New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-10
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
RULERS OF THE OLD WORLD ENGAGED
IN RECREATION.

RULERS OF THE OLD WORLD ENEAuED
IN RECREATION
THEIR SUBJECTS GET ALONG ALL RIGHT VIII
OUT THEM-HELGoLAND cRuMslhNG TO
pIEcEs-IrALY's NEW POSTCARD CAUSES
T1-RMorI-MATRIMoN AND vAccI-
NAT1oN-HAMBuRGs PROSPER
ITY IMPERnLED.
Most Of Furope's legislatures have adjourned Tor
the summer, while, with the exception OF NINE
George Of Greece and the Sultan. not Sins'o
ruler is TO be found In his capital Some oil 'hei'
such as Kirg Leopold OF Belgium King oscar OF
Sweden and quite recently Emperor Wiiliam OF
Germany have been yachting around the northern
most point OF Europe. while others. such as io' III
stance Emperor Francis Joseph. King Humber' Oh
Italy and King Albert of Saxony are seeking rest anu
elaxation In the Alps Of ryrol and OF Piedmoh''
The vast majority Of the Cabinet Ministers are also
absent from their Offices on their vacations YET III
spite OF this everything runs along with so much
smoothness and as to lead to the pehei '"''
pnrliaments sovereigns ana caplne' o"ci"'' ~
nothing but costly and altogether superhuous ornd-
ments which can well he dispensed with by 'hcii
respective nations.
According recently published reports ny eN
perts in Berlin the many millions OF ooi'a's "N''"
have been spent by Germany since 1871 IN CONVEX
inc the island of Heligoand into second Gibraltar
or North Sea Metz. appear to nave pech u'''i'S
wasted 1t has been discovered too late mat the
chalk Of which the island is composed Is alto
gether Inadequate to serve as support either lor
the heavy guns for the massive forVhc"uo'S
Large crevices have been formed by the pressure OF
the immense weight of the turret batteries anu .
ratn or soaking into them is rapidly dlsntesr"
ing the entire chalk superstructurc Oh u ,n,,
name for another sandbank off the mouth OIL inc
Weser
From official statistics now published by the BTU
ish Government 1t would seem that wmie 'he
Rriton drinks a great deal more th"n III udyS VI
wore his head is decidedly stronger ana his carr!
ing capacity greater For whereas the amount Vi
uouor consumed has more than doubled during the
last twenty years the number of cases OF drunken
ness reported by the police has dimnished Dy AT
least onehalf during That ume' ana S"o"' 4"
tendency still further to decline
Hamburg IS beginning to feel the disastrous blow
which its commerce has sustained through 'he
onening Of the Baltic Canal. All the uaue 10 anu
from points in Germany east or the fiDe ITO" "o
longer passes as formerly through the port OF Ham
burg but through the canal. whlie the 'i''"ei
which used to find It's way from Central southern
ord Eastern Germany down the Elbe now floats
down to ports on the Baltic In one word Ham
bure has ceased to be the 'only" great CONNER
cial port Of Germany and Meme esch nf hem
| wrestling from her important portions Oh heI coi"-
merce
p,ohorot. nrenarations are being made in every
countr, IN Europe for the next great Roman Cain
Ollie Congress which is TO be held next year AT FIJI
bourg in Switzerland. Great Britain VIII be rep
resented for the first time. and an important aei
nart in the proceedings. The last great congress
| OF this kind took place just three years ago Ill
Brussels.
The French journal Onicel" has just promul~
gated a decree providing that permission must ne
obtained from the Government for the ownership OF
carrier pigeons Even person receiving carrier
pigeon temporarily must within two days notify the
| district police authorities thereof NO carrier
pigeon may be freed save in the presence G com
Of this decree IS fine and imprisonment the latter 10
| the extent of two years. with hard labor.
croat efforts are being made under the auspices
| of Prince. Won Hohenlohe form strong and
| durable majority in the Rechsag at Berlin ny
| the alliance OF the Catholic Centre party with mat
of the Moderate Conservatives. 1t may he remem-
bered that it was for attempting to do this that
| Prtnco BISMARCK was driven out Of office by the
| Emperor The latter has had occasion to modify
fusion the only means Of carrying on the
ton Prince Bismarck has promised Prince Won
| iohenlohc his cooperation in the matter
The Paris tribunals are no" tllbdS'" III ''"ii"7
with q dispute that has arisen between the Duke of
| Orleans and Don Francis Of Bourbon, soi-dlsant
Duke OF Anjou, in connection with their arInorlal
hearings Don Francis f. suing the Duke OF Or
leans TO prevent him from using the coat OF arms of
| tho head OF the House Of Bourbon. The Duke. In
resnonse has demanded tAe lodging In court by his
adversary of a large sum OF money as guarantee
for the payment of costs and damages IN he event
~ the Don's defeat. Both defendant and plaintiil
| ore nretendcrs to the throne or Franco, ana APP
parently fail TO realize the ncongruty Oh Intlr a
nealine TO the tribunals Of Government which they
nrofess not 10 recognize In order TO decide purely
personal and extremely ridiculous dispute between
| themselves
The CITY OF Vienna has just given another NUS
,-o,ion NJ its intolerant anti Semitism. Sonn'n-
| thai who IS the most famous OF living actors III
Southern Germany has just celebrated the ioFtleth
anniversary OF his debut at the Burg or court
| Theatre at Vienna which corresponds to the
Theatre Francois at Paris. 1t was proposed &c
| commemorative the occasion by comforting upon him
| tho honorary freedom and citizenship OF the Aus
| trtan mefropolis But the Municipal Counci voted
| dou,n the resolution on the srOund that he was q
| member Of the Jewish race. Emperor ffancS
| Joscnh has however. compensated the veteran
| actor for this slight by granting to him an hereof
tarv title OF nobility and the knighthood OF th'
| C,rGe. of the Iron Crown
A Brussels firm has just accepted contract foi
the establishment of a telegraph system through
ont Abyssinia Each telegraph station is to b'
furnished with telephone and the more important