New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.

ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
PREPARATIONS TO CROWN QUEEN WILL
HELMINE OF THE NETHERLANDS
NEXT YEAR ENDS HER MrNORITY-sT FRUsoUIN
SCRATCHED FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DOUBLE PARL1AMENT-ANTI-MA
SONIC CONGRESS.
Queen Wilhelmine OF Holland attains her
| jority next year and IL is proposed 10 signalize
the occasion BY the celebration Of the ceremony
| OF coronation. With this object in view the Gov
eminent has ordered that all the jewels contained
| in the treasure recently captured by the Dutch
| troops at Lombok and other places In Sumatra
| shall be sent home from Java In order to be used
in the construction OF a royal crown for the young
| Queen At the present moment no such insignia
| Of royalty is to be found in the Netherlands all
| the Dutch rulers having until now dispensed with
| crowns and coronations.
| Much dominant has been created throughout the
sporting circles Of Europe by the sensational with
| drawal Of the famous colt ST. Frusquin from the
Doncaster St. Leger by its owner Leopold de
| for the great St Leger Stakes which takes place
| n few weeks hence and by being struck out leaves
the race at tine mey P Frus nG hs Won every
| race for which he has been entered except this
| years Derby. which carried off by Persmmon,
| y horse universally acknowledged by experts TO
he I'm all respects inferior to the Rothschiid COT,
and which has repeatedly been beaten by the
| latter.
| It has been decided that. should the Emperor of
Russia visit Paris. he will stay at his Embassy
| there being no palace which the French Govern
| ment can place at the disposal of its imperial
| guest Indeed. the Government is discussing the
| adyisability OF building new palace lot the use
| m0narchS
pay State visits to the French Nation
| The newly appointed Project Of the Seine, VINO
Is the principal civil digntary of the metropolis.
| and as chief representative of the Government
| the head OF the municipal administration. has
| found himself confronted with deficit In the
! City Treasury amounting to many millions OF
dollars According to some accounts the money
,bat IA missinR exceeds 100000. The dencit IS
! ascribed not so much to any actual dishonesty as
to the perncious practice pursued lor huii tot
| of wears OF dlverting funds voted Tor one oDJect
| 10 another. The result Is confusion that Is
| simply indescribable
Sweden is at the present moment blessed with
two separate Legislatures. the one recognized
and the other ignored by the Government The Tor
| mer. composed almost exclusively OF Conservatives
OF the most reactonary type. has recently defeated
bv an overwhelming majority the Liberal proposal
n extend the suffrage TO some OF the big farmers
and heavy contributors TO the revenue VINO are
q. nresent excluded from the polls. popular repre-
| sentation being altogether in the hands Of the
terr,orha aars tbe name Of the Rxda Of
people" and which consists OF some ~ t mietroers:
~ universal suffrage. the latter even being eX-
tended to Its programme IS 10 PURSUE
by all legal means the object OF CONSTITUTIONS
pssform in the direction OF universal suffrage, and
Of full popular representation II ma, Gisti n
Common sense and its absolute refusal to lend any
| countenance to socialism and anarchy
,,., 49, rrorcb neonle nre twice as rich as
Tho German nation. and pay double the amount Of
taxes vet ut no time since the war have they oeen
able 10 show an equilibrium in the annual budget
hhtween revenue and expenditure. In this they
6,fser from the German Empire. the estimates OF
which for the last year show surplus OF s6eo'ooo
rho diecovery among some ancient archives at
r-lorence Of pawntcket bearing the Endorsement OF
tho celebrated poet Torquato Tasso. and wherein
ho acknowledges having received sum OF money
from sgnor Abraham Levi for whicn me
may shed new light upon the inspiration when
prompted him to write his imm n.n poe"' '''
salernme Iiberata" Jerusalem Freed
Elaborate preparations are being made In the Ro-
man Catholic countries OF Europe for the anti
Masonic international congress. which Is 10 take
place at Trent toward the close OF next month";
under the auspices Of the vatican According. 70
III programme the object OF the congress Is 10
make known 20 everybody the immense nloIaI any
material evil done by Free Masonry 70 the ShuFch
and 70 society and TO seek remedy by help OF d
permanent internatio organization against the
rraft only those Will be permitted 10 take paIt
IN tho Congress who profess the most absolute
obedience 10 the Roman Catholic Church and 10 the
Pope.
Count Schouvaloff. the Governor-General OF Rus-
sian Poland has requested the Car TO relieve MIN
Of his office He declares that he Is thoroughly dis
| boartened by the manner in which his efforts 10
nacify the Poles and TO win them over 70 RUSSIA
have been systematically paralyzed and frustrated
hI. the Muscovite Bureaucracy Of the province con-
nded TO his rule
warning has Just been issued BY the medical
division Of the Home Department In England
against the use OF rabbits an article Of food IT
appears from recent Investigation that there Is no
animal more bountifully infected with micro-orsa-
isms than the hitherto so popular bunhle: heSe
microbes which mere cooking cannot be relied upon
m kill are said have constituted the cause or n
very large number OF deaths attended by choleralc
svnptous during the recent hot weather.
A diplomatic conflict has arisen between the ltal-
ian and the Dutch Governments In connection with
the seizure Of a Rotterdam steamer. freighted en-
trelv with arms and ammunition for the Emperor
Of Abyssina The steamer In question was captured
bv the Italian cruiser Etna, within twelve miles
OF the Abyssinian coast, In the Red Sea, ana IN
vestgation shows that the cargo. although en-
harked a Rotterdam, was consigned by one OF the
small arms manufacturers nj Riga In Russia