New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-02
D1RK CLOTDS IN E1STERN EUROPE

| D1RK CLOTDS IN EASTERN EUROPE.
The execution on Saturday last at sofia OF
! Major panza, one Of the ringleaderS OF the
! late Russian conspiracy against Prince ferdl-
! nand is calculated TO increase the general feel
ing of mcasincSS that prevails just now iii
! Europe with regard - affairs in the East. For
the carrying into effect Of the Judgment against
| the Major. who was one Of the most gallant and
! popular officers of the bulgarian army was en-
/ ti!cly unexpected. It was generally anticipated.
that in view Of his past services. and Of the
! acknowledged fact that he had been mere
/ instrument of the Russian OrgnaorS OF
/ thc plot the sentence would be committed
/ either into imprisonment or mere temporary
( bani-hmont Prince Ferdinand lis neither
| hcadstrong nor vindictiye, and If anything. has
always hitherto erred on the side Of lcncncy -
/ those who have con>pircd against him. His
7 signature II Panit1a'S death warrant looks
therefore like the act of n desperate man. who
pcrcciveS that The end of the gam" Is at hand.
For he knows that in view Of Ru>sias lmpllca-
ton i'm the offence for which the Major ha>
been shot the =. Petersburg Government can
only regard his execution n an act OF open de-
! fiancc directed against it,cif. II is one which
the Nuscoyitc auihOritic, will hardly submit T.
! i'm silence and which may lead T. some act OF
/ retaliation on their part, calculated 81 bring
/ about Austrian Intervention. Possibly this Is
/ what the Prince. who finds his place intolerablc
m Sofa had IN view when he ordered Panltzas
/ death: and under the circumstances it is not
astonishing that both he and hi, mother should
] t,,, Phi hn
/ ccedinc in all haste 10 London while he him
1 self propoSe, to await developments al Vienna.
where hi, medical advisers recommend him " 10
take a long rest
! Ncr are these the only symptoms OF impend-
| Ing disturbance. According % recent dispatches
il appear, that Russia is preparing 20 send her
/ Black Sea feet into Turkish water, for the pur-
pose of enforcing her recent demand for the
/ immediate settlement either in cash or in ter
rit,ry OF the 1877 war indemnity, amounting
to over $50 O0O. 900 which remains still due
her by the sublime Porte. Moreover the Car
/ has within the past three months presented
five batteries Of krupp guns and 100, 600 re-
pcatinc rifles 70 ~cryia; and finding that the
! BELGRADE Regency was dcbarred by the state of
/ il finances from complying with his demand
/
! persuaded the Iloskicr syndicate t. issue ser
Wan loan Of SiO.OOO0O0 in its favor Mys-
! trriou, manocuyrcs are also reported to be tax
/ ing place on the lower Danube 10y the large
| Gotilla Of steamers belonging 20 the 81. Peters
| burg Garcarin Navigation Company, which, al
though founded o>tcnsibly for commercial pur-
poses, constitutes dependency OF the lmrcria!
| Navy.
Nor is it possible to regard with Indifference
! the reports of serious ARRAYS and Sangulnary
| conflicts at Ez"roum between the Armenian
and the lIuSsulmon inhabitants. During the
! last few ycLrs more than 10000 MahomctanS
from the Caucasus who have served their time
! i'm the Russian Army and therefore still belong
| 70 the Cars reserve forces have settled around
! Erzcroum and in other portions Of Armenia near
the Russian frontier Being followers of the
| Prophet it was impossible for the Sultan to
exclude them from Ottoman territory. These
unwclcome guests have been engaged in fire.
Gucnt qliarrclS with the agricultural Christian
population among whom they dwell. The
Turkish troops Invariably take part with their
| fellow believers against the Christians, and the
result is that constant appeals are addressed by
the wretched ArmcnianS to the great Powers
| Of Europe for protection against MusSnman
cruelty and oppression. Russia, which claims a
sort of spiritual protcctorite over the Sultln's
Christian subjects, is now threatening once more
| 10 intervene in their behalf as she did under
| similar circumstances in Bulgaria in the war of
1877. 80 serious indeed, is the aspect of
affairs in Armenia that Great Britain has sta
toned one of her most eminent and able of
fcials, Mr. Clifford Lloyd, of Irish Coercion
| fame at ErZerOum, with n vast staff of vice
conSuls. all Of whom are military officers, for
the purpose of watching events in that quarter
While it is possible that 'hesc clouds which
now threaten the skies OF Eastern Europe may
! be dispersed without war, rs has been the case
Oh several previous occasions, yet it must be
confessed that the present outlook is unusually
omnouS.