St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-11
A INUNDATED PRINCE
q Sharply-Drawn Picture of Alezanders
Position as the Ruler of
Bulgaria.
hd Asks for Permission to Draw His Sal
airy When he Finds Himself
Powerless.
Him the Cold Shoulder for
Fawning on the Gar.
Huss1a to Menace India and Break
INTO Constantinople by Way or
TrebiZond.

paragraph will be found:
Ineughit cost R1sSlg every inch or hel
terrltory and her 100000, 900 population, u
war 'he will go if Prince Alexander is sus
taineo An alliance between Bulgaria ant
tue Forte cannot be successfully maintained
lor any length of time. 1t is too unnatural
anu would render Bulgaria an object OF sus
Picion to her neighbors and would through
RUSSIAN intrigue, soon render the prince him
seil anOoJect OF suspicion to his own people.
Wnen FRINGE Alexander was offered the posi-
ti0n OF ruler of Bulgaria he asked Blsmarck
whetnei he ought to accept. by all means,
was thereply. ut will be a pleasant remem
Drance." And it looks very much as ii IL
might soon prove to be (pleasant) remem'
brance.
! Alexander of Bulgaria was so fond of a
pheasant remembrance" that on his arrival
on German soil he allowed himself to be
persuaded to return to his distracted and
unhappy people. In proclamation an
nOunCing his return, he declares himself to
be, by The grace of God and the will OF
the people, the ruler of Bulgaria''-a brill
lant ending of somewhat ridiculous cpl
S0de. Just so; but now comes the secret OF
this return. The prince, in telegram to
the car, th0nks his majesty for sending the
Prince Dolgourokoff to take care OF Bull
garlan affairs during his absence, and in a
most abJect manner implOres the car to
send him Russian officers to command
the Bulgarian troops, stating that it was
impossible 1or him to trust the BulgarianS
after what had occurred. The answer to
this request is now historical, and it dis
credits the Battenburg before the eyes of
Europe and the world The feeling in
favor of the Prince of Bulgaria has at all
times been one due largely to sentimental
considerations, and the applause so freely
given the Bulgarian ruler was the applause
which any brave man would have received,
whoever he might be, who displayed SINH
lar characteristics. Russia is the natural
protector OF Bulgaria, and has always man.
lfeSted sincere desire TO befriend the peO-
pie who lnhabit the Balkans. 1t is true
that this policy has for its object the ulti
mate absorption of Bulgaria into the Rus
sian empire. Well, why not? 1t is mani
Test destiny, the prOlonging of which is
only due to the temporary protests of En-
gland and the other political chess players
OF Europe. repeat temporary protest.
Russia is using India as a means of bring
ing England to terms, and when the cold
perspiration has sufficiently besprinkled
the English brow, the modern yivendi
will be found, Russia permitting England
to rule India as she will, in consideration
OF England Withdrawing her opposition to
Russian occupation of the Balkans and
Constantinople. Prince Alexander has not
only been false to his best friends in
Europe, but he has betrayed the Bulgarian
people. Evidently his trust in God and the
Bulgarian people was not sufficiently
strong to enable him to assume the right to
govern these people without the powerful
support of the autocrat of Russia. Well,
that support has been refused in terms the
most insulting, and the Battenburg has fur
nlshed Russia with an opportunity long de-
sired. After doing all in his power to les
sen and destroy Russian influence for years,
after counting and receiving sympathy from
RuSSia'S enemies, both cOvertly and openly.
this thrifty German prince suddenly opens
his eyes to the fact that he has been mis-
taken all of these years, and that Bull
gariaS best friend was Russia, and
he asks Russia for what pray, why
for permission to draw his salary, and send
annually $50, 600 to be placed to his credit
in the Bank of England, for that is what
his request means, if it means ANYTHING.
England, Germany and Austria all hate
Russia and fear her as well. Sentimental
and lingo England has given Alexander
plenty of that sort of support and advice
which urges weak imam to attack the John
l.. Sullivan, of Europe, and then run away
for fear that John in his wrath may break
an English rib or two, after he has devOured
the Bulgarian hero. But when it comes to
sending an armed support to aid the Bat
tenberg, England was not there. and the
Battenberg at last, after realizing that hope
deferred maketh the heart sick, having
cOurted England. Germany and Austria.
and failed, he, with true German thrift and
a grunt, pays his addresses to the Russian
bear, and fails. The Russian bear may be
a brute and knave if you will, but he
is no fool, and with one word renders it
impossible for Alexander to either rule
Bulgaria or to receive aid from the
outside Can the Bulgarians trust
a man who openly repudiates them? Can
England aid ruler who has asked Rus
sian aid and been refused? To both of these
questions negative answer must be re-
turned Prince Alexander as brave man
and a good ruler is to be admired, but he
made the mistake which probably any Ger
man similarly situated would have made
he fought against Russian influence from
instinct. trusting and hoping that the
deadly hatred which is in the heart of
every German and Austrian toward the
Russians would prove sufficiently active
aided by the well known hostility toward
everything RuSSanWhch exists in England
TO prevent the Siayonic influence from be-
coming dominant in Bulgaria. In this the
prince failed. The SiayOnic influence is
dominant in Bulgaria and will rule that
sooner or later. BiSmark has |
declared that AL of Bulgaria is not worth |
the life of a single German soldier" Aus |
tria looks prudently shocked at the temer-
ity of the prince in forcing himSelf on a !
people who do not desire his presence. !
and England will find in the princes |
letter to the car sufficient reason for |
giving him the cold shoulder. Besides bull |
lying few thousand naked natives in |
India is a very different thing from en-
gagng in an expensive war with the great |
est nation as well as with the braveSt people |
in Europe, and with the question Of her |
Afghan frontier still unsettled, England is |
not at all disposed to involve herself III |
trouble with Russia Oh the Bulgarian ques-
ton. Russia does not want India, and !
even il she did, and were to place three |
hundred thousand troops there, she would |
be unable to hold it for fifty years. 1t is |
100 far from her base Of supplies and she |
mas not sufficient naval force to protect it |
from the sea. England has, and can hold,
the entire sea coast of India. consequently |
any inland occupation Oh the part of Russia |
would be useless. The Russians know this |
md only annoy England on the Indian |
question because they see in it means of |
getting what they want near home, viz: |
he Balkan peninsula and Constantinople. |
they failed to reach COnstantinOple once |
before by the way of sAdrianople. They |
expect to do so very soon by the way of
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