| Show CURRENT TOPICS TOMS IN EUROPE EUROP attempt on tle the czars azars idle cause ol of nihilism ta the pope pop e discontent russia and prance france reforms in angland shakespeare in paris bev ceorge washington king aalia mans a divorce the startling news that the czar of russia had bad a narrow arrow escape from assassination sassi nation was flashed over the wires on oct his majesty with the empress has been making a grand tour in the southeastern part of his dominions bordering on the black and caspian seas the official eions were so complete that all other traveling was practically suspended in order to secure the safety of the imperial tourists notwithstanding all these arrangements an assassin dogged the footsteps of the emperor and at the little city of kunais was asrea ax rested ted barely live five minutes before the emperor arrived the assassin is by birth apouban Coss cossack aek the tribe which occupies the strip of territory at the european side of ef the caucasus ano bordering on the black sea he was expelled some years ago froin from his university lor for imaginary political offenses and then became one of the founders of the south russian revolutionary society at the time of his arrestee arr esthe was standing in the crowd disguised its as a cossack officer the prisoner will wili be forwarded to st petersburg burg and dealt with administratively trat ively I 1 I 1 that is tried privately and of course condemned it now appears that this presumed assassin was originally a harmless university student wrongfully accused by blundering or malicious spies and refused all 0 opportunity ort unity of proving oving his innocence plu in russia ar the e official classes have it all their own are answerable only to the czar and his eye cannot be everywhere in russia there is no free press or public opinion to check wrong doing under these circumstances it to is al always possible that cruel wrong may be inflicted on private men through the ill will or stupidity of subordinate officials in russia expulsion from a university on suspicion of political offenses is a deathblow death blow to a young educated russian he is ref refused us e d admission to all other universities he is debarred debarres de barred from all professions he is ineligible for any official post it is rather startling to find and the infection of regicide extending to the f foot oat of the caucasus and the life of the czar endangered not by the nihil ests of cracow chacow or st petersburg but bf by one doe of the tribe on whose blind and barbaric loyalty the emperors of t russia have long relied even during the present tour one of the incidents was the traditional dit ional ceremony of tossing their ataman or chief in the air by the cossacks of the party their hresc nt chief Is the heir apparent App areat and the young grand duke had to submit to the custom with as much composure as he could command there can be no doubt thattie that the nihilism discontent and lell teA crime of the empire have their origin as a rule in the centres bentres of education when a young russian finds the horizon of his thongla thougla thou sit enlarged by contact with them the great thinkers of the world he feels that the career opened to him in his native land is narrow and confined and he naturally expresses his bis discontent oon tent this leadia to repression punishment and in some orne cases expulsion in france infranco the th communists are almost all mechanics or workers in the factories who on account of the many hours of service have little opportunity tor for im in provement pro or they are half educated lawyers or journalists using those workingmen as tools tor for their own advancement van cement in germany the socialists are men of the lowest laboring class and in italy the reds beds are the dregs of the populace but in russia men and women of good education and high station are fierce and unreasoning 8 0 n ing nihilists nihilisms lists they throw them be selves 1 ve into revolution because there is no safety valve for their pent up energies thus the class who should furnish political political oli leaders only furnishes those wao who by striking at the life of the czir czar hope to upset the institutions of the country the results result of emperor williams visit to rome borne are one of the principal topics in political circles the present pope aises marked contrast to his predecessor pre assor pio nino who was of a hearty and almost jocund bearing while the present in of the vatican is a man very retiring in his nature and d dignified billed in his demeanor slightly bu built at frail looking and exceedingly grave rave in manner the sovereign pontiff pontiff has in repose an aspect of profound and rather mournful contemplation sometimes his face is lighted up with a peculiar bright and kindly smile put even then the observer is aware that beneath the pale brow of this old man of eight eighty years there works a powerful miny mind well acquainted with all the passions and aad foibles of humanity and aad all the arts of government and diplomacy as well as a will which possesses the strength of steel in addition to its elasticity and polish with all his culture and gentleness the popes own words indicate a feeling of chagrin and disappointment from the recent visit of emperor william to the vatican the emperors object in coming comin was favorable not to us but to our adversaries ver yer saries he came to see me it was an act of courtesy and I 1 wasi was glad to receive him I 1 had bad much to te say to him but just as I 1 was beginning be inning my in discourse he interrupted interrupt efine me by calling in his bis brother in order to present him to me after that I 1 had bad no further epport opportunity port unity ot of speaking privately with I 1 in the these e words there to is a touch of chagrin dun I 1 ta ry lifting 01 0 the veil of europ pol politics 1 1 1 the political cal consequences consequence may be v and a nd offended offen deg will now turn torance and russia Russi aler for support its Inna ence will now be anthe side ot of france sod and t the he rousing into activity of the large catholic 0 population of italy during daring t the he past week the tone of the leading F french journals has become decidedly favorable f av arable to russia and the marked civilities shown to russians a and nd bussian officers in paris lately are but signs of the times from one end of england to the other the people are engaged in prep orations erat ions for elections of the utmost importance to themselves although but bat little is heard of them outside although t the e country the whole system of local government has been changed by the act of last session emain th thep iain object being to place more power in the hands of the rate payers and to render them more directly responsible for the management of their own aaers for this purpose county councils are set up on which men of all shades of opinion may be represented and which will eventually manage all the business of the districts where they exist the magistrates of england have hitherto had bad almost everything relating to county that is rural business in their own hands bands the magistrates will hencel henceforth arth have very little more to do than to exercise their judicial functions the other duties which have hitherto fallen apon them will now nii be entrusted to bodies elected under popular suffrage at first the looked this as little better than aj a revolution but bat already reconciling themselves to it and have made up their minds in most places to seek she th e votes of the people as candidates for the county edi councils inells something of their old fashioned dignity they will have to sacrifice it if they mean to have a voice in county business they must be content conten tto to stand with or against the othe local butcher or bakery baierl and throw aside class differences they will have eto canvass the electors elec and put themselves upon an eq equality with many upon whom they have thitherto looked down as from a lofty eminence better todo to do that than be deprived of all influence in the counties where they were once supreme be the result what it may the broad fact remains that privilege and caste have received another ruinous blow and the people have made another great stride towards victory all along the line the new county councils will be erected on tolerably broad householders may vote for any candidate and unmarried women mhd pay local races will have the peers may undoubtedly become members and what is more many of them dukes marquises and earls have resolved to come forward as candidates the city of london will be made into a county by y itself the lord lieutenant to be nominated 0 by the crown the duke of westminster has been chosen as the first to fill this office probably because he be is the largest land owned london the most important cahan change ge made is the abolition of the metropolitan board of Works together with all the jobbery and corruption associated with its history the most notable incident in parts paris lately is the unveiling of the of shakespeare among the speakers on the occasion were M porel M four mer paul emile olivier and M Vezie Mez leres reg the orator of the day the great actress sarah bernhardt Bern bardt said whenever a modern playwright exceeds himself he is likened to shakespeare to equal shakespeare is the grandest homage homage that thac can cali be rendered to any mortal morta the rev bev george washington who for the past ten years has been chaplain to the british embassy in constantinople ti has lately taken up ta bap abode in paris having been install installed id at as the pastor of the english inq ail ah church in the rue de bassios Bas sius mr washington is about fifty five years of age and is i the oldest eldest representative of the family that gave america her national hero mr awe washington hington preserves the original coat of arms of the family a raven with outspread wings above a shield bearing three stars and two stripes with the well known motto metto below in cruce glor for 11 this coat of arms is believed to be the origin of the present american flag mr son don now in england is said to be an almost perfect likeness of the original george king le milan ilan of servia seems to have read itie history of the english tudor kings to some purpose his treatment 0 of queen neen natalie is in some respects ill liaf henry the eighths Eight hs treatment oPP off Queen catherine each appealed to an ecclesiastical tribunal tor lor a divorce and each broke with that tribunal when it showed signs of resistance si king milan indeed has not either a servile clergy or the opinions of of several great universities in his favor but he has a fair representative of of cranmer in the archbishop of belgrade what differentiates the case from the old one most obviously is the absence of anybody who fills the role of annie boleyn and M risteen is a very r y p poor 0 r representative of Car cardinal dingi wolsey 0 1 s e J H W E europe drope nov 5 1888 |
