ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2147, 17 November 1885, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS.

o PROBABLE REVOLUTION IN DENMARK. A despatch from Copenhagen 'of October 20 says that the long continued arbitrary policy of King Christian in. refusing to dismiss the Westrupp Cabinot, in compliance with the vote of Parliament, and in levying an alleged unconstitutional tax, because the Parliament refuse to grant the budget, has led to a number of serious riots and imposing demonstrations. The people seem determined tliat their representatives in Parliament shall have some voice in the affairs of the Government, and have become so threatening in their demands that the King has ordered the garrison at Copenhagen to be largely reinforced. The popular manifestations are not confined to Copenhagen alone, -but are general throughout Denmark. It is expected that a state of siege will be declared, and it is feared a revolution will ensue if jJie King persists in refusing the concessions asked by Parliament. Numbers of arrests have been made tending further to incense the people, and bloodshed is anticipated. A desperate attempt was made in the afternoon of October 21 to assassinate Premier Westrupp by a youth named Rasmussen, a compositor, He fired two shots from a revolver at the Premier. When in the act of firing a third shot he was seized by a couple of detectives, a number of whom havo been constantly attending on the Premier for some time past, owing to the extreme hatred of the populace towards him and the members of the Cabinet. The first shot struck a button on the Premier's coat, and. glanced off. The second shot went wide of the mark. Rasmussen declared that his motives were political, as Hen- Westrupp's conduct in the present controversy in Denmark was inimical to the state.

THE PREMIER ON THE CONSERVATIVE PROGRAMME.

The Premier spoke at the National Conservative Conference at Newport on October 7th. He thanked the Conservative Union for exposing the true nature of the gaudy promises, ahd seductive programme of the Liberals. He urged his hearers to continue their efforts on behalf of Conservatism, which he said was growing, and had a glorious future, and then proceeded to enunciate the policy of the Conservative party. Referring to the disturbances in the Balkans, the Premier said:—"lt was no part of the duty of British statesmen to interfere in the affairs of Eastern Roumelia. The Treaty of Berlin has not «been frustrated, nor has the San Stefano Treaty been restored, The policy of the Government is to uphold the Turkish Empire, and whenever it is possible to do so genuinely and healthily, to uphold, cherish, and foster strong, self-sustained nationalities that have an important bearing on the future of Europe. For the present,,l have hopes that the powers'will confine the disturbance within the limits' of the Roumelian territory, Russian influence would have checked the political growth of Roumelia if the latter country had united with Bulgaria in 1876." He favored great changes, in the present measures for local self-government. To de-centralise authority in London was an indispensible part of the new Government's policy. People having wealth should bear the burden of the defences of the country, and notalone those having houses and land. He regarded the integrity of the Empire above all other political considerations. He favored the Imperial Federation movement; but his plans in regard to the matter had not yet been tangibly fixed. The Premier believed in the closer union of England and the colonies, with a view of proving the real strength of the nation in European councils, and said it was one of the most important questions of the future. He favored a measure for cheapening and simplifying the sale and transfer of land. He stated that Government had received returns showing that general crime in Ireland had decreased. Boycotting was amenable to the ordinary law, which would be sternly enforced. Thirty-five prosecutions, he said, had already been started. Extending self-government to Ireland he declared to be an open question; but it was desirable, as far as possible; to give Ireland the same benefits as were enjoyed by the rest of the United Kingdom.