Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-11-07
OTHER LANDS THAN Guns.

| While the revelations made by Bismarcks
organ are certainly calculated 20 dissolve
tho Drelbund, since no successor OF Prince
Bismarck's will find II easy to supply to
Austria sufficient guarantees OF his own good
faith, It Is difficult TO see wherein 1t makes
for a Russo-German alliance. II It is evil
dence OF German affiliations TO Russia, II
Is assuredly no new evidence Russia was
! the private beneficiary OF the fraud, And
| publicity, especially the publicity OF news
paper talk" is the element which her
diplomacy from its soul abhors And. with
out regard to the rather sentimental talk
about the effect In France OF the disclosure,
what nation in Europe Of on earth is likely
| to be attracted toward an alliance with
| Germany by a knowledge OF the fact that
she has a chancellor wicked enough to make
conflicting alliances with antlgonisuc pow srs
| and foolish enough TO reveal his w!ckcancss?
| III Europe's late master is not getting into
the lean and slppered age his actions
must claim exemption from Interpretation
| by the ordinary rulee OF human conduct.
The debate In the French Chamber OF
Deputies on the Armenian question dis
closed the fact that public opinion in
! France is as fully alive to the horror of
! the situation as 1t is in Great Britain. OF
course, it may not be easy to translate opin-
! ion into action; but IL the pro- American
| agitation should spread to the continent
|
! deprived of the lame excuse that the human
| itarian movement in Great Britain against
1.-The Great Assassin" is merely cover for
| sinister British designs in the east. The
| cry that Europe cannot longer remain
passive" which has so long been going UP
| from the English people, has thus far been
| Intellectual. When II shall have been taken
up by the other nations and dnned into
| the ears of the cabinets in every European
| tongue, the most callous ministers may be
| aroused "A clean
sweep of the sultan's awful misrule.
|
The parliamentary elections in Hungary.
although not yet completed have thus far
resulted in the return of so overwhelming
a majority of liberals that the return to
power Of the party which has done so well
! by the kingdom under the leadership of DIR.
Wekere may be deemed assured beyond
| doubt. The agitation of Count Zchy for
| repeal of the civil marriage and religious
equality laws has been dismal failure,
as has also been the separatist crusade of
! the Kossuthists The outcome of the cleo
| tions assures the renewal of the compro-
MISC of 1877 with Austria. Indeed the only
| question open to discussion between the
| representatives of the two parts of the dual
empire relates TO the readjustment. on an
| equitable basis, of the proportion of the
| financial and military contribution to the
common defense to be borne by Hungary
! IN view OF ner relative increase IN wealth.
and population since the original formula
tion of the compact. Nobody but irreconcil-
! able Kossuthist Missionaries in Hungary
! thinks of separation from Austria which
would reduce the kingdom to the rank Of
! a second-cass power; and those impractical
! BILE dreamers will have only a beggarly and
| impotent representation in the new Paria
/ ment.
Signs of Carlist and republican activity
arc reported from Spain, but they probably
| indicate little except a desire to be ready
II general breakup comes Both factions
have been very loyal and patriotic all
through the Cuban trouble, vowng that
they would take no advantage of their
country's calamites to further their own
| cause, however just and sacred. But there
are symptoms that patience is giving out
| The failure of the Paris loan has been
| temporarily tided over by the coming of
| Spanish banks to the rescue. But more
money is urgently needed, as Canovas him
self declares and unless 1t is found some
| where speedily, grave situation will have
| to be faced both at home and abroad.
The Philippine revolt is proving more for
| midable than was expected, and If many
| more disasters to the Spanish arms are re-
| ported from Manila. the high spirit with
| which the Spaniaris have hitherto faced
their multiplying troubles can scarcely fail
| to be shaken
1t may be a bed of roses that has been
provided for Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria,
but it is a bed OF roses with most of the
| thorns left in. OF late he has been making
all sorts of overtures for the good will OF
Russia, which do not seem to have been at
| tended by much success. Now, 1t Is reported,
| the ex-offlcers Grueff and Bendereff and other
Bulgarian refugees have sent an ultimatum
! to him demanding reinstatement in the
| Bulgarian army, and threatening to return
to Sofia, in any event, and face the con-
| sequences. 1t is a matter of common rumor
| that the prince promised to do this when
| he was in St Petersburg, and II he gave any
| such pledge, 1t Is clear that he is now in a
| dilemma in which he has to run the risk,
on the one hand. of offending Russia and, on
| the other of rislting a rebellion among the
| hitherto loyal officers who would be out
| ragged by the forgiveness and promotion of
| Grueff and the rest The latest story is
| that the public prosecutor in Sofia has begun
proceedings against Major Stoianoff the
| former commander of the Strouma regiment,
which assisted in the deposition of Prince
| Alexander. for participation in a conspiracy
| againse the lawful sovereign OF the country.
| Stoianon was made foreign minister in the
| cabinet of the Metropolitan Clement and
| when the counter revolution organized by
/ Stambuloff proved successful, he fed with
| others, to Russia. He returned. however, at
| the time of the Boris enthusiasm and has
lived unmolested ever since. Upon the issue
of this action a good deal may depend.
| The Russo-Danish treaty, If 1t proves
true explains much in the recent past. For
number of years it has been clear that
some strong motive prevented Danish lib
eral leaders from proceeding to extremties
| in their struggle with the king and court
The knowledge of this treaty is a sufficient |
reason. Denmark fears nothing so much as
absorption by Germany. The antipathy to
/ Cor 10 hn ctr pf naniGh
ments The ill-starred war of 1864 left the |
| bitterest feeling in Denmark. Danish nc |
| ton, Danish literature and Danish journals |
| all nurse the hope of revenge. Russian alb |
sorption has been another nightmare, but !
sympathy with France Is strong and the |
! prospect of thrashing Germany with these |
two big partners would be most attractive |
| to Danes For Germany, on the other hand, |
| such treaty would be little less than a |
| call to war, and this is the strongest reason |
| for helleYing IL untrue.