Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-12
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While the House Of Commons and its
governing committee, the British ministry,
theoretically possess supreme power
throughout the empire and could by leg
~islative act or resolution in council annul
the constitution or any law Of any colony,
the imperialistic scheme Of suspending par
liamentary government at the Cape, sug-
gested by Lord Miner and favored by Mr..
Chamberlain, had to be abandoned in defer
ence to the collective objection Of the colo
NAL premiers now assembled in London.
A measure OF this character was denounced
as a precedent which would have menaced
the liberties OF every self-governing colony.
The abandonment thereof, on the other
hand, has established a contrary precedent
that will act as a constitutional limit on
the powers Of the imperial Parliament.
Interference by the home government with
colonial charters ceased in practice with
the achievement Of American independence;
the principle Of noninterference has now
become part Of the unwritten constitution
OF Great Britain in obedience to the de-
nand of the colonial premiers.
The car of Russia has addressed a long
rescript to his ministry of education with
regard to the general principles upon
which a reform Of the intermediate and
higher education ought to be conducted.
In referring to the recent disturbances
among the students he says: my fatherly
heart has been comforted to learn that a
considerable majority OF the students
toward the end Of the present academic
year themselves recognized what their duty
was and returned to the orderly pursuit
OF their studies. / hope and believe that
during the summer holidays the students
will take tranquil counsel with their own
consciences and, following the advice OF
their parents and friends, will hearken to
my voice calling upon them and all my
faithful subjects to return to their work
and to obey the law. For the sake of the
nation intrusted to my care, an end must
be put TO the disorders, which are a dis
grace to science and to the universities,
once the Just pride of Russia, and which
cause the ruin Of SO many young lives,
dear to the fatherland and to me-" The
intimation here seems plainly to be that
the students have sinned against light and
reason, and that there is more need for
repentance on their part than for reforma-
ton in the government system.
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The Polish question is likely to occupy
a prominent position in European politics
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Buelow does not seem to be in the least
inclined to recede from the position which
he has assumed. Speaking in the upper
house of the Prussian Diet the other day,
he said that there could be no doubt that
in spite of all the benefits which the Prus-
sian government had conferred upon the
Poles, the ultimate object Of the Polish
movement was to separate the bilingual
provinces from the Prussian monarchy. A
separation of these sections of the king
dom would undermine the foundations oil
the monarchy, and consequently those Of
the German empire. Without the province
Of West Prussia that Of East Prussia
would be untenable. The Prussian gov
eminent would never desist from its task
until all Polish subjects adopted an atti-
tude OF loyalty to the Prussian state. He
declared that the government took tho
greatest interest in the German Catholic
settlements in the eastern provinces, and
that it was a Misrepresentation of the
facts to assert that the Roman Catholic
church could only flourish in those dis
tricts through the influence Of the Polish
element. The chief ~burgomaster Of Poser
supported the chancellor by declaring tina
the Poles were no longer a Roman Cath
Ollie party, as the c~lericals would dis
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over, the Polish movement had ceased tS
be aristocratic and had become democratic
and radical. He believed in the Bismarck.
ian policy OF settling German peasants II
the eastern districts and establishing gar,
risons, as social %centers, in the smallel
towns.
The ministerial newspapers in Spain are
disposed to make light Of the agrariar
movement in Estramadura and Andalusia
on the ground that, with the exception o.
Badajoz, there has been Nowhere any &C
tual breach Of the peace, and that a
Badatoz itself there has been little din,
Guilty in restoring order. Nevertheless, &C.
cording to the stories OF foreign CORE
spondents, the condition of affairs in Sc.
Vile, Malaga and Cadiz is far from salts
factory. In all three districts a concen
tration Of agricultural discomfort seems Il
be taking place, and not infrequently thu
rallying centers are anarchical clubs. A
Jerez a union Of laborers has been foTmed
under the direct inspiration of the an
archists, which. though it has not yet Sc
cured many adherents, has issued a pro
gram of demands intended to serve as
preliminary challenge to the employers
who are threatened with strikes in cas-,
of noncompliance. The conditions of fel,
labor in southern Spain differ so mucl
from those that exist elsewhere that man,
Of the demands without explanation woul,
be unintelligible. The main point, how
ever, insisted upon is the abolition o
work by the job"-and that is a poin
upon which employers assert that 1t Is i'm
possible for them to agree. Whether tn
union OF Jerez, in the event Of the rejec
ton Of their proposals, will succeed Il
bringing about a general strike remain
to be seen; but II they do there is yer,
little doubt that the anarchists will pla.
an important part in the direction of II
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The visit of Prince Ferdinand of Bull
garia to st. Petersburg has attracted niue
attention in Berlin. 1t is pointed out !
various Journals that in the exchange @
toasts at Peterhoh, neither the car no
the prince mentioned the sultan, Primo
F~erdinand's suzerain; while both speaker
talked as II Bulgaria were al Independent
state. The omission of Prince Ferdinan
to propose the s~ultan's health is inter
preted as a proof that he Is no longe
obliged to ask the ruler OF Turkey, as a
act Of grace, to declare the independence
Of Bulgaria, which, presumably, has bee
informally recognized by the car, and
is foretold that the prince will conside
himself henceforth a full-blown sovereign
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A forward step in the civilization OF Mel
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