Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-09-11
EUROPEAN,

fteneAth the smooth surface Of the
polite Il sea of continental Enrope there
seems to be an unl.r- -curren. OF disquiet
that will probAb,y on show ITSELF in
N. unlocked Tor NM e.. l. would
:'ot be surpr 81 * if the map Of Europe
VAS to nl rg' some i;npor ant chang-.
sfort' very long The mistrust with
whick the great powers regaTd each osll-,
j daily becoming more evidsn:. If W.
are to believe the utterances Of German
authorities, Russia is so disturbed by in
''ernal troubles that foreign war is alb
solutely necessary to wa,d off the thrsat-
ened danger and distract attention from
home affairs But Nihiiism it would Sc. N
has not taken hold upon so large g pro.
portion of the Russian popula zion as the
Bsnarkian policy wou d have us to l, n
derstand. On the contrary it is claimed,
with every appeaFance Of truth, that
Nihilism is largely on the wane, and
that the attempt Oh the life Of Gear hat.
s. the effect ef gr-atly diminishing the ad-
v1casai Of ; at 4 ct.i G. The Russian
have rells'ous regard for tneir ruler
However des: G 9 n.ay he No doubt
however but What it would suit the pur
poses qf Rismark to crea'e the impression
that Russia is rent with internal d;ssef-
$40 aDd dissatisfaction, Bat when W.
remember the part played by that willy
diplorpatist in making the French declar
war at the very time he was able /.
crush them, and when we note the pre-
valent dissatisfaction among the lower
classes throughout the German Empir,
it is safe to conclude that it is German,
and not Russia that needs to divert at
tention from domestic troubles. TIVE
dangers threaten the peace Of German,
a. this time, viz: the growing power q
France and the rapid development o
social democracy. This latter is. msr
extensive and pare difficult to cope wit.
than the fihlism Of Russia. Ths fai
ure of the crops in many parts u til
Empire is aRasAer karas;ng feature Of tn
situation, The recent attempt to inst
tute parliamentary forw Of government
Of which they have nothing but the.empt
form, has unsettled the German masse
, Then again 6ermaEy cannot bear mut
longer in peace her huge armaments tn;
are such tax up the people. All thes
things combine to form state of affair
that need some effective measure to pr
vent it's becoming serious, a war wou
draw of attention. Add to this th
France, which Bismark Thought he h,
crippled for good by the FraReo-Pru
sian war, has already paid off its de
aud is today stronger in every way this
before that war, and it is nat stran
that Germany should feel uneasy. Alsa
and L, raine are not forgotten. Gambe.
is match for Bismark in enanins al
has the advantage Of youth on his sic
While it is true that Blstnark has hithe
10 succeeded in making his euinies Ia
the initiative, thus making it appear tt,
he was the injured one while in reali
be was the agressor, it is doubtful if
ca again succeed in such manoeuv,
France will not likely declare war I
which Bis'uark appears TO ba preparis
Nor will he be apt to succeed in foms'
ing quarrel between any Of the otl
great powers But that Europe
war is imminent seems probable. It,
ly remains to be seen who will be
frat to break through the earned n'
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