New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-30

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II Is probable that Guatemala will not go to
war with Mexico. This is bad news for secre-
tary Gresham.
The Salvation Army has tried. convicted and
sentenced the devil to a thousand years In chains.
but we warn our friends that Satan is mighty
slippery fellow. He is hard one to catch, and
may not wear those chains for a thousand years.
It Is a polite move on the part OF President
Faure to inaugurate his tenure Of office by grant
ing a decree OF amnesty to Henri Rochefort ard
Count Dillon. There Is no country in the world
where compulsory expatriation is regarded as 80
great a hardship as France and exlles. no matter
what their offences may have been. always COM
mand a considerable amount Of sympathy on the
part OF their countrymen Were the French Gov
eminent to extend clemency to the Duke Of Or
leans and Prince Victor Napoleon. and to permit
their return to France. these two Pretenders
would TO inspire even that mild interest 70
which they can now lay claim. and the already
moribund monarchcal party In France would
ceive its deathblow
Is it going 10 cost more to collect the income
tax than will be paid 10 the Government?
Colonel Warning handled his broom yesterday
as 1t has never before been handled by the
Street Cleaning Department. II made the eyes
II New Workers. stick out to see how quickly and
how we'll the work was done.
\ mass-meetng Of exceptional Interest and
Importance will be held IN the Cooper Institute
this evening at 3 o'clock. 1t will be under the
management Of the Social Reform Club and
among the speakers will be Richard Watson
Glider the Rev Dr. W. :. Ransford. Edward
Marshall. Henry George. Professor Edwin r. A.
Sern,an. Professor Felix Adler and Ernest H.
Crosby These speakers will discuss the recent
valuable and suggestive report Of the Tenement
House Commission. The problems OF tenement
house reform in this clty are among the weigh
test and most vitai which this community fas 10
solve All public spirited citizens who can posi-
bly do 50 ought to attend the meeting tonight
and listen to the thoughtful and carefully ma
tured addresses which will be delivered there.
The Tenement House Commission did admirable
work and presented an excellent report. The
meeting tonight ought to be followed by notable
results.
The New-York milit.amen who got home just
in time to escape being out III duty In the big
snowstorm must believe that luck was on their
side after all
Our compliments 10 great sister Republic
beyond the sea Her choice Of tanner FOR
President appears to have been a happy one We
tried the same experiment here. once upon
time and had little cause 10 regret It. II the tan
ner OF Touralne serves France long and we'll
as he u Galena did this country the Republic
will be pretty we'll established
political crisis is imminent at Stockholm.
The Conservative Cabinet of NJ. Bostroem has
Just issued n decree increasing by l30 per cent
the import dues foreign breadstuffs This.
however. In no way satisfies the demands OF its
supporters throughout the country who insist
on an Increase Of 500 per cent. thereby placing
prohibitivc tariff upon importation OF corn
from abroad The sentiment throughout the
country IL distinctly in favor OF an ultra-protec-
ZIONIST policy and as the Cabinet has failed to
give satisfaction To the party that brought II
into power. its days are regarded as numbered
This must be considered as subject for regret
as far as the relations OF Sweden with Norway
are concerned. For the present Administration
has all along shown a considerable amount OK
Cancellation and OF diplomacy In its dealings with
the sister Kingdom whereas the utra-Conserva-
tiyes who will now be brought into office may
be relied upon to inaugurate far more agrees
sive and intolerant attitude
Out in Western New-York the snowdrifts are
said to be twenty feet deep. but that part OF the
country isn't 80 deeply showed under az the
Treasury Department and Secretary Carlisle
The Prussian Minister Of Finance congratulated
the Legislature the other day on the favorable
showing Of the budget for 1856 1t was, he de-
clared. the best any European State could boast.
either In or out Of Germany. And It showed
deficit OF several million dollars. which must be
met by a new loan and addition to the funded
debt Of the Kingdom. Truly. they do not seem to
be much better off there than we are here under
the present Administration.
Naundorfr the clockmaker, who pretended to
be the son Of Louis XVI. buried at Delft some
fifty years ago. having his royal claims inscribed
upon his tomb. left descendants who continue his
pretensions, and one OF them advertises for
situation OF any kind" and describes his quail
Hcatons He speaks French. Dutch. English
German and Italian. and has seen military SER
vice In Holland and Africa. The throne which
he claims Is In these days mere obsolete lumber
like those OF Aurungzebe or Char.emagne. or
Canute. Is in fact no throne at all. but a fading
memory. which even Its legitimate and acknowl-
edged inheritors have small chance OF restoring
AS to the descendant of the clockmaker all his
languages and military experience will not bring
him any nearer to II. though 1t may be hoped
that they will introduce him TO some useful means
OF livelihood. The widow OF the first Naundorff
and her children pleaded IN Paris for their birth
right in 1851 and again on appeal In 1874. having
as counsel Jules Favre who did not win the case
for them. The pretensions Of the family are