Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-01
eureka Dailp 5entinel,
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1, 1885.
THE SULTAN AND THE CzAR

A war between Servia and Bulgaria
would not be Of general Importance, but
a war between Austria and Russia would
be of the utmost gravity. This is the
reason that the hostilities between the
two Danubian provinces command uni
versal attention, and that a Conference
of the Great Powers is now sitting at
Constantinople. The real situation on
the Balkan Peninsula is really Europe
against Russia. The chief political ques-
tion in Europe is the advance OF Russia
toward the Mediterranean and the ex-
p%ulsion of the Sultan from the Bosphorus
by the Gar. The apparently unnatural
alliance of sympathy between Turkey
and England is due to English opposition
to Russian extension toward the south,
while Austria, relinquishing the hope of
supremacy in Central Europe, turns to-
ward the Egean and the Mediterranean
at Salonica.
This policy brings Russia and Austria
into rivalry, says Harper's Weekly, and
the general sympathy Of Europe is with
Austria. Indeed, the situation strongly
r~evives the hopes of forty years ago,
when a great Hungarian or Magyar EN-.
pire seemed to DE possible. The Hun.
garian influence is the most powerful in
the Austrian Imperial Confederation.
The race is enthusiastic and enduring,
and a general contest in Southeastern
Europe would not necessarily result in
the victory Of Russia, although the ex.
~traordinary organization and remarkable
leadership of the Russian forces give
Russia a great advantage. Thus far
everything is tentative, and the actual
position is obscure. The general feeling
seems to be that Servia's attack is pre-.
mature. This is due to the conviction
that the interest of the provinces as
against the Turk is essentially the same.
and that hostility between Servia and
Bulgaria is naturally agreeable to the
Porte. The Servian attack also stimu.
lates an appeal from some quarter &c
Russia, and it has been made already by
Roumania, which lies to the north Of
Bulgaria, across the Danube. This ap,
peal furnishes a pretext for Russian in,
t%ervention.
The situation is deeply complicated by
the religious question. The religious
enemy of the Danubian States is the
Sultan, and the Gear is their religious
friend. It is but a very few years since
the Turkish expressions in Bulgaris
aroused Europe, and Mr.. Gladstone lee
the English opposition to the English
alliance with the Turk. The religion
feeling is the strongest in all such con
ficts, and if, as the Danubian statesmen
probably suppose, practical absorption
either by the Sultan or the Car is tn,
ultimate fate of the country. they would
incline to the home of their religious
faith rather than to the seat of tn,
fiercest enmity of their faith. Mean
while there has been already severe fight
ing between the Servians and the Bull
garians, and the two countries are thor
oughly stirred. The conference still sit
celebrating upon the status quo. Blu
as the fire is already set, it is impossible
to predict its course or it's extent. TIL,
political and religious impulses involved
are not the same, and for the presen'
nothing more can be done than to avail
the emerging of the definite lines of thu
conflict.