ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2003, 9 May 1885, Page 2

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

liitiniii m iwigiaud Im» gained not more ♦Inn It en c jut. in sovtnti.cn years, uhile in Vmuica labour has advanced m wages, avoiding to iheieportof the Massachusetts UmiMii <if Statistics, L'H 3i) pei cent, since 1SI)O. Tiustworthy anthmity m (Germany -t it< i th it the (Joy eminent at Berlin and tin- Puke of Cumbei land aie on the point <>f coining to an understanding, thank* mainly to the active effoits <>f tlie Kmperor ..{ Riis-,1.1 and the King <>f Denmark, supported bv the good offices of the Kmpfiorof Knsvu. It is understood that the succession to the tin one of Bnuiswick is to bo secured foi Prince < leorge William of Hanover, the eldest .son of the Duke and Dtn.ha-.ti of Cumbuiland, who is now in his hfth your. TV pnvite fortune of the Into King of H.iii"vei, amounting to over three millions htu ling, which was seized m IMM, is to h< i cstorcd to his family, and the Puk« is to gel all thi' pioperty which was loft him l>v the Ut«" Pake of Btunswick. The Kmpeioi William has been always moat anxious for a reconciliation with the Royal Family of Hano\i:i, while for many years P. nice Bfimick did all he could to defeat his Majesty s wishes on the subject. It seems that theie are to bo found in Pans come morphine patties of the emall-aud-early kind in tho higher couches sociales. Those invited to such little gtthetings aic known to the hostess m b»-ing m the habit <if resisting iIIh to which flesh is hen by t-übcutaneous injections of thcnaicotic above named. Tho injection is performed with u little instnuuent, the nianuf \ctnre of which is passing from the siiigical-uistiuinent makrr to the jeweller, and h becoming an objet dart. (iuenti ,md the lady «f the housu sit in a circle, and listen to a concert in a diitant room. They describe their sensation* to each other. Novice* derive peculiar beauty from the morphinmng pmcess. In many of th« new portraits exhibited tracen of morphine are to be seen m the general morbide//.a of the faces aud the brownish circles that surround eyes which are at once biilliant and softly languishing. The San Kiancisco News Letter of tho 11th April has the following :— At the hour of vviitiugvv.tr between Kuwsia and (In at Biitam h;us not been actually declaied, but that result is a foregone conclusion. Xothing of a miracle could stop it. (iladstoneV statement to Hoiiso of Commons has an ominous look about if, especially when it is taken in lotiurctioii with the sei in -official announcement that tin* British (lot eminent wa* lw ai c that the Kussr.m Coy eminent broke faith 111 K'JJlld to sending ord<T-> to<'Vneral Koiu.il off to stop the Kussian advance in Affghau tenitoi y. It was quite evident from the -t.ii t, indeed.'that the British Cabinet had no confidence in the Russian assurances of pi aceful intention, because the British have ncvei u'ased making pieparations for vvai. Some of the estimable gentlemen w ho discuss these matters for our contemporaries were good enough to designate this as blutf, but, as was pointed out in this column last week, it was a very quiet, unpietentioiis kind of blutf, and had a voiacious appetite. In other words, it was not blutf at all, but was, on the contrary, a vigouroas. preparation to meet the inevitable. From the moment the trouble commenced theie was sttong evidence of the fact that the G\sar intended to force a contlict, and, of conisc. it was to be expected that he would, .is all his predecessors have done, try to gam as much as jws.sible by diplomatic duplicity (which is the i>olite n une for Kn->m,ni falsehood and bad faith), and, lin.'llv, when iwthnu? more was to be gained bv waiting, let slip the dog* of w»r. Tins is exactly what lua occurred. Last week it looked as though Russia was prepaimj.' to back down. This was the last etfoit to lead the British into a false feeling of secuiity, and gain further time for underhand woik. It did not produce the desired icsiilts. Kuspiau methods arc getting 111 1 l>e too well understood. Gladstone, while not indisposed to negotiate, continued prepatatiotis for driving the C/ar's Roldiets back out of the territory they [ have invaded. One of the ambitions <>fRu«si i foi moii' than a century past has been to get into India. He. 1 teintory in now unduly large and only imi>erfectly developed. The gicat mass of her people, too, are only partially civ lhsed. To develop the one and to civilise the other, is an ample field for the exercise »f all the intellect and eneigy Russia is liable to pioduce for centtnies, but, nevertheless, the continuous cr.ivinsr of those who direct the affairs of the empue has been for more trnitory. To tho gratification of this craving, about all the eneigy the nation jM»ssesae-> has been, from time immemoiial, exerted. The present movement is, therefore, nothing new. It u c illod into activjty at this time for two reasons. The tit st lies in the fact that the I.utish seem to have a White Klephant <>n tin ii h.indh m t'ic Soudan. The second lies m the factthat the C/..\i'r> own people are in such an unsettled condition that a foreign wat for their diveision and his safety il almost an absolute necessity. The »econd iciison for pushing things at this tune is doubtless well fonnded ; the first one is completely eironeous. The British (!ov«rnment never was wtronger or in a better position co hght than it ia today. The depiension in tia-!e which has piev.uled, to a greatei or lesser extent, for the past two ye.us has left a large portion of hei home people but little to do, and unusually huge numbers of nieu are available for the army. O\ci -production linving lo.ulod up the warehouses, the jinKlucera can now tight awhile and let the unloading process go on. In India, too, the army seems to lie in excellent shape, and the feeling of the natives everything that could be desired. The colonies, generally, are bursting with patriotism, and are not merely prepared to take care of themselves, but ate an\i()iirf to lend the mother country a hand. On the fiontier which is to be the immediate i>cene of conflict the Biitish have a large and well equipped army, which is the equal, if not the superior, of the Rumian armed foi ced which is on the giound. It would seem, therefore, as though the C?ar h. id vv lthout doubt chosen his tune badly. ( )nc thing is certain, aud that i-> that Rus■*i.v has forced tho issue, and the Newt Jjetter hopes, as it believes, that The Hag that braved a thousand yean The battle and the bieeze will emcige from the conflict viotoridti".