The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-29

shaken the dynasty, which, in any
case, never a any solid root in
the country and II has destroyed what lit
tie popularity the Queen ever had. King
Carlos. although the constitutional King
of Roumania, has in no way lost the habits
and instincts of the HObenZollerns. The
Ministry at present in power are pro-Rus-
sian. The crisis. which has for some
months been weighing heavily on the coun-
try. Is intensified by the fact that the day
Ia approaching when RoumanIa will be
forced to declare on which of the two sides
into which Europe is now divided it will
be found.
ROumania IS in one sense the most infu-
entail of the small southeastern states. A
Russian advance toward the BosphOrus. on
the European side, needs pass through
ROumania. The attention Of the agents of
the various governments interested in
keeping a vigilant watch over the Russian
movements OF troops has been particularly
directed to the point where the Austrian
and Roumanian frontiers JOIN the Russian
frontier. Near there, at q place called
NoselltZa. a considerable concentration of
troops is reported NOselltZa, which is
near CerenOwitZ, in the BukOwina. is the
point of meeting of three military railways
which have been constructed from points
on the main lines running from Odessa and
kietf. The Russian force now in the Odessa
Is composed of five infantry
DIVISIONS, containing elghty-three bat
taiions. "a brigade of ritlemen of eight bat
AOb ohppOA '"
OF fortress artillery, q pOatOOn battalion
and train, two cavalry divisions, two
brigades of field artillery. three field tele-
graph parks. one mining company, the
Seventh and Eighth Don Cossacks. with
their light artillery. and other Cossack
regiments not specified, and four reserve
cadet battaliOns with the usual auxiliary
corps. Behind this formidable force are
thesSeventh and Eighth corps d'armee
with their headquarters at SebastOpOl
and kietf, respectively, which could easily
reinforce the army in Besarabia. On the
ROumanian frontier alone the lowest esti-
mate places the number of Russian troops
ut 10000. so that in the event of trouble
koumanIa would be Overrun by the Rus
sian army.
A well known diplomatic. in speaking on
the subject, said: when LORD Salisbury,
in his speech on Thursday ct Birmingham.
said there was not a single speck of cloud
prospects of peace. he tempted Nemesis.
No such unqualified forecast has been ex-
pressed by q European statesman
since the days when Lord Hammond
said there was not a cloud upon
the sky just a month before the outbreak
of the F~ranco-German war. Now. as then,
there are only too many permanent causes
of European war steadily at work. 1t is
only too evident that Europe has not
shaken down into its permanent shape,
and be would be a sanguine man who seri-
Ously believed that the question of Con-
stantiDoDle or the question of Alsace-LOr-
ralne will be settled without war-proba-
bly, more than one war. Till the causes of
war are removed the future can never be
certain and never bright. No power, it IS
probable. will deliberately provoke q war,
but at any time an unlucky incident or
combination of incidents might set the
armed hosts in motion"