CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 1245 - 1250 EUROPE (Cont'd) 1245 L May 6; ed: 4/4,5 - Dispatches received this morning leave no doubt of the complete success of the marshal-president of Spain in gaining possession of the long beleagured city of Bilbao. Don Carlos has retreated to Gupezcon, where he will endeavor to reinforce his rank so as to be able again to meet the vigilant enemy. Failing in this, he will retire again to the secluded shelter of a monastery, where he is always most at ease. 1246 L May 7; ed: 4/1 - "The latest dispatches from the old world con- 1247 L May 8; ed: 4/1 The troubles of the Holy Father at Rome multiply and thicken. Austria, so long the faithful realm whose fealty to Catholicism nothing could shake, is following closely in the steps of Germany in respect to restricting the powers of the Roman church. Austria has a new law, which has passed the Reichsrat, expelling the Jesuits from Austria. "This shows what progress in the direction of freedom Austria is making. The people have something to say now about how they shall be educated, and what they will worship." 1248 L May 9; ed: 4/1,2 - France is thinking about another wrestle with the kaiser's legions, and the first point considered is the fortification of Paris. "The expensive game of war will never lose its charms for the fiery Gaul." 1249 L May 9; ed: 4/2,3 The inhabitants of Bilbao who adhered to Don Carlos are rather roughly treated. The city of Bilboa has been provided with all the supplies necessary for the long siege. Serrano has received the congratulations of Castelar, and with Concha he is now organizing his government. The people in the district where the pretender retreated have rallied around his standard, and he now appears again in force on the left bank of the Nervion, marching toward the enemy. "The war is therefore not yet over, and, if Carlos makes the best use of the material around him, he may succeed in reconquering the positions from which he was driven by his fortunate rival." 1250 L May 12; ed: 4/2 - Switzerland has followed in the movement for (16) (2) (3) (3) (9) (5) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 1251 - 1255 EUROPE (Cont'd) 1251 - L May 12; ed: 4/3 - The obstacles encountered in several nations in carrying out the objects of the Roman Catholic church have caused anxiety at the Vatican. "Half of the courts of Europe are engaged in combating this same arrogant spirit which the common schools and the press of the civilized world are rapidly depriving of all its power." (11) 1252 L May 12; ed: 4/3,4 - France is the nation of political paradoxes. Her kingdoms are stepping-stones to republics, and her republics are hot-beds for regal and imperial intrigues. The septennium may be said to now be on the eve of a great crisis. Today the general assembly of France is to convene, and a powerful effort will be made on the part of the legitimists to prevent the permanent organization of the government which the republicans will endeavor to effect. In the late election, the republican candidates received five-sixths of the votes cast, and the monarchists feel that unless some change is speedily made their chances of success are forever lost. The republican ranks, however, continue well-united. "If they can succeed in electing a vice-president, constituting a Senate, and permanently organizing the present government, they will consider it a substantial triumph, and Republicanism will have time to make great progress during the seven years of the Marshal-President's rule." 1253 L May 16; ed: 4/1 - While the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia lies in prison on some charge not yet explained, his brother, the czar, is dining and wining with Queen Victoria. (14) "For real sympathetic natures, always select relatives of royal blood."(1) 1254 L May 16; ed: 4/4,5 The new electoral law under discussion in the French assembly is one of the many absurdly impracticable measures that French statesmen alone invent. The duc de Broglie accepts the challenge of the left and the extreme right to discuss the bill, which is designed to cripple the exercise of the right of suffrage. In connection with this bill, the duke proposes to establish a senate appointea by the present government and having the power to dissolve the assembly at will. Of this body he would be president, clothed with the power of vice president of the nation. He would succeed Marshal MacMahon in event of the latter's death. "His Senate would have the assembly entirely at its mercy. The command of the army would soon pass into its hands and the road open for a successful coup d'etat would not be long neglected." 1255 L May 18; ed: 4/1 - "The prompt and healthy sternness of the Czar in ordering the arrest of his nephew Prince Nicholas, who stole his mother's diamonds and gave them to a French actress, promises to rid the imperial family of a very troublesome scapegoat. He will now try a little country life in Siberia." (15) (2) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 1256 - 1259 EUROPE (Cont'd) 1256 L May 19; ed: 4/3 - Much confusion prevails since the opening of the French assembly. The legitimists and the Orleanists demand the exclusion of the Bonapartists as the only condition upon which they will enter the cabinet. During the last three years 6,000,000 votes have been cast for the republic and only 1,600,000 against it. "These figures will not fail to exert an influence upon the Marshal, and lead him to use the power confided to him in maintaining peace and in opposing the unscrupulous schemes to frustrate the will of the nation." 1257 L May 21; ed: 4/5 Don Carlos has little to depend upon other than the reinforcements and supplies he can obtain from the ignorant and bigoted Basque population, among whom he will make it a point to remain until the fortunes of war place him in power in other sections of the country. The whole Basque population on both sides of the Pyrenees is estimated at about 800,000. "Those people are easily conquered by influences working upon their superstition, and it is by this means that they readily become followers of Don Carlos. Their mountain fastness will ever afford him a secure retreat and it would not be an exaggeration to say that his descendants, for years to come, may be seen leading the children of the present generation in the contest for a throne on the principle of the divine right of kings." (9) (18) 1258 L May 25; ed: 4/1 In a small city in Austria a crusade on liquor dealers began the other day. The Messrs. Hatchuk, prominent brewers of the place, raised the price of beer. The guzzlers of that beverage were dissatisfied and cast about for some power that would cheapen it again. Entreaties and prayers were of less avail than in Ohio; so rage and brawn asserted their rights. About 10,000 beer drinkers destroyed the brewery and threw it into the Danube river. The brewers acceded to the demands of the assailants; the old price was established; cheap beer again flowed; the crusaders on high prices drank to satiety; and all is again quiet along the Danube. "If this kind of determination were employed against law breaking liquor sellers, the illegal sale would not last longer than the saying of a common-sized prayer.' 1259 L May 26; ed: 4/4,5 - The recent European tour of the czar of all (3) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 1260 - 1264 EUROPE (Cont'd) He may his strong Germanic tendencies and the present long peace. "He can have no reason to expect any opposition now from France, the power that, with England, frustrated all the plans of the Emperor Nicholas, and there are good reasons to believe that his present visit was to prevent opposition from other powers." 1260 - L May 28; ed: 4/3,4 "The indubitable evidences of a new epoch in France are now very prominent. Individuals feel the responsibility for abuses that exist, and realize the duty devolving from them.... Madame la Duchess de Magenta...devised a plan that successfully supplied the wants of the needy.... Duchess de la Rochefoucauld gave a May party in her splendid salons, assembling...a number of political, literary, and artistic celebrities and many well known theatrical people." 1261 L June 2; ed: 4/2 - The English government has notified Spain that it is time the indemnity in behalf of the families of the British subjects murdered at Santiago by the order of General Burriel last November should be paid. "What has been done or what is to be done for their families. If Spain pays England indemnity, how can our government avoid making and enforcing a similar demand?" (14) (10) (4) 1262 L June 4; ed: 4/1 "A reinforcement of Republicans has reached San Sebastian and the danger to the Carlist forces is imminent. Another disastrous defeat, such as Bilbao's, and the London bankers who have thus far aided the Pretender will cut off his supplies of money." (1) 1263 L June 4; ed: 4/1 "The strong army of Germany and the menaces 1264 L June 5; ed: 4/5 The object of the placirungs bureau of Berlin "No reason exists why the 'placirungs bureau' should not be as successful here as in Prussia. The one thing necessary is that some lady of determination will thoroughly inform herself regarding the machinery of the Berlin system, and then organize a corresponding bureau in America." (2) (13) CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1874 Abstracts 1265 - 1268 EUROPE (Cont'd) 1265 - L June 9; ed: 4/2,3 - War news from Cuba is far less stirring than that from the mother country across the sea. The insurgents not only seem to be pushing rapidly forward to the goal of real independence but also to be engaged in a retrograde movement, discouraging alike to Cuban rebels and advocates of their recognition by the United States. "The cessation of Spanish rule may occur in a later era of political change, but it will surely come. With it may come annexation to the United States, but both countries will have much farther advanced in the way of progress and power before that time arrives. 1266 L June 9; ed: 4/3, 4 - Gifted authors of almost every language, besides the floating newspaper reporters from America, have taxed their mental powers to grasp and describe the ruling traits of character of the czar of all the Russias. The recent visit of the czar has developed the absence of an accomplishment that is sometimes possessed by great rulers and has always been considered a requisite in the art of governing. The czar cannot make a speech. He can keep down the Poles, control the destiny of 60,000,000 people, make conquests on land and sea, but would be unable to hold his own in any of our country debating societies. The select few of Europe whose uneasy heads wear crowns have consigned the art of oratory almost exclusively to their ministers. "Let the humble plebeian talk" has ever been their rule. The decendants of the czar will undoubtedly cultivate impromptu speaking. An effort will be made for the cultivation of oratory in the imperial family. The Duke Alexis was very observing in his American tour, and the debating society could not have escaped his eye. "It will bear transplanting, and we may soon expect to hear of its establishment in Russia, or of the Imperial children being sent here to finish their education." 1267 - L June 10; ed: 4/2 - An international conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, on June 15 to discuss measures to prevent the spread of cholera. The cholera is said to have been engendered in Turkey from the bodies of animals sacrificed by bigoted Mussulmen and left to decompose and fill the air with the seeds of disease. "Novel as it appears, however, it is not altogether improbable, and the decision of the physicians, united to consider the subject, may take the form of a declaration that will bring the armies of Europe together to wipe out a superstitious custom that can only exist with danger to all Europe. 1268 L June 11; ed: 4/1 - "The victory of the German government over the obstreperous power of the papacy grows more and more complete with the progress of time.... In other words, there is in progress a gradual return to congregational simplicity and an independence of papal dictation which is full of promise for the independent and progressive element of the church." (10) (17) (4) (3) |