THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOT'TETOWN, DECEMBER 31, 1898

THE DAILY EXAMINER

898.

DRCEM SER 31

1998.

To—pay the long record of 1°98 is being rolled upJand before the year vavishes ir- to the past we pave for & momentto re- view its most stirring events.

It hae beena year“ big with fate,” not e ;change? which it has seen, f the tremendows possi. bilities involved in ite issues, Never in Britain’s history has she been se often on the verge of a great war as in the past wh it all, skillful hands of state, and the

only because of t

but becau-e

year: aud ¥e', tore ebip more cloudless at the In the

ear!s months inte! “al pall red round the

have guided ttre pol tical eky is tai etuen at the

year’s clor opening.

declarations of Mr. Chamberlain have awakened all sorts of criticiam at home aod abroad. Tie determined attitude of all parties over the dispute with the French, at Fashoda, and the unexampled war preparations of the navy have given a sigvificant hint to the nations of the world that there are limits to Britain’s forbearance, and that, though strongly disposed to peace, she is by no means afraid of war. Trade has been s0 prosperous that, despite the greatly increased military aod naval expenditure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was able to show a com- foriable surplus of three and @ quarter millions.

In Britain’s domestic politics we note the appointment ef Lord Curzon to the Vice Koyalty of India, a step which ele vates Lady Curzon, an American woman, to the most command ag position in the Empire... The resignation of the leader- ship of the Liberal party by Sir William

Harcourt hae drawn attention to the

‘oint Britien end Kgyptian exoer asi

the Nileto break the power « bh baluc, and restore the los! Egyptian provinces, Skilfully planned and carefully conducted, the progress of this enterprise was never checked. In Apri! the vic and in September, at Omdur-

tory of Aibara

was woo,

mao, Dervish power Was completely

broken; and the victors, after entering

Khartoum in triumph, carried their vic- torious arms along ‘ upper course of the White N prac ally Subduiog th whole of the Lert - aimed by Egypt | except the provinces of Kordofan and | Darfar, which e west toward the | Gieat Desert. im portance of | tbis acbievem-, ni can hard y be overestimated. On the one hand Bri-

lish prestige in Africa nas been raised to he bigheet point: cathe other, tt bas been ~ S ,

} : : . ry made ciear hat Drilieh &Bims ana Dritish

pclicy regarding Eyy | be carried out

des. ile alte mpted ilerfereoce on the part

of any other power Oar own Dominios

claims no litlechsre in the laurels; for to

the skill, energy ead perseverance of Lt. uc the construction Of 1 Lord Aitchen

ers #uccess Could ot bave been achieved.

Girouard, is largely d

the railway, witbeut whi

° ; >i. : i Tbe great pio} ct of Cec:l Rhodea—a rail WAY aud teliegra} from (ap lown to Ajexaudria—has ow en brought witoln

measurable djetanve, cod the expedition ot

Major Macdonald from Uganda 1s rapidly

filling upthe chai. of posts in the gap be- tween ¢ entral Africa and the Ezy ptian Territories. Uuthe Weat Coast of the

Dark Continent we found ourselves face to

territories

face with Frauceover disputed

in whatis known as the Hinterland ot

Lagos, the dispuce being practically the control of Niger navigation. Ano arrange- ment was pat He i} WoOICK UVES HOU §€er io Dave Deen DOA. abu toe question 18 ap parenily being reopened. Un the south-

ge ting t | ase if the important naval

station of Port Arthur, which commands

eset an understa: ding has been reacted : , r | rye with Portugal wi y Delagoa Bay w aL ie€ast not pats 10 O fF haods, aod ' Rew tind - » e, ne ata a } Bivwiy tcl UYVIUS ¢é © bi, tsb MmuUS B2:UU0UU iranusvaai Ww Ch wust sooner or iater ; “i absorbed in the Diitish Seutho African | lerritories. i . ; Asia, however, 143 beea the chief scene |} i of diplomatic c ntion. Uhlva, weakeued oy internai GéEca} snd honeycombed with ] Gliciai Corruption scemeud uring Loe | ! | greater part oftie yeartobe falling to ° Ri ; ’ pieces. .uUSSi@ succeeded in practically obtaining contrc! of Manchu: ‘4, @nd io | i i

the Gulf of Pec aud the approach to

Pekin. To preserve the belance of power

\ We,

Britain secured ei-hha which ip turn commands Port Arthurz.

tbe Bouth 18 eag rly seek ing concession:

> (rerma 1y; Jupau, stand eyeing

aod to-day Ruasia, and fF another, each

Meantime,

Britain ance one

wa ching for the next move,

His Cclestial Majesty the Em~

peror seemsto bave been deposed; and he Dowager Empress sits on the Chinese

throne, It is Jfficult to forecast the The Tartar, so long the dominant effete;

the native Chinese can rise to

result. race in China, ee: ms to be and unless the occa- sion, the days of \he Empire are numbeced. Latest advices teem to poiotto a com.

nited States, Japan and- Britain to restrain the advance of Russia aod preserve, as ‘ar as possible, the status quo. In India with the bill tribes on the north was brought to a close; aod though there were symptoms of dis content later on, the year closes peace fully In the south-west of Arabia we Lave gain.

ed some accessions of territory.

In Europe, the irrepressible Turk made his appearance o 4 series of riots and Christian massacres in Crete. Admiral Noel,in command of the British fleet, quietly dispose of the whole matter by hanging a couple of dozen of Turkish cut - throats, and tle result has been that Turkey has lef: the island, bag and bag- gage. The firma though cautious hand of Lord Salisbury has guided affairs with

bination of the |

the war

succe

| Repablic

France in | ,

disorganized condition of the Opposition. ipeculation is rife se to the future, whether Lord Rosebery ia to extricate the party from the policy of the /ate Mr. Glace stupe and lead them to the attack on a new or whether the peace-at-any-price endeavor to

line, wiog and home rulers will cling to the old policy.

the year has been one of

In France, unrest, andthe prcspects at theclose are reassuring. foreign diplomacy

seemed to try its best to discover how far

far from

family somewhat obscured her own meritei but she was a woman of no mean ability and of sufficient influence to be cordialiy detested by Bismarck.

Of all nations in Europe, Spain has suf- fered most during 1898. The disastrous war with the United States stripped her of her last remnants of her once waerid-wide colonial erapire and at the close of the year her distracted and uneasy condition meskes her adangerous menace to the peace of the world,

Turning to Awerica, our neighbor re~ public has passed tarough her baptism of fire. The strained relations with Spaio over the revolts in Cuba were aggravated to breaking point by the destruction of the

battleship Maine, with almost her whole crew in the harbor of Havana in February. Some

hopes of peace were stillentertained, but in April war was declared. The success of the United States, assured from the out~ set bey her vastly superior resources, was rapid avd uninterrupted, one of the re- markable features being the trifling loss of lite on the Americano side in the naval conflict. While deeds of were performed worthy of the old stock, the management of the campaign was defec~ tive, and far more loss was occasioned by diaease bullete, The clese of the war United States ia possession of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Phillipine The

of the contest has

heroisin

than by Spenish

leaves the most

l-lands. gratifying

been the binding

t was safe to worry Britain, and, haring |

ded, fortunately it backed dow® |

before it

at Fashoda an? in West Africa a systematic

was to late. In Madagascar, |

pursued, a;

course Of annoyance was :

divert attention from

The

parently ion order to

troubles at home. resuit was @

series of humiliating back-downs which must be extremely galling to French “amour propre’ and which may yet

bear fruit in an unpleasant fashion.

‘Lhe latest news from Chioa once more

darkens the horizon: butif it be correct

that Britain andthe United States are

agreed upon @ Chinese policy France

must accept the inevitable.

The unearthing of the vile conspiracy

which resulted inthe condemnation of

Dreyfus has shaken France to its found-

ation, and has revealeda state of affair

in military circles which would aave been

deemed a few years absolutely in- Duels,

and it is

ago

credible, suicides and riots have

resu! ed, far from improbable

that the next six months may see the

overthrown, and a Napoleon

military dictasor. Meanwhile Dreyfus

has been granted a new tr‘al, and is said

to be on his way to Paris. The iesue is

yet an ineoluble mystery. Russia has furnished a dramatic sur-~

price to the world in the Czar’s proposals

fora general disarmament, There can be no doubt that Kuasia needs peace if { be only to vain time to prepare for her enterprises. Of)

the personal sincerity of the young | 5 i

Emperor there seems to be little question; yat the geners] distrua theo {HK : out the gener istruatof the oliciaiaom | that apparently controls the Empire will litat r le . | | miiitate greatiy against any real resuit. * ; WW | | Meantime the plan ofa peace congress | has been generally accepted. Russia is | vigorously pushing her trans-Asiatic rail- 2 way and is getting dangerously near the borders of Afghanistan and Persia. Her policy of aggressionin China at one time

threatened war with Britain, but at the

the close of the year peice seems to be

more aseured. Internally Russia is suffering from famine which prevails over a large area and ‘there are not wanting indications that Nihiliets and other revclu- sry ageacies are not dead, but only eloeping.

In Germany,the Kaiser has been etriviog to keep himself before the public eye, his last feat being his pilgrimage tothe Holy Land. He and theGreat Butcher seem to have fraternized with a good idea) of coraiality ; but Europe is growing accus-~ tomed to William’s vagaries, and the price of Turkish securitiee has not risen. The close of the year sees a strengthening of the friendly feeling between our Own land and the German Empire.

In Austria we note the contiruance of racial dissensione whieh seems to in- dicate a change after the passing away of the present Emperor. The cold-blooded assassination of the beloved Empress by an Italian anarchist toucbed all hearts with genuine sympathy for the aged Emperor who this year celebrated the jubilee of his reign.

Italy still struggles with financial burd- ens and the prospect ahead is by no means bright. Some rioting took place in the Penineuia which was not quelled without difficulty.

Norway and Sweden are at sword’s points over their constitution, andas the year closes it seems not at all unlikely that there may yet be an appeal to arms.

Denmark has lost its queen, Louise, “the

mother-inslaw of Europe” as she was we)]

Gocsummate sxill, while the ou'epoken

: called.

| together of Britain

| Great Repuilc,

| but upon ties of blood and community of

| Shou!

; pite the

The phenom-na! euccess of her *

result ,ad the United States. |

;

[he powers of Europe, jealous of the

| were more thao once on the point of interfering ia favor of Spain but the resolute, outspoken, attitude of Britain kept them in check.

between the

Today, the

prospects for a voion two

countries, not based upon paper treatie:»

‘

interest, are brighter than ever before.

d Congress decide to enter upon a sais of extension of territory, new and difficalt problems will lie before the Re- public, and the complications of the posi- io will naturally tend to draw her more With these

the outlook

‘1 ein closely to the side of Britain. great nations in close alliance, be bright.

' ; a a resulted in slight

fer the fature will

The fall Democratic gains, but the feature in the coutest was Van Wyck, the Governorship of New York, by Col

elections

most noliceaDl

the defeat of

the Tammany nominee for

Roosevelt, one of the herves of the war.

Ac Indian outbreak, a race siruggle ; between negroes and whites, and the

usual crop of lynchings, bave cast a some- |

what unfavorable light upon the internal affairs of the Republic, while an anticipa ted deficit of 112 millions of dollars, des- heavy war (ax, Sums upthbe Hu

'

aucia: situation,

Central American states formed u

Jeague during the year, relapsed mio heli

amonth, when affairs

normal condit on of disturbance, Newfoundland

Under the energetic man-

seems to be awakeniu,

to new life.

agement of Mr. Reid, tri-weekly steam

ommunpication With the mainiand has

been secured and a frallway openes

through the entire Isiaod A fleet of

the bays,

length Or the

steamers for the ravigation of

and for the Labrador coast 1s

being built, mines and other brauches of |

dustry a®e being opened up in many direcs tions, and the present indications are thal Newfcuadland will make greater advances in the next decade than inthe three iast, The attention of Britain has been called to tne intolerable outrage of tbe - French Shore ; and, us the result of a Koyal Com-

mission sept out to eXamine into this burning question, ws may reasonably

expect that its days are numbered.

In the West Indies, a great deal of diss tress bas prevailed, and appeals have beea made, with some success, for financial assistance from the Motherland. tation for union with the Dominion is in progress, and thetime is doubtless not distant when a)! the British possessions in Nortle America will be embraced in one

Au agi-

league. Turning to our own Dominion, the yéar has been a prosperous one. The harvests

were good, and, though wheat was somewhat damaged by early frost, the general result was satisfactory. The increase in the volume

of trade placed a large revenue at the disposal of the government, and swept away all the economical views which, when in Opposition, Was @ main plank in the platform. The outlay this year, in spite of pre-election pledges, will be the largest in the history of Canada, Preferen- tial trade, so far, has utterly failed in accomplishing its object; and the reduc- tion of postage to Britain and other parts of the Empire, while a concession to senti« ment, is sure tobe a minus quantity jo financial results. The reduction cf inland postage to two cents, which is announced to take effect tomorrow, is a step in the

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