The morning call., 1892-01-04
PACIFIC OMENS.
Significant Manifestations Of European
Rulers.

cablegram to the Tribune from London
says: The new year opens with pacific
prospects and pacific speeches. 1t is graft
flying that one of the most pacific should
come from the President of the French Re-
public. Nobody Is more cautious than Car
not He speaks, however, after cOnsulta-
ton with his Ministers, and in generaities
with somewhat an OMNIBUS reservation in
favor OF the rights and traditions OF france.
They might have been taken for granted,
but the bOuleYards will never take anything
for granted Carnot's civiities to the Papal
NunciO were marked and remarked, and it
is supposed denote a desire for such an UNI
Outstanding between the Pope ard the
President as may battle both the clerical
bigOts and political fanatics.
RECEPTIONS BY ROYALTIES.
The King of Italy said word or two at
Rome and bestowed his blessing on the new
commercial treaties In every capital the
customary receptions OF the diplomatic
body passed off Handsomely, and with no
untoWard incident. That In Berlin was the
most rem arkable of all. The German En-
peror made no speech. This fact is affirmed
in most positive terms by all the dispatches.
He said something to each Embas sRdOr or
Minister who presented himself, but care
fully avoided political illusions. That also
Is good omen.
EFFECT OF THE COMMERCIAL TREATIES.
The freP-trading critics in America. as
well as IN England, seem puzzled TO under
stand In what sense the new commercial
treaties between Germany. Austria AMI
Italy are prOtectOnist. This difficulty is
the same as that which has clouded the
minds Of the English doctrinare for fifty
years. He deals with free trade aud pro-
lection as ii they were each an expression,
an abstract doctrine, and OF purely economy
policy. The prUtectlOniSt, whether Ameri-
can or German, has dealt with them as be-
longing in the fullest meaning of the phrase
TO the domain Of political economy.
THE REDUCTION OF DUTIES.
If the free-trader in New York will grasp
that distinction, he need have no further
difficulty. OF course, IL is true, as every
body, even the free-traders know that the
new treaties reduce certain duties, as be-
tween countries who are parties to them.
So did the Mckinley tariff reduce and ab0l-
ish many duties. yet | never heard anybody
describe tue Mckinley tariff as free trade
measure. The object OF the reduction IF
duty on these new European treaties is
primarily political.
STRENGTHENING THE ALLIANCE.
The treaties of commerce are develop
ment from the Triple Alliance. They are
meant to strengthen it. They are. As
against France, protecti0nist, and more
prOteetOnist than ever AS between the
great powers bound together in a great
league Of peace certain restrictions are
removed. Germany, Austria and Italy
have become, for certain purposes. kind
OF United States of EurOIe. They open
their frontiers to each other. not as States
of the American Union do and must under
the American Constitution, but to greater
extent than before. They impeTii possibly
enough OF certain in terests in each country,
but they look as we look in America to the
general welfare of the community. The
German farmer may suffer as the New York
iphhar GuffpYG hn GPis him spIf nm
able to flood the American markets with
British products to the profit of his own
pocket and the British manufacturer, but
the country in each case gains.
EXODUS OF RUSSIAN JEWS
The question of the emigration OF Rus
sian Jews to the United States pi Omises to
be a very formidable one next spring The
most Systematic efforts are being made in
this country to divert the whole stream of
this emigration from England 10 America. 1t
is with that view, or for that purpose, that
such large sums of money have been raised
here, and to that end that the money is be-
ing used. Not less than $4,000 has been
turned over already by the English CON-
mittee to the Berlin committee, to be
applied by the latter to the payment,
in whole or in part of the
passage money of the destitute Russian
Jews who will be dispatched next spring
from Bremen and Hamburg to New York.
The number of these emigrants is estl-
mated to be at least 10000. A further sum
of $4,000 is promised If warrted. Not less
than $1,000 Jews found their way last year
to America. mainly from these two ports.
Many Of them had money, and many of
those who had money were, says high
authority, the least desirable parties They
could not be excluded because they were
not pauperS. and they are not the stuff
which makes good lab0rers or good citizens.
NOT DESIRED IN ENGLAND.
SO it will be next year. The Berlin CON-
mittee will do It's best to secure admission
for these exles, simply because they have
hardly any other place open to them. The
Argentine is not ready. Baron Hirsch's
scheme Is a large one, and is not likely to
be in working order for two years. Both
Baron Hirsch and Lord Rothschild are
agreed in the policy OF excluding them from
England. Rothsehid. whose efforts in be-
half Of his cO-religlonists are unremitting,
did his best from the first to keep them out
of England, where the labor market is over
stocked. He is acting equally in the inter-
est of his country and Of his race.
AMERICA THE MECCA.
They all look to America as the one spot
where these victims OF Russian barbarity
have for the present chance for fresh
start In life. 1t only remains for us to look
out for ourselves. Next spring will uu-
doubleday be the critical period. The famine
in Russia is expected then to reach its crisis
The expulsion of the Jews from Moscow
anu elsewhere will be- actively carried on
during the winter. Neither humaaity-a
word unknown in Russian bureaucracy
nor policy, nor the opinion of the civilized
world, Is of any avail TO soften the rig0r of
the Russian officials and Russian hatred of
race which is their superior in civic
capacity and too loyal to renounee its reIig-
ion in obedience TO the savage interference
OF the Greek faith.
The rudder Of the French ironclad Bren-