The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1888-02-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

PATTRICR." [VERBAL EMBRO, lid.  avoidsany,othex result. _,2l4,Reopkt -a partially Popular form of-Uovernuient, are yet ruled much after a despotic Constitutionalism lends itself readily to agitation, because freedom of speech,and meeting are its very breath of life. The Irish are, therefore, only doing what is perfectly natural for a people who' have some constitutional forms of government. granted to them. Englishmen or Scotchmen placed in similar circumstances would act just in the same way. Welsh. men are already beginning. The session is thus certain to be marked by many angry conflicts. The result will certainly be to weaken, but probably not to destroy, ' the Government. The majority in the House of Commons are bound together in a common bond of desperation, and men in such a case are not likely to commit the •suicide of serious disagreement.  have! f tom  PRINCE BISMLIICK delivered a weighty speech on Monday in the German Reichstag, and, on the whole, the result has been to clear the air of many \bellicose rumours. He declared frankly eneugh that Germany was for peace, because peace was best for Germany. He declared be did not believe that Russia meant going to war. He defined her intentions thus :—" I believe the Russian Cabinet intends to make Russia's voice heard at the next European crisis, and would, therefore, wish to push her military forces as far westward as possible. Per- ' haps Russia speculates upon a turn soon taking place in the Eastern Question, and . desires then to act promptly With greater weight. Perhaps her intention is to render her diplomatic demands more effectual : from the fact of ' their having an army b ready for war ind them. We, however, at all even $, are only concerned in the Eastern Question in a secondary manner." The latter declaration, that Germany will virtually let her have her own way in regard to Turkey, was one of the most I significant passages of the speech. The Itusso-German relations he dealt with in other passages and at great length. The most striking was the following !—" Prussia has at all times sought to maintain good relations with Russia, although the latter left us in the lurch at Olmuetz. I myself, when I was • Minister in Russia, laboured to keep up such relations, and I reaped success. These traditional Irelations had always a prepossession for i3le, and I have fostered them; but the .frictully feelings of Russsia 1 towards us (stoles'. I say this in order to make it clear why we concluded the alliance with Austria. We declined to accede to the demands which Rissiamado upon us before the last war in the East. Russia then turned to Austria. but in vain. Then came the war. We were glad the storm passed over our heads. At the Congress which I was able to bring together, only with great trouble, I exerted myself to obtain satisfaction for all Russian interests and to carry through all , 1 Russian wishes. I really believed that I ' : had acquired a right to Russia's gratitude, but I could and would not give umbrage to Austria. If I had done so we should have become isolated in Europe, and completely dependent upon Russia."  THE Getman Chancellor urged that in making military preparations Germany was urged forward by France and Russia. "The pike in France and Russia," be said, "compel us to become carp." He declared more than once that lie was quite in favour of peace, and he concluded with some impressive sentences in regard to the Treaty with Austria, the terms of which have just been made public He said :—" The Treaty is the expression of the community of interests of the contracting parties. This it  was which We wished tho world to know. But not this Treaty only, but also that with Italy is only the expression of the community of interests and common effort .to avert common dangers, and to defend the maintenance of peace. Austria I followed this thoughtful policy in 1370 in resisting the entreaties of France to come forward against Germany. Austria is our natural ally in the dangers which threaten us from Russia and France. But there is no need to fear the hatred of Russia. No wars are waged from mere hatred, for otherwise France would have to be at war with Italy and the whole world. The strength we possess will, it is to be hoped, reassure our public opinion and the nervousness of the Bourses and I Press. Our task is to strengthen this I strength. We must, of course, have the 1 best weapons for the fathers of families who will have to serve under the present Bills, with the aid of which we shall be able to place a million good soldiers on each side of our frontiers. Behind them stand our reserves. It must not be said others can do the same. 12,hat is just what they cannot do. We ve the material not only for forming an enormous army, but for furnishing it wil officers."  THE Dean of St. Asaph sends a terrible story to the Times about the condition of the Vicar of Cwm, who has been engaged in a fearful struggle with his tithe payers. "For three mouths during his prol  )tracted  struggle with the farmers the Vicar and his family were so poor that they never had a pound of butchers' meat in house; the one servant was dismissed, and her work doue by the children; hiq son was removed from Oxford in the midst of his course. So terribly did the privations and hardships tell upon the poor children that two of them (inheriting their mother's delicacy) died in the course of last year. In December the Vicar himself, prostrated by his troubles, fell ill of a brain disease, from which he is only now recovering. During his delirium he dwelt continually upon his unhappy differences with his parishioners. The tithe distraint sales were held last week. During the whole day, though the Vicar was only just convalescent, and his daughter had only been dead a few weeks, his house was surrounded by a yelling, howling, cursing mob, consisting of men and even women, to the wants, bodily and spiritual, of many of whom he had ministered in the earlier days of his vicariate. The expression upon their faces was such, he said to me, 'that I felt I could realise the French Revolution.' The presence of the police alone, he is assured, prevented an assault upon his house, On Monday last he received a box, filled with hay, thistles, farm refuse, and odious filth. At the bottom was &paper with these words : We heard you are in want of food, and send you some provision to keep you alive till your brothers send you more. Wish you a happy new year. More to come.'" The Dean asks that some patron will appoint this wretc4ed man to aßother living but the chief leaon tg beuleimed  the