The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-04
Canal Bribery and Cabinet Uphesvsl in Franca
Thefts and Riots in Spain, and the German
Czech Row in Austria and Hungary.
Prince Karls Passion for Pretty Dancer
Caprivis Army Bill-ArchbishOp Ireland
Again Booked for Red Hat
SENSATIONS OF A WEEK.

France, Spain ana Austria I'm the Throes %
Unusual Excitement
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LONDON, Dec. S-Thls has been q week
of such excitement as Europe has not ex-
perienced before since the days immedi.
ately preceding the Franco Prussian war.
Every continental power except Russis
has seen its statesmen in defe or confu.
sion. Falling and fallen Cab in east
ern Europe. two ministries In sral Eu-
rope fighting for political existence and
the growing conflict between church and
state people in southern Europe make an
historical spectacle that is interesting
France, as usual. has the lions share OF
sensation, albeit nobody believes that the
story of the Panama canal steal has been
half told. NJ. Rossignol, for instance, who
testified to the squandered 2O0, ,OO0, 900 or
go. 600 francs in buying editors and
deputies and other classes of boomers. is
acknowledged TO have described only the
brighter eide OF the cloud. He assumed
that the 6OO.OOO,0O0 francs sent to the 18th.
mus up to 1sSs was spent honestly. The
fact is an open secret among Paris en-
sineers that every man in charge
of the canal work retired very
rich. An English engineer who re-
turned to London from Paris last nighs
told your correspondent that at the En-
gineers' CLUB in Paris. on Wednesday, he
saw an estimate prepared by men familiar
with the canal work. The estimate was
that the work already accomplished could
have been done for 200.0o0.Oo0 francs. ana
could not possibly have cost more than
$50. 100000 no matter what methods were
adopted. The remaining 275. 000.000 or 5OO-
100000 must have gone into the pockets Of
corrupt administrators As regards the
corruption of deputies, too. the half has
not been told. Although hardly bakers
dozen have been implicated so far, there is
no doubt that the number of guilty ones is
as high as fifty; some even say one hum
dred.
For q second-rate state. Spain is but q
little behind France in the dimensions OF
her public scandal Alcalde Bosch. OF
Madrid. the ward of the tottering Ministry.
and his municipal colleagues appear to
have taken every thing they could lay their
hands on. Had there been more time they
would undoubtedly taken more. The In
vestigation of their conduct has revealed,
as nearly as can be ascertained, that Bosch
expense. The city councillors. with his as
sistance, have acquired IN various ways
from 20. 600 TO 10000 each. How they did
this is shown by the item of 10000 francs
penses while seeing the Huelva fetes- The
newspapers have raised such hubbub
about the syndicate that their reporters are
now excluded from the council meetings
The Cabinet under whose immediate super
vision the alcalde stands has been too SUI
pine to move finger toward adequately
Furnishing the rascals who still contiDue
to plunder the people. The taxes at the
city limits are collected or omitted Accord-
ing to scandalous system of bribe-
ers ana market women ara
plucked TO the laet extreme. while the
well-to-do are let III free after paying small
bri5es, which 60 into the pockets of the
officials. In this way two-thirds OF the
octrni taxes sometimes are misappropriated
IN q month. The Ministry tried TO escape
the indignation Of the people by dropping
the Minister of the Interior. the immedIats
superior of the city government but tho
ruse was too transparent The people have
already rioted in the streets to show their
hatred of the present governments and un-
less Canovas del Castillo and his Cabinet
retire within few days there may be
more serious trouble.
The bitterness of the Austrian Cabinet
crisis Is due to the everlasting hatred ex-
listing between Czecbs aud Germans in En-
peror Franz Josefs domInIons. Count
raafe, WHO has been coquettiDg with the
united German party for some time. has
suddenly swung over TO the Czecbs. and
this. too, at a time when the Germans were
elated by the accession Of the Liberal pr.
Weckerle to the premiership OF Hungary.
The vote against Count Taafe showed thai
the Germans can make q majority against
the government Under these circum-
stances the fall of Count Taefe can only
he but a matter of a few days. The excite
ment In the Austrian Chambers surpssses
any thing seen lately IN q dignited legis-
lative body. On Tuesday. when Dr. Plener
announced that the Germans had gone over
to the incorporating opposition. young
Czech sprang at him. crying: go. then,
you dirty tramps Dirty tramps you are"
Before the uproer was over four duels had
been contracted, and more are TO come.
During the scenes of bitterness and dis
grace IN other countries John Bull has sat
back in lazy complacency. thanking heaven
that he is not as other people are-hot-
heads. Anarchists bribe-takers and BIZ
metallists. The only continental matter in
which he has finger has been the brussels
silver conference. and. as in England this
gathering Is regarded as predestined TO fall
ure. the interest in it has been mostly
academic.