Show CURRENT TOPICS IN EUROPE En glands mimic warfare fruit prospects great assemblage at st rauls Knip eror williams movements the empress Km press floods and storms social H vents in london education and art in france editor demerce the naval mancen manoeuvres vires are at present being eagerly watched by the public promise some really valuable re results the sham war was declared at noon on tuesday july aist and since me then there have been a considerable er number of small operations the general beral plan of hostilities la 14 that the which compose the fleet opposed to england are in safe harbors harbor along the irish coast banty bay and lough waiting an opportunity to get out and attack our ports and destroy our oar commerce the two divisions of the fleet on which we depend for protection are endeavoring to blockade the enem akas S ships in their roadsteads and thus to solve the great problem cana can a superior fleet effectively seal up an alron squadron wl ron their failure or success in nog doing so will point to extremely important conclusions another tion which will also be tested cally y is possibility the of coaling blips maea the answer it is hardly necessary to point out will very seriously meece affect the power which possesses the scaling coaling stations of the world alto geaber seth erwe we way may feel sure that a good deal abal of light will be thrown upon thi conditions of the naval warfare of the future the scottish fruit growers are just HOW BOW enjo enjoying lug a double stroke of good fortune or tane lor for while le they have abod goodard and 10 some parts splendid coups the prospects of their southern rivals are anything but cheering the gardiners gardinere Gar diners Ar won icle according to its annual cus tom wm has been gathering in simultaneous reports from all parts of the united kingdom and nothing can illustrate more forcibly the uncertainty uncertainly of fruit farming in britaina Brit ains variable toan than the general tenor of the auwers answers received in all the southern portion of the tae british islands the fine byarm summer and autumn of last year had ad developed the wood and this combined with the propitiously late spring gave promise to such an anaut antum ma as keets apostrophized hazed A sea nn 0 o that bends with appyles apples the cottage trees and fills all fruit with ripeness to the core but the cold lyinda ads and rains have played havoc avith ith the orchards and the ravages of the ye caterpillars have hardly bee been inless less I 1 tive apples generally are un der r the average except cur curiously ional y boush in the counties about london 00 abbe the other hand though cherries cherian win generally an exception to complaints the south and southwest I 1 have to larent agent the failure of this imi crop pears are under th the e average almost throughout the coun I 1 trai i plums show a deficiency every we ere except in ales and the chan i islands I 1 apricots peaches and tafts are in the same plight though abundant haae e suf suffered ferea much from the inces icart Iq 1 aRt 8 wet nuts are under average particularly in kent and surrey which are usually the principal nut growing districts Small fruits all justify the IP leport 0 of over average and this fortu natel applies plies reven even to the coun ties thatty tha tyre e post most deficient in apples k and plums I 1 u s altogether the outlook justifies the prediction that A alca li and the colonies will bo be ir Roly drawn upon to mako up tip the chency ci ency for po cong imp JI on saturday saturday july was fathered in st pauls paul 8 cathedral probably the largest assemblage of professedly christian ministers that great britain has ever seen this great concourse of ecclesiastical dignitaries representing many millions of followers were addressed by the archbishop of 01 york some of his sentences were remarkable for the clearness of the description of the social condition of europe and are well worthy of remembrance in relation misguided disciples of anarchy and confusion wild protests against the existing ing order ot of things are but the outcry of despair the archbishop pleaded for pity rather than condemnation never said he was wealth so enormous and poverty so prevalent as they arenow are now in the west end we see palaces netted bitted up from basement to roof with every appliance of luxury inthe in the east end are buildings inga with hardly any conveniences where weak but bat hopeful women strive to keep up a continued series of miserable meals which hardly stave off starvation b by the few pence their work is adjudge adjudged to be worth the ever growing disparity between the prosperity of the few and the abject want of the many is a burning question to millions of suffering englishmen whom increased facilities of education have of late years enabled to realize their condition it is a 4 question which those who make the laws of this country will have to face ere long unless its solution shall be taken in handay handby forces more peremptory and sudden in action than their own the patience with which the poor bear their burdens and await the coming of I 1 I 1 better times I 1 is no less wonderful than it is admirable Is it not a of marvel to every man of just mind that the poor do not attempt oy by violent means to rectify what must appear to them a hideous injustice justice iu indicted A I 1 acted upon them by the accident of birth or by social or legal arrangements I 1 in the establishment of which they have had no voice but the terrible feature lof modern society which science is powerless to alter is thit that it tends to double the gains of the rich and halve the miserable wages of the poor it is time to speak to the rich of avarice and tell teil them that luxury must pay its ita dues professor goldwin smith has recently pointed out thit that england is in a state which should events take an unfavorable turn way may become revolutionary tio nary the air in every region of life is full of innovations organic changes seem almost to be accepted as a normal condition against which it is wily folly to 10 set oates anoa self scepticism has shaken the moral nerve of t the fe governing class claps of england 11 these are stirring thoughts indeed by two of the most pio profound lound thinkers of the present day wo are the friends of germany who are its enemies these quest questions ionis it would seem the young emperor william 11 II is determined to fo solve to bis own satisfaction by personal observation everybody knows that even a mere holiday trip through a country will tell more about it than a book of travels the emperor william shows a disposition of losing no opportunity of seeing with his own e eyes es and hearing with his own ears williams visit to prince bismarck at his residence in Friedrichs friedrichsruhe immediately after landing again on german soil puts pats a complete extinguisher on the notion that the journey of the german emperor to russia and subsequently to the two scandinavian countries was of a purely complimentary character some kind of ig concession has been made to russia but of what that concession consists is of coarse a secret for the present the real visit was undoubtedly to st petersburg the other two being merely an attempt to throw over inquisitive politicians of the scent when bismarck snatched schleswig holstein from denmark and alsace lorraine from fiance he knew perfectly well that germany would have arrayed against her for all coming time the enmity of the nations she had bad despoiled the most cunningly devised schemes tail fall sometimes and the nations of i he world no more believe that denmark has forgotten holstein than that france has allowed the memory or of alsace lorrain to pass into oby oblivion dijon or that she will ever do so toe nations that germany has deo polled will only accept these disagreeable positions so long as they are compelled to do so the only way that denmark could be I 1 sincerely reconciled to germany is by ving biag her back schleswig Sch leswig if not bolstein tol I 1 S stein but prince bismarck will no more do this than he would T give lorraine back agate again to france H hence ence batse imperial visits serve no BO purpose unless it be to keep the gernian i emperor employed and persuade him that 0 he e is doing great importance aid aad powerfully contributing I 1 k to the consolidation of the german 21 empire p I 1 r e the recent rise on the vienna bourse is supposed to indicate either that bat the interests of austria have not been sac to those of russia or that peace prospects have increased rather than otherwise whatever may be the true solution of the mystery it is evident that at vienna people are disposed to take a cheerful view of the political situation on the other hand it is somewhat ominous that since the Empe emperors return i the official press is making in a furious ou slaught it franr france c and advising advis ins her citizens and all others not to travel among savages the furious persecution that has been waged against the jews in some parts of germany the expatriation of fairty thousand poles in russian Polan dand the vexatious measures of german officials in lorraine lately might lead some to think that glerman german official courtesy cou is not of the highest order in all this we may conclude that what avei was done in the meeting at st petersburg was inspired by prince bismarck hence the anxiety of the imperial pupil to report progress to his political professor at friedrichs rube the widowed exempress E is now visiting her mother queen victoria at balmoral it is said that she bas bag singled out the ciurca of the holy sepulchre at in the tyrol as the model oi of the mausoleum nian sole am to be built over the tomb of the late laie emperor frederick ineichen Inn ichen is a quaint old market town near the famous alpez zo valley and during the visit of the imperial pair to tue the district last year the ex crown princess made a sketch of the venerable building 0 at her express wish baron Scam schmidt idt the well ell known austrian architect ct is making the plans of the church among the social events in london during the past week tile the dinner given by the incorporated society ot of authors of which is president was among the most prominent mr james russell lowell in the course of his bis speech said there is an increasing love for great britain among amone my countrymen I 1 find and on inquiry they stop longer and i in n greater greate r numbers each year in the old hous e and feel more deeply its manifold charms I 1 in france there is much distress on account of the floods and storms during the past week reports are still coming in which indicate great losses throughout the centre and south of france frana on wednesday aug 1 snow fell so heavily on the bavarian alps that most of the cattle had bad to be driven down into the valleys an occurrence which had not taken place in the memory ot the oldest inhabitant in paris notwithstanding the strikes that have been in progress se the students fete has commanded comin a great amount ot of attention M lockroy minister to of public instruction aud president of the school ot line flue arts aria awarded the prizes prices and delivered a speech truly st among other things he be said the time had bad come when classical education was careins as a inz through a crisis in the autu future re less attention would be given to the study of the languages ol of greece and rome and more time devoted to the language and literature of english speaking nations A glowing tribute was given to english and american authors one hundred and sixty eight cash prizes were then distributed tri buted varying in value from one hundred to live five thousand francs that is from twenty to one thousand dollars of american money some of the best specimens of sculpture and painting were placed in the louvre IV it was by means of purchasing the prize works of students that the late president ahiers inters and his estimable wile wife did so much for the encouragement ot of art in paris and for the benefit of struggling genius tho the thiers gallery in the louvre is a monument to his memory more last ing than marble for in it are incorporated the gratitude of thousands of students and the pride of the french people J if W europe august 7 |