Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-05
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.

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compose her 400, 900, 900 subjects. Detach-
ments Of the military, naval and police forces
in all quarters OF the world have been
brought to the seat Of empire to see the
queen and carry back tales OF the power and
wealth of the English people. Among the
rest are numerous specimens OF the colored
races, not only the Malays, Hindoos. Somalls
and Indians OF various tints, but also down
right darkeys of the dark continent in great
variety. The private soldiers OF the English
regiments in London hob-nob with the
queens varlegated guests having little race
prejudice. But In Dublin, II seems. the OFF,
GERS OF the Royal Irish constabulary refuse
o mess with the black officers of the Gold
Coast constabulary from West Africa. with
the result that the colored officers have to
walk some miles for their meals. The ma
~tionalist press OF Dublin take the ground
that the colored officers are fortunate in
mot being compelled to associate with the
snobs.
While the visit OF Emperor Francis Joseph
to st. Petersburg seems to have resulted In
a friendly understanding between Russia and
Austria relative to their supposedly antago-
nlstic interests in the Balkans and the emf
pire OF Austria Hungary, so far as concerns
its foreign affairs, may, therefore,, be con-
sidered as occupying a stronger position than
1t ever has, the internal affairs of the dual
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BILE chaos. The question which has led to
the existing crisis in the Austrian Reichs-
rath Is not n new one--it is the old conflict
between Germans and Slavs-but the rise of
an~ti-Semitism and clericalism has so weak
ened the German liberal party that the
Czechs and Poles are in a position to carry
everything before them. The Germans in
the Parliament have taken recourse to a sys-
TEN OF obstruction which throws the tactics
OF the Irish nationalists in the days of Par
pell quite into the shade. But the pande-
monium in the Reichsrath is merely the re-
Election on a small scale OF the war OF races
In the polyglot districts of Austria, where
the administration system has completely
broken down before the fury OF opposing
mobs. The worst feature Of the situation,
however, is the inability Of the representa-
tives Of Austria and Hungary to agree upon
a renewal of the compromise of 1867, which
expires this year. The disruption OF the
compact between the two halves of the
empire would leave the dual monarchy in a
perilous plight.
Quietly and without attracting any atten-
ton the German artillery has now been en-
tirely equipped with new quick-fring guns.
A battery of these new cannon can fire sixty
shots a minute. and they have a range OF
over five miles. The new gun is provided
with an appliance to prevent the recoil.
After the first shot a sort of spur attached
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the ground, so that the gunners may remain
quietly standing by the piece and reload
without the loss of time. The imperial Par
lament has shown itself far more patriotic
in the matter than one might be tempted to
believe from the recent utterances
of Emperor William, for the $780,
600, 600 needed for the Transformation
was voted almost unanimously by
the Reichstag, even the socialists giving their
consent thereto. and, what is more, keeping
| the whole affair secret. InaSmuch as Ger
many's victory in the war Of 1870 vas adj
mittedly due principally to her artillery, the
Importance of the new armament is calcu-
lated to excite an immense amount of atten-
ton abroad.
Italy's disinclination to entirely abandon
her Eritrean colony in Africa on the one hand
and her inability to pay for the maintenance
of an expensive colonial establishment on
the other have left her transfxed on the
horns of a dilemma; and the decision of the
Rudini government to retain immediate juris-
diction over Massowah and the territory in
the vicinity OF that port, and to parcel out
the remainder of the colony among native
chiefs under Italian influence. cannot be
| regarded as a solution Of the problem. African
chiefs have the most profound respect for a
power which exhibits military prowess. and
the reverse feeling toward a weak and ir-
reSolute government; and 1t would not be long
before the chieftains set up by the Italians
in Eritrea would discover that they could
better serve their interests by casting their
lot with Menelek of Abyssinia than by re-
naming in allegiance to a country which
had proclaimed it's unwillingness to find men
and money for the purpose of maintaining
its supremacy in northeastern Africa.
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According to reports from various sources
the Russians have interfered vigorously to
prevent the prosecutions of Armenians in
Persia, where there was a disposition to
follow the Turkish example. 1t appears that,
owing to the hostile attitude of the Persian
populace. the Armenians living in Tabriz
were obliged to close their shops and remain
within doors. Those of them who ventured
abroad in the suburbs of the city (Which is
the permanent residence of the heir to the
throne) were murdered by the soldiers whose
duty it was to maintain order in the streets.
More than 600 persons, most of them women,
found refuge in the Russian consulate, while
forty families betoOk themselves to the
French coEGulate. The Russian authorities
thereupon deemed it advisable to show that.
Notwithstanding their attitude in relation
to the massacres in Turkey, they were by
no means insensible to the sufferings of the
Armenians in Persia.
The lower house of the Prussian Diet has
| passed the bill amending the law of associa-
tion," or. as We should say, the law defining
the right OF public meeting. Its object is
to restrain the oratory of agitators who incite
the ignorant to violence by incendiary Ian
guage. 1t aims particularly to prevent the
presence of boys at such political harangues
as, in the opinion OF the police, may pervert
the ideas of immature minds In regard to
public affairs. The socialists and anarchists
are, of course, the class of agitators chilly
had in view by the trainers of the bill, but
its provisions are so wide that 1t la feared
that they will become a means of unduly re-
straining the liberty of all classes. A police.
man is given the power of closing a public
meeting II he thinks the sentiments uttered
by the speakers are unwholesome. Much non
sense will thus, no doubt, be suppressed, but
legitimate discussion will be endangered. The
measure is such as could hardly be brought
forward in a country having popular institu-
tons.
Although the official result of the prelimi-
nary count of the census of Russia will not
be made known until the end of June, very
interesting details have been given out as to
the population of st. Petersburg and Moscow.
st. Petersburg has a population Of a million
and a quarter, and Moscow is just under one
million. Nineteen other towns are returned
at 100, 900, Thirty-fye towns have over so, 900
Inhabitants each. The cities of Samarkand
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