St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-26
He Evidently Does Not See
the Trap Bismarck
Has Set.
Bloody Balfour Is Doing His
Best to Kill John
Dillon.
Kaiser William Has Arranged
to Visit the Feeble
Pontiff.
The Duke Of Cumberland is
Willing to Be King Of
Bulgaria.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
LONDON, Aug. 25.-The excessive
cOuItesies passing between the ear
and Emperor William respecting ''the
beautiful days of Peterhof' have
alarmed English politicians of all
classes. Those few English statesmen
who have made foreign affairs close
study for years say that there was
very little reason for the recent opti-
mistic declaration of Lord Salisbury in
his survey of foreign politics, and with
all due Difference, that it is not the
function of an English minister
to echo the sentiments of Prince
Bismarck. In an interview to-day
with leading liberal who has
been frequently mentioned as the only
statesman in that party fitted for the
foreign SecretaryShip in the event of
Mr.. GladstOne's return to power, he
said: English interests and German
interests do not always coincide. by
any means. All the world knows that
if not merely an English interests, but
the interest Of the human race outside
of Germany. lay ON one side of Prince
Bismark's balance, and purely Ger
man interest on the other, the former
would kick the beam. Prince Bismarck
has told the world over and over again
that his business is in the welfare of
Germany-of course as he cOnceiveS it
and that alone; and if Lord
SALISB URY CHERISHES ILLUSIONS
it is his own fault. Lord Salisbury was
delighted because the young German
emperor visited the car, and apparently
believes that the policy of Russia has
been brought into line with that of Ger
many; that Russia has actually joined
the peace league, which was in truth
directed against herself, and that the
millennium is on the way. But Lord Sal
isbury fOrgets that Bulgaria is not the
only possible field tor Russian enter
prise, and that Germany has no interest
in holding back Russia in Central Asia,
but, on the contrary, every interest in
pushing her forward. The bottom fact
of the situation is that Russia
must and will get to the sea and the
south somewhere and somehow. 1t
may take years for her to do it. but it is
vital question for nation of 10000
600 of people, and it would be over
sanguine to expect that that mighty i'm
pulse can be. permanently resisted.
Anyhow. the question is: Who is to re-
sist it? Who is to bear the brunt? The
Germans have long ago come to the con-
clusion that it shall not be Germany. if
they can help it. They have done their
best-their newspapers and military
writers are always at ito make En-
glishmen believe that England
HAS THE PARAMOUNT INTEREST
in resisting Russian attack upon Con-
stantinOple. Engllshmen are, however,
coming to see that that question,
though not Indifferent to them, con-
4,,ia @x,.<
Germany. good deal more closely, and
that in fact England need not greatly
trouble herself about Constantinople.
Russia will have to be at Austria and
Germany first, and it will probably
take long time to do that. But Con-
stantinople is not the only point at
which Russia can gain footing on a
southern sea. There is the Persian gulf;
there is the coast of BelOochisIan;
there is the southern coast of Asia
Minor and there is India. The Russia
empire in Central Asia is a great fact,
the bearing of which Englishmen are
only beginning to understand. For the
present it is enough to say that for
boundleSS extent, variety of climate and
natural resources its southern portion is
another United States, and that it will
not be long before the vast PARTON OF
the worlds surface between the mouth
of the OXuS and the mouth of the AmoOr
will be populated by some
HUNDRED MILLIONS OF MEN.
cit is even possible that this vast en-
pire may have already made its ade-
quate impression on the Russian mind,
and that Bokhara and Samarcand may
have already done something to de-
throne ConstantInople. The Germans
hail with joy this diversion of Russia
from Europe to Asia. Their newspa-
perS tell us with charming frankness
that if the result should be to bring
Russia and England into collision over
India the Germans would be not merely
Indifferent, but pleased, and who can
blame then?"