Show POLITICS OF MANY NATIONS A rumor comes from vienna that centre of dubious reports to the effect tha the sultan has invited d the czar to visit constantinople and that the latter has accepted the invitation has caused a nutter flutter among european diplomats the reports which have lately been sent out from st petersburg as to the czar having taken no pains to conceal liis his astonishment that the german emperor should pay a visit to the sultan were ur undoubtedly authentic then tic and represented accurately the czars azars feelings when however it was learned that the emperor would go to constantinople despite the amazement of the northern potentate it is pio probable bable tt that the czar seeing the necessity of ug the em derors action and counteracting the of his conference with the commander of the faithful resolved to conter confer with the sultan himself under none of the existing circumstances could he be pay a gratuitous visit to the city whose inclusion within the russian domain he most covets as the guest of the sovereign whose capitol he would invade but au an invitation was the easiest thing possible to obtain the russian ambassador to the porte had only to intimate in the most vague manner that his imperial master would be pleased to accept the hospitality of his enemy and the object was accomplished the sultan himself one of the most fin finished dished diplomats of the time was as equal to the occasion and forthwith there issued a note couched in the most affectionate terms soliciting the honor of the azars czars presence in the city of mosques the time definitely fixed for the visit is the early part of next year an arrangement n ost favorable to the sultan as sufficient time will have elapsed for him to realize some ol of the benefits which will undoubtedly attach to him from the visit of the kaiser to enable him to make a date with the czar which will be advantageous to both both emperor and czar have much to gain from certain voluntary concessions ces on the part of turkey which neither will permit the other to obtain by force of arms while the sultan has nothing to lose in any event the semi hostility of the bowers powers toward one another arising from rom their jealousies guarantees to him absolute security in the position from which each would be delighted to oust him it is evident however that though the two emperors will obtain from the sultan concessions of great benefit to their respective governments the wily will secure from badh assurances of his bis freedom from molestation that will enable him to devote more time to the negotiations of loans and less jess to the cares of the state the new law which the german government has introduced into parliament parliament ament on the subject of socialism is exciting much discussion in germany it was in 1867 that the first vote of exceptional powers was made for the purpose of suppressing socialistic agitation but they were voted only for a period of two years so that the government has had bad to come from time to time aisling renewal the new law if it passes passel is to be a permanent measure A long report is submitted to parliament along with the new bill in which the government sets forth the history of the similar measure of the past and declares that it does not combat ideas or teaching but only violations of the public peace and dangerous ag agitation tation prussia saxony hesse darmstadt and hamburg approve the bill the other states a large majority IN give ve only a conditional assent to secure their end that is a permanent grant of power the government leaders are willing to modify the existing la law in some minor particulars for or example they propose a committee on complaints composed of magistrates before whom cases of alleged abuse of the law can be brought their concessions by no meat means i a satisfy the opposition the national liberals strongly object to the bill in its present shape they desire that the supreme court shall have jurisdiction in cases of alleged abuse and to have an appeal to that court act as a stay on all proceedings till the case is heard they also oppose the clause gial giving dg the government the right of expulsion a of social lets lats it can be put into operation whenever the minor state of siege is declared in any city or province and the return of an expelled person can take place only with abe consent of the police authorities this of course amounts to banishment the law will probably have to be seriously modified before it can pass besides the opposition of the socialistic party it will encounter antagonists in all those who perceive that its stern provisions may be invoked against themselves as well as against the socialists in spite of the repressive measures which the government has taken from time to time socialism continues to spread in germany it looks very much as if marcks Bis attempts to suppress active socialism on the one hand and on the other to bribe the working classes by a very mild form of state socialism were doomed to failure his state socialism is embodied in the scheme which makes the state the insurer of the working men against accidents and of the landowner or peasant against disasters of certain kinds and which guarantees the support of the working man in old age the rhe fight in the reichstag therefore is one between different kinds of socialism the state socialism of bismarck dd the radical socialism of the socialistic party the decision will depend upon a body of nien men who stand between the two and adhere to neither system they are the national liberal party of the reichstag nothing in austrian politics is more noteworthy than the rising sense of nationality on the part of the Czech bohemia the sessions of the Boh bohemian mian diet are continual ly y agitated by the intrusion of questions growing at its very opening g the young czech party which won such great successes in the recent elections came forward with a bold petition to the emperor asking b him im to consent to be crowned as king of bohemia at prague the leader of this party wt gregory took occasion on the moving of the address to make a long oration setting forth the hopes and alms of his followers he denounced the undue prominence given to the german Germa element in the austrian empire and especially in bohemia and declared that the young czechs czecho looked confidently forward to the restoration of the ancient kingdom of bohemia with its historical rights right and privileges the oration made a great impression but the whole matter was re ferre to a committee and it is thought will not be reported upon at all but the young czechs czecho have accomplished their main purpose at present which is to declare their position shortly after came the interpellation of the new governor of bohemia thuna thun on the suppression su of the Le severein r reading club of czech students these reading circles had been suppressed at the time of tu their air sending an address aej to the students of the university of paris on the opening of the fie IN ovelle novelle sorbonne 11 the governor declared it to have been an illegal manifestation which means that the address breathed too strongly of the spirit of independence and czech nationality the whole movement is already one the fall of the brazilian empire is suggestive from many points of view iffe if we look at it from the point of view of the humanitarian it presents a striking contrast to most of the revolutions of the past both in the old world and the new by the absence of the cruel spirit of revenge if we look at it from the point pant of view of the philosophical politician it reveals many unmistakable signs of progress it is a movement from a lower to a higher condition of associated manhood manhood self reliant and self governing as contrasted with manhood dependent and blindly submissive to power from without on these and kindred points it would be easy to enlarge but that is not my present resent purpose my object is to calf call attention to to the singular nonsuccess non success of monarchy in america it would seem as if there were something in the american atmosphere especially in modern times u unfavorable to the monarchical sentiment in olden times monarchy cly was congenial enough to the soil among the northern tribes chieftainship ta was common and there was a genuine loyalty on the part or of the different members embers nd of the tribes or nations toward their hereditary or elected head when the spaniards made their first great conquests they found monarchy firmly established and fully recognized in mexico and peru long years after the native american lost every vestige of power in the land of his fathers the principle still held sway for north and south and east and west the supreme authority was vested in men who represented royal authority and the oe divine right of kings tha new america was spanish or en english or french ng or portuguese and divine right sanctioned for the most part by papal authority held sway in the new world as in tb the e old A new era em was opened for america anea ahou the northern colonies broke the british yoke the english speaking colonies when they secured their independence refused to crown the edifice by a social or imperial figurehead figure head the people had won their liberty had secured their independence and the people remained sovereign circumstance 8 proved unfavorable to the french and french authority vanished from american soil spanish influence lingered in the south but chow in the first quarter of the present century the struggle for liberty was carried on and finally crow crowned nef t with success it was found that the taste for mona monarchy reby was dead the portuguese establishment in brazil was peculiar and circumstances have favored the continuance of monarchy up to the present time it was not however because monarchy arch y was i in a any special way dear to the brazilians Brazi lians that the brazilian empire was permitted so long to continue but because of a feeling of respect for an individual man the brazilian monarchy has fallen died in fact a natural death bad there is hut but little likelihood of its ever being revived it will only be temporary and it will serve little other purpose to allow time for decent burial things might have been otherwise it would be difficult to prove that monarchy is a natural impossibility on Ameri american ean soil we know what is but what might have been had the first grand example been different we cannot tell A crown was at one time a possibility in the emancipated states of the north had george washington wished it and had the men who were near and around him favored it the courso course of american history might have been di j LF erent happily the crown had no attractions and the example which was set was decisive when the spanish power was broken up men had bad long been accustomed cus tomed to look at the northern noi thern star and the demand for republicanism was general it was not merely to get ad of the spanish yoke it was to give to the spanish states of the south republican institutions that bolivar and men like bolivar fought it was a fight of no ordinary difficulty it has long been known that the entire strength of the holy alliance was pledged to the restoration of order in the spa spanish american states the creation of small kingdo kingdoms ins and the placing placiD gon on the thrones of these kingdoms european princ elings had the experiment been possible it might have failed but happily it was not possible or rather it was rendered impossible the voice and the example of the united states were against it and the circumstances of Eri england giand controlled at the time by an able and courageous minister put her vast influence on the side of right and liberty james monroe and george canning proved pem jem selves to be mi mightier bitler forces than the holy alliance an e composed of kings and emperors america has bas during this cen tury witnessed the birth and death of three monarchical experiments two in mexico and one in brazil in may 1822 don augustin de after successfully heading beading the first rising against spanish authority tho rity in mexico ascended the throne as august tu u I 1 but the experiment peri ment proved 0 ved a failure and he was compelled ed to abdicate march 20 1828 1823 maximilian of austria arrived in mexico and assumed imperial authority in 1864 in 1867 he was captured tried by court martial and shot and his empire perished with him the empire of brazil has been in existence since 1822 it was a government of the peoples peopled own choice but time has worked against the monarchical sentiments and we have now seen its end the end we A e are willing to believe of the last american monarchy C the event is important im not in the history of america only but of the world it is s a manifestation in a very emphatic form of the modern spirit individualism is 8 asserting itself reason is ia gairing gaining the mastery and the jay day is not dot dis tant when thrones and crowns will be remembered as baubles of the past and F een seen only in antiquarian museums where they will be upon as strange and relies relics of a befu defunct net superstition DR DB ED ISAACSON AMERICAN FORK dec 1889 |