Show EUROPEAN TOPICS it is sometimes well for us to see aft ourselves as others see us so perhaps a french summary of the late sackville Bac kville broglio imbroglio em may not be out of place thousands of pages have been written on this subject but here it is all in a nutshell lord sackville writes a thoughtless letter M blaine in the agony of a doubtful canvass set up a prolonged agonizing doleful excruciating howl cleveland has sold the country pat collins demands lord Sack villes dismissal M cleveland pays ill bounce him within three days and sends telegram to lord salisbury before a reply is received M cleveland sends a second dispatch ive bounced sackville when are you going to send a new minister M phelps cries out if f you don dont donit it send a new minister im going hornet home and so BO diplomatic relations between great britain and the united states axe are suspended the dinner to minister phelps is said to have been a memorable affair five hundred invited guests all pleased except the irish yet it is on their account that minister phelps retires vair M phelps has succeeded in serving america no england so well that lord salisbury contemptuously declines to send another minister to washington E england land sustains lord salisbury yet honors the huffed buffed and r retiring g american minister vair M phelps is enraged at lord Salis burys excuses yet lady salisbury gives mrs phelps a brilliant jewelled souvenir the wives of the other ministers dont like it think their husbands ought to go off in a huff too so they could gettine get fine presents then they all sing hail columbia and rule britannia die da is au all one bud business neso fo for de two grande ione I 1 99 but america and great britain are not the only nations that do queer things france has just fust had a boulanger excitement now the election storm sighs and ebbs away paris is again at peace the army of billa tickers has become an army of sc rubbers whatever may happen to the Flou ministry or to agn the e republic the walls must be clean paris having amused herself with the boulanger problem will now think seriously of other matters for example the new ciD comedy mody the eiffel tower or the dome of the hotel des Inva lides which needs guilding and other grave questions paris must be amused the election was great fun it was so to speak a first night for the boule bards tomorrow there will be a 9 fresh sensation a whale in the seine a new chimpanzee in the jardin des plantes or paul de CW cas the famous duelist entering a monastery who knows in the presence of such an important event even who will care for boulanger paris must be amused we shall hear of plans and political combinations rochefort Boch efort and grevy will declare the country in dangev danger what fires will burn in 14 the corridors of the P palate alais bourbon but no matter what political changes the parisians Pari have still the tae hotel cluny and notre dame pere la a chaise and the madeline and the tb f famous am ous E eiffel iff e I 1 tower with dinners dinner served feet up in the air paris at ones feet unrolled like a scroll no fairer bit of writing from the fing angers ers of so called modern civilization than may be there read dinners feet in the air hotel bill of 0 fare wine included just think of after all axe are not these things of more importance than even the election of general boulanger Is va it not dot the one immediate duty to keep paris clean and prepare her for the 00 coming exhibition she bhe is now putting her house in order to welcome mankind to friendly com competition oil in the arts and sciences thip win will be of more importance to td france in its largest sense than a thousand elections and the transient triumphs of a thousand men such as 0 the le brav general Ce the development of italian railways is a subject that attracts the attention of thousands not long since some of the finest of the ancient or ruined cities of italy were werd neglected by the traveler because of the time that would be lost iu in reaching them not to speak of the expense and even personal danger incurred on the journey for example how few tourists have visited vleit aed Is fa aava cava and and those hoary old ruins of ancient heathen temples there how few have visited or kibur as it was anciently called A city that claims to have been founded five centuries before the city of rome and famous as the residence of some of the greatest scholars poets and states men of antiquity here may I 1 be i seen the vast and magnificent remains of the he emperor Had hadrian rians palace yet comparatively few have i seen this place in modern modem times the new railroads have now made these spots accessible as well aft hundreds of others mauv many of these railroads are now under the man MAD argement of cook sons of I 1 glasgow who do all they can to 09 r lieve travelers from the insolence pi of native guides and supply th their air places with men of at least ordin ordinary i intelligence I 1 now that africa is being opened UP uj to civilization it is won erful how many nations are eager to plant missions upon her soil boll even ruwa has sent a company of three hundred missionaries into africa true they were under military discipline and well armed and in all a appear anoe ance seemed to fie be ordinary so soldiers but then of course russia calls them eg missionaries and that settles it the territory where they IR landed 1 I Is nominally nai nally under french protection aad d a little strange that the reach war ship meteors took no otice notice of the arrival of the russian and the landing of the sol ahr aban mean missionaries also veat atthe the italian war ship found it convenient to sail further the coast as soon as the rus bus dau n ships appeared in view it is etue e the russian missionaries had aeral pieces of artillery with them but h ow these were only cannon can of the russian church rile rhe excitement of the last few weeks seems to have told severely on xin ng that nervous system the iving wm will abdicate eventually the boe throne hrone of servia is generally con wred not only possible but also elt extremely remely probable the throne cef never had much attraction for him ilk Q allis to age it Is said the position of aty I 1 monarchs is in no way en ale le owing to the increasing de da of the people when are added cato to these annoyances the in aes ues of other powers the throne of a putty petty prince may be said to be scare freely ely worth having the return of ia a laige arge radical majority must have beet en a great disappointment to the lag proving as it did a deep rooer ted popular dissatisfaction the ra 8 mortification was apparent ote address to the parliamentary yr tation that waited on him on or of Year day it was a symptom his 8 growing aversion to the gone and consequent irritability ale seems determined to secure the ral tion won of his son and prevent aleer natalies return no immedi ange is therefore to be antici dated aps not everyone is aware that wee already possesses a system of ate through which small small vessels 10 pass from the english channel paula the 6 mediterranean di via havre ua lyons and avignon As the large j on of yachting is approaching a sa number of these vessels are OTI on cleir way to the southern erast of europe where the owners a to sport during the spring aprin 9 fa nth 68 on the waters of the great essl of these the tiny yacht oer to the bc seems approach is nearest west to refection perfection its ats capacity capacc loaded only 8 tons and when ful y draws ws only four feet of water r ya this tiny stiny steamer is fitted up like na y palace the lighting of the sats dorle as 88 well as the signals is by y means of electricity the ot of powlett is the owner alle The e wonderful success which has S 03 laded the paris edition of the york herald has induced the publish edwi ers to commence a london in on which b began on the 2nd and m these papers are am by no means houi joui tors of french or english atte am nor ard ara they copies of went herald awald in new york aud T are distinct newspapers fresh ay mey with american methods idea ldean an and american mat mathiea pa thiea it is safe to assume ey will have a decided ince in foreign journalism J H WARD february Pe bruan 11 1889 la 10 t doubt the tae highest auth w an w an all that pertains to the british navy is lord charles beresford indeed he is also one of the prominent statesmen of the em empire ire his presence in the capital atthe of the german empire during the past week has been the subject of a good deal of conversation among politicians tic ians the emperor william received and entertained him at luncheon and likewise invited invite 1 him to a grand dinner which was given on the dinst and to which were invited the chief officers of the german navy prince bismarck also expressed a desire to make his acquaintance and the two were closeted in conference together during which time it is said they frankly interchanged ideas on several matters lord beresford being a man of serious purpose was especially attractive to prince bismarck who is both frank and earnest when speaking upon all that pertains to the welfare of the german people although lord beresford is not a cabinet minister it is evident the conversation was of a national and political character the german chancellor is bent on the preservation of pence peace because he knows how fearful war would be even to the I 1 victor lord beresford has only the same object in view when he exposes the inefficiency of the british i navy and tries to awaken the people of great britain to a sense of their danger both of these men are aware that their own countries have everything to fear from war because even if successful nearly a generation would elapse before victorious england or victorious germany could recover from the drain that such a contest would have made on national prosperity many consider that an anglo french wax war is only a little less probable than a franco german conflict A politician in france might seize a favorable moment to excite his country against england on egyptian matters for example the french on these points are very touchy and the english might resent it if england once suffered a severe defeat UPON the sea her prestige would be shaken and with difficulty she would hold her sway over her millions of indian subjects whatever the rivalries or party feeling in england and germany may be it is evident there are many statesmen among them beresford and bismarck who would gladly see an anglo angio german alliance the untimely death of the crown prince of austria naturally creates some anxiety with regard to the future of the composite austrian empire the late prince rudolph rodolph was a patron of science and literature and a well known know n sympathizer with the more liberal policy of government which has been founded in austria on the ruins of the metternich system although austria hungary is a constitutional monarchy yet it is one of a peculiar kind ad and much depends on the personal character of the sovereign of the present emperor it may be said that on the whole he has been successful in controlling the antagonistic ele merits ments of the empire what will be the character of the new dynasty or the policy of the heir presumptive to the throne is entirety entirely unknown it is a change from the known to the unknown a leap in the dark hence those who wish for the prosperity of austria wish also that the emperor francis joseph may yet live many years to occupy the e throne enormous tact is required to keep austria and hungary in harmonious working hungary in particular is exceedingly jealous of of her independence and is ready to revolt at a moments notice for instance the late commotion in the Hun hungarian garlan parliament was waa due to i the introduction of a bill which 1 provided that hungarian army officers in the future should have a knowledge of the german language which is already spoken in more than half the empire the hun gazianis imagine I 1 that this measure would give the german element too much preponderance and resented it accordingly more than one half the population favor a dose close alliance with germany but a numerous slav population in the empire has very pronounced russian sympathies probably owing to the fact that it Is composed mostly of members of the greek church of which the czar of russia is the acknowledged head an austrian emperor therefore is frequently called upon to reconcile the irreconcilable andio and to keep the political machine running smoothly in austria at least kinge raft is a trade that has to be learned and personal popularity is is an indispensable requirement the be late prince rudolph was very popular unhappily too much so with a portion of his aple people and the moral atmosphere 0 of vienna is not of a kind to be severe on his failings unfortunately some of the ablest rulers of men have not been exemplary sovereigns in private life what will be the character of the next prince is a question that many in austria are am asking with anxiety it has been said with regret that few if an any really learned or scientific men lave have been found in the congress of the american republic during the last few years in earlier times it was different when such men as franklin witherspoon hamilton and storey gave dignity and wisdom to the councils of the nation in this respect it is really remarkable how many scientists and profound thinkers are to be meco disco covered among the leading statesmen of italy of this class clam signor signer bonghi is a noted example for many years he has been one of the most trusted ministers of the cabinet and one of the most distinguished deputies in parliament yet amid his many labors he has found time for much literary labor his latest work the history of christ is a treatise which will well compare with the writings of archdeacon farrar on the same subject the writings of M another italian statesman are also worth worthy y of note his last fast production cc the underground treasure of italy is as veritable storehouse of information it is not a mere list of mines and quarries granite and marble m ble on the other hand the historical reminiscences are to many the most interesting te part of the work for example take the marble quarries of carrara and we find that the sides and lintel of the great door of the pantheon at rome borne as well as aa the vast marble carvings of the baths of baricalla Ba were all taken from this place but the most stupendous monument of carrara M marble ble that has comedown come down to us from ancient times is the column of trojan at rome borne this was cam composed posed of thir ty four pieces and without the statue was no less than one hundred and twenty six feet in height it must have been an imposing imposing sight when the ancient romans looked i upon this lofty shaft with its two thousand five hundred sculptured human figures besides horses boats fortresses etc this column was originally surmounted by the colossal statue of trojan holding the gilded globe which contained his hia ashes I 1 the quarries of carrara carram formed a spot frequently visited by michael angelo there he lived for days among the quarries till he had selected the particular stones which suited his fancy and which his genius and his chisel afterwards rendered historic by the aid of this work the traveler can trace the history of italian art for twenty centuries past J H WARD EUROPE elroi E feb 1889 |