Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-08
A Calm Prevails in Europe Which Of
fetal and Diplomatic Circles
Know to be Deceptive.
Despite Assurances to The Contrary
Both Austria and RHssia are Max.
ing Extensive War Preparations.
Central Euro pean PoWeIs-Ths Forged
DocumeRts-rhs EmperoI's Health.
A THREATENING CALM.

GfS pESVuiIS AUX Tie mCNenG. Inc AUS
TRAN and Russian governments have ex-
changed assurances OF peace, aspi
rations to which nobody at
taches the slightest Importance.
The only actual change in the situation
tending toward peace is the sctive re-
sumption of ne gotiaiions between Count
Kainoby, Austrian Foreign Minister and
PRICE Lobenoff. Russian ambassador st
Vienna. This mitigates crisis and re-
moves danger of war at least for the
present, but does not modify any differ
ences between the two governments.
The neg otistions are expected By
both sides to end in en- ex.c.
d. finition Of the respective demands such
as heretofore has NOT existed. According
TO semi fl :isl dispatch received from
Vienna tonight Prince Lobencf has
opened the diplomatic campaign by pro-
posing as first step toword an entente
the removal Of Prince Ferdinand from
the throne Of Bulgaria under q
pint movement OF the powers,
she election Of "a new ruler
to be by a new Sobrapj'; and the resp
pointment Of Russian Uffcers to the Bull
garisn armies. The proposal specifies
that the new Prince must be member
of the orthodox Creek church, and the
SoNranle TO be so elected IS to enable
Russia to recognize it es being legally
constituted. In the meantime the foreiga
office here hold aloof from the negotia-
tons, which are recognized SO feelers by
Russia towards Other demands. The
Cars ministers already know that
Count KsluOky will not admit that the
Berlin treaty gives Russia spy special
RIGHT TO INTERFERE
in Bulgaria. They know also that it is
impossible to obtain from the powers
lint mandate. Buffoted on these points
Russia will next raise new question on
the Austrian retention OF Bosnia and
HeIzsgovinia. The provinces were occu-
pied under q purely temporary title but
are now practically annexed. Austria will
be called upon 10 evacua5e them and it is
probable that the question of
their future administration will be re
ferred to circumference Of the powers. An
ostensib.e casus belii, it is anticipated,
will arise over Austria's refusal to divide
the Balkans The lines OF 81. Peters
burg diplomacy tend to protracted
exchange OF views, thus assisting
the plans Of Russian strstegists who sre
IN @illiDg to risk war I'LL summer. Nd
time would be given Russia TO comsaete
her preparations il Bismarck had free
hand, but divisions in the imperial family
are Increasing. The weakness OF the
E lper0r aud the renewed activity OF The
anti 6ismarckian conrt il fuence combine
to eDfeeble and re,ard tue dvvelC pment
Of the German policy. Only the deter
miustion Of Austria csn perpairste 3 war.
X the Kalnoky government is too tinid
20 cut short the negotiations aud demand
q reason for the concentration of Russian
troops on the frontier Russia can select
her time for rupture. In the
meanwhile, despite semi-C fficisl :ssur-
arceS to the contrary, war propositions
progress on either side. The Warsaw
arsenal is working day and night. At
Korno more extensive esrtn works and
detached
FORTS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED
and the detenses of Ivan Grovel are being
srGed with heavy guns. CracOw papers
report that the Russians are erecting
bridge at the junction OF the San with the
Vis,ula and are forming
their military camps. They also
report that 1000 ambulance beds
Sere distributed last week along stations
on the Vistuie line, that a military intel
Dgecce bureau has been established at
Piotokoi, and that valuable pictures and
art treasures in the imperial resi-
der ce N Poland are being removed to
the interior OF Russis. Another strong
column of troops bss been concentrated
in tie Lubin district. Another division
of cavalry has left Kitchener and d.
vision Of grenadiers has gone from Riga.
Both divisions are bound for
Poland. The total force Of Rus
SLAMS in the Warsaw, NUN. ard
z # districts according to the military
estimate reaches $4,000 men, with 728
guns. The cavalry stationed immedi-
att ly on the frontier are being supplied
with rstions on the same scale as during
IN ectusl campaign. The cost to the
Russian Treasury is also equal to war
cost. Everything p )ints to the Conclu-
sion that the Car means to enforce his
terms, If not by diplomacy, by war.
The attitude Of England Ia the event Of
hostilities will be one OF friendly neutral
ity. This fact is known to the Berlin
foreign office. No overtures have ever
cen msde by the German government for
E glands cooperation in the triple alli-
ance.
The Cologne Gazetts's article, urging
the advantage to England Of Dining the
alliance, was without oficisl inspiration.
What official inspiration reaches Berlin
on the position of England is derived
from London and ST. Petersburg. The
Cz,r has obtained assurance that Ecgland
has rot joined the alliance.
The Moscow G zette to-day emphasizes
the wisdom OF Epglsnd abstaining from
any coalition with central European
powers. II says she should rather cCn-
eiliate Russia In order to remain 10 peace
fui posses sion of India. A Panslavist
organ seeks to show that Lord SalisOury's
friendly neutrality is associated with
sympathy for Bismarck's policy, and says
the evolution Of events may soon convert
this sympathy in to active cooperation
with the alliance.
THE FoRGERIEs.
The Gar continues to insist upon
absolute retic, nee regarding the persons
10 the recent foTgeries. An
official deGial Is published Tonight OF the
statement that tue King and Queen OF
Greece oot:ined the documents fram M.
R ,ulede and showed them to The Czar at
Copenhagen. Their Msjesties never saw
De Roulede at Copenhagen or elsewhere.
It Is certain that the documents were
given to the Car when he was visiting at
Rredersburg through . member OF the
Dspish royal family. This makes him