Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-03

does not meet Germany will revert to
her former position of friendly looke,
on, without positively approving Rus.
sia's doings.
CAUSE OF THE DELAY.
A correspondent at Vienna writ;no
under date of March Goth, saws 4 :
confirmed that Russia has not vet Sent
her final answer to England. The an.
swer is delayed pending efforts which
Russia is making, with the approval Of
Germany, to wean Austria from her last
idea of an English alliance.
THE THREE EMPERoRs.
Montague's Reuiew declares that if Enc.
land does not attend the Congress tho
three empires must come to an under.
standing on Russia's demands. If Eng.
land then considers it necessary to Sc.
cure her interests in the Mediterranean
she will discover that the freedom of tho
sea is, as Prince Bismarck recently de-.
clared, essentially a German interest
The correspondent has good reasons to
assert that the foregoing expresses the
views of Prince Bismarck.
AUSTRIA REBELLlOUS.
A Vienna correspondent of March
25th, says the full text of the treaty of
San Stefano has revived strong anti.
Russian feeling there. There is no diff
ference of opinion about the real mean
ing of the treaty. It is not Russian
preponderence, but Russian rule in
Europe and Turkey, and it is just be-
cause such an alteration as would re-
move this feature would entirely DESTROY
the treaty that less confidence is felt in
the efficacy of the congress since its
publication. While CoDut Andrassy
will demand revision of the entire
treaty, he will decline to do so in COM
bination with England, because their
interest is not Identical.
A St. Petersburg dispatch under
date OF March 25th says that the
Agence Russo says Russia having COM
municated the entire preliminaries to
the powers; having declared no secret
treaty exists; and having recognized in
each member of the congress the
full right Of discussing. proposing and
deferring, the London cabinets con-
duct on insisting on imposing the
formula upon Russia can only be re-
garded as bad chicanery revealing an
offensive intention.
A GREAT WAR COMING.
A London special cablegram dated
March 9th says that little can be stated
with certainty in regard to the situation
in Europe, except that the hopes Of
meeting of the congress are now at q
minimum, and warlike rumors increase
in number and strength every day. It
is believed in St. Petersburg that Eng
lard is unable to make good her
promises to both Greece and Turkey,
and that she is, therefore, anxious to
avoid entering a congress where
her double-dealing would be ex.
posed. For this reason it is probable
that England intends going to war
eventually anyhow, and the Russians
are becoming very indignant at her
childish objection to entering the con-
gress. Besides, they are now toleraby
certain that England can get no allies,
and there is much less 10 be feared than
there was month ago, when Austria
was showing signs of joining England
Gen. Ignatieff will arrive in Vienna to-
day, and there is little reason to doubt
that he is empowered to make such
concessions to Austria as to
avert any conflict with that country
The Tribune's Vienna correspondent tel
egraphs that preliminary agreement
between Russia and Austria has already
been reached, and that Gen. Ignatief
will merely stop on his way to Constau-
tinople to confirm the agreement. His
visit to Constantinople is also regarded
as significant, and it is feared here that
endeavors will be made at
once to induce Turkey to make
a close alliance with Russia. |
have the best authority for say
ing that, should the Crongress fail to
meet, England will maintain her pres
ent attitude ofarmed watchfulness, con-
tinuing preparations fot the war
WHICH MUST EVENTUALLY BREAK OUT.
She can easily carry out such policy
for an indefinite period, while Russia
would be under far greater expenses,
besides being obliged to avacuate her
positions in Turkey at the end Of three
months, according to the treaty of San
Stefano. 1t is idle to imagine, how
ever, that Russia would remain under
such constraint, since she would not
only be threatened with bankruptcy,
but also with the loss of all the advan-
tages gained in the recent war. The
best-informed diplomats believe that the
congress must meet before May, or that
war will break out soon after that
month, if not before. Both nations,