Show CURRENT TOPICS IN EUROPE M de gallerand talleyrand Tall Tal lerand evrand was without doubt the greatest greatest of french diplomatists and the recent publication of his correspondence throws a flood of light on the secret history of european politics during the early part of this century As all readers of history will remember after nal napoleons disastrous campaign to moscow and his retirement to the island of elba the representatives of the great powers of europe met in congress at vienna to arbitrate their differences and rear re ar range the map of europe talleyrand was the re representative p of france to this congress and his description of royal personages personage sand and customs Is id highly interesting he says 1 I left paris on the and arrived in vienna on the aj that was rapid journe journeying yng for th those ose days but now the distance is made in twenty hours in another place he says the rhe princess of wales has just j left strasbourg she accepted an invitation to madame francks the ban bankers kerys wife and danced all i night her manner mann er of acting at strasbourg explains perfectly why the prince regent prefers being her in italy rather than in england here we see a glimpse of the morals of royal courts of russia he says she is in reality an asiatic power but the provinces she has wrested from sweden from prussia and her lions share of the unfortunate kingdom of poland will make russia a european power 12 it was at congress of nations after the downfall of napoleon that russia put forth her claims to westward and southward extension and even went so far as to claim some of the german provinces on the rhine the arrival of the duke of wellington at the congress talleyrand thus describes on the arrival of the duke of wellington at vienna the emperor of russia questioned the duke concerning the loyalty of the french army to which the dukie replied A As good as ever against foes but good for nothing against napoleon 11 this shows that wellington was the first one to accurately guage the situation the escape of napoleon from elba and the prompt adhesion of the french army to the popular hero broke up the he congress of vienna the sovereigns once more laid aside their differences in their dread of the common foe and hastily reconstructed ted an alliance that was rapidly falling to pieces up to the last all was joeand joy and festivity at vienna talleyrand writes everywhere one meets with emperors kings empresses impresses em presses queens princes dukes etc the austrian court pays for everything and the cost cannot be less than florins florans per day A statesman who had lived through the french revolution and had witnessed the emperor napoleone mode crowned ned heads cannot have felt much of the awe and majesty that doth hedge a king talleyrand however did the french nation good service at vienna in spite of the sad reverses which befell thip the french armies he held france in the first rank of european nations in an era of revolution talleyrand served his country both when she was waa in the height of prosperity and the depth of reverses indr the bourbons under the directory amid the horrors of the reign of terror and under the regime of f napoleon aud and to his honor be it said he never lost si sight ht of the true interests of prance france vow now that thai the complete returns of the french elections have come in it is evident that the french people are neither so fickle nor so foolish as was feared by many of their friends they hey have stuck to the republic in spite s I 1 of all temptations to do otherwise wl another important fact has been revealed by the present election and that is the utter insignificance of the political influence of the french clergy the priests ranged themselves with the enemies of the republic and behold the result if all the reactionary successes were to be traced to their numerous sources how ridiculous ridiculously 8 ay weak would each of the factions appear the rhe republic of france no longer stands on the defensive she has become aggressive millions of socialists socialist have been encouraged in their agitation the influence in the french elections is felt in every capital of europe well may the monarchs mon archa lay aside their mutual animosities for the moment for the star of human rights is in the ascendant and tyrants tremble in their capitals it was only last week that an attempt was made against the life of the czar of russia and now the news come that the czars azars neighbor the emperor of austria Austri ais is scarcely less to be pitied he goes accidents seem to follow at Jaro jaroslaw glaw two of his imperial guard were killed at voner moner in hungary the imperial standard was torn down and trampled is in the mud at another place the stand gave way while the emperor was speaking but so slowly that no BO one was seriously hurt the emperor remonstrated with the people and hoped that such disgraceful behavior would not be repeated but in vain for the next day a similar occurrence took place that turbulent little state of servia which has repeatedly proved to be the firebrand of europe during the present century is once again in commotion the cause or of the trouble in servia is queen natalie who seems to be actuated by her own selfish impulses rather than by either love for her son or the country over which he is the ruler king milan having abdicated in favor of his son it wits was eminently desirable that the boyking should be as far as possible left to the regents and that his quarrelsome parents should not hamper him at the very outset by renewing their scaife in his capital evidently natalie desires to play the part of queen mother and that will not be conceded to her either by the ex king or the regents indeed the prime minister told her plainly that ac was only acting in accordance with the wishes or of king alexander himself who might easily have paid his mother a visit had he chosen to do so during nis his daily drives through the city the feelings of the queen are sufficiently manifest from her own words 1 I think my son is no more worthy than his odious father and I 1 do not care whether I 1 see him or not the position is a very painful one for the young monarch and it is well for him and the servian nation that young as he is he can see the necessity of keeping at arms length even if she is his own mother a woman who seems to be the victim of uncontrollable pass passion IOD it is worthy of note that at the elections just held one hundred and two liberals and only fifteen conservatives were elected the liberals are only too well aware that if queen natalie were to obtain ascendancy she would strain every nerve to eject them from office the strikes of the various labor unions in germany have not had s so pleasant a time as their fellow workers in england at rotterdam the burgmaster issued a proclamation forbid forbidding dingmore more than five persons assembling together in the streets in berlin an attempt was made to form a trades union but the assemblage was dispersed by the police the leaders of 0 the coal miners strike in dohe bohemia ala mla have been sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for periods not exceeding eighteen months meanwhile the higher pric for food in germany is becoming a grave and burning question nearly all the necessaries of life have gone up ten per percent cent in price As the vast majority of the inhabitants of germany many as well as berlin also have only just barely enough to keep themselves and their families this I 1 immense ammense rise in prices coupled with the increase at ai this time of the year in the price of coal makes the prospects of the german people for the winter ve very ry discouraging some attribute this increase of prices to the high protective duties on imported grain and to the prohibition of the importation of swine and pork from russia and austria ou account of the disease among swine prevailing at present in those countries it is not difficult to see that a tremendous political agitation will be the aonie conse quence of all this the radicals have already begun the campaign and they feel certain of some degree of success next year with the election cry to back them up the jewish new year was cele berated in various cities of europe on wednesday september 25 the day Is ia believed by many to be the anniversary of thie the creation and is looked upon as a fitting time for penitential acts whitt what more appropriate prop than that the deity should select the birth birthday bay of the world as a convenient season for weighing 9 the actions of men the jewish liturgy adopts this view it says the lay day on which thy work was completed is a day appointed for judgment by the god of jacob there are some so superstitious as aa to declare that adam was made on a friday about eight in the morning and eve a little after fow four in the afternoon the year that is now drawing tg a close has been remarkable forkap for nsf large amoust of buildings andlen prove monts that have taken p iu in palestine this increase fe fi fled ed to on every side je jewish v oh ish riles are rising up rapidly in e quarter the houses are aced as soon as they are built and are on remarkably advantageous the trials of jewish life in tf countries of europe especially sia da the order that all foreign selvi must leave the country the sale military conscription whid now prevails in Rl alasia asia 1113 gerray 11 and austria all ali these things te powerful influences in the of the jews the re of kl palestine is going on apace ce hid ad must more and more adraw draw abe thoughts of people generally anu and students of prophecy in pam to the country and city which cupy so large a place in the iiii tori cal as well as the prati 1 hem writings of the word of god ga J H WABD EUROPE oct |