New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-17
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
CATIONS AT THE MERCY OF THREE pEs-
POTIC POWERS.
.a, ouAnnEIs OF THEIR ENEMIES 1hsin oN''
uopE-GLooMY OUTLOOK FOR FREkpo"
AND PRooREss-oPiNIoNs OF Ed
WARD A. FREEMAN. THE


uopE-GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOX fhn"Do~
AND PRoGRKsS-oPiNlONs OF ED
WARD A. FREEMAN. THE
HISTORIAN.
tnY CABLE TO THE TRrBuNE.l
,.,, 1886, NORTH American Gable Ners CO.
.n,x Sent. l6.-TnE TRIBUNE representative
o,,,;ned tho following statements regarding
A.. Ruparian complication from the his'orian'
Edward A. Freeman:
aIom asked TO say something about the preseh.
....e Of things in Southeastern Europe mu''
hesin by saving that beyond here ana tnero iioln
. private letter have no means OF kno"ioueo
bich is not open to the whole world. l ua'o "o
,.olt;cal secrets to tell gapy one. II nave any
ntace over ANYBODY else it is merely what may
come of \ long habit of trying to look at facts anu
.ho;r causes instead OF merely repeating con1ro-
orsil sormula Tie late events in Bulgaria sno"
how deem IS the jealousy with which the dsspo''o
p,,,,r. of Furope look at anything swblch may
.;ve strength II any OF the struggling ha''o"'- ~
will lac remembered in how many ways VIC N""
showel his anger at the union OIL hor'ne,n az"
s,nthern Bugara-the latter the Eastern nun
liz of dlplomatists-and the strange ou'oio"h "
r',o ,,.o which Francis Joseph of Austria ai'o"eu
b;msclf 20 be hurried. Whatever may oe. .,0
iealousies between tho two. IL does ho' sun WV
nnrnoses OF either that any OF the smalier Io"oi'
shoull have the chance of drawing siren e'n iio'u
rr,on ana independence. People talk glibly OF
Austria going to Salonica as II 1t were N'hu VI
holiday oxcurslou They forget that 1t means 'no
~, of the homes of three nations-Greece,
ServIa aud Bulgaria
.The Great Powers have their jealousles among
themselves So have the smaller ones. Inc III.
feeling between Greece and Bulgaria Is tn cn.ei r
difficulty and danger Of the whole matter nv nv
hone of the Southeastern lands lies III rienuiy
relations among the liberated nations no" haro
soch ouestions are to establish Is shown by the
action OF both Greece and Seryia on the occasion
of the Bulgarian union But the further advance
of the House of Austria means, II not the utter
ohsorntion. at least the united disuniOn and
weakness of all 1t is indeed by the disunion ana
weakness of nations that the Austrian Power-not
anation but mere family estate-exists at all.
Rnssa, on the other hand. is National Power ana
has the strength of one The natural sympathies
of the Russian people, as distinguished from the
Rns,ian Government, will always be for any
Slavonic and orthodox nation. But it is doubtless
easy in Russia as it is in England SO 70 STATE
matters as to awaken unreasonable natlohal
iealouses The action Of Bulgaria may be SO
spoken of as to seem ungrateful to Russia. Power
from which We must not forget that bulgaria
has received real and great benefits
ut is quite possible then that, besides the presen'
irritation of the Car, popular feeling IN huss'a
NAV this time be against Bulgaria But we must
remember that as Russia Is nation, a just ana
generous policy on her part is not impossible. while
such policy is hardly conceivable on the part OF
the Austrian Power. which represents only the In
terests OF O single family at the moment. Any ad-
vance of freedom union Is dlstastefui 10 ootu
Powers alike The only question is whether they
will bottle up their own difersnces IN order &c
stop what is so distasteful to both. or whether
some accident of the present state OF things may
cause the long-smouldering enmity 10 Durst INTO
fame.
germany. on the other hand. would seem tc
have no immediate interests which need oiash WIN
those of the Southeastern nations There is, how
aver the national ill-feeing between Greeks ant
Slavs, strongest among those who are really
Slavonic descent and it may not suit the possessor
of Posep and North Sleswick to encourage Nationa
movements anywhere AS long as Prince BISMARCK
from whatever motive. takes the House OF Austria
its chief and his do'unons under MS somewha
condescending patronage. so long whatever dis
pleases that house thwarts its policy cannot u
acceptable at Berlin for the moment
The Southeastern nations have three grea
Powers which are nearest to them and all agains
them. Ii is hard to see how the three fire.
Nations of Western Europe-England. France ant
Italy-have any direct interest in the matter In
super,tition that England has any interest il
supporting the Turk. that is, in prolongng tn
bondage of those parts of Greece. Bulgaria ant
Servia which he still tods in bondage. Is as absur'
Is it is immoral. But no argument Will get III ou
of those heads of which II has once taken posses
son The only question is whether the TURK
now their worst enemy 1t would be easier TO turn
him out of Salonica than 1t will be to turn on
the Austrian if he gets in. On the other hand
II is worth thinking whether either an Austral
occupation of Salonica or Russian occupation o.
Constantinople might not really be the first ste
to the splitting of these Powers. If the family
estate of Francis Joseph were extended to tn
Ecean 1t might prove too large and TOO Oddl.
formed and shaped for him to keep 1t together
and il NAV be doubted whether either CONSTANT
NOBLE can be ruled from st. Petersbur&or 81
Petersburg from ConstantinOple. ConstWsnopl
has been imprtant city from its birth. On tn
one hand can it he anything else on the Other
could geography allow 1t to become the centre 0
She Power of Russiaf
"The outlook is very gloomy. The chances o
freedom depend wholly on the will OF the despotl
powers. That fact must be looked in the face
Statesmen as a rule care little for the freedmen 0
other nations and they are certainly not boun
rs a rule to sacrifice the welfare of their ow
country to maintaining it. Still. it is as well tina
both statesmen and others should see clearly wha
the state of the case is. The freedom and progres
OF the lands already delivered the hopes of tn
lands still in bondage, depend upon the will of tw
Powers which have-one an abiding the other a
immediate-interest in hIderlng their freedot
and progress and their only hope seems to he i
the difficulty which those TWO Powers must find i
agreeing on any common scheme against them"
THE INUNDAIION OF CEIBA DEL Aqua.
SPRINGS RAPIDLY INCREASING IN NUMBER AND
POwER-PEOPLE TERROR STRICKEN
HAVANA, Sept. 11.-The great inundation O
Ceba del Aqua will doubtless mark era in the anna
Of that village Ceba del Aqua is situated about thrt
miles southwest OF Havana. The springs which cause
the food appeared In the vicinity OF the village. The
have rapidly increased not only in number but also
tower giving birth TO lake where only few days 40