Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-01
\ GREAT AND BLOODY WAR
Believed to be About To Burst Forth in
Europe.

Europe.
LONDON, August 3l.-Thc correspond
ent of the New York Times cables tha
paper Ssfoilows: 'I have learned details
OF what the world is likely to learn, muct
to its excited interest, within few
days. The conclusion that my Informant
draws from il all is that the. creates
war of the century is close at hand
The facts come in part from a gentle
man who dined in Jugenhein with Batten
berg's father Saturday night; i'll part from
diplomat temporarily here for purpose
of consultation. First of all the secret O
the FranzenSbad interview, about which
ret a guess has been made by single jour
nal of Europe, is that NJ. DeGlerS urgeC
Prince Bismarck earnestly to prevent
AleXander's return to Bulgaria Bis
marck declined to commit himself tooE
the matter at referendum, and shortened
the interview almost abruptly. \ great
amount of telegraphing between Berlin,
Vienna, London, Rome and COnStantlnoplt
ensued, far more than the little FranzenS
bad Office ever dreamed of before. Whcth
er NJ. DeGierS got an answer before ms un
expectedly hasty departure is not known
but the result was that Prince Alexander
was not restrained from going to Bulgaria
"Mr. I.ascelleS, the British Consul Gen
eral, who was spending his vacation here
started pOst-haSte for Sofia the same night
to represent English interests in the trying
time now ut hand. This is hint thai
Sir William White, who ought never Il
have been removed from COnStantlnople
will 90 there next week rs a temporary aid
to the slow Sir Edward Thornton
Mr. I.aScelleS haStens, as doe,
Prince Alexander, TO tOrcStall the iirt
eater. DOlgOrOuki. who is reported to bt
ON the way TO Sofia He will be received
coolly, with strict courtesy, not aItrOnted
not recognized; hut there is Il doubt wheth
er he will really 90 TO Sofia. Instead,
secret information here Is that lie Is likely
10 20 To Athens, and thence To Macedonia.
Ii is known thhat Russian gold has been
going in great quantities through Greece
to foment a rising in Macedonia, which Is
expected daily.
II learn that il is believed to be certain
that the pressure OF Germany, Austria and
England has gained Turkey over once more
and that the Porte will authorize AleNan'
der aS a tributary Prince to enter Mace
donia, subdue it, and incorporate IT rs !
part of his dominions held under the Porte,
with view of an eventual Kingdom OF
Bulgaria. Against this plan Is
set the practical certainty that
Russia will attempt to occupy
Bulgaria, when she will be resisted by
Austria, Turkey, Roumania, Bulgaria and
Servia. This will enable Germany to hold
aloof. keep France in awe and satisfy the
Kaiser, whose Scruples have long delayed
a collision between the TeutOn and Mus
covite. My informant lays great stress
upon these scruples, but believe that the
Kaiser. in wrath ut the piratical indlgnlty
offered to Prince Alexander, has consented
TO let the AuStrianS and Turks undertake
the task of chastiSement.
''In the short, heated diplomatic worS
coming England is believed to be ready to
assume the lead, and it Is left far more prob
able than it was on Saturday that eVentu'
ally she will take hand in the tight. II
is delicate thing to predict such a vast
collision. would not dream of doing 1t on
nv own poor responsibility, but it Is seri-
Gus fact that the most trusted men IN the
English foreign service believe that war Is
inevitable. Two war correspondents ol
London papers start for Bulgaria tonight