Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-30
The Gable Review.
An Interesting Account of the
Condition of Affairs in Tur-
key and India.
Gable Letter.
THE SITUATION IN THE BALKAN STATES |
IS CRITICAL.

Cable Letter.
THE SITUATION IN THE BALKAN STATES
IS CRITICAL.
LONDON, Oct. 26 The week close;
with matters on the continent in ar
exceedingly interesting state. The
situation i'll the Balkan states is crit
ical. and is engaging the attention Of
all the European statesmen. A ma
| jority of them feel that if settlement
of the imbroglio raised by Prince Al
exander is not effected, the great pow
ers will be driven into a dangerous
clash by their conflicting interests.
and Constantinople are significant
aud somewhat contradictory. From
| Austria comes statement that all
doubts as to The action of the sigma
tory powers to tie treaty of Berlin
respecting the Roumelian difficulty,
have been removed by the speech OF
Emperor Francis Joseph, to- day, at a
meeting of the delegation. This is a
body composed of 120 members, one
half of whom are chosen by Austria
and the other half by Hungary. The
jurisdiction of the delegation is linn
tied to foreign affairs and war. The
emperor in addressing the delegation
SAID: The foreign relations of Austria
are of
THE MOST FRIENDLY NATURE.
The recent meeting of the emperors
at Kremser, clearly indicated to an
unprejudiced mind that the active
and trustful relations of Russia, Ger
many and Austria still continue,
witch is very important fact at this
juncture for the peace of Europe.
The powers who join US will main
tain the legal status of the Balkan
states guaranteed by the treaties of
Berlin and San SGefano as a basis for
securing peace IN the future. The
unanimity of the powers on this point
is an important guarantee of the sue.
cess of a peaceful solution of the Rou'
melian question. The signers of the
treaty of Berlin seek to restore the
status quo which was so Unexpectedly
violated by
ROUMELIA RISING
and indangering the peace aud welfare
of the people of the whole Balkan
territory. Europe evidenced her re-
spect for the treaties of San Stefauo
and Berlin, by the conference where
with she gave the Balkan states an
independent political existence.
Austria's first care is to maintain
peace among the nations and protect
the interests of her monarchy. Bes.
ME and Herzgovia will make steady
progress in industrial economise,
and are obliged to pay theie own ad
ministration. IT the emperor's speech
means anything it means that Ger
many, Austria and Russia are united
to secure the disposition of Prince
Alexander, and TO complete the
restoration of the state of affairs
which existed in the Balkan states be
fore the exaltat;on of the PRICE. A
dispatch received this morning from
Cnnstantlnople indicates that
ENGLAND WILL TAKE A DECIDED STAND
against the position announced for
Germany. Austria and Russia by
Emperor Francis Joseph's private ut
terances. All of the powers have ac>
cepted the porte's invitation to attend
the conference to-day at the Turkish
capital upon the Balkan question and
their representatives are all upon the
ground. 1t is to-sight stated une
quivOcally y that the representative Of
England will be instructed by his gov
ernment to make a motion in the
conference in favor of maintaining
the union of Bulgaria and Roumelia
effected under Prince Alexander and
it is further declared that the repre-
seutatives of France and Italy have
beed instructed by their government
TO SUPPORT ENGLAND's MOTION.
If this motion be made The confer
ence will be at once divided and Ger
many, Austria and Russia will be ar
rayed against England, France and
Italy. 1t is not worth while TO con-
lecture how Turkey, the power chief
y concerned, will stand. Her atti-
tude will be decided by force. 1t is
strongly suspected that England
possesses such relations with the
porte as to compel 1t ultimately TO
side against Russia. and if that is ac>
compllshed the difficulty would be
settled. But the way matters stand at
present is that a conference will be
called by Turkey to settle a powerful
revolution against her authority.
The three emperors of Europe are
arrayed against England, France and
Italy. the former triumvirate insist
ing upon q formal return of the re
bellious states to their former allegi-
ance to the porte as a preliminary
basis for the discussion and settlement
of the question, and the latter trium-
wiz 20 1rc of
the accomplished facts. To say the
least of it, the situation is one
FULL OF DANGEROUS ELEMENTS.
In the mountains the situation in the
Balkan states grows hourly N ore Sc
rious and turbulent. Between Bel
grade, the capital of Servia, and the
great eutreport of the trade between
Austria and Turkey. and al Nissa, 130
miles distant in Servia, railway traffic
is already entirely suspended. The
Orient Express company, of Vienna,
the issue of through tickets beyond
Pesth. Hungary.
The press correspondents have been
forced to leave Nissa, and they report
! that the army contractors ia that
country are working night and day
making uniforms, and every soldier
is being supplied with pair of heavy
boots. Sixteen thousand soldiers a.e
already massed on tn frontier ready
TO cross at a moments notice. King
Milan, the Servian ruler, IL note to
Italy explaining the military move
ments in his kingdom, declares, how
ever, that it il his intention to scrupu-
lously adhere to the terms of the
| treaty of Berlin and await the resRlt OF
the Constantineple conference.