Omaha daily bee., 1892-04-02
OTHER LiyDs rHay OURS.


north of the Tweed, which is interesting not
only in itself, but considered as Offering sug-
gestons toward on ultimate solution for Ire
land. We do not regard this project as wholly
acceptable solution of the Irish home rulo
question, but 1t has the merit of facing
squurely two of the difficulties, namely, the
relation of the Irish members retained at
Westminster to the local business of the rest
OF the kingdom, and the designation Of an en-
pire in case of conflict between the imperial
Parliament aud the Dublin legislature The
plan OF the Scottish home rulers is that the
members now sent from Scotland to the Par
Lament at Westminster shall, during the re-
cesses of that body, constitute local
/ legislature at EdinOurg for tho trans
action OF all business expressly delegated
to it by statute. While legislation upon
purely scottish affairs will be intrusted
to this assembly, the corresponding adminis-
| tration will be conducted by the secretary OF
state for Scotland, assisted by such other
officers rs Scotchmen themselves shall deem
desirable. 1t is taken for granted that the
control over their own affairs, conceded to
Scotchmen, will be exercised in similar
way by Englishmen and Welshmcn as we'll
| as by Irishmen. That is to say, all tho
| English members of the imperial Parliament
would, when that body Is not in session, meet
separately rs local Legislature for the trans
action of English affairs. Like functions
would oe performed by tho Welsh members
| for Wales and by the Irish members for
| ireland. There would remain for the i'm
| perial Parliament, In which the four parts of
the United Kingdom would continue to be
! represented as they are now, only such
| powers as were not explicitly parcelled out
| hot al lnt
| The czar's efforts to bring all his subjects
within the pale of the Holy Greek church
have borne hard upon the Jews, the Roman
| Catholics, the Lutnerans, the Old Believers,
the Stundists, and the auhcrents of several
| other religious. There has not, however,
| been any revolt against his orders which, 1t
! may be said, have not made it imperative
| uDon nonconformists to change their faith
| but have merely subjected them to certain
| disabilities. confined some of them within
| defined regions of country, and made it ad
| vantageous for all of them to Join the ortho-
! doX church Tho Roman Catholics, Old Be
| ievers and others have offered merely
| passive resistance to his policy, remained
| attached TO their creeds, and endured peace
| fully the disadvantages of doing so. The
| Jews, or perhaps as many as one-third of
them, have fled from Russia and tho others
are desirous OF getting away. Had they at
! tempted to resist the czar's power they
| would have been crus he'd
| The first account we have had OF any war
| like revolt against the czar's religious policy
| comes from paper printed in the Galician
| city of Lemberg, near the Russian frontier
| Curious to say, it is the Buddhists under the
czar who have risen in arms the Buddhsts
| of southeastern Siberia According to the
| Lemberg report, these pagans, who inhabit the
region near Lake Baika, have determined
| that they will not be forcibly converted to
| Greek Christianity, have driven away the
| orthodox missionaries, have attacked the
| czar's forces, have compelled his function
| arles to take refuge in the fortress of Tiumen
| and have raised alarm as far east as Tomsk
| and Tobolsk. 1t Is lively revolt. The bold
Buddhists will, of course be subiugated, for
| there arc less than 1000, 900 of them, includ-
| ing 5000 priests, in Russia; but it Is proba-
| BILE that even after their subjugation, they
will make rather poor specimens of the holy
| orthodox.
The revolution that has taken place in the
international policy of Prussia is due pri-
mary to the stand taken by all sections Of
| the liberal party against the proposed
scheme of education, but largely also to the
| fact that tie Prussian conservatives, who
are themselves Protestants, sympathize at
heart with the feeling of the liberals on this
| subject. There is more intiexibe con
| servatlve, for instance, than Count Eulen-
| burg--he was too conservative to suit Bis
| narck-and yet in this matter of the school
bill he did not hes itate to tell his master
that the liberals were right, and that there
was no room for compromise or for anything
short of absolute surrender to their demands.
| BY this move ne has probably saved the
| Prusslan conservatives from disastrous
losses at the next election for the Landtag,
though he cannot wholly check the tide of
| popular confidence now setting toward the
reunited liberals. II the latter, inded, re-
main united, il is possible that thoy may re-
| gain their former position OF preponderauce
| over conservatives and c!ericals combined.
| 1t is we'll known that many seats in the
| Rechstag, now occupied by Catholics, wero
| carried owing to the fact that the Ii beral vote
was divided between progressist anu ma
tonal-lioeral candidates.
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The spirit and tendency of the ago has
been too strong for the young kaiser. His
aim and effort to draw all threads of nflu-
| enCe III 10 MS OWN uiluS clllIS ny tuc ptcSSutc
of events into division between the imper-
ial and Prussan ministries which cannot
fail to weaken the autocraric powers OF the
crown. All opposition in the Prussian Land
tag was overshadowed by the presence, as
tho head of the Prussian ministry, Of the
man who was also chancellor of the empire
and guiding the destinies of Europe. In
the Reohstag the chancellor has spoken with
the practical power which necessarily at
taches to the admins tratlve head of the
splendid and powerful civil organization
which makes tho Prussian administration
| the best in the world. The kaiser in addi-
ton, has gained by having single repre-
sentative TO execute his will aud policy in both
bodies. The division of function now begun
inevitably establishes conditions under which
the kaiser viii approach more and more to
The position OF constitutional sovereign.
This will not be Intentional, out it will DO
none the less inevitable.
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The reappolntment of Admiral Beranger as
minister OF marine in Spain is said to fore
| shadow change of poicy in that deplrt-