Omaha daily bee., 1895-02-02
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

anarchists, socialists or red repuDncanS, OF OF
allowing the irreconcllables a free hand, 1t
is needless to recount by what stages of
petty schism, dynastic intrigue and vulgar,
mercenary self-seeklng French political par
ties have been reduced to their present state
Of impotence. That patriotism and states
manship have gone out Of them as wholly as
courage, dsinterestedness and sincerity seems
as plain as that noisy, truculent and Vio-
lent minority is about to control the gov
ernment of France. The penalty Of entrust-
ing all that is worth saving against destruc-
tive attack to the custody of men imbued
with the lowest conception of political re-
sponsibility has been swift and serious enough
to arouse people less rent by faction to
make supreme effort to preserve the IN
tegrty Of the republic. That II will avail
much in the arena of superheated passions,
in the midst of which French cabinets rise
and fall, and where the shrieking CALCULATIONS
of Paris are wont to drown the voice Of the
people Of France, may well be doubted.
The license of the French political press In
Paris today appears to exceed all precedent
A correspondent Of London newspaper de-
clares that the invectives Of NJ. Rochefort are
tame compared with those of some of his dis
ciples. These latter, he says, mo longer take
| the trouble to be witty. They heap up such
epithets as thieves, cutthroats and bandits
with no other object apparently than to push
insult to the pitch of paroXysm. The men
| and institutions thus attacked are disarmed,
| for there are no purely repressive laws, and II
| such matters were brought into the courts in
most cases they would have to be tried before
| jury. Now, as the jury is composed OF
peaceful citizens who fulfill their mission from
a sense Of duty but without enthusiasm, who
are deluged by menacing letters, who have
their private interests, their families and their
| persons to protect, and who cannot be asked
| hprOiC chances
chief result of an honest mans calling the
matter into court is useless scandal the
loss of the case, and the risk of insult from
his opponents counsel. Thus the tone of the
journals becomes more and more extravagant
with their immunity, and public men are
obliged to bow their heads and let themselves
be slandered and dishonored without an at
tempt to check state of things which has
nowhere any parallel or precedent"
A revolution in Bulgaria has always been
among the possibilities of the day since the
two overthrows Of her first prince Alexander
Won Battenberg, and the advent of his sue
cessor, Prince Ferdinand. But it would be
more than strange If such revolution were
brought about by the concerted efforts of
those two arch enemies, Stambuloff and Zan-
kof. The latter was prosecuted by the former
and returned from his exile only after the
fall Of Premier Stambulof. On the other
hand, Zankoff advocates a pro.Russan pol
Icy while Stambuloff, during the eight years
he was in power, was an enemy of Russia.
The Bulgarian people did not like this policy,
remembering that they owed their autonomy
and independence, in 1873, to the soldiers of
the czar Prince Ferdinand was the one who
suffered the most from that condition of
affairs. He could not win the sympathies of
his subjects because Of the anti-Muscovite
policy forced upon him by his prime minister,
and he could not, Of course, get Russia to
, recognize him as a sovereign thereby allow
ing the other powers to do the same. Stam-
buloff. who, though a Russian, used his pre-
| mershp in Bulgaria against his native coun-
: try, may be prepared for one more treason
+ this time against Prince Ferdinand He was
rather ignominiously deprived of his portfolio
and was even accused Of murder and he must
/, hate the sovereign who declines to protect
I him. zankoff cannot like, either the prince
who has reverted somewhat to his former
anti-Rusoian policy, having seen that the
friendly advances made to him on the occa-
, sion of the late cars death did not reestab-
: lish Immediately the cordial relations exist
ing between Bulgaria and Russia during the
Z first months of Battenberg's reign. But Fan
= kof is an honest patriot, who would hardly
ask the assistance Of Stambuloff whenever he
= | should decide to attempt to overthrow the
= present regime at Sofia
e 1.-THE movement to unite Newfoundland will
!. the Dominion of Canada gains strength IL
4 the province, but is not regarded with 81
: | much favor in Canada. The question Il
n raised whether Canada would not pay to-
, dearly for the new acquisition, and a goot
. many Canadians seem to be answering tina
question in the affirmative. In taking New
foundland, Canada must take the debt of tha
e colony, which is about $18 000 900, and woul
e more than Offset the income which Canad
n would receive from the colony for many year
n Nov fnnn and oil
/ something in the way of an additional sub
sidy in return for the surrender of a part o
Its autonomy. Canada has been liberal will
q subsidies to the colonies it has annexed ant
much of the dominion Indebtedness has beel
incurred in that way. About all Canad
l. would gain by the union would be free ad
+ mission to Newfoundland markets. such a
they are, and somewhat larger share thai
, at present Of Newfoundland trade, and SIS,
u 10000 to 500 O,0O0 900 is pretty large pric
e to pay for these gains. The French shor
!, dispute is another serious objection to union
- Canada is not now directly involved in thi
u dispute, but would be were Newfoundland
n one of its provinces. 1t is urged, therefore
, that the admission of Newfoundland to tn
= dominion be at least postponed until tn
Il British government shall have settled thi
f dispute with France.
Il, Peter the Great was accustomed to mpos
= severe penalties upon those of his subject
u
IL to cut the long hair that until then had bee
lie fashionable in Russia Emperor William, VIII
e. much resembles this Russian monarch in hi
e, leanings toward a despotism which he In
H. tends to be beneficent appears to take
NJ Numerically opposite view with regard to tn
hirsute adornments Of the people over whol
IL he rules, for a German student of the I'm
versity Of Berlin has just been punished b
the imperial authorities by fine of twent
marks-the alternative being seven days in
prisonment-for having had his head shaved
is The student protested that he had decided
ng dispense with his hair in order to facilitat
ch the working of his BRAIN But the magi
re- trates declined to consider this plea declare
that so grave deviation from usual Gu
tom was calculated to disturb public peac
warned the barber who had done the sha
:, ing against repetition of the offence an
~ prohibited the unfortunate student from al
a. pearing any public thoroughfare unless
10 provided himself with wig or until his ha
had grown.
political crisis is imminent at Stoc
holm. The conservative cabinet of M Bo
ir eir troem has just issued decree increasing
he 1870 Der cent the impOrt dues on foreign brea