Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-29
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THE EUROPEAN MUDDLE.s
England's War Preparations.
SENATOR M0RRISStY PARkIYzED
EUROPEAN POLITICS.
C0n0ictiur Mems as In tho Situ.,so,

souutctfuS news ~ tn the Situation.
LONDON, April 9.-The NeIrS this morning
from the various capitals in regard 20 the
political situation is very conflicting. A
Rome dispatch contradicts the statement that
ItaS mas asked England Ia state her views
ana Berlin dispatch reaffirmS it, and saws:
Inc question Is now being repeated hy Aus
Sia, T,ai lta'i ana Germany" A dispatch 20 the
a'meS, lTom 81. Petersburg declares that
frlnce Bismarck has ceased mediating while
1lSpatches from Berlin and Vienna state the
MeAdCt M oIposite very positively. Ii Is impossible
tionS but the Times st Peiers6nrT corres.
pondent undoubtedly derives his inform alton
from the st. Petersburg Chancellory. In is
equally impossible To determine what IL the
foundation for the reported declartion thar
Austria is about 10 occupy Bosnia
Austrfa's Iudecfsiou
The Austrian and Hungarian Ministers are
IN couhcll at Vienna. IL Is stated that Count
AndraSSy is pressing for an immediate com
promise OF the long pending controversies be-
tween the two states, because the condition of
foreign affairs demands an energetic policy
which intestine quarrelS would hinder.
SerVfa As a Russian Cats Paw.
LONDON, ApIil 9.-Many conflicting reports
are current about the measures of precaution
Auslrla VIII lake, but none are authoritative.
II Is said that the Servian activity and trucu-
lence are being excited by Russia TO divert the
austrian lorceS, as Serylas only further eN-
pectation OF profit must lie i'm the direction of
Bosnia, where Austria could not expect her 10
60.
Germany Behind Austria
The DduH Ieiegrdph has Vienna dispatch
saying: Whatever measures of precaufion
The government may have resolved upon
Russia Is not party To them. They have Ger
many sanction: possibly they We're suggested
from Berlin. But Austria is still free as 10 her
future movements
He Says Nothing Because There IL
Nothing To Say.
III Is worthy OF notice that the Times Vienna
correspondent, who is the best informed and
most truSlWorthy and careful of all the special
cohlllDuiors TO The London press, discusses
The position elsewhere today, at considerable
IenSill, Dul mas not word 10 say about the at
utude OF Austria. This is a fair indicati0n
that no decision has been reached at Vienna,
England sill Rushing Her War
Preparations.
LoNIoN- April N.-General Sir Alfred Hast
lnSS HorSiord has been selected as com
mander 0l the second army corps. A conSid
cradle portion OF the first army corps is likely
10 De dispatched 10 Malta in the course of the
coming week, including a portion of tba
Guards Many thousand stand of Martini
Henry rifles are being removed from the racks
In the Tower of London, presumably for the
equipment of the reserves. There is pre..
activity at Portsmouth in preparing fittings
lor the conversion of merchant ships into
aiinea anea cruisers. A certain manufacturing
nrm has received from the admiralty an order
lor more than one hundred torpedo nets for
the protection OF ships from attacks of fish
IoTpedoeS All the nets are TO be delivered
curing May. immense quantities of shot and
shell are being issued from the WoolWich
arsenal In all directions. The first Indian eN-
Reulllonaly lOIct VIII embark from Bombay
Two divisions Will leave to-day, consisting OF
two battallO of royal artillery, the 18th and
5lSt regiments, the "a GoOrkhaS and
two companies OF sapperS ond miners.
The second will embark as soon as possible.
1t will consist of the Ninth cavalry the First
Bombay lanceIS, the Ninth and Twenty-siXth
Bombay infantry, and two companies of sap
pers and miners. The shipping arrangements
comprise steamers, with an aggregate ton
mage OF l5.519 tons, and sailing vessels of
2l,li6 aggregate tonnage. The latter Will DE
t0wed by the steamers. Water will be pro-
ylded Tor 80 and coal for 26 days. AT the Bonn
bay dock yard work is being prosecuted day
and night IN fitting ships for troops and
horses. As an experiment of state policy the
dispatch Of native troops to Europe has
proved successful beyond the hopes OF the
most ardent advocates of the measure. The
native soldiers appear completely captivated
10y the prospect of being engaged in military
service in Europe They are volunteering To
cross the seas With an enthusiasm which has
surprised even those who know them best
They are pressing forward in whole regiments
at time. Troops who returned from Bur-
NAH only six weeks ago and who We're three
years IN that country, are said to be delighted
10y the thought that they are going 10 some
place near England to fight the Russians In
one regiment every man has signed petition
that he may be sent with the expedition t.
Europe,