Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-01
EUROPEAN SITUArION.
Salisbury's Coursc-TroubIe with France
Not Unlikely.

A-VNiNsNr 1AAAlS pINAl.- ne ShN has Nt late
been so very clear at home and the weather
so uuna,uraliy calm that acute observers
have felt morally certain that a storm was
brewing somewhere. Never did any Min
lstry have longer run of good luck Ihan
the present, and in domestic sfIairs
that luck Is likely to continue. The homes
OF the Gladstonians that il would m4Se
some fatal mistake; that it would hin
itself up or be tripped up that the dissolu-
uon Of Parliament would be- forced on il
have all been abandoned. Now from The
grand old man downward it seems 10 be
admitted that Parliament will run It's usual
course, and that the Unionist alliance
Will remain invinCible, at any rate until
X Is subjected to the test of smother general
election.
LOOK CUT FOR BREAKER
But when all is going on well is the
lime to look out for a reverse or shock.
Three different clouds have riSs:. uuoD th,
horizon which may lead TO serious mis-
chief, and | would invite your readers To
keep their eyes upon them until thev dis
perse or burst
The first hangs over Egypt The En-
GllSh newspapers as a rule have dismissed
very lightly the recent action Of France in
refusing 10 consent to the conversion of th,
preference debt until England ixes a day
fer withdrawal from Egypt, bus il is no
light matter. 1t indicates a temper which
might at any moment preCipiIaje crisis.
1t may even indicate 4 more settled inteu-
uon 10 produce a crisis whenever an up-
portunity serves.
DENY THEIR RIGHT IN EGYPT.
That the English have no right to be in
Egypt is certainly the final belief of the
French Government and the French peo-
pie. II is pretty well understood that
General Boulanger intends to call upon
her 10 50 when, If ever he reaches power.
There are those who think that the present
Government proposes to fOrestall him in
this move. This card is the best trump
out and President Carnot intends to plav
1t, but everything must wat till the expo
sltlon Is over, for ii would not do TO divert
the shower of gold which is now raining
down upon France Preliminary steI1s.
may, however, be taken and tins recent
avowal on the part of France must be
looked upon as the first warning
TROUBLE OVER ARMENIA.
The second cloud will be found over
Armenia. Under the Treaty of Berlin, of
which Lord Salisbury was one OF the au-
thors, preservation OF order in Armenia
was thought to be guaranteed. There is u
special Anglo-Turkish convention in ex-
istence which binds Turkey to protect her
Christian subjects against the kurds and
Circassians who are desclating Armenia.
Lord Salisbury entered into that conven-
ton, which Goes not save it from being
openly violated under his very eyes.
WILL THEY TOLERATE IT?
1t is improbable that the English people
Will tolerate this state of things much
longer, but even if they do so there is
another Iower which will certainly in
terfere, and that power is Russia,
The reaty OF Berlin has been con-
emp.uousiy set aside by Turk ey.
Russia may find in that a plausi-
bic and even Il Just and strGrg ground
tor interference. she may require England
TO put an end to these crimes in arm MIA,
or insist upon doing II herself In the lat
ter case England must either stand pas
sively by and see the coup de grace inflicted
upon the sick man % Europe or save Tur-
key. The latter is an alternative which
the nation is not likely 10 tolerate The
Crlmean war viii never be repeated
FRENCH AND RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.
There is still ang;Ler TACT to consider.
France is believed TO have very thgrouEh
understanding with Russia B0:h Powers
contemplate the English occupation of
Egypt with the same eyes. st any mo-
ment such pressure could be brought to
bear upon E0gland as would leave her no
alternative hut 10 retreat from Egypt under
pressure or fight. A more serious situa-
ton can scarcely be conceived OF course
1t may all blow over, as SO many other
threatening complications have blown over
during the last three years. Tic great
European Powers are so armed to the teeth
and so strong that each is afraid TO begin,
Dut there are vpFy pr1riIr,C SicDs Of
preparation in Russia.
THERE is EXCUSE FOR WAR
Lord Salisbury says he will not admit
that England is responsible for the preSer-
vation of order in any part OF the Turkish
domInlons, yet the treaty OF Berlin and the
Anglo Turkish Convention inferentially
made her so, and Russia may hold her TO
her accountability. Many great wars have
been wageG ere now with infinitely less ex-
cuse. Lord Salisbury urges Parliament to
trust to the slow action Of time and TO the
exertons of the missionaries but suppose
that Russia declines TO wait for q time or
even for the missionaries; f she is ready to
strike she will GO 81. If she does not
strike it will be merely because she is not
ready.
THE DELAGOA RAY RAILWAY
Then there is this new trouble ABOUT the
Delagoa Bay Reilway. concerning which
dispatches from Lisbon warn US that seri-
Gus diplomatic difficulties are lilz~,y to
arise. The dispatch of an English eunboat
10 Delagoa bay is not likely IL Ill the
wheels of the diplomatic machine. The
Portuguese Govern ment has broken faith
with The company in which So much Eng
lish and some American capital is SUI k,
and the widow of Colonel MCMurdo an
American gentlemen who obtained the
original concessions for the railway, has
good cause for complaint.
WHAT WILL UNCLE SAM Do?
There is much curiosity felt as to the
course which will be taken by the United
States Government. Because one OF its cit
liens sold certain concession it does not
follow that it should interfere for the pro-
lection of the purchasers. The report that
an American gunboat was TO be sent to Join
the British vessel at Delagoa bay was at
least premature, but almost any develop
ments may arise uat of the taugle into
which we have all got over this business.