrupled for the time, strang-
ers pouring in from every quarter. The cost
was enormous; one of the many clubs and 80
oieties that took part in the proceedings alone
spending $4,000 on preparations. 1t Is char
actsristic of the age we live in that two Con-
crosses, one occupied with economics and the
other with criminal .anthropoiogy, were sit
ting in Antwerp curing the f6te. Just now
the only vital forms of amusement in The
Continent seem to be Congresses and histori-
cal PROFESSIONS. No doubt these are prais-
worthy, but surely they tend TO weariness'
We cannot help Dympathising with those who
prefer a cricket match or q boat race.
The Labour troubles in A merica grow
worse instead of better. During the past
week there have been outbreaks both among
the miners of the Southern, and the railway
pointsmen of the Eastern States. The State