Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-08
IMPENDING WAR.
Extremely Critical Situation in
the Balkans.
1t Looks Very Much Like a
Gathering War Cloud.


Posts at Berlin and COnstantinOple.
Russia Determined TO Give Turkey
Trouble-Emperor william Formulates
Plan to Avert It, But it Does Not Suit
the CERr
BERLIN, July S.-There are growing
signs of an impending storm in the
Balkans. The situation is SO grave that
the holiday vacations of the leading Off
cials of the foreign Office here have been
stopped. Herr Won Radowitz, the Ger
man ambassador at Constantinople,
who was about to start for Kissingen,
has been directed to remain at his post.
Sir w. A. White, the British embas-
sador to the porte, who was just begin
ming at Gastein furlough to last
several months, hurried back to Con-
stantinopie after having long inter
view with the emperor of Austria. The
czar has also countermanded the congo
of NJ. Nelidoff. the Russian ambassador.
A momentous change appears to have
occurred in Germany's policy in the
Balkans Instead of pursuing the semi
neutral diplomacy of Prince Bismarck,
the emperor has directed Herr Radowitz
to take the initiative in advising the
porte how to meet the contending claims
Of Bulgaria and Russia. Instructed
through Chancellor Won Caprivi, Herr
Radowitz has promised the porte sn
early solution of the Bulgarian trouble
in harmony with the Berlin treaty, and
also that an endeavor will be made to
meet the Russian war indemnity.
The emperor's scheme OF settlement,
according to the accepted report in the
diplomatic circle, involves the displac-
ing of Prince Ferdinand and the sub
stitution of Prince Karl of Sweden as
ruler of Bulgaria in his stead, and also
an arrangement of the Russian in
demnity by capitaliznig the amount
through the international control of adj
ministration which now controls the
Turkish loans. The scheme seems to
have received impetus from Emperor
Williams conferences with Prince
Oscar at Christiana.
Though the financial proposals have
not been formally communicated to
Russia, it is already reported-thar M. De
Giers, the Russian prime minister, has
received an intimation of their nature,
with an expression that they were not
satisfactory to Russia, he stating that
Russia did not want to be concerned in
rearranging the Turkish debt, and pre-
ferred to hold the porte directly to its
engagements His response means that
Russia will not let go her grip on Tur-
keys neck, given by the war debt. A
| general explosion III the Balkans may
occur before the powers haye time TO
consider Emperor Williams proposals.
Greece and Servia have added to the
general imbroglio by each presenting
notes to the porte to the effect that any
concession to Bulgaria would require
similar concessions to the Greek and
| Seryian nationalities. The Servian
note also declares that the absence of
law and order in Macedonia exposes
| Servians to continuous outrage. and de-
mands an instant remedy. A rising in
Bulgaria is likely at any moment to
| give the signal for general Conhagra-
| ton. Col NicolaieH, Maj Panitza's
| brother r-in-law, who is among the most
popular officers in the Bulgarian army, (,
| is somewhere in Macedonia watching a
chance to start revolt
| Nj. Stambuloff, the prime minister,
who is now virtual director of Bulgaria,
relies upon his brother-in-law, Col.
| Montkouroff, who holds the chief COM
mand in the army, to prevent q rising.
The letter Of Prince Alexander of Bat
tenberg to Maj. Panitza's widow offer
ing to adopt her child, has added fire to
the discomfort with the present regime.
A Bulgarian delegation arrived at Pesth
yesterday. They are going TO hold u
| conference with Prince Alexander.
The renouncing Of Prince Bismarck's
visit to England is due to the altered
aspect of foreign affairs. He will go to
his estates at Schonhausen, and thence
to Gastein, where Count Kalnoky, the
Austro- Hungarian prime minister, will
also recruit his health. After his re-
covery, The Hamburgher Nachrichten
says. Prince Bismarck will not enter the
reichstag. II he is driven to oppose tha
government he would prefer to repre-
sent National Liberal constituency. ht
now being more in sympathy with that
party than with the Conservatives.