Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-16
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| II .ht. nlutitudes of parties ana III
the complications attending p"iiticai
strifa in Hungary. it Is not easy l" see
what the present opposition nope W
gain by their obstructive tactics. me
great mass of Hungarian statesmen
share in the national aspiration FOR tht
autonomy Of tn" kingdom uldtr tie
Harshurg sovereignty. but they diier
as to the extent TO which the demand
for independence shall be carried.
While Count T:sza has vigorously up
held the constitutional rights Of hun
gary i'll relation t. the army, he mas not
been radical enough for the ln'ie-
pcndents. hose program extends to an
absolute severance of any govern
mental connection With Austria. The
hope Of the radicals has been I" make
the pr"mi,rs POSITION impossible. ana
50 to undermine his hold on the. CONN.,
dencc and favor of the emperor. In
this however. they appear to have
overrCached themselves. and their re
cent violence and riotinS have
strengthened TisZa'S hand and given
him an issue upon which he can appeal
| with confidence to the country. ina;
is>ur is. shall parliamentary govern
mrnt IN hungary be at the mercy Of i
minority Of ObStructonists??
| 1t l.; to he hoped that the declaratio
that the Italian government VIII nov
allow Foreigners to participate III IN"
excavations at Helcuaneum is merely
"a weak invention Of the enemy. as
| Professor W:l,istrin has reason To sup
pose. There is every reason why Inc
Italian government should welcome
the cooperation of the whole world Ill
carrying on this important afchienloS-
zeal work. although il is but naturai
that Italy should wish to retain super
vision and autonomy as far as the tX-
c:tvations are employed. The work Is
too Important. from an archaeological
point Of view, to be neglected. ana u
the whole civilized world is allowed to
| partiripate in the work and in sharing
the expense. results can be reached lar
more. quickly than if 1t We're lett en-
| tireiy With the Italian government
| l'nG-l the eighty feet Of lava which
covers the buried city OF Hrrcultnrum
ire Doubtless immense treasures OF
"lussic art and litera ture, and it is
nlnif.Stly for the advantage or the
,.holr civilized world that these be I'M
| arthcd Til. reported opposition oi
| he Italian government is likely noth-
ING more tiiau that of the party when
| * op,ruSt d to ;Ec government.
| Natural increase in the population OF
France is making SLOW Roadway. The
number Of births exceeded that OF
deaths by 13IG6 in 1903, as compared
with S3.a44 in I962-makine the total
30, uiation Il, the beginning OF 1904 81
1885. But the number of births con
iuiic, to q. crease. being 1866 less III
'et2 than IN 1902. and ,. So less than
| he average for the preceding ten
vs.rs That there is any increase ut
| All in the population IS due t" 4 cohl-
cid.nt dec line in the number Of deaths
which in 1903 We're 54.1SH below the
laycrage for the preceding ten years
Excess Of births over deaths in France
!. now u ,..r 10. 900 of population. COM
na,.,i with 1913 for Germany and h'i-
ANA. $50 for Norway. 1875 for Austria
aud il9 for Great Britain. The mum
hey Of divorces in France IS Sttadiiy
increasing. being S,9l9 in 1909. or l''S
,or.. ,b.u Inc average for the last ten
years.
| Nearly two and Il quarter centuries
AGO The Turks. who though they hii"
| ,een planted in Europe for generations
we're essentially an Asiatic people. car
tied their arms to the gates "i Vienna
| md were only turned back ny the
genius ana valor Of John Sohieskl, KING
| If Poland That w3s Europes laSl
critical expcricnc" with Asiat!cS III war
in Europe. Since that time. however
Europe has made vast inroads III ASIA.
EnglanI's great Indian empire IS but
,enturv ana !, half Old. counting from
| lives conGrcsfS. Russia las made its
;rcatest progress i'll central Asia Wlthih
i:lv wears. France has but compare
lively re-, cutly organized its posses
:iorS " 'ronuuin. Germany has ac-
| ,uirpd what it hopes will be lie begin
qing of ASintic possessions. Here are
| .:ltioMs to whom the advent -! a FIRST
| lass ASil1ic power. organized uili"!
| modern cnnditiu,S. may mean in th"lr
| uture dealings i'll TIE far east some
| ching very like what the appearance OF
RUSSIA on the great European stage in
| he eighteenth century meant to states
men If that day. Il new active factor
rendering nec"ssaiy new calculations.
The question whether the Congo
|
tightening harbH,ism or OF snrdid "p-
preston outba,bariZinG barbarism
! seems likely to he brought to tn" point
If determinations before another twelve
months nave passed. Germany will
nave to go on with her costly ana saw
age war with the HottentotS. the pen
, atty of evil administration in her Gallo
mics. The late Bocr states and all
;ritish South Africa viii probably
continue their rapid progress in the
| ways OF rehabilitation. consolidation
| md peace. ana the Cape-to-Cairo rail-
"oad will ne pushed many leagues to-
ward the sources Of the Nile. The un-
surpassed brncficence of the rule eStab-
!Si}-d in Egypt by Lord cromer will go
an. blessing that ancient land and
proftinE all the commercial world. In
Morocco the aggravated abuses %!
many generations bid fair to eliminate
N an enforced revolution. which Will
| make the Shprpefian sovereign Il mere