St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
CAUSING MUCH ALARM
The Eastern Situation Be-
coming More Critical
Every Day.
Deep-Rooted Differences Be-
tween the Government and
the Opposition.
King Charles Unable to Carry
His Subjects in the
Triple Alliance.
Roumania, Russia, Germany
and Turkey in a Criti-
cal State.

Copyright cable to the Globe.
LONDON, April 21.-The situation in
the East has become more critical within
the past few days than at any time dur
ing the last two year. The riot, or
rather the uprising against the govern
ment in Roumania. together with the
determination of Russia to follow up
her action against Prince Ferdinand,
causes European statesmen serious
alarm. Their apprehensions at present
are based on more solid ground than
that which has hiterto marked such un-
easy feelings regarding the mainten-
ance of peace in the Balkans. Russia
induced Turkey to send note to the
Bulgarian government rejecting on the
illegality of Prince Ferdinand's posi-
ton, and the Bulgarians did nothing.
They neither obeyed the exhortations of
their nominal suzerain nor publicly re-
pudiated them, and Europe is now to be
asked to say that Bulgaria's conduct in
ignoring the Turkish note is cOntuma-
cious and that the maintenance of Prince
Ferdinand in spite of the protests of the
suzerian, places Bulgaria in revolu-
tionary condition. The consequence of
assent to the last hypothesis would, it is
suggested, be the withdrawal by the
powers which signed the Berlin treaty
of their accredited representatives
from Sofia. 1t is presumed that the
powers will
DO NOTHING OF THE KIND,
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themselves as perfectly content with
the status quo in Bulgaria, and will re-
fuse to be held on Russian plans in any
way. In well-informed quarters it is
believed that such action will lead to
internal dissensions in Bulgaria as
formidable as those prevailing at pres
ent in Roumania, and the danger is that
Russia may be called in by the weaker
faction in Bulgaria and ROumania, or
at all events, may thus be given pre-
text to interfere. In ROumania recent
events have shown the existence of
deep-rooted differences between the
government and the opposition. M.
Bratiano, who had been twelve years in
power. was compelled to resign, al
though he had majority in parliament:
At the elections six weeks ago 1877 of
his supporters were returned, while the
erals, numbered only forty-seven. 1t
is, however, asserted that owing to the
extraordinary pressure put upon the
voters at election time-a point in which
Roumania resembles Spain-the gov
ernment is always sure of majority, so
that in obtaining even such minority
as forty-seven the Liberals won moral
victory. Meanwhile M. Bratiano is
passing through great
STORM OF POPULAR DISFAvOR
owing to the pecuIations brought home
to his war minister, Gen. AngeleScO,
and because of the eagerneSS he showed
in attempting to shield the general.
The element of permanent interest Of
fered by the whole business lies in the
revelation thus afforded of the hopeless
divisions which prevail among the ROu-
manian people. The existing crisis
presents itself to their minds as choice
between Russia and Austria, and cir
cumstances have made it exceptionally
difficult for them to make such choice.
Few Roumanians have forgotten or for
given Russia's conduct in 1877 and 1878.
Russia then accepted ROumania'S help
and very useful the 10000 Roumanian
never treated her brave allies with
friendliness, and when the war was
over she filched Bessarabia from them,
giving the worthless DobrudScha in eX-
change. On the other hand, Austria
Hungary has played her cards so badly
as to be even less popular with the
Roumanians than Russia. Austria
has treated Roumania badly from
commercial point of view,
Its policy has been to make Roumania,
by means of commercial treaties, close
preserve for Austrian manufacturers,
and in that policy it has succeeded. But
it has also refused to give the stipulated
quid pro quo. Roumania swine and
cattle have been constantly refused on
one preteXt or anOther-generally on
the ground of alleged diseases at the
Hungarian frontier-that the attempt
to obtain market at Pesth or Vienna
has practically been given up. COnse-
ouently the Roumanian farmers are
overloaded with stock and produce
WHICH THEY CANNOT SELL.
Lastly. Austria has never renOunced
the effort to obtain on the lower Dan
ube an excessive and unfair preponder-
ance, to the prejudice of the Riverain
states in general and of Roumania in
particular. The upshot is that between
the Russian bear and the Austrian Oc-
topus the average ROumanian chooses
the former. Profound differences on
questions of foreign policy consequently
arise, and if King Charles really has
bound himself to the triple alliance, 1t
is now certain that he cannot carry his
subjects with him. Trustworthy adj
vices from Russia state that in every de-
partment of the army and navy the
greatest activity prevails. Armies of
men are working night and
day putting everything in readi..
ness. as if Russia were on the eve of
opening hostilities. The Cretan ques-
ton arises once more in it's old form,
and the Greek residents in the island,
aided automatically by the Greeks of
the kingdom. are asking new price for
the last of the sibylline leaves. The
demand for constitution akin to
that of Samos is very cleverly put at
the present moment. 1t gives Turkey
the opportunity of acting ON precedent
of it's own creation; and as the porte is
likely to want all the strength at its
command before many months are over,
it will doubtless feel a great temptation
to get rid of this petty irritation on the
flank rather than the necessity of hav-
ing to keep 10000 troops in Crete which
might be so sorely needed elsewhere.
1t is understood that these are the cal
culations of the Cretan Christians
and that some at least of the
sultan's ministers are disposed to
recognize the logic of their demand.
SamOs is good precedent in every way.
for since it obtained constitution it
has never given Turkey the slightest
uneaSineSS.
FRENCH POLITICS.
In spite of the large majority secured
by the French cabinet in the vote of