New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-18
ROUND ABOUT EUROPE.
EMPEROR WILLIAM AS THE ONLY FoUN-
TAIN OF HONOR IN GERMANY-SU1-
eide OF WELI-KNOWN
PARTISAN BON1FACE


eide OF A wELI.-KNOwN
PARTISAN BON1FACE
Emperor Williams rescrpt and general order
ON the subject OF duelng. Just gazetted at Berlin,
far from giving any satisfaction to popular senti-
ment In the matter. has excited considera BILE
amount or ridicule For. while II contains pro-
vision OF any practical value In the direction OF
modifying and checking a practice that has degen-
Grated into public scandal. It's general effect IL to
make the Emperor himself the universal referee
and arbiter In all questions OF honor This is re-
garded by the majority OF his lieges as an alto
gether unwarrantable assumption and "a a too
literal enforcement OF the antquated and obsolete
theory according to which the monarch is the only
Fountain OF Honor
me Hotel Westminster at Paris much frequent ed
by American tourists and by European ROYALTY has
Just lost its proprietor. NJ Gabriel Care who COM
m'''ed suicide the other day during fit of tempo
rary insanity
mat the musiache Is still regarded as part and
p"roei OF the uniform OF the British army IL shown
ny te circular Just issued by the Secretary Of State
lor war 10 the various commanding generals call
ing upon them TO take the necessary steps TO secure
me enforcement OF the Queens regulations recurring
ohcers 10 adorn their upper lip with hrsute growth
Tor the unfortunate shareholders OF the Manchester
snip Cana. yet the report just issued by the man
agement Of the latter shows considerable increase
IN the traffic OF that waterway the amount OF
cotton reaching the Manchester docks direct from
America during the last twelve months being more
man seven times as large the quantity landed
there In 1895 II was mainly with the expectation OF
cheapening the raw material for cotton manufact-
ures which led 10 the construction of the canal and
this OBJECT appears to he in course of attainment.
Norway has just given a fresh indication of the
extent TO which her domestic and foreign policy
differs from that OF her sister kingdom Of Swedan
FOR whereas the latter applies to Krnpp OF Essen
TOT all her heavy ordnance and armor plates the
Norwegian War Department has intrusted the or
der for the guns and plates needed for It's FORTH
cations in Bergen TO French firm
Miss Helen Gladstone. who for long has been
associated with the direction and management Of
Newman College. at Cambridge. has now severed
her connection with that institution In order 10
devote herself entirely 10 the venerable ex-Premier
and TO her mother, during the limited time which
that remarkable couple reasonably expect 10
remain with their family
In London the conviction prevails In official cir
cles that the mission OF VI. Lagarde. Governor Of
the French Red Sea colony of Obock TO King
Menelek. is destined TO dssuade the latter from
his contemplated attack OF the Dervishes an at
tack which would have proved of great assistance
TO the forthcoming British expedition to Khartoum
1t has now been definitely decided by the British
Government that the command OF the forthcoming
operations against the Mahdi will not be intrusted
10 General Sir Herbert Kitchener. owing 10 the
fact that he is too low down in the list OF field
officers TO be appointed TO the control OF so i'm
porant and large force. causing the employment
OF generals MAN. years his senior for the minor
commands OF brigades OF the division. The selec
ton OF a leader is sail TO lie among Sir Francis
Grenfell Sir Redvers Butler and Sir Evelyn Wood
the first OF the three. namely. Sir Francis Gren-
fell being the mos. likely appointment owing to
the fact Of his having Immediately preceded Sir
Herbert Kitchener In the command OF the Egyptian
army
London is threatened with the loss Of the Crystal
Palace which for nearly two generations has been
one OF the most popular and widely known centres
OF amusement and OF interest in the vicinity OF the
metropolis The concern is hopelessly bankrupt.
and although the Government is manifesting an
anxiety 10 prevent It's destruction yet there seems
TO be 10 practical means OF preserving this memo
rial OF the first OF the great International exhibit
lions OF the nineteenth century.
The returns Of the Municipal Council Of Rome.
now published. far from showing any signs of i'm
provement demonstrate. on the contrary. a steady
dminution in civic prosperity In the Eternal city.
Thus while the number Of private carriages Kept
Is diminished by a thousand. and the numbe- o.
horses by treble that amount. the number OF sum-
monses from the rate collector served upon fam
lilies unable 10 pay their municipal taxes shows an
increase OF no less than $1,000 The number of
pledges in the municipal pawnbroking establish
ment has risen to 1000. on which the yearly In
terest amounts to no less than 100000 lire
In spite of her being a descendant OF those
Princes Of Orange who among the foremos.
champions OF the Reformation. the young Queen
OF Holland is showing immense amount Of con-
sideration 10 the Catholic element In her domin-
ions and has lust conferred the Cross Of the Lion
Of the Netherlands upon the Mother Superior of
the Sisters OF Mercy at Tilburg this being the first
occa sion on which this decoration has been con-
ferred upon woman.
An extraordinary find Of French and English
armor dating from the time Of the Crusades. has
lust been made al Cons;antinope. The armor
discovered by mere chance in hitherto concealed
niche IN the Old Wall Of the city, where II had lain
through centuries II has been transferred
by the Snltan's orders 10 the dlsused old church
Of ST. Irene in the Seraelio precinct where II re-
mains. unsorted ard untouched
I'm Difference to orders received from the Colonial
Department in London. exKing Prempveh. OF
Ashantee and his family have been removed from
Emina Castle where they had been confined
since their arrival from Coomassie. to Sierra