| Show EUROPEAN AFFAIRS STILL MUDDLED NEWS from beyond the atlantic though not of a particularly belligerent character continues to be interesting between the A ameer meer of afghanistan and the czar of russia a reciprocity rocity commercial scheme it is said has been agreed on this is significant inasmuch as it conveys the idea that russia is pushing her in dusti rial as well as her geographical sovereignty it also shows that england will have to work hard to main tain her control of oriental markets one report has it that the czar has obtained his trade concessions by bribes and purchase but another says that the russian manufacture ii 13 superior to english hence the popularity of the former tb then en thereto there is the report that reciprocity arrangements are in progress between russia and persia the history of the past gives color to these reports as being partly truthful observers who are conversant with the condition of industry ind in russia know that close attention has been paid for some time to arts and manufacture only last winter a corps of russian experts traveled in the united states to study our system of growing and manufacturing cotton it was then said that russia would in a short time supply tle cotton markets of europe ribot bot french minister of foreign affairs 8 speaking at bayonne on the net said that france henceforth is the mistress of her own desti destinies and that a sovereign farsighted in pacific designs has publicly announced the deep sympathies existing between france and russia this utterance was received with cries of long live the czar and long ilaug live russia A dispatch of the dinst from cairo in egypt states that the very existence of the turkish empire is threatened owing to a rebellion in arabia and what is more startling still it is said that this rebellion is fomented by england and the rebels supplied with english arms and ammunition this part of the story is improbable it would not help in anyway to enter into a plot of this kind it seems probable however that southwest arabia is in revolt what is even worse than rebellion for turkey is the fact that the rebels have proclaimed a new caliph and have announced the deposition of sultan abdul hamid as commander of the faithful in india much anxiety is felt regarding Rus Russi sias ass movements in the north it Is reported that some english officers have been taken prisoners by russian troops oo on the dinst at palermo in italy a steamer was launched signor bignor crispi the italian minister made a speech responding to the toast king humbert and queen victoria he commended the coupling of the names of the rulers and dilated upon the ties uniting the two countries since england and sicily awoke to freedom under norman kings the next legal period for holding a general election in england is april 1893 but the liberals are confident that an election will come at farthest next year and they are confident of success thus it will be seen that the political horizon in europe and even in asia continues to become more and more unsettled every day |
