St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-30


marck requires that any Frenchman
crossing into Alsace shall have pass
port, and that vised by the German en-
bassador at Paris. Italy, as her ally,
and France cannot agree on CONNER
cial treaty, and trade is disarranged and
bitterness engendered. Italy also Of
tends France by acting without consul
tation in regard to Massowah, and an
open rupture seems imminent.
France-nOt the people, but the gov
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that the chances
are against her, that she is not yet
ready and swallows pToyocatiOnS that
she chafes to resent.
Last spring the tedious illness and
deaths of Emperors William and Fred
erick checked an outbreak of hOstilities.
Young William is on the throne full
of life, energy and ambition. with
ceaSelesS activity he visits the different
encampmeHts of the army, inSpectS
them, fires them with enthusiasm, re-
a:aVes elderly officers and put the young
and abic III their stead. Everything
betokens an early collision and into the
conflict all the other great powers are
certain to be drawn.
As TO the second cause of apprehen-
sion of war between Russia on one
hand and Germany, Austria, Italy and
England on the other
Here there is no dispute as to treaty
rights. Ferdinand is OH the throne of
Bulgaria.
But THERE IN NO ISSUE
as to whether or not against the terms
OF the treaty. Russia says he is a
usurper, placed there against the treaty
and demands his dethr0nement.
The allied powers do not take issue !;
they admit the charge, but decline to
act. Russia sends two notes to the
Porte and demands that it declare Ferdi-
nand's election illegal and demand his
resignation. After long delay Porte does
so. Ferdinand does not reply and the
Porte does nothing more.
Russia determined to regain her in
fiuence in Bulgaria-still insists on
Ferdinand's dethrOnement, and that she
be permitted to nominate two candi-
dates, from whom the BulgarianS may
select their king-then would follow
Russian ministers, Russian generals in
the Bulgarian army and complete Rus
sian committeeman then period of
rest, but watchfulneSS, remembering
the dream of Peter the Great and
some day when the alliance was dis
rupted. and Germany and Austria fight
ing each other, OF weakened in a contest
with other powers, Russia would seize
on Censtantiuople-the key to the COM
merce of the WOrld-becOme great naval
power, be enriched by the new conf
merce, and dominate all Europe, realiZ-
ing the alternate forecaste of Napoleon.
What the determination in the matter
is she evinceS by massing nearly 500, 600
troops near Gallicia, threatening Ger
many and Austria.
They respond by maSsing their troops
opposite them. 1t is even determined
what troops of the German empire shall
act in conjunction with Austria and
Hungary and what against France, and
the PruSSian officers go to Austria, and,
with her officers, go all over the district,
presumably
To BE FIRST FOUGHT OVER,
to study the situation that they may
know how to act. Again Germany is
first ready, and Austria is ready, Servia
and Bulgaria, though small, will join,
and Italy, with army and navy, and
England with navy will join in the fray.
shaking the earth with the tread of
such forces as were never before mar
Shaled in battle array. Russia. power
full and proud and brave, hesitates as
she sees such an alliance. The only
power to whom she can turn in her iS0-
Iation is France, and she is a repub-
lie and her government unstable, and
so her alliance is not one that can be
relied on for long time. Still despite
this, and despite separation of territory,
it is all that can be done, and will be
done. Russia processes peaceful dis
posItion-Bismarck replies in like
peaceful phrase; butin courtly phrase
so courtly as to be generally misunder-
stood tells the cZar he is liar, and
then being ready proceeds to at
tack Russia at her weak point-in her
finances. On his intimatiOn the Ger
man bankers, who are the principal
holders, sell Russian bondS-neXt
he imposes an impOst duty on the sale
of her bonds in Germany-and then