New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-23
pIrssIA IN THE ASCENDANT.
.,o,,xr KA,SoKrs STRANGE DIPLOMACY
TIE ALLEGED OBJECT BEING 10 EXCLUDE hM'" .ys
FROM CONTINENTAL rolITIcs-Aoslhi"N


.,v .,,rcyD OBJECT BEING 10 EACioDh sc
rpoM CONTINENTAL PoLIrICs-Aus1hiAN 'A"''
IN THE BALKANS. ,.roraent
IoSpoS Oct 22.-Thc vienna o"iiNs' a. h;s
NJ The Taily Telegraph sends dispa'.n S;n,o-
parer to night saying that the cle"i' u vo,uo,v
matte victory is claimed Tor ooun. oainm of
arr,,.o,ch the somewhat roundabout ni'0'""-
-; oecial provincial press. we are ""
-. ~ It's .,hat thanks to Count Nam ,NS
,..,s.a,ic skin a promise has been oDiaineu iioi
Pussia That she will not occupy b"i AN
that consequently the Pow' rs, or a. ""''
., tbc,n are inclined to leave the sctticiei' vi WV
Ru,garian trouble to the discreuoh OIL "e N""
and his Government. The same news rea'"''
~ diro,cnt sha, c through the foreign teeei"ils
II Is however, not altogether III accor'"h' VIZ
the facts No initiative has been 'al>eh ~ Wv
matter by the Austrian Minister OF foic'eh A'
81 informed you some time ago th'' pu's"'' e =
would not be occupied for the Pi''o"'
,.,rrencd IN be aware that Russia had leaSon'
- 1t of Austlia's wish or WILL lor
-'as,no,;r, the measure. In doing so. she mas ho'
do the slightest concession TO Austrian s'''
.ont;hiHtics She has, in the first place y'eocu
g. nr,ss,,c from another direction, ami theh she
has made sure that, providing the occur laion 70
NIT off for the present the course she "ao u"'
all circumstances bent on pursuing III D'"
uyiu no; encounter any opposition ""''h sPo"NA
of The action of the Vienna Cabinet mas pech '"ii
6ncd to the modest suggestion that Russia wo"iu
n,obably find it easier TO come 10 terms "i'hi ."o
mescnt Cove nment Of the prnclpahV uian ",.'
their eventual successors. But uic N""' W
,,;,;s,o,s fancy they know their own business best
md have dsiegarded the mnt. IL nuS'," nov nv
with no objections on any side. the chances arc
~. .no oocuDation would not have been delayed :
hr, !, is certain that If immediate occu ation hao
ho, INDISPENSABLE for the execution OF hussia
,ons nothiny would have prev ented III. IN III
,eanty to-day's news implies nelther Io'c h'i ''''
than a surrender to Russian eXisenclesS; o. end q
FOR "A Ions time IN ani endeaNoieu 10 M IN, q q
boe,s Of IN erstanding for common acton "I'i'
xmstmUungary in the Bulgarian question, ~.
with q view TO war but wlth 'ie on e0s .,Sng .. -
russia i'm check without necessarily rsorlig "
war No REGULAR alliance would nave neIn
renurcd but merely frlcn tly agreement SUI SUI,
stantial enough to iaee an no,id have been
nncouTa ed by such an arrangement TO refuse CO
ome,zstinn OF any kin with Russia, If. indeed the
Sultan had not ehet tuaiy railcu " 'iio i7 ~
Austrian un lcTs standlnS. . - %
"I can state with confidence that evrh !. !.
Prince Bismarck did not contribute I'd p'n. ~
ahn,t he al all events did nothing TO thwart III;
T%e sole obstacle was the Austrian Minister of
Fo,eicn Affairs never lost faith In com r"nl'Se
with Russia. AMI co'd not overcome M odnsd 80
of Fnganl lie took Office already pledgen 10
establish harmony between Aust ia AMI Russia n
fhe Balkan Peninsula. So long as IN ms ran
smoothly, the relations between austria III m"S,s ta
Eastern crisis a"ain came on the connlCun'
interests and polices Of the Powers strained yer
intercourse to dan rcrousy near rupiur 'oun'
Ea,pol,v's tact and ability are beyond question
and il is generally rccognized that up to the t'mc
of Prince Alevandcr's 'cnosit austria cnul
hardly have acted otherwise than she ~ if"f
sine then the attitude of the Vienna Cabinet has
becn unaccountab'c 1t has shown cool rcser,
toward Fnrlanl has made no serious a'tnrt "
cboc Rrssia AMI its policy has now eliminated
in givinr the Gar almost free hand in bulgaria
and in giving the world to un eIStand
that Fn~land is an ally not worth havn'
Fortunately Lord Salisbury and his co'lea ,cS
never founded great hopes on an undcTs'andn
with Austria and la c therefore not been disap-
ii NAV aprroriaclv mention here that nc
disraraoino estimates II the Pritish naval an'
ri,itorv forces which have rccentlv been made.
a., arcntlv with hich sanction. hay" had O
donorah'c effect on the Continent Whether they
are tqlc not il wo"ld most 0'r'a'n'v nave nceri
"a. isol1o to nostpone such revelation ms To p moment
when fo,cicn Governments wore losS 'ntnrSt"' ~
,srcrtoninr the elective strength Of I'm AM