Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1879-11-01

the state. The event will require, how
ever, the sacrifice of Mr.. Tilden as we'll
ss Mr.. Kelly. The latter has, in any
ease, won the e1ecration OF the demo-
cratic party.
Is THERE TO BE ANOTHER EURO
PEAN WAR?
The mysterious whisperings which
have been coming over the wires from
different parts of Europe. recently. seem
to indicate that there IS war brewing
between Russia and Germany. and that
this war may. and most likely will, lead
to complications which will involve the
whole of Europe.
The visit OF the car of Russia to the
emperor of Germany which was, last
week, announced to take place very
soon. it is now authoritatively said will
not occur at all. The very plain ex-
planation of this change OF programme
on the part OF Alexander. is that since
this visit was first contemplated. it has
been, if not officially announced. at
least very certainly ascertained. that
Austria has entered into an alliance Of
fensive and defensive, or. it might more
properly be said. defensive and otfen-
sive. with her neighbor. Germany.
Herr Won Puttkamer, minister of
ecclesiastical affairs, speaking at pub
lie dinner at Essen, . few days ago. said:
"You are aware that the emperor has
sacrificed his personal feelings to the
public veal. He has done so because
he thought It his duty to conclude an
alliance which he hopes will insure the
peace OF Europe" Of this speech the
North German Gazette says: even if
Herr Won Puttksmer is correctly report
cd, 1t does not follow that the minister
of public worship kd8ws the correct his.
tory of the Vienna negotiations" On
the same day that this opinion is ex-
pressed. 1t is also made public that the
"ministsr of public worship" has been
indiscreet, and that if he is not q better
boy in future, his official head will be
likely to drop into the basket. Stimuli
saneously, too, with all these perten-
tieus pieces Of information, comes the
news that Gortschakoff, instead OF his
imperial highness, the czar, will come
70 Berlin.
Germany has been steadily improving
her military resources ever since the
Franco-P Prussian war of 1870, until now,
with united Germany, che has over
two million OF soldiers available for 40
tual war. Her credit being good, her
resources are ample to keep IN advance
of the improvements in arms and equip
ments. and to provision this host for e
war of some duration. Russia, on the
other hand, is just emerging from war
with feebler power, in which she won
no glory; her credit is impaired; Nihil-
ism IL distracting her. not only in the
cities. but even in her armies, and her
march OF aggression, which has been
the dream of dynasty. can never be
better arrested than now.
The feeling for war is ripe in both
countries. The Berlin Heeres-Zeitung,
said to be the most authentic interpreter
OF the German military mind. and the
military mind" It is hardly worth
while to say, is the mind OF the country.
recently said: Germany knows full
we'll that she is surrounded by foes and
that she will have to defend her position
for the next fifty years. The possibility
of having some day to defend both our
eastern and western frontiers simultane-
ously has long been realized by our po-
litlcal and military leaders. Germany,
from her concentric position. will have
little reason to shrink from such strug-
gle. and she feels, moreover, that she
will be supported by valuable allies. -
The German camp talk is war with Rus
sia; the Russian camp talk is war with
Germany.
With her southern frontier guarded
by friendly power; her western from
tier at any rate safe for the present
with England unavoidably her ally.
offering her the use of an invincible
feet. and the support of her eastern
military establishment; and with China
in hostile attitude to Russia, Bismarck,
| no doubt. thinks that the time to strike
has arrived.
We believe, to q great extent. with
old Ben Franklin, that "there never
was good war or bad peace" and
would like to see Victor Hugo's dream
OF universal liberty and general peace
come to pass in this world full of evil
passions and iealousies between man
and man but, as chronlclers of events
We can but see that there is cloud in
the far eastern horison, which is fraughl
with trial, trouble and tribulatlon.