Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-20
CRISIS APPROACHING.
A VIGOROUS SPEECH FROM EALN0KY-
RUSSIA OBJECTS
To Proposal From Austria, England and Germany
Envoy Kaulbars Finally Leaves Bulgaria
Taking All the Russian COnsuls With
Hin-GeGer2l News

PESTH, November LIT is stated here
that Austria, England and Germany have
proposed that before successor TO Prince
Alexander on the Bulgarian throne be
elected, the union between Bulgaria and
Eastern Roumelia shall be adjusted on a
permanent basis. 1t Is said that Russia
had objected to this proposal.
Count Kalnoky, Imperial Minister for
Foreign Affairs, i'll closing the debate on
the budget yesterday before the committee
of the Austrian delegation, referred again
at length to the Bulgarian question.
He said the Imperial Government 5
policy was TO uphold as long as possible
the Berlin treaty as the legal basis for the
conduct of affairs in the Balkan States and
the basis on which peace was to be pre-
served. This policy would be pursued in
order to enable the Balkan States which
the treaty created to become independent.
This policy, Count Kalnoky continued,
had so far succeeded that Russia also IA
vOred now the maintenance Of the status
quo and the preservation of peace in the
Balkan regions. Bulgaria herself had been
the first to be guilty Of an infraction of
the principle of the Berlin treaty. This
was when she aided and shared in the
Roumelian revolution i'll 1896.
Count Kalnoky said he did not wish to
reproach Bulgaria; he merely alluded TO
the historical fact. If fAuStria maintained
the Berlin treaty, it should not he dlili-
cult for the other powers TO also do so.
He admitted that Russia was more favor
ably situated with respect to exercising
greater influence with the people of the
different Balkan States, than was either
Austria or Hungary. Austria and Hun
gary, however, did nothing i'll the direc-
tiOn of extending their influence among
the Balkan peoples which did not emanatc
from the imperial Government. Consuls
could not multiply Austria's relations to
foreign country nor found Austrian popu-
larity in a foreign country. He regretted
that such small number of Austrians
travelled in Bulgaria, compared to the
number of persons belonging to other ma
tionalities who visited that country, and
urged that steps should at once be taken
to increase activity in Austria's industrial
and commercial relations with the Bull
garians.
THERE WAS ANOTHER REASON
why Austria should adhere to the policy
he had cnunciated. The very certainty
that the settlement of the Bul garian qucs-
tion would not involve, by any means, n
settlement of the whole Eastern question,
afforded the strongest incentive to Austria
to proceed with all possible patience and
to husband her resources. He hoped the
committee would agree with him that be-
fore all else peaceful settlement of the
present issue should he sought. llcrccOg-
nizcd the fact that the Bulgarians had IN
aptitude for forming state. but he
thought that Austria had Il right To utter
Il warning against too great optimism.
He admitted that the union Of Bulgaria
and Eastern ROumc,ia did not conflict
with either Austrian or European inter
ests, but pointed out that Austria did not
possess the sole right to speak regard
ing Bulgaria's and ROumelia's rights to
carry out this union. The conduct of the
Bulgarians since independence had been
accorded them warranted the conclusion
that they would always step forward 10
maintain and secure that independence.