Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-09
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against the TranSvaal government, II IS out
spoken in It's criticism Of those who brought
about such a serious political situation. 1t is
a matter oc history that a South African
federation has been the dream OF this am
bilious commoner, and to its accomplishment
he has devoted the most untiring energy
1t must be said that he has wreSted SCUM
Africa from savagery and developed lts
vast resources. but that does not chanee
the complexion of his attack upon the IN
tegr!ty OF a peaceful and a friendly state,
and FOR this uncalled-for act he ought TO
pay the penalty. As for MIR. Chamberlain
who IS a East master in the art OF saying
nothing and of saying it well, he is simply
fulfill ng the predictions that were made
when he entered the Salisbury cabinet. lie
is always trying to do too much and always
with a view to the exploitation of Mr.. Cham
berlain. How he will extrlcate himself and
the government from their present position
1t would be hard to predict and the outlook
certainly is gloomy for the conservative adj
m!nistration.
OF Muzafter ed-Din, the new shah. 1t is
safe to predict that he has a hard and
weedy row to hoe, but whether a long or a
short one the local assassin will have a
share in determining. That minister of des-
tiny is nowhere unknown, haunting the
steps c. rulers in all lands and ages, but
Persia has had an unusually liberal share
of his kind since the days of the Old Man
of the Mountains, and before, reaching back
to Mundane and Tomyris, and remoter ep-
onymes of Danadu and Gabbaru, and very
likely beyond Noah's flood, which for once
washed the land clean of them. A dull
presaging movement rocks the whole world
of Islam through all its mosques and courts,
and it is more than likely that a season
of unusual peril and agitation awaits all It's
/ rulers and people. The sultan has had a
little foretaste of it, and the ingredients OF
the same chalice NAV be commended to the
lips of the new ruler, which are oVershau-
owed by as defiant and peremptory a pair
of mustachios as those of his predecessor,
giving token of virility and courage, OF
which he is sure to have abundant need.
There Is no prospect that he Will keep the
empire together as long as his robust but
eccentric father did, but its dissolution would
be the best thing that could happen to 1t II
it came under the same administration that
has effected such striking improvements IN
the provinces OF Samarkand, Bokhara and
Khiva. on it's eastern frontier. That Is its
apparent destiny, sooner or later
If the car should, as reported, celebrate
his coronation by proclaiming religious
liberty throughout Russia, he will accom-
plish a work as grand as the freeing of the
serfs, though, perhaps, not as far-reaching,
since its benefits will be felt principally
by q Single CldSS-lne jews. 10 ny
probable, however, that the report is true.
Such an act would be a violation of office
and would be almost like a remuneration OF
religion on the part of the car himself
something that is not to be expected in view
of his record. 1t must be remembered that
the czar is not only the temporal ruler
of Russia, he is it's spiritual ruler also. he
is the head Of the Greek church, and, as
such, is bound to maintain its integrity in
his dominions and to discourage anything
tending to weaken it's authority. For this
reason, If no other, he is not likely to do
anything so destructive of the church's
exclusive authority as this. Besides, his
record is one of persistent hostility to and
persecution of the Jews, so that it is best
to await some more authoritative announce
ment before believing in this sudden out
burst of liberality.
The triumph of the Hungarian c~onstitu-
ton came slowly, but surely. 1t was re-
peatedly disregarded until, at the end of the
armed struggle of 1S49, it was actually
decreed forfeited by the nation. But this
decree was repealed in 1860, and on June 8,
1876, as already noted, the Hapsburglan Franz
Josef took the oath to the constitution along
with the crown Of Hungary. Since then
the provinces of the Austro-Hungarian mon
archy have been united as two states politi-
cally under the same dynasty; but otherwise
each possesses its own constitution, and is a
IlIIlleu monarchy. army aHalrS are kept
divided. AS for the ministry common to
both countries, these ministers are respon-
sible to a delegation composed equally of
representatives from the legislative bodies
of both provinces, and meeting alternately
at Vienna and at Budapest. Hungary's own
Upper and Lower Houses are known as the
Magnatentafel and the Repraesentantentafel.
The magnates comprise the hereditary peers
of Hungary, the Catholic and Greek ecclesi-
astical dignitaries, the life peers and the
n-phlrIynn TlA -4NnI@ 80 II. -.f..
the representatives, however, and these pub
lie legislators are elected by the votes of all
the males over 20 years of age, who pay
either a direct or an income tax.
Berlin still retains many relics of it's vii
lage life before the great %elector, Frederick
William, planted its distinctive rows Of lime
trees which have given its principle avenue
the title of Inter den Linden. Not, how
ever, until the time OF Frederick the Great,
who anticipated her future advancement, did
Berlin begin to develop conspicuously; AMI
from 1910 to 1875 her population increased
from 331 ,S94 to 966, S5S. Her growth in the
past quarter of a century has not been quite
so phenomenal; but 1t has been notable, and
with her many-bridged and canal-like Spree
and her vast network OF ALWAYS she has
developed wonderfully in The
variety AMI Importance of her manufactured
products are scarcely appreciated by Amer
leans, although the Berlin jewelry" fancy
ironwork), and 'Prusslan blue" are familiar
terms. But as much as Berlin has pros
pered in the past quarter of a century, she
Is destined to expand more astonishingly be-
fore the dawn of her golden jubilee as the
Imperial City of Germany.
The Lueger-Lichtenstein movement Is the
last desperate attempt of the reactionary
and privileged classes il Austria to check
the rising tide of liberalism. They fought
against that tide in Hungary, but in vain.
Despite their utmost efforts, the whole
scheme of liberal legislation in that kingdom
has been adopted. Now, their last hope
Is to keep 1t from extending across the
Leith, and to that end they have shown their
willingness even to foment dissenslon be-
tween the two member Of the dual empire
and to provoke another ro-Hungarian
war. In such evil designs they are doomed
to defeat. They are, indeed, already de-
feated. The emperor is against them. The
government Is against them. The mass
of the Austrian people is against them. They
may cause some further annoyance and de-
lay, but they cannot prevent the establish
ment In Austria of the liberal institutions
which Hungary now enjoys, and which sooner
or later must be the possession of every civ
iliZed people In the world,