Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-04
DAILY POST.INTELLIGENcER
An rxCERrAIx SITUATION.

The uncertainty IN regard 10 the Bal
kan question ooutinnes 70 bs a. great a.
ever. Although many weeks have nov
elapsed since Prince Alexander made
the bold stroke Of uniting Eastern koa-
melis 10 bis douinI0ns, 10 one - WILING
70 hazard a prediction - 10 unttssr
the union viii stssd or fall. II theirs s
Q man IN Europe xho knows What ae-
ton will be taken on toe question By
the great powers. be keeps bis know
ledge entirely 10 himself. 50 Tar a. tee
world il concerned, the tsussst isno-
rance hangs cloud like over the sitna
ton. This ignoranes has not been
lsssened by the contradictory Dispatches
which hxve from time TO time BEEN sebt
cut. We hsar FROM Constsniinopis
that Russia and Aastris have decided to
depose Prince Alexander, and that
everything will be restored 10 the siafS
quo ante. On the same day, perhaps.
comes word from Vienna that the pow
ss have decidsd 20 allos the onion 70
stand, aud tina; Prince Alexander viii
he permitted 10 rule over reunited
Bulgaria, while from Paris comes The
4 Information that the nnion will not be
allozed to stand. bat that Alexander.
while containing ~ Prince OF Bulgaria,
will be appointed by the Sultan Cover
nor Of Eastern kosmelia A. we'll. In
the meantime, while the world hears
only conflicting rumors sad sses only
inaetion, IL may be rensrked that the
union stands and that Alexander il al
lowed to 90 on strengthening himself
and preparing 10 rssis, any attempt that
may be made to depose him or ~ inter
fsre With bis plans.
Through II all Servis continues 10 be
q most uncertain quantity. and the re-
lations between that kingdom and Bal
aaris oontinas 20 be mssi puzzling.
Whether the press correspondents are
trying to poke fun at the serviaa army,
or whether they give their imagination
free rein 10 dealing With Ssrvian affairs.
they telegraph the most extraordinary
things regarding King Milan and his
troops. II the Servisn army has actu-
ally made all tbs movements which
have been attributed 10 IL. 1t 10 the most
wonderful army OF ancient or modern
times. One day we hear that 1t has
crossed ihe frontier the next. that 1t
Ia marching on Sofia; the next, that it
has had an engagement With Bulgarian
militia the next, that IL did no, cross
the frontier at all, bat stopped at the
boundary and finally We are informed
that Il has ne. yet left Belgrade, bat 10
preparing to march to the frontier.
Then, when the correspondents land the
army safely back la Belgrade, they
start in again and put II once more
through all its extraordinary evolutious.
The life OF the servian soldier cannot
be a happy one, II be has been com
PEELED to march and eoun,ermsreh in
30 inexplicable a manner. The only
knewledRo that can be gathered with
certainty from all this is that the rela-
tions between servia and Bulgaria are
Of most unfriendly nature, that the
troops OF both countries have been CON
centrated on the frontier, and that a
collision between them Ia not improb
able.
The uncertainty regarding the atti-
tude Of the great powers in regard To
the union, IL even more intense. The
only reasonable conclusion, after noting
the nnsatisfaet pry aud contradictory
dispatches sent out from time 10 time,
10 shat either Austria or Russia IL en-
deavorin9 to mislead the other powers
concerning its intentions. Possibly
both OF them are endeavorinR TO do SO
Russia Ia the natural ally of Bulgaria
Austria Of Sers,A.~ Il u not impossible.
that psipss Aisxsndsft ~ move va.
inspired By Rnsfe. - rs the firm
hAd taksn Aeaisss ~ on1en by King
Miiss tsbassd spos ssonsnnces of Aus.
tsias support kasiand sbd France
while not especially sssseened IN the
affair, seem inclined 10 allow the union
10 stand. Indeed, Salisbury 10 bis
speech At Newport some weeks ago, dis
tinctly stated that such Was the attitude
Of the English Government.
IL 10 scarcely probable that war will
result from the imbroelio. Especially
10 IL improbable that great war will
result. Winter is coming On, and win.
ter Ia not the proper seasc "a in which "a
throw open the gates Of the temple OF
Janus. II We we're Just entering upon
April instead OF upon November, q
breaking out Of hosiiiities would b
much more probable.