Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-16
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WK RuRepnAH aEFBATsoa.
Closs Observers pssdist thaa ikls lonR
sxpsuisd RaEopoan waE will taia pisae
dursna 1881 ana shaa hosalifiss uiil
commence e early - February, pro-
viasd ths wsaaber 81 that time Il snsh
aaso rsndss poasibls the EiRnntAa cam
uafrafsa nAioh = saataDpiatsd- he
erIs hostaisiss, shsss observers Vsedins.
gu b hsouaht aboas b. Ruais poune-
na u1sn Austria without varnine.
Wbsrs Ne end o. . ear bsRan il sash
. manner vould b. oaiy ths future san
Ell.
whstheE On not hostilitiss ars really
90 near 81 had e these pEediesioas
wouId lsaa % 20 believe. u e1nSos b
doubssl that fhess b N extraordinary
rontiosnnsas and spprshsnsioa n GOV
srnmout sircIss 81 Berlin, PARA g.
Petersburg snd visnna. and this apprs-
hsnslon Is fnlly shared in Anansiai cir
sls4 Toe tsndsney u karopsan seeari-
lies for tie past I've weeks fas sesn
downward, and the money lenders lake
: uaoss eIoouy view Of the sitaation
than shsy have taken 81 any tine aines
ne abdnssion Of Prinss Alsxandez. The
greatest inssourlty h fslt b heldsB Of
Russian bonds. bas the securities q
ether nasions are also considerably De.
pressed.
In Gesmmny The Government is max
ssaordlnasy sEsFtioss 70 procure nom
the RslshstaQ tbe passage Of bill fer
increasing asd strengthening The mill
tary essnblsahmsut. That this measure h
regarded aa Of much more thaa erdinaFy
ir,portsnos Is shovn By the iSleDsity Of
tins Efforts made b. Bismarck in iis BE-
hall. Even the aged Won Moltks has
spoksn 10 Iis favor IL the RsiohstaR and
bis words we're Of heavy import, warn
ina Germany Of 9 danger whioh her
psopls Do not fuIly understand An
ether significant fsaturs u the discus
sion Of ihs bill u the fsot that the Min
isaar Of War destined 10 stats ths rea-
sons Of The 0ovsrnment for desiring Isa
passage, bat volunteered 70 make full
and oonvinoinR statement before . -
cFst committee.
In France she feeling is even more f.
veEish and unasttled. The downfall Of
NE De FFsyoinet ministry vas eaassd
by ths rasslsaans@ Of the people with
peaos and quiet under The sepublic
TheEs lea feeling Of dissatisfaction viii
che Government--a feslinR that III
Rroaoh people have received no retain
fer The enormous expenditures whiol
thsy have mads. and are making. opel
their military establishment. Any va
vould be popular With The Frsoeh psO
pie q ahs present. time. buta var sgains
Germany ~Ould b undertaken with %
utmost snthuslasm. In The contest nos
about 10 baQin between the esnssrvativ
and The radical elements In FFanos
President Grsvy stands for Oonserva
tism and upon him and bis fate th
oouFss Of FFaacs depends.
In Russia, a. reports agree, the mos
fevsriah preparations for var are beinl
made. The troops in all parts Of ID
Empire are being prepared for = cam
paien ~ hastily IS possible. Armies az
being concentrated on the southern ani
Southwestern frontier. and large bodis
Of troops ere constantly moving fFOu
the interior 10 the boundaries. In Asia
II IL said, preparations foF the ocoups
tion of Armenia are being made, an
care 10 being taken that campaign q
that country will not meet with snol
. disaster a. bsfsIl that Of 1871.
In Austria. lees appEshsnsiou h ap
parent than In any Of the other ooun-
iEies mentioned. Since the speech o
Premier Tisza ana that Of Tie Emperor
The AustriAns have regarded var as
possibility not very remote and the Hon
RAEians have been eager for 70, but tb'
Government is evidently not much cen
osFDed about The var oloud. Tbs army
however, 10 boiRe Supplied AZ rapidly Al
possible with magazine guna, and troop,
are being masssd In Bosnia and Herze-
Rovinia.
The BuleaEians understand that The
peace which they are a. present enjoying
is but 3 temporary lnll and that they
may expect their fair eoansFy soon "a
become q gigantic battlefield. TIE
anti. Russian rsRonoy sill controls the
ROvsFnmsni, and no Prince has been
chosen 70 accept he honor declined By
WaldemaF. An offensive and defensive
alliance between Bulgaria and SsFvia l.
reported. Such an alliance would be
decidedly against ne Interests Of Rus-
sia and would still further Increase The
aiFaaa feeling IN favor Of . unisn Of The
RalkAn States.
II may Be that tie clouds win pass
avsy aa they have 20 often paassd away
before. baa the rulers are syidsnslv
frightened. An are apparsntly appFe-
hensive o. var, and their appsehansien
n thn heat Indication tkaa as Il lrne,,f