The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-22
BRITAIN'S DECADENCE
THE BERLIN CONGRESS KNOCKED
ENDWAYS BY RUSSIA,
Aad The Tight Little Isle Appears to Have
Nothing to -Frightful foundations
in Spain-Almost a Riot IN
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t,o, Of Rosr;a o., ua,yacroyina nv
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VICE and Kramsiar confsran.,s
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Adr,snoTIa Tba sic-ra+or,, 1oxvsrs will iva
at nee called mon =, sss 70 Is that that the
,,r,r,isas Of tba Rar,in TT, are ohsarve5
II Is ba rdlv rosSihIa tbot thar, will ba a
sinalo favora hla ans war 70 The sultan,s an
neal ENGLAND Womb like 70 help her: but
Eosland annrshanding that the tbree
emnarors have hsndal together 10
driya tina Turk rrom Enrono and IN amor
tion the snoil among thamselve, viii ven
ture upon nothing save protest. The present
situation of affairs marks the decadence of
British influence. For expressing a desire
to do 1.-THE Of what has now been accom-
nlished Beaconsfiald a few wear, ago threat.
eued the Muscoyites with war. Now Russia
has advanced its boundaries to the very
walls of Constantinople anc England he,i-
tate, before entering oven an energetic pro-
test
Russian money is flowing freely in Rouma-
liza. Russian agents are the cho-en counsel.
ors of the provincial government Russian
officers command the Roumelian troops.
The sultan has been robbed and inSulted.
The Berlin treaty has been faerantly
violated. And while Berlin and Vienna
look on approvingly England seems to
lie dumb with terror. Perhaps under
these circumstances bloodSh can be
averted But there is prevalent distress
ing sense of di>quiet There are grave fears
that Lord Salisbury, spurred ON 10y lingo
| clamor, and with the hope of insuring the
triumph of his party in the forthcoming
! general election, will plunge all Europe into
! a gigantic war.
An interview had on Tuesday last at Con-
stantinopls with Mr. Israel Washburn, of
the hobart COLLAGE an American institution
on thu Rosnhorns IL r,hlishad Ha GAYS.
9If the nrasent STATE Of ofFoirs continues il
will irapit.hly Nab. +r,,,hI, in
Enrono Russia Ia losiu,y bar infnarca
in the Ralk.r ata.as AMI aIthough tba R,l-
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