The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-05
RUSSIa'S DESIGNS.
Does the C1ar Contemplate a Descent on
Turkey or Intervention on France
Indications OF his Purpose.

We have telegraphlc information ot glgantic
preparations for war on the part OF Russia, ana
IL hus been inlinated ths. 1t is TO be directed
against Prussia. We give below various OK
extracts from foreign journals bearing upon
thIs important question, and aTordlng inior-
nation of n late date, which may aid to CON-
prehension of the developments and the for-
malion OF n correct opinion on The questions
involved.
AN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ALLIAEcE FoRS-
sHAD0WHD.
The Vienna correspondent OF ule London
Telegraph thus ulludes, under date Of Septem-
bcr s, to certain Indications OF q foture alliance
between Austria and Russia tor futnre de-
fence:
The marvellous tide fvictory which. 10 ON
present seeming, Is carrying tile PrhssNLl
standards across the plains OF Champagne W
the walls OF Paris, was not by any means an
ticIpated in all It's successful entirety 6y ltns-
sla, when Prince GOrtScfakoT went otlll 10
Count Bismarck for the protection and salety
Of the PrlIssian rear. Circumstances notori-
Ously alter cases; and the unexpected PrllsslNn
annexation OF Alsacc nntl Lorraine, together
with The inauguration of French Republic,
have mn,In The Russian Minister OF Foreign
4 Hairs shilI Ills wlnd Il little. Europe, accord
Ing To the serious conviction OF st. Petersburg,
Is about tU witness u terrible struggle between
the lse, and Blue Spectres. Neither OF these
apparitOns Is at all agreeable or welcome 10
The government of the Car, and OF the TWO
The first Is, perhaps, the one to be most dread
ed. Annexation lever Is II mighty dangerous
disease In EnlperOrs and Kings, Chancellors,
and such like, and can only he exercised by
san.lnary and costly remedies. Whether The
fear lie reasonable or not, people here and III
Russia begin to entertain grave apprefensions
about the future policy OF Prussia. Ihey are OF
the opinion thai Count Bismarck Will, il he Is
allowe, successfully to absorb Alsace anu l.or-
ralne, proceed to give further high-handed
illustrations To The patriotic queries ls to what
il The German. FuLlierand. don't at oil share
these apprelielSons; for Count Bismarck being
Victor, lam convinced Tint more noble, ,tiisln-
terestrtl, philanthrOplc, peaceable anu scfupil-
lOtls statesman never before ulst1rDeu the peiGe
of Europe For nll this, Austria does uneaslly
look forward to fresh onslaught, and Russia
thinks Il lust possible that tho old question oil
the German provinces OF the Baltic now IN
her possession may crop up again before she
has had the time to thoroughly RllssanlZe
them In the present aspect of affairs, there-
fore .it has seemed good to Prince Gortschakof
to draw nearer to Austria In loving lllennslll,.
Tile Car and his Chancellor had many things
TO explain and suggest which could not be put
unon paper, and, very properly avoiding the
ever-to-be- horribly remembered fasco Of
Count Benedettl, they decided TO request
Count Chotek, the Austrian Ambassa-
dor ut st. Petersburg, to start on the
wings OF the morning to Vienna,
and report to his Government the
exceedingly 9niable Intentions and wishes on
the st. Petersburg rulers towards tnose Oh lnls
city. Count Chotek's travels at the present
mncture are easily explained according TO
This government. There are at this moment
one OF two pretty little outstanding differences
between Russia and Austria, winch are not
very portentous In themselves, but still are
very convenient to keep on hanu In lnter-
national grievance stores Till occasion requires;
For instance, tobacco is cheap In Russia and
dear in Austria, while alcohol Is cheap IN Aus,
trla and dear in Russia. Smuggling ana
wranalinn ensne in consequence along the
whole Gnlician frontier Russia wants Austrln
to regulate her tariff practically for Russian
convenience Count Beust relolns, ne CAN'T
for the matter rests with the Relchsfatli; ana
the Rclchsrath having Its hands full OF private
second and more formidable grievance exists
| in the proximity and intrlgues OF the Monas-
| tery of WIelo- -Krinitzka, In the Bnkowina, not
far from the Russian frontier. This
monastery appears 10 be the Holy OF the
Holies, and headquarters OF The sect OF RasKol,
nOkS Which, | am told, Is very numerous hli''
troublesome in Russia This is the only'mon-
astery OF the sect which possesses the faculty
OF ordaning It's priesthood, and IS therefore
| rsnecjally obnoxious TO Russia, VINO requires
IFS sunpresson by the Austrian Governments
| to which Count Bcust, US mailer OIL c0ulsc,
rcnes that free Alls6ia can't 20 sucn arottay
ncts The muin object OF Count CiloIehs
ionrney. however, is undoubtedly III conheC,
lion with the 'general European question,
and Russia would be pleased Just now 10 come con
io an cnieute co,riiale OIL it with Austria. What
| I}ussla proposes Is best known 10 nersell anu
| thn Auslriun Chancellor, and 1t beh0oVes tne
lnItcr TO be wary, for the Arslls-eyed Bismarck
il intently watching him, rs well ~ everybody
else from tho vineyards OF Champagne.
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF RUSSIAN DESIGNS.
The Manchester Guardian Of September l6,
alludlng to the crippled state Of Ensland's
only European ally, says incidentally OF the
Eastern question
| The reopenlng of the Eastern question,
which means for England the question Oh ine nc
advance OF Russia to position from %nica sn
she may hope to break up our Indian L1'p,re ',,,s
(held even now by the most Insecure ol ,i, 1e oo.
ures) has been postponed for years oS vie the IW
operatlOn OF France and Englanti; ,s',n .n =
union of the Western powers has been loun.,,
upon by all political parties us = sto ,o;,,;E.
against ihe pretensinns 10 woriu-"i'' "0--''''