Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-22
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opportunity TO take that rest 10 come soon,
and that he anticipates leisure TO return
to his favortc studies, is none the less
significant It could not have been pleas
ant confession to make, for It admits fall
ure aud expected defeat and inability to
perform the task he took from Gladstonc's
hands, not entirely with the latter's CON
sent \ majority of less than half dozen
is shaky dependence for any ministry
and that is all that stands between the
government and defeat, which may come
with any division. 1t is well worth noting
that while the government is dronnE along
In the Commons, apparently waiting for
the inevitable, the liberal party is unusually
alert and active In the country, ANA is pre-
pairing to contest the general election with
as much vigor as ever. The odds are
against this party, but 1t is by no means
! certain that the unionist-tory alliance will
have walkover or that it will control
the Commons by an overwhelming major
ity, or be able to prevent the enactment OF
some of the reforms for which liberal work
has paved the way.
The scheme of reform now adopted for
Armenia is not as thorough as public optn-
ion would have demanded had its propun-
cnts waited until the outcome of the inves-
tigation of the enormites committed in the
SasSoun district had been officially made
known. Then the Christian people of Europe
| would have been satisfied with nothing short
| OF a system giving complete autonomy under
| a Christian governor to all those districts
| Of Asia Minor in which Armenians Consti
! tute the major part or at least large part
| of the inhabitants. To the sultan nothing
| would then have been reserved but a nom
| nal suzerainty and a definite tribute. As
| it is, guarantees. which. it may be hoped,
Will prove adequate. have been eXacted for
| the proper selection of the Walls or Turk
/ isl Nnr for pnt ttgt, ,e tl,n
suffered by the victims of savagery and
| spOliaton in Sassoun, and for the rigorous
| maintenance hereafter of the rights and
| privileges conceded to the Armenians. The
| most efficient of these guarantees may be
| looked for in the appointment of so-called
| high commission OF surveillance the
application of reforms in the provinces and
| in the creation of permanent committee OF
| control at COnstantinople.
The Austrian cabinet dssentions which
have existed for the last two years, or since
| the resignation of Premier Taafe, were
brought to climax by the Hungarian &c
clestastical bills. the still more recent anti
SemetiC agitation, and the presentation of the
new electoral law. 1t is well known that the
Austrian cabinets have always been com
posed of men belonging to different parties,
| or rather natiOnalities this composition being
forced on the government in consequence of
the different races united under the imperial
sCepter. These coalition cabinets could re-
main in power for a long time, like that of
Taaffe, which lasted twelve years. while there
| were no important questions of home politics
| in discussion. But it could not be expected
that the WindisChgraetz ministry, including
| representatives of the liberal Germans. the
| Austrian conservatives the Polish faction and
the clericals of the Hohenwart group, would
| remain united in discussions relative 10 the
acute political problems above indi
Gated. The hungarian ecclesiastical
bills have already caused the resig-
nation of Count Kalnoky, the minister of
foreign affairs. The extension of the suffrage
proposed at last by Premier WindisChgraetZ
was highly dspleasing to the liberal German
party, which understood that the new electors
would not join its ranks. The Polish and the
conservative factions dissatisfied with
the ministerial policy which had permitted
the antSemitic party to become virtually the
masters of the Vienna municipality.
Here are some of the latest figures about
London from the report of the registrar gen.
eral. The estimated population in the middle
of last year was 4,349 166. The area is 121
square miles, equal to a square Of eleven
miles to the side, within which there were no
less than 1892 miles Of roads made or sane
toned at the end of last year. On an average
fify-eight persons live on each of
ground within the boundaries, or about 81 $50
on each square mile. In different parts of the
metropolis the density of population shows
, remarkable contrasts. The parishes with the
lowest density Lewisham, Hampstead,
Wadsworth and Woolwch, all with less than
thirty persons per acre. The most densely
, populated parishes are HolbOrn, with 175
| persons to an acre; st. Saviour's, Southwark,
with lSl; St. George s-in-the- East with 16S;
ShoreditCh, with 1871, and Whitechapel, with
1886. The marriages in London during 1894
numbered 36,9O2, the proportion of persons
married being II per 1000 of the pop
ulaton, a further decline from the rates
recorded in recent years. The births regis
tered were 13O,553, equal to a proportion of
3O.1 per 900 of the estimated population,
| this being the lowest ever recorded in Lon
! don. The natural increase of the population
during last year, or the excess of births over
! deaths. amounted to SO 514 and considerably
. exceeded the estimated increase of population
during the year, which was 42,967. The
deaths registered numbered II ,039, being in
the proportion of us per 1000 persons living.
i This rate was considerably below that in any
, year record, the nearest approach being
, 1874 in 1889. During the four preceding years
owing principally to the outbreaks of innu-
enza, the London death rate did not fall below
POI per 1000.
a The Russian fleet is growing steadily The
young czar visited the dockyards of the
( Neva the other day to witness the launch o
new ironclad, the Sebastopo, and then as
+, sisted in the ceremonies of laying the keel
| Of four new war vessels, one an enormous
e cruiser of the Rurik type, to be called th
Russia. The dimensions of the new ships
will be as follows: The Russia, triple screws
length 473 feet, beam over IS feet, meal
- draught 26 feet, displacement II, 200 tons, en-
gines 1000 horse power; the Apraksin
q length over 277 feet, beam So feet, draugh
7 | II feet, displacement 4,126 tons, engines 500
horse power; the Khrabry, length over %
feet. beam Al feet, displacement l,492 tons
engines 1000 horsepower and the Vierny
length 203 feet. beam SO feet, displacement
t .2S0 tons, auxiliary steam 400 horse power
Russia, however, is likely TO take long tim
to finish and equip the battleships which sh
t is constructing and launching so rapidly
: Including the Sebastopol, there are at presen
! five uncompleted ironcads anchored in tn
o | Neva two of which were launched in 1893
Il and three four of them are receiving
e their engines from English firms Amon
y vessels on the stocks in the Neva dockyard
o are twelve new torpedo boats. and a ney
{ cruiser Of 5000 tons will be begun soon.
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