The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-16
Waiting the Cars Pleasure.

Copyright. 1855. by the New York Associated
BERLIN. Jan. IA semi-official statement is
issued from St. Petersburg tonight with refer
ence to the failure of the Gar to make 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 tha occasion.
This is only partly true. Both the late and the
present Car have been won't to make short
address of q semi-copversationa1 character to
the dplom attic circles. Yesterday evening the
Gar refrained from conversng with Gen VA
Schweinltz. German ambassador. and Count Won
sentative At one period of the reception
the Russian generals and Ministers
grouped themselves around the Gear. expecting
important utterance. His Majesty, after
whispering few minutes with NJ. De Giers
turned to the others and formally offered the
congratulations OF the season. Then he singled
out Minister Wishdegraski, NJ. Pomedonoseff
and Secretary OF State Ostrovski for private
talk. The incident is considered an intimation
that the war party triumphs. Among the list
of honors conferred Pan-SIavists alone are
favored. The list of decorations leaves the i'm
preston in Berlin AND Vienna official circles
thatstne Gear is hopelessly under command of
the agressives. The Moscow Gazette tonight
says that on the nineteenth day after the Epiph-
any RUSSIAN style) the Gear will preside at a
grand military fete, when he will declare his
policy. The Cars action in choosing military
fste the occasion which to make this dec
laration has increased the feeling of disouies
In the meantime, the frontier movements con-
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
Keff, Odessa and elsewhere the authorities are
buying provisions and forage. and along the
line of the Vistula, between Demblin and Dom
brovo a host of laborers are engaged IN con-
structing 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
rnepts are kept profound secret. but it is i'm
possible to conceal the fact that there il 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-
Ia, Hungarian Prime Minister. in his reply to
the Interpolation of Herr Helfy The temper
of a maj ority of the members of the Hungarian
Parliament Is ardently war like Unless Pre-
mier Tisza's explanation shows that the forces
the frontier of Gaiicia are ample to
repel any invasion, Deputy Preczel
threatens to move a vote of censure. The Wen
ma Weir Zetung. the military organ, states
that Russia has force of 1000 cavalry on
the frontier, so organized as to act independent
ly of the infantry, which is ready to penetrate
into Galicia at moments notice to impede the
mobilization of the Austrian troops. This state
ment echoes what the War Department at Ber-
lin hiss been pressing upon the attention of the
Austrian Department with good effect The
Austrian War Office is now confident that tn ere
are sufficient forces in central Lemberg and in
Przemlss and Czernowitz to arrest a Russian
advance.