The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-15
In the Meantime, All the Powers Con-
tinue Active Preparations for War.
Wilfrid Blunt Discards His Prison Uniform
Mgr. Persco Sticks Very Closely to His
BusineSs-General News by the Cable.
WAITING THE CARS PLEASURE.

He Will Presently Make Known His Policy
and in the Interval Nobody Win Lose Time
Copyright. 1888. by New York Associated Press
BERLIN, Jan. 14-A semi offcial statement is
issued from ST. Petersburg tonight with refer
ence to the failure of the Gear to make a speech
at his New Year reception. The assertion is
made that the Gar has not been in the habit of
making any political statement On that occasion.
This is only partly true Both the late and the
present Gear have been wont to make a short
address of a semi-conversational character to
the diplomatic circles Yesterday evening the
Car refrained from conversing with Gen Won
Schweinltz, German ambassador. and Count Won
Wolkenstein-Fr ostbure. the Austrian repre-
sentative. At period of the reception
the Russian generals and Ministers
grouped themselves around the Gear. expecting
an important utterance His Majesty, after
whispering few minuses with NJ. De Giers.
turned to the others and formally offered the
congratulations of the season. Then he singled
out Minister Wishdegrask NJ. Pomedonoseff
and Secretary of State Ostrovski for private
talk. The incident is considered intimation
that the war party triumphs. Among the list
of honors conferred Pan-Slavists alone
favored. The list OF decorations leaves the i'm
preston in Berlin and Vienna official circles
that the Car is hopelessly under command of
the agressives. The Moscow Gazette tonight
says that on the nineteenth day after the Epiph
any RUSSIAN stylel the Gar will preside at
grand military fete when he will declare his
policy The Cars action in choosing military
fete the occasion which to make this dec
laration has increased the feeling of dsquiet
In the meantime, the frontier movements
tinue to be accelerated. Division after division
of cavalry pours westward into Volynia- Trains
loaded with artillery and munitions occupy the
railroads, and ordinary traffic is suspended At
Kief, Odessa and elsewhere the authorities are
buying up provisions and forage and along the
line of the Vistula, between Demblin and Dom
brovo, host of 1aborers engaged con-
structng redoubts. The Warsaw police have
issued orders that all Austrians who have not
permits to reside in Poland must quit Russian
territory to-day. All Polish officers are being
removed from the frontier regiments and sent
to take commands in the interior
On the German and Austrian sides the move
ments kept profou nd secret, but it is i'm
possible to conceal the fact that there is an act
i've passage of troops from Posen to the ST.
lesian frontier. The first clear exposition of the
situation of affairs is hoped for from Herr Tis-
"a, Hungarian Prime Minister, in his reply to
the Interpolation of Herr Helfy. The temper
OF majority Of the members of the Hungarian
Parliament is ardently war like. Unless Pre-
mier Tisza's explanation shows that the forces
the frontier of Ga!icia ample to
repel any invasion, Deputy Preczel
threatens to move a vote of censure. The Wen
ma Weir Zeitung, the military organ, states
that Russia has force of 100000 cavalry on
the frontier, SO organized as to act independent
ly of the infantry, which is ready to penetrate
into Galicia at a moments notice to impede the
mobilization of the Austrian troops This state
ment echoes what the War Department at Ber- i
lin has been pressing upon the attention of the
Austrian department. with good effect. The
Austrian War Office is now confident that there
are sufficient forces in central Lemberg and in
Przemlst and Gzernowitz to arrest Russian