The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-12
WAR STILL LOOKED FOR.
BISMARCK'S HONBYED WORDS A
HOLLOW MOCKBRY.

The Car Too Completely in the Power
OF the Fighting Element to Make
Peace Probable-Preparati for the
Coming Conflict Being Pushed on
Every Hand.
Copyright 1888 By the Nc,o York associated
PreSs.)
! BERLIN, Feb 1.-The peace illusion with
which Prince Bismarcks speech invested the
situation has passed away. 1t is beginning
to be realized that there was nothing really
pacific in the speech, beyond leaving the
Car the alternative of peace or war, while
pointing out the road along which Russia
can retreat if the Car feels himself safe in
| retreating,
st. Petersburg advices published in to-
| nights National Zeitlulg assert that the
Car eulogizes within his own circle Prince
| Bismarck's remarks, but that Russian Off
cial opinion holds that the Chancellors
words and diplomacy are irreconcilable,
The Austro German league Of peace con
| tinues to be, in the eyes of the Cars adj
visers, an offensive alliance against Russia,
requiring unabated preparations for newt
able war ana an alliance to counterpoise the
league.
SECRET CONVICTIONS.
J II the official press of Berlin were per
mitted to give frank utterances of its
| opinion on the situation IL would be found
to concur in Russa's convictions
The North German Gazette goes into the
subject at length. 1t says the conflict still
| exists and is undiminished in intensity, al
| though Prince Bsmarck's Speech relieved
the minds of the people from fear of an inn
mediate conflict. This is only partially cor
rect, for while the public is somewhat re-
assured regarding the imminence Of war
| official and diplomatic circles are not. The
| sincerity of the Cars desire for peace is
not doubted, but though his professions are
| not suspected, it is known that Influences
around him, which he appears to be unable
to resist continue to work in the direction
of war
| ROYAL PROMISES WORTHLESS.
His present position recalls an incident
that occurred on the eve Of tho Russo
Turkish conflict in 1877 In the archives
of the foreign office at Vienna there exists
a dispatch from Gen Langenau, then
| Austrian Minister TO Russia, to Count
Andrassy, dated April lG, 1877, stating that
on the previous night the Car in the course
of a long conversation directed him to
| report to the Austrian government that he
| entertained no idea of war and that he did
not wish nor intend to attack Turkey.
| Within a week after these declarations
| Russia opened the campaign, crossed the
| Pruth and invaded Armenia. The present
Car has even less control of affairs
than his father had He is now
| guided largely by the advice of Gen. Sino-
| vietf, director of the Asiatic department of
the foreign office. Gen. Sinovieff is a
prominent Pan-Slavist, an old friend of the
| late editor Katllo1f, an inheritor of M. Kat
koff's ideas. Subjected through personal
| influences to the war tendency of a maiOTi-
| ty of the Council of the Empire and to the
anti-German policy of a majority of the
| Ministry, it is impossible for the Gar to
| retrace his steps, which are leading TO a col
lision with the allied powers; nor do the
| Berlin and Vienna governments expect him
| to do so despite their ostentatious efforts to-
| ward conciliation.
| MILITARY ACTIVITY.
Military activity continues in full swing
| on every side. The Gar held a grand coun-
| Gil tonight, at which every leading Cen
eral was present. The Russian War Office
| now permits freer mention of the move
ments of troops For instance, Warsaw
dispatches of to-day state that there have
| arrived in that city four regiments of Circas-
sian cavalry, en- route for the Pinczeff, and
| Kielce districts At Michalowitz, near the
| Galician frontier, immense barracks have
| been raised An order from st. Petersburg
directs the execution of the plans for the
mobilization of part of the field artillery.
On the Austrian side there is an increase
| in the number of recruits and officers for
| the Iandwehr. Large purchases of Krupp
| guns have been made and enormous war
contracts for provisions and munitions of
| war have been executed. For the time being
the snow blockade on the railway lines in
| Galicia has put stop to the transit of
| troops, and provisions are accommodating at
| the depots On the German side the most
| Fa,A Cft
| strategic railways on the eastern frontier
| The Cologne Gazette estimates the cost of
| this work at 100000 marks, while other
estimates make it reach 500, 900 marks.
The Berlin Post states that there is fever
| ish activity at Spandau, where the men in
the government foundries are compelled to
work over time.
CONDITION OF THE PRINCE.
The condition of the Crown Prince alb
| serbs national interest. Private advices
| from San Reno do not quite support the
official report. Authentic details of the
operation disclose the fact that it was hur
| riedly decided to perform it under choro-
| FORM The operation lasted twenty minutes.
An attempt has been made to assassinate
Police Commssary Stempel, stationed at
| Molsheim. Stempel while passing through
| Urmatt was fired at twice. The first shot
| pierced his cloak without touching his body,
and the second struck him in the right knee.
| Police are securing the district in search
for his assailant and several arrests have
been made.
| 1t has been ascrtained that man named
Templer, employed in the balloon depart
ment at Chatham sold secrets of the depart
ment TO Italy and furnished the plans OF
English balloons TO a Birmingham maker,
who constructed similar ones for the Italian
expedition One has already been sent to
Massowah
ENGLAND TESTING HER CONDITION.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE British War
| Office has issued an order directing that the
statement be prepared at each military cen
ter, detailing the facilities for summoning
the reserves and strengthening the bat
talions from the depots within forty eight
hours in the event of the mobilization of the
army becoming necessary. The order is
precautionary step 90 enable the new mobil-
| ization scheme to work well If it should be
necessary to put it in force.
| Italy's Cabinet Crisis.
| Rowr. Feb 1.-THE Senate to-day adopt