New-York tribune., 1893-12-31
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
A LCLL IN POLITICS.
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANARCHl03
STILL VIGOROUSLY wA0ED.

CILs-rHE NAvY-THE rNEMPLOYED-PRiNcD
ALFREDs ALLOWANCE - Mr. GLAD.
STONES BIRTHDAY-PRoFEssoR
HrXLEY's SKETCH or
TYNDALL.
lsY CABLE TO rus TRiuryE,
Copyright, 1898 Nv rae Tyibsms Asssstsnsa
London. Dec. 30.-AH over Europe there u thu
week a truce of Christmas II not Of Christ
There Ii a cessation everywhere but In EnsianA
~ parliamentary strife. There II . suspensioo
by tacit consent Of such political hostilities -
not imperative. Even the newspapers ~.
fra!n from much controversy. and what there y
IL languid. The topics which come to the front
almost everywhere Of second rate importance
or less than second-rate.
Even the Anarchists are comparatively quiet,
perhaps because the police not quiet. Yet
not a day passes without telegram from some.
whore on the Continent. concerning the proceed.
ings Of these gentlemen. Of trials in which they
are the accused. There is this also to be noted.
that the Continental police. whether In FrancA
Spain. Italy. or even Switzerland with its pas.
sion for asylums are acting with more prompt.
tude than ever. The Anarchists have long been
regar..ei enemies of society. They are now
beginning to find out what II Is to he treated -
such. Even In England II Is perceived that they
hiring sham. on the doctrine of free speech ana
the unrestricted right Of public meeting. and
Trafalgar Square itself Is closed to them. Mr.
Asquith answers questions where they are con-
,erned In tone different from that he has hith.
er,o employed. England. like Switzerland. Be.
gins 10 see that an unlimited protection to assas.
sins has It's inconven.ences. Their legal right -
asylum will probably no: be interfered WITH an.
less they give fresh occasion for legislation: but
| the practical immunites they have enjoyed Win
| hc curtailed.
| The disturbances In Sicily are. at bottom more
! SociaIIstic than Anarchist. and more Agrartaa
| than Sociastic. 1t Is. however. admitted that
| II is Anarchist and Socialist agitators who have
| put the match to the powder. The peasants who
til tn. great Sicilian estates are hard.worked
| and i!l-paid They have long been dscontented.
| and lately began rioting The grievance which
served as a pretext for the attack on Valguas.
| ncra was not. however. agrarian but municipal
| They rose against the octro. burnt the octroe
| Office. town hail. and other public buildngs.
| opened the prisons. and plundered shops. The
troops suppressed them but the causes OF such
| outbreaks cannot be suppressed by troops.
| There have been Anarchist attempts at out.
| rage I'm Austria. in SPAIN and In Paris: none
very serious The spanish and French authors-
| ties are pursuing the Anarchists literally into
their holes. and. especially In Spain. have made
interesting dis 'overtes: OF them. an Anarchist
| laboratory In 4 cave. with q full assortment a
bombs There are signs in Paris Of psnic stm1r
| lar to that which arose IN Rsvachol's ttmA
| Magistrates are threatened: the public execu'
| TONER H. threatened. and has resigned.
! In Pragu~ there has been what Is called
| political murder which Is just as political as the
| dynamite Outragrs
Spain has finished Of her little war with the
RMS the Sultan of Morocco having concede0
wha' was asked 81 him with prcmptncss which
makes tho spanish expedition of ?5.ooo men under
4 marshal ~ Spain. and the appeal - the public
20 finance this army. both look rather foolish.
! England's lates; difficulties In Egypt have
come IN speedy and happy end The L~gis-
| iativc Council a; Cairo. which issued sort OF
bull against the English army ~ occupation. mas
| discovered that Council ia not Pope. ana an
army not comet. RIaz Parha himself. partisan
"A no il II an older order ~ things. has had to
ST on his foolish Council. and 'as you were" -
tn" order of the day on the Nile.
| t:aual,y fortunate has England been In the
| gra,cr troubles 81 South Africa The Msta'
| belle war IL at an end says Mr.. Rhodes CAP
| tain Wilson's fate. however. u st!li douostuj;
and Major Forbess retreat hotiy pursued by
| the suhjugat,i savaHcs all the way to Inyau
| slightly clou.i..i tn" splcndor Of this triumph.
|
WAS known A week agc-taa, IT, nothing at all.
! I.ut week ago ne was believed to he still pur.
suing I.obenguia Now ne is beeved to have
met with disaster These apprehersions appear
| To- bc largely due to the cx,gcncics OF evening
! journalism during "A dull week In London.
! Tho Uganda question once more attrncts at
tcntion Sir Gerald Portals report to the Gov.
-rnnlcnt has been sent in but Is held back.
| Ministers saying that other Interests beside
| English are concerned and that they must have
time to consider the whole subject before laying
! the papers on the table Captain IuSard is OUT
for a rro,cctorate ami to that II Is likely enough
t., come at LAST, Money questions are mixed
! with cal questions. and the future Of the
! East African Company. as well ~ the future oS
| Uganda Is at issue.
| TIL. IIous. IL Commons resumed IL sttingo
| on Wednesday in no amab!e mood. Members
resented being brought back after Christmas
! vacation of but three days. They expresses
their irritation in the form Of nfty-seven quss'
ti,rs to Ministers. questions are not usually
| pu, on Wednesdays. but neither Is 1t usual 70
! ask the House t. meet after 50 brief an inter-
| val nor ON a Wednesday. The afternoon was
wasted No progress WAS made with Pariao
! Councils or anything else. Thursday was lit.
tie better and yesterday there sprans up sud-
denly a spirit Of concession. or OF compromise
which may result In abridging what threatened
| 70 be an interminabie session
The conpron,i.c now talked Of turns nomin-
| ally on points touching the administration oe
the Poor law. The Opposition ask that Boards
nf Guardians may co-optate two me mbers b.
side the chairman and vice-chairman. The
Radicals resist this demard. Such are the mighty
issues on which legislation turns. ard for which
the naval defence Of the Empire has to wait.
The Radicals however. are as eager for the
guillotine as they are hostile to all but elected
guardians OF the poor. Neither Mr.. Gladstone
nor the better members OF his Cabinet wish 70
apply Guiliotine and gag to such measure -
the Parish Councils BILL They will give way
about the Guardians II the Opposition will agree
to read the bill Che third time not later than