New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.


ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
GREAT BRITAIN SUBMITS ANOTHER
! QUESTION TO ARBITRATION.
/ midas PHENOMENAL COTTON cRoP-ITALy's
| oUANDARY-coNvERsIoN Of THE AUS
TRALIAN DEBT-cooUELIN FREE At
IAsT-cURE FOR LEPRosy-END
OF THE TRUCE OF COP
PRINCE OF MoSAcos
DISCOVERY.
To what extent the British Government favors
the principle arbitration is shown by her appeal
to the Federal Council of Switzerland to decide
upon the merits Of dispute which has arisen be
J tween England and the 2epIblic Of Colombia THIS
being the twenty-third question which Great
Britain has submitted to arbitration. the principe
may be considered as having definitely become part
| and parcel OF Engands foreign policy
According 10 news received in London India has
produced this year the largest crop OF cotton known
I in all It's commercial history. The produce brought
! to market during the year which closed last July
was 2 29s 900 bales each Of 400 pounds weight or
this the local mills consumed % per cent. only ~
per cent being shipped to foreign ports The cor
sumption of more than half the entire crop IN the
! country in which II grown indicates CONNER
cial revolution of profound Importance to hhgia.u'
For under the influence OF British education. india
Is now using its cotton 10 supply its own clotn 10
its own people and Is exporting 'ne and even
African countries. Lancashire being therefore hol
0 0eSe Goods IN 81 INDIA but having also
Indian competition In other orlenta ou ,,sn,
| India 10 grow and manufacture its own cotton;
England has moreover. Instructed the people oil
barc
clothes. their tea coffee end even goldmin one one
nov and taught the natives self-reiance-it
must be confessed that Great britain rue oN.F
Hindostan has been both oenefcent ana even I'M
selfish.
Italys Government is at lhe present moment in a
great quandary The Di Rudini Cabinet had de-
cded to abandon hostile operations against Abys-
snia at any rate for some time TO come. TINS 100
in spite of the strenuous opposition OF King Hum
bert and of several OF his military ADVISERS Inc
Negus has now however. intimated through the
Russian Captain LeontieG, who has recently dr-
rived IN Rome as his duly accredited emissary, that
he will decline to make peace unless the complete
independence of Abyssnia Is ACKNOWLEDGED ana me
Italians withdraw from Massowadhi M,,.0 rorId moi
requires seaport These conditons r MUuh no. q
be considered for moment ny ni ,b, ,her -, =
more than 5000 Italian prisoners OF war coniprisr1
ing officers OF every rank ana eNth Sou nrIso ~
ers who, according to the Russian captaIn , would
certainly fall prey TO me iury Oh
| Among the many matters of importance no" en-
| eagng the attention OF Mr.. Chamberlain III hi'
capacty as Secretary of state for the British COLO
mics is the scheme for the conversion OF the puoc
debt of the combined colonies of Australia AT inc
nresent moment the latter has TO pay nearly s~-
| 900 900 interest on the si0oo"n.0" which II h's
borrowed from the mother country ~ Is ~ ~ ~
to reduce interest to per cent IN u OF t,c %
and 4 and even higher :ates at whiGh tn' lo .r
| nrntect F.an he carried INTO effect the immediate
savings in annual interest would amount 10 nea'''
ssOO0OoN -
No stronger indication could he afforded Of the
| sagacty and craftsmanship OF the present ro"'i"
| than the tendency which he maniics's 10 connP!
| with the requirements OF the democratic spirit VI
| enc 400 For centuries past the Catholics are
| annually called upon. in midsummer Papal bilei
TO make use OF prayers Tor the peace ana to''i
| understanding of Christian princes ana ru'efs' J."
the brief that bears the date of July last conan ,
ing The customary instructions with regard To tss
| PRAYERS the ancient formula disappeared ana IN.
Pope instead of calling Ipon inc iaio, Ls ,bep 10
for the union of Christian rulers asks 'eei ~
pray for the freedom OF me cnurGn ana NO 1oi
| lion beng made OF the ruler. Attention IS cAed q
this emission 5y nf ossn5 Of the
which does not hesitate TO describe me hsndon
the special prayers for iings and Emperors'
Conviction Of a misdemeanor felony involving
| imprisonment with or without hard LABOR - a'co'N-
| he
entail dlsmissao of any officer holding the queens COM
,s,or Mich astonishment is therefore felt in Lon
don Of the failure on the part OF the Government ID
| enforce these ru.es in the of Major Sir John
Wioughby and Of his feow-ofiicers who took part IN
| the Transvaal raid and are now conrned VII" ~
| Jameson in Holloway Jail TWO months ago II hdd
hen decided by the Cabne that the officers IN qIes-
t'on ebond lose their commissions in the English
| Army but should receive at once equivalent P-dS,
| in he Egyptian Army But II looks at the presgnnt
nomept as If this determination had been reconsid
cred and that the military inmates OF nonoway VIII
% 9e 20 tbar number Major Coventry son Of Lord
Coventry has already been released on the sIouu %
| III health
The long-pendlng dispute between NJ Coquelin and
the Coincide FRANCHISE has at length been se''ieu o"
the basis of a compromise. Under the terms Oh the
latter NJ Coquein pays down TO the Comedie ran an
natse IImn sum of 10000 and receives In return iul
liberty to act where and when he please, ali restric-
| tons being WITHDRAWN
7, would seem that Emperor William has no inten-
ton of in any way modifying those military star
Chamber methods of government which droVe ule
nonlar Minister OF War. General Bronsart Won oehe-
| endorn into retirement couple OF weeks ago, "a
cordng 10 the uterance of one of his semi-ohiciai
! organs which commenting the appointment 81
General Won G0ser to the War Department. remarks
that nasmuch he enjoys neither the seniority nor
~ nrestice of war record OF 1870 possessed by MS
predecessor office. there will no longer be any Dan
ger OF conflicts arising between the Ministry Of ar
| and the Military Cabinet OF Inc EhPeioi'
1t would appear that at length remedy nas been
discovered for leprosy. It consists OF powder
from the bark Of tree known a. the Hoang-Nan'
which grows only on the mountains that separate the
Kingdom Of AMMAN from the Chinese province u
| las If Is being used with much success ana en-
| ac, 4, the leper hospital Of the Colony OF Trinidad
| co much so that the English Government Is taxing
s,ons ~ introduce its in the Government hosptdS
- GGaits ana her colonial dependencies where ep-
| VI ~. nravaiIs The remedy first brought 10 the
| attention Of Europe by the cd'hohc Miss'Oi'a''
| R,shop of Southern China.