THE FLOODS AND HURRICANE IN EUROPE
THE FLOODS AND HURRICANE IN EUROPE.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 17.—Advice from the provinces show that the wreck and ruin caused by the hurricane is enormous. At many ports the sea embankments and draining works are demolished. The loss of life is very great. The damage done in the island of Falster, known for its fertility as the orchard of Denmark, will exceed $1,000,000. The King has sent relief to the inhabitants, and the Queen heads the subscription list and presides over aid associations. The Minister of Marine has ordered commandants of Danish vessels and naval stations to give every succor to shipwrecked crews along the coast. The Pope of Rome refuses to be comforted. The Italian Parliament some time since voted him a generous annuity, and King Victor Emanuel recently tendered him the money, but “His Holiness,” through Cardinal Antonelli, indignantly refused to accept it. Old Pius, it appears, cannot be reconciled to the loss of Rome and his temporal power, but we don’t see how with the necessarily brief tenure of life left to the old man, he can hope to help himself. Nursing resentment is the sign neither of wisdom in age, nor of “infallibility” in a Pope.