Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08
Is Southern Europe Approaching Another
Revolutionary Epoch?
Cunninghame English
Declares Thrones Are Shaky That
men Toward Democracy is

else? Let no one tell you that Alfonso
didn't approve of the murder OF Ferrer
If he haG not approved OF 1t it would moi
have taken place and now he is hiding
behind Maura whom he has been COM
PEELED byS popular indignation to. dis
miss. What Moret, the new prime
minister, will do it Is impossible to
predict. He is an old Liberal and VIII
go just as far az any man II he sees
the chance, but he is above all things
an opportunist and will adapt his
course to circumstances
ITALY is also strongly anti-clerlcal
and anti-monarchlcal / don't know
much personally about affairs there
now, but from what l hear the people
are soothing with discomfort and are
ready for anything. All over the Latin
countries clericalism is recognized as
the real enemy which stands behind TIE
throne and supports it,"
REPUBLIC INSECURE.
A man who is connected with one of
the embassies in Paris told me few
days ago during a visit to that city
that never since its foundation has the
third republic been more insecure than
it is at present. The working classes
in France are thoroughly discontented
and this man thinks that the chances
are IndC VIII DcSOIlt oii N'i
pire again. Indeed. he pointed out
to me some of the little straws which
show the way that the wind of public
opinion Is blowing such as ''Vive Ma
poleon' and "A baS la Republique"
scribbled on the walls in public places,
insults to the flag by. conScripts and
other things, trlfleS In themselves. but
valuable as showing the state of the
public mind. He believed that the Ma
poleonic pretender was most likely TO
be recalled because of the inherited
glory surrounding his name. but he de-
cared that both the royalist parties
would combine to support either pre-
tender iC there seemed to be falr
chance of success. or course the third
possibility is a step in the direction of
radical social democracy. but this man
did not think this step would be taken
until the French had given monarchy
another trial.
In Greece the Indications are that
only the action of the great powers
will keep King George on his throne,
The Greeks have always been demo-
cratic people, and they never forget
that the days of their greatest glories
were the days of the Grecian repub-
lies, Even now Greece is one of the
most democratic kingdoms in the world
The king mikes freely with his people
and puts on no airs. If he did he would
most likely find that. the freedom low
Ing Greeks would laugh at him or ig-
more him. Personally King George Is
popular enough He owes his present
situation to his sons who were brought
up in the German fashion and don't
believe in democracy, The crown
prince tried to make himself autocrat
of the army and Prince George wanted
to rule the navy. Seeing that they
went so far when their father was alive
the Greeks began to wonder what they
would do when he was dead and the
present crown prince was king, and
they determined to settle things once
and for all by getting rid of the two
princes, Now they are talking about
declaring the throne vacant. but the
powers have intimated that If this Is
done they will Interfere forcibly to re-
establish the dynasty.
UNREST IN MOROCCO.
on the other side of the Mediter-
ranean, too. there is unrest Abdul AZiz
carried autocracy too far in Morocco
and lost his throne. In Egypt the pro-
fessional classes have been Infected
by the western unrest, and while not
actually in revolt. are plotting against
English rule.
Even Austria, which Is neither Latin
nor oriental but which touches on the
Mediterranean, is threatened with dy-
nastIc troubles. 1t may lose Hungary
when the old emperor dies, but these
are troubles of another sort Austria
has shown no sign so far of being af
fected by the widespread democratic
unrest JOHN .. SIEELE'