St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-24
Emperor Francis Joseph
Urges Austria to Complete
Means Of Defense.
The Special Credits Asked ia
Be Devoted to Strength
ening the Army.
The Emperor's Action Causes
a Great Deal of Talk in
London.
Slavonic Provinces Ripe for
Rebellion at a Moments
Notice.

VIENNA, June 23.-Emperor Francis
Joseph, in receiving the delegations
yesterday, said that Austria'S foreign
relations and general foreign policy
were unchanged, and that she was in
full agreement with her allies. The
government, he said, was doing its ut
most to insure the peaceful development
of the European situation, which was
still unsafe. He hoped the blessings of
peace would be maintained, nOtwith-
standing the fact that ornaments were
everywhere being increased. 1t was
this increase of ornaments that COM
PEELED Austria not to halt in the
work of completing means of defense.
Regarding Servia, the emperor said that
Milan's regrettable action had given
power, during the minority of his son,
to regency. The government had re-
ceived from the regents formal assur-
ances that friendly relations with Aus
tria would be maintained. He contin.
ued: II wish the same, and hope that
the wisdom and patriotism of the Serv.
ians will protect Servia from serious
dangers. rejoice that order and peace
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her continual progress in spite OF the
difficult situation" The emperor closed
by saying that the special credits asked
would be devoted to strengthening the
army.
ALARM IN LONDON.
LONDON, June 23.-The speech of the
Austrian emperor to the delegations Of
%ha ri, hut liffln
ment to those who have been decryins
the war prophesies which have filled
the air for the two weeks. The full
text of the speech has been telegraphed
here, and shows that it does not contain
single reassuring word. The emperor
expresses the hope that peace may con-
tinue, but the strength of his eXpecta.
tions in this direction may be measured
by the urgency with which he empha-
sizes the necessity for increasing the
military forces. The speech shows no
pains to conceal the emperor's deep
distrust of the Servian regency. nor is
there any effort to disguise the
thrust at Russia which the
commendation of the Bulgarian
governme mt carries with it. The speech
excites much comment here, as it proves
an.
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE
that these documents usually convey no
information. To those accustomed to
interpreting state documents, the
speech supplies the missing ingredient
in the existing European mess-the
readiness of the great Austrian empire
for war, and its thinly-disguised expec.
tation that war must come. But even
this Austrian empire to-day shows that
the government is not content to wait
for war until it is forced upon it. In
the provinces of Bosnia. Herzegovina
Slavonia and Croatia, the officials have
been ordered to prevent the proposed
celebration of the battle of KossovO,
fought 500 years ago. The Slavonio
population of these provinces want to
celebrate this event. and the announces
ment that they would be prevented by
their detested German masters from
honoring their Slavonic heroes and
commemoratlng notable Slavonic vic-
tory, raises storm Of indignation which
needs only the encouragement which
the Servians over the border are only
too willing to extend to break out into
open rebellion.