, 1880-11-21

and Of a war with Russia He offered TO
Austria the German alliance, and guaranteed
to her the DEVELOPMENT of her influence in
the valley Of the Danube ana II me pentnSu;a T.;
the Eastern question in so far that none of
the Provinces Of the Ottoman Empire can
fall into her own sphere OF action, and this
situation gives her great authority III the
throw herself with q greater weight on the
siie of Austria or of Russia Bismarck has
chosen to espnuse the cause of Austria in
The East, and in return he has, so to speak,
changed the Emperor Of Austria Into
one Of the confederates OF the new Empire.
Things 20 so fast In our time that Francis
Joseph, who was turned ont Of the German
Rund after Sadowa, Is becoming now the
hope Of the Bund. It general war should
break out, it can be said almost with GER
srainst each other on the plains and hills Of
Bohemia
WOULD NOW FIGHT SIDE By SIDE
The German unity is achieving itself In this
new form: not only do all the German
Speaking provinces now feel themselves tied
TO common destiny, but Germany exercises,
through the medium Of Austria. powerful
stitute Trans1eithania, and her attration, al
ready felt In Bosnia and Herzegovina, will
soon be felt even further in the peninsula OF
The Balkans The old Metternichian policy
has found its point d'aPpui IN Berlin. ,
There is no reason why this new alliance,
founded upon The solidarity Of all German
interests. should produce immediate results
in the East Nobody knows better than
Austria the intrinsic difficulties Of the East
e1n question. The Ottoman Empire Is slowly
order Of things is established By the necessl-
ties and fatalities inherent In the various ele-
ments which are now In chaotic state
Austria has probably not many. illusions
nationalities which are struggling TOR life in
the peninsular OF the Balkans. She feels that
II is her manifest destiny" to protect these
peudo-nations with their pseudo-princes; to
build roads and railroads for these provinces
which had been so completely neglected by
ton, laws, the police, the whole State,ma-
chinery Of the West into these lands, which
now seem almost emerging from barbar1sm.
But Austria
1sE no HURRY.
The work which Is before her is not the work
any, solution by premature war. It became
evident us soon as the allied fleets appeared
before the Albanian coast that Germany was
not willing to bring the naval demonstration
to warlike end. On the other side stood
England, France, and Russia. England was
in the forefront Of what may be called the
active group Of Europe She entered into
the Eastern question with passion which
AStDQiSQEQ OILY luuSE "NU d1E uOt 04O clDQEu
to have seen the CIimean waf: Many ct US,
however, remember .England's intense
ardor at the time Of the Conferences Of
Vienna. Of the famous -four points "
Of Lord Russell; we remember t the
followed the publication OF the dispatches Of
Sir Hamilton Seymour. The situation was
not the Same in 1880. There was no more
sentimentalfsm about the !" sick man. - no
more alarm about the ambition Of the Gar;
>l1t tknn rf Erfr md f71tx
against the Sultan. Six great Powers de-
cided in q Congress that Montenegro should
have such frontier and Greece such another,
and England seemed to consider the resist
ance of the Sultan aS q crime, which must be
that such men as Lord Harrington, Sir Will
lam Harc0urt, and Mr. Forster should have
found livery extraordinary that the Sultan
would not give up large provinces and i'm
portant cities to the Greeks without even tbs
MORE RoMAST1cALLY DISPOSED.
he gave up the Ionian Islands in the midst
Of profound peace, but the Sultan will only
give up Jauina and MetsoVo under coercion.
lr. Gladstone was willing that coercion
should be exercised in favor of Greece: he
France and with Russia The, temptation
vas surely great. it there had been any
chance Of success in the undertaking. En-
gland would have had two .Continenta!
armies, instead Of one.-and what armies!
and numbering now 500 O00 in time of peace;
the Russian army, fresh from the batt1e6elds
Of Pleyna,-a people rather than an army, a
numberless host, fired with all the passions
of the Slavic races Italy, too, might have
been drawn, willingly or unWlilngly, into
the great alliance. Shewould probably have
thrown her fortunes on the side which would
hare been perforca hostile to the Interests Of
Austria.
What Russia's sentiments may have been
y this crisis; how. far England approached
the Government which has the strongest and
most permanent interests in the East; what
promises we're made, what hopes were given,
all this remains secret for the present
we can only say in general way that Ger-
many s altitude towards Russia has tor some
time been marked by hostility; that the
journey Of the Emperor Francis Joseph to
G&licia was considered in Russia As an mdt-
rect threat, as All indication that II It Was
necessary Germany would not hesitate to re-
se ~ ne pgsh question snfe ne ef Rns
ia and Of Germany
HAVE BECOME VERY UysAT1EFACToKF.
The Emperors still exchange eourtesies,
0nlie the press and the diplomacy Of Ger
many and OF Russia are in state Of con
anual warfare Tie Russians believe that
e i e5s sss tsa{ 5he II San Sanss setsno Fs
te the opposition Of Prince Bismarck than to
Me siR attitude Of Lord Beaconsheld. The Rus,
n nSAas cannot be consoled for having had
SSoenn;Satantlnople: in their hands, md for not
eHaSio2 been allowed to taste the forbidden
44ulh Russia seems all ready for any action
sa4 NA% would add something to her prestige,
~, ~ mat would undo the treaty of peace
har hhnleh n the efforts of all Europe imposed upon
.Sa s' ohe wants new treaty of San Stefano,
w. ~ tnopes fur the final union Of Roumelia
n!t9n nn!tn Bulgaria; her agents preach great