Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-04-24
The Eastern Question.
GERMANY SECRETLY PREPARING:
FOR WAR.
Personal Plans of the Czar:
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA
AND AUSTRIA.
The Views of Austria
The Views of Austria.
The Massing of Troops in Roumania n
Necessary Precaution.
THE NATIVE INDIAN TROOPS.
Their Destination a Ministerial Secret
as Yet.

New YORK, April %. While the German gov
eminent still declares IT is anxious to intervene
automatically, to avert resort to arms on the
part of England, the German imperial cabinet is
secretly making all preparations for war.
The Herads correspondent at St. Petersburg
telegraphs he is informed that the car has decid-
ed if war with England follows he will pass the
summer at Tsarskos Selo, where the imperial
palace was founded by Peter the Great. II peace
is firmly re-estsblished, the car will entrust the
reins of government to the czarowitch for . year
and half, during which time he will trave
throughout Europe.
LONDON April %. kilograms from Vienna
indicate the pour psrlers between Russia and
Austria is not going on very smoothly The Rus.
.ia press is attacking Austria.
A St. Petersburg correspondent of the Vienna
Political correspondence says Russia is ardent in
her desire to satisfy the Just demands OF Austria,
but Austria must not stick too tedaciously to
points, which not recognized before the treaty of
San Steiano, are now decored of such Importance
or necessity.
The massng Of troops in Roumania is neces-
sary procaution. 1t might have been less neces
sary had Bralisno, the Roumanan minister presi.
dent, everywhere met with the same reception IS
at Berlin.
The Times Vienna correspondent says: The
Russians have erred in thinking Austria wished
to drive bargain. Austria has more interest
than any other country in prove nting a conflict
between Russia and Roumania, and whatever
Russias motives are in occupying Roumania, no
Information can drive away the fact ITSELF The
principally is becoming more and more at its
mercy. Growing suspicious that some members
OF the Roumsnisn cabinet, especially the foreign
minister, favor the transaction, has tended to
cause popular action. Whether or not there is
any foundation for such suspicious, it seems GER
tain the present state of things is too strained to
last and that either an understanding or an open
rupture with Russia must soon ensue.
The Daily News leading article says the policy
of the British is becoming q matter Of growing
importance. Referring to the present military
preparations it says: They may be mere precau-
tons but there is not one of them which does not
mark our progress to state of war. They are
understood abroad and every of them in-
creases the difficulty of maintaining peace.
II is exceedingly doubtful whether the full pur-
port of some of those so-caled precautions is yet
realized. The most important of all the despatch
of the native troops from India has been passed
over with very little remark, although the meas
ure marks revolution in our Indian military pol
icy of its effects India there will be only too
many occasions of speaking. The Indian gov
eminent was wise to gag the vernscular press be
fore calling the natives of India to the aid of the
nation which holds their country by the right of
conquest.
That is a subject on which free native press
would certainly have had much to say. Just now
however, we are concerned to know where these
troops about to be put. The native troops are
preparing to come. but where they will be landed
is a ministerial secret.
At Calcutta il is given out that their destination
is Malta, and it may be, but if So where are the
troops going which are already in that garrison.
We may take it for certain the Indian troops will
not be landed in Malta in addition to those al
ready there. Malta is full, and the only inference
that can be drawn is that in the plau of the gov
ernment by the time the Indian regiments arrive,
\ destination at present unknown will have been
found either for them or the corps they will dis
place.
1t quite as likely that those troops will be
landed at some of the Turkish ports IS that they
will 20 to Malta. Very little time can elapse be-
fore we know what is intended by the govern
ment We may suppose that the resolution of the
government depends upon this or that contingency
but the practical lesson Of the last few weeks is
that a resolute hand is guiding a mystifed people
to an appointed end.