| Show CURRENT TOPICS IN EUROPE the home rule arguments of mr gladstone are bradu ably developing a policy that will inaugurate a new era in the history of k he british empire thesues the question of the day which is sure to stir arl n no the public mind is that of having all parts of the vast possessions of great britain enter into an immense federation represented by deputies not merely canada and australia but likewise south africa india ceylon etc would have tb their air representatives in the imperial parliament at westminster each federate state would then have jurisdiction over its ite own affairs and the autonomy of ireland would thus find its natural place the whole struggle between liberals and conservatives will converge on this point the conservatives with mr balfour at their head combat this idea from today with the utmost vio violence lenef on the other hand it is worthy of remark that even the a tives cut canada australia act favor the plan of federation it seeri sewram only a question of time when mr glad gladstone sto nes theories w will ill become facts the announcement that the chehi of tewkesbury is for ad has awakened a lively inte the mindolf mi ada of millions I 1 n as thick a populated country as great ati ain it is well nigh impossible i preserve all the sites of her hi diatel conflicts it maybe may be said of fields what gibbon says of boffl the althe wonder is that so many bh been preserved it is true trudi great britain has undergone U two great civil wars ware in th the centuries which have elapsed ate the norman conquests and ati these together would not co space of more than forty year other ten or so would cover aft allo briefer struggles struggle from the bool wars of the edwards down to 4 battles of the pretender yet face of the tight little island simply ly studded with spots ren arendec historic ric as the scenes of ei strife the little battleground battle ground of te hewl bury is not more than fifty acre extent but small as it is there not many spots more memo than the field whereon the struggle between the hou york and lancaster was bro a close it was from this bm wenry sound round the prince of wales soil enry VI fled to his broth brother law clarence and appealed for fit lection tec tion how he far fared is ig grap graphoe i ly y described by shak shakespeare was the shade of this bunh youth it will be remembered 1 was the most appalling ph that flitted flirted through C distempered dream it ii is who is represented as ghost that shrieked his murderers welcome to hi clarence is come false fleet perjured clarence that sta stabbed b on the field of tewkesbury Fewkes bury sometimes the broad plain which contending arm armies N clashed hae bas remained n U and unaltered by the hand han of afi landsdowne to is still the same tableland that it was at the BOH head defeat in 1643 1648 except ii lovely monument which rece death of sir bavil grenvil battlefield of naseby can cala at well made out buts but in the stretch of yorkshire country coun cin can trace the exact ct scene oft wells victory of Mar marston 1 then again while some or ol 01 fields field on which scots an and el have met in battle array a flodder northward to cull can be fairly well made out ou aad main much the same as they DM the plough has long sineo sine fd over the most famous of theba the block of granite knows aft bore stave alone points locality of bannockburn agui serves its memory only less jew W ing than the deathless baw batiles batile 1 of burns the municipal authorities adf don are beginning to awaken to fact that improvements area are tf where demanded one of DMN a supply of seats at eo clovo places where the over weary SS rest for a few moments at pee one may travel for miles in LOB lot without finding a spot footsore foot sore wre traveler can repose moment it seems strange that when seats beata are offered ered free gratis and for nothing the public should be debarred debarres de barred the privilege especially when the vast city is honeycombed with quaint nooks which serve as breakwaters to the torrent of street traffic rolling by the must surely wonder at the spectacle presented by the seat lees london streets after being accustomed to cities where commodious places are to be found at dexy turn then aben again with all the agitation concerning intemperance there are hw half a boaen places in all london for far the sale of cooling innocuous summer drinks and yet the lemon orange pineapple afifa aberry and raspberry mingled coo cool soda water constitute the moist moat refreshing beverage in the weird weir 1 these drinks can be ob faired all over america they quat to be procurable all ail over when harmless summer can be easily obtained we may MM see flee a decrease in in beer drinking d rink ng unexampled in power and splendor as was the great naval review sa at in the jubilee year it is ft w to be surpassed on the same hist pric waters at the end of july jully never has so potent a fieg of warships war ships been got to gettier as will gather on the of the solent in the cou coumbe m of the next two months avery vessel of the admiral wd anda a score or more of huge s with triple that number of er craft will be collected to obo what the navy of britain is efte the german emperor and pooai bly the shah will be spectators jj muster of battle ships immediately after the review lustoff luc which there are to be a few the annual naval naan man will begin already the doab TArds resound with the din of for the coming display baird and tryon will avo an opportunity of fighting their last years battles over again prow august oth to near the end of tho the month the british shores will be SS 4 the risk of hostile descent deacent and atom ireland to wick from lands find to john OG the mimic will rage ip in order to avoid the temporary colv brueh on the dover and calais route to paris carh many americans are efaw around by the great eastern fine 1180 via harwich antwerp brus bras ew etc with incursions into hol hoi jand including the dead cities of abe th bayder zee that great work jasiora eye rise bise of the dutch beje boa baa made holland one of attractive of countries to P american tourist every city tage possesses a charm ded from tte its historical associations r negotiations that have been OP on between the swiss and y n governments govern have natural lahr up the question of aay siak As aa is well known switzer for hundreds of years has 4 sai the asylum of politic ff ilea es this has been often itte provoking boling to tio her neighbors inathe providence of god she yc her neutrality and independence in the midst of powerful powerful and aggressive nations vt it is evident that the socialists of germany are gradually getting a deeper hold on the sympathies of the german people and hence the tee necessity prince prime bismarck feels to curtail the influence of the socialists if possible the russian government is likewise interested in the dispersion of a band of nihilists nihilisms lists who have collected in switzerland and she has cordially seconded germany in her representations to the swiss government the swiss swim federal council has consented to examine the question of the right of asylum and there the matter rests for the present A neutral switzerland is an obstacle in the path of the militar military convention concluded between ermany germany and Ital italy even as it was between france and austria in the days of napoleon 1 I in the midst of the preparations of larger and more warlike nations switzerland has also a military force of regular troops landwehr Lahd wehr and making a total of men which would seem quite a respectable force for defensive purposes zurich the chief city of eastern switzerland has been during the last week paying honors to two of her famous sons and escher the first and the last of a long list of burgomasters burg who have been illustrious just years however elapsed between them on june 1476 led the swiss to victory at grandson and defeated charles the bold of burgundy thus turning the scale of switzerland Is future and laying the foundation of the present confederacy four hundred years later alfred escher saved one of the greatest engineering works of modern times the railway tunnel through mount st gothard from premature failure when the work stopped lor lack of capital it was mainly through Es eschews chers exertions that eight million dollars necessary to comp complete leLe it were raised he was likewise one of the principal pro 0 1 of the now famous zurich wo altera oly 1 school and a vigorous supporter of all good works the Zuri chois have therefore raised a handsome statue to perpetuate his memory it is a nue fine piece of work in bronze by kissling and was unveiled on the of june in presence of a vast multitude at its his feet in front is a herculean figure delving a rock marked gothard 11 and behind a figure of young switzerland offering a wreath of laurels J H WARD Eu EUROPE june 1889 |
