The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-16

The Ruaso-Prussian Alliance.
From ne Tribune.
Considerable excitement has been produced
all through Europe by an editorial article in the
Paris Presse, on the conclusion of an offensive
and defensive alliance between Prussia and
Russia. The article speaks of the alliance,
not as something probable, but as an accom-
plished fact. The main point of the alliance is
said to be that Prussia will give aid to Russia,
if the latter power, in undertaking to solve the
Eastern question: should encounter any other
obstacle than the resistance of the Turks; while,
on the other hand, Russia will assist Prussia, II
any foreign power should step in to prevent the
solution of the German question.
The report of an actual conclusion of the
alliance is not yet confirmed by our advlces
from ST, Petersburg and Berlin, but the Ian
guage of the official press of both Russia and
Prussia, for several weeks, leaves no doubt that
negotiations for such an alliance have been
actively carried on and that the best under
standing existed between the two great powers
A recent numOer OF Polish paper asserteu tna
1t knew, from the most trustworthy source Sud
Russia had offered to the Government OIL bcr
lin 10 cede to Prussia so much OF the territory
CT The KINGDOM of Poland as lies west OF Tue
islula provided Prussia consented TO the
annexation of Eastern Galicia to Russia, and
allowed the Cabinet of st. Petersburg freedom
in The East The Polish paper dedes the offi-
Gil papers of st. Petersburg and Berlin to
dely the report ii they can lnus Iar no de1lal
he been given. On the contrary the cable
ha. informed us that the report OF a failure of
G alliance is uniounded.
The official papers of st. Petersburg and Berlin
abound IN open threats OF disintegration against
30 Austria and Turkey. An organ of the
Berlin Government says, in plain language, that
III consequence of the appointment of the Baron
Won Beust as Austrian Minister, Prussia will
make haste TO complete the work of German
unity. The Russian papers, with equal plain
ness state that as the work of German unity is
being carried through under the leadership of
Prussia, it is becoming that Russia should under
take the task of uniting all the SclaYi under the
rule of Russia. OF all the many SclaVic tribes
which are now governed by Austria, none in
terests the Russians more than the Ruthenians
Cor Russlnians) OF GallCia. They are more
nearly related to the Russians than to the Poles;
they have, encouraged by Russia, of late begun
to emancipatp themselves from the influence of
the Poles; they constitute an actual, though
oppressed, majority of the population of Gallicia
The Russians already talk OF the Ruthenians of
Gallica as Russian Venetia, and this sentiment
spreads with great rapdity all over Russia. The
interest that 1, taken in the annexation of the
Ruthenians to Russia is the more profound, as
it will be the heaviest blow that has yet been
struck at the Poles.
Thus influences are at work at St. Petersburg
and Berlin which irrepresslb,y push the two
Governments towards an alliance and towards
the further dsintegIation OF Austria. Though
it may be difficult to find out what result the
negotiations for an alliance have thus far had
we believe 1t highly probable, and almost GER
tain that the formal announcement of the
Austria will, before the lapse of many months,
find herself in the midst Of another war, with
no hope whatever to come out victorious, or to
escape without large territorial losses.