Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-03-18
THE metropolitan newspapers are

generally discussing the probable
effect the murder of the Gear of
Russia will have on European
affairs, and the st. Louis Globe
Democrat thinks that it will result
in two important changes. 1t says:
The one is social, and confined to
Russia Our readers will have no
ticed that the Russian mobiles, in
general convention assembled, petit
toned the late Emperor to restore
to them the rights granted to them
by immemorial usage, and recon
frmed by Catherine II-such as
having a voice in the government,
&c; a proceeding very much in the
nature of that of the English
barons, which has given Immortality
to the otherwise rather stupid Magma
G arta. The assination of Emperor
Alexander II. cannot fail to bring
about social revolution in Russia
The political complications that
are likely to come to pass are far
more wide spread. The present EN-
peror, Alexander Alezandrowitsch,
second son of the late Gar, is noto-
riously rather hostile to Germany.
His wife, Danish princess, may also
be set down as a determined enemy
of the German Empire. Thus there
is now a way open for an alliance be,
tween Great Britain, if Gladstone
keeps hold of the ministry, and
France and Russia, as against the
German Empire and the Austrian
Hungarian monarchy. Italy will
naturally range herself against the
Austrian side, always hoping to re
gain the Trieste territory. It is very
evident that next year our board O.
public schools will have the gratifi-
cation of being allowed to vote OF
the introduction of a new geography
at least so far as Europe is con-
cerned.
The New York Sun discusses TIT
same question at length, from which
We give the following extract
It has for some time been plail
that war with Germany would b.
extremely popular in Russia, and tn
relations of the two States have, q
more than one iuncture, reached
point of extreme tension. When i
seemed, however, that nothing bu
breath was needed to fan tn
smouldering hostility of the two na
tons and the unconcealed estrange
ment Of their two Chancellors int
flame, a friendly message or pr
vate letter would pass between Alex
ander III. and his uncle, Kaiser vii
helm, and all the signs of immediat
collision would disappear. It cam
at last to be understood that, how
ever conflicting might be the aims G
Their ministers, and however III
friendly the dispositions of their sui
jects, the two sovereigns would neve
permit themselves to be drawn int
an overt quarrel. It has long bee
equally manifest to Bismarck that Il
sole guarantee against Russo
French alliance was the life of Ale
ander H., and it was to make he;
against such an ominous combin
ton, whose formation or postpon
ment hung, as we have seen, upon
thread, that Bismarck fastened
conclude his Austro- German c1n
pact. ....
Significant of the apprehension
entertained at Berlin was the q
pearance, the other day, of 8 b.,
chure discussing the relative militia
strength of Germany, written by
Prussian officer of high reputatic
whose statements are cited wi
earnest approval by the official pre-
The author pointed out that Germ
ny had not man to spare duri
the last war with Francs: and That
was on the eve of events VIII
would demand far greater eh2l
than those of 187O-'71. He show
that the active army of France on
peace footing was now much stroI
er than the German in all respet
except in cavalry; while he assert
that the reserve force, known und
the French system as the territor
army was not only as numerous, b
had now become as efficient, as t