Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-30
OTHER LANDS THIN OURS.

In the next House of Commons the Irish
members, for the second time since MIR. Par
nell first took up home rule and pressed it
upon the attention of parliament with inlex-
ible purpose, have the balance of power. In
the parliament elected in 1856 they would
have had Mr.. Gladstone at their mercy if he
had no. adopted their cause. In the present
parliament their power is even greater than
1t was then, but unfortunately Mr.. Parnell
is not living to lead and to unite them. BY
wise, sagacious and moderate action they
can secure the speedy passage of homo rule
bill through the Commons. AS MIR. Gladstone
was enabled to secure the support of Mr..
Parnell and the Irish nationalists in 1885,
when he produced his great measure, 1t
ought not to be impractcaole to obtain their
approval and cooperation second time
Mr. ParnelPs example and their own action
six years ago commit them to MIR. Glad
stones general scheme. The great COM
moner has been the most loyal friend the
island ever had in England. Who will say
that the Irish are without gratitude, and
that they will deliberately abandon the
champion who has made their cause his ownl
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A new political party has made Its appear
ance in France, which may be described as
conservative republican. 1t aims at pre-
serving those elements Of political life that
the republic has already gained and which
radicalism is showing disposition to uproot.
1t marks nothing less than the gathering
tide of u reaction, not, as in former years, by
the monarchists against republicauism but
by partisans of the latter against radicalism
of too advanced type. Its object Is not to
overturn the present regime, but to main
tain it, and to defend it against those
who are striving to substitute in its
stead democratic institutions Of a more
sociallstic character. Several things
have contributed to the formation of
this new political party, which seems
destined to play henceforth an important,
and even predominant, role in the affairs OF
France and recent published letters
from Paris throw considerable light
upon thesubject. They draw attention to
the fact that the regard and esteem which
President Carnot and several of his minis
tiers, notably M. Ribot of the department of
foreign affairs have succeeded in acquiring
among all classes Of the people have ended
by breaking down the barriers which for so
many years past separated the aris tocracy
of the country from the official world. For
the first time during the present year social
intercourse has been established betw cen
the right bank OF the Seine and the left, and
the Faubourg St Germain mas now paid its
court to the republican executive at The Ely
see.
A st. Petersburg CORES pondent of a Lon
don paper draws most gloomy picture of
the outlook in Russia, which he declares to
be much worse than it was at this time in
1891. He says that last year there was no
mention OF failure of crops till June and at
the worst period only seventeen provinces
were Officially declared to be suffering from
famine whereas in May this year eleven
provinces were declared to have either
totally bad or very deficient prospects, in
Guiding several Of the same provinces Which
had suffered already, and which are conse-
quently in a most serious position. The
government stores, he remarks, were ex-
hausted long ago. and the grain in the hands
of spectators will be held a. almost prohibi-
itory prices. There must also be
taken into account the ravages Of
the sussliks (whistlIng rats) and locusts,
but the most threatening feature
of all is to be found in the financial and ply
sical condition OF the agricultural classes,
which are now indebted to an extent equiva-
lent to mortgage on themselves and their
labor for at least five, if not ten, years to
! come. A good harvest IN some provinces
will DO little to help or encourage the popu.
lation in those districts where 1t is failing
for a second time, and, judging from present
figures, the harvest of the present year will
be only an average one. In conclusion ne
directs attention especially to the fact that
the government last year spent nearly three
hundred millions, and will be compelled this
year TO continue spending in as dozen pro-