Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-31
FOREIGN WAR WAVES
A Fortress to be Built Built on
the North Coast of Finland.
A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
Harrison's Recent Tour Dim Light Com
pared With One of the Cars
Little Pleasure Jaunts.
How 1t Is Done.
Copyrighted by the United Press.I


LONDON. May 30.-The strong liking of
King Oscar of Sweden TO Germany has
evidently caused the apprehension at St.
Petersburg that Sweden might be led to
take Fart in the war against Russia. As
precautionary measure against an enemy
from that direction, and also against
German or other hostile fleets,
on the northern coast of FINLAND.
1t is also proposed to Russify the Finnish
army by transferring detachments of troops
to Russia and keeping them there until they
became acquainted with the Russian
language. and drill, SO as TO be able to CO.
operate as part of the Russian army.
Advices from Finland state that Russians
have good cause for apprehension, us the
sentiment of the people is very unfriendly
toward the car and his government, snd
there is little. doubt that in cese of
German and Swedish invasion there
would be general uprising against
Russia. Russia also seems 10 be
taking keen interest in the increased ten
sion at present existing between Sweden
and Norway. 1t is remembered that Rus
STA has long had her eyes on the territory
lying beyond her northwestern frontier as
needed to give her outlet TO the Atlantic
ocean. Her fixed purpose of extension in
that direction so favored by an
tagonism between Sweden and Norway
has been only Overshadowed by grander
schemes of expansion in the Balkans and
the East.
The relations between the Scandinavian
states, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and
Finland, their sympathies and their ami
mositleS, may soon occupy similar
place in general European politics to
that which their Southern sisters
of the Balkans have long enjoyed. The
Scandinavian states united would not make
jahl la INIT hnyy
are divided by mutual prejudice as bitter
as those OF Germany, and the French
expedition with which Lieut.. Mas
chekoff of Russia is on his
way to Abyssinia is composed of
nine persons. Among its members is
botanist. u zoolagist, Il mineralogist. an en-
tomologist. an orthodox priest and some Of
ficers. all of whom wear Russian
uniform. NJ Maschekoff is bearer of an
autograph letter from the czsr and
of presents for the Negus and the cost
and materials are supplied by the Rus
sian ministers Of war and of foreign
affairs. Egypt has promised protec-
ton to the expedition in its passage
through Egyptian territory. The car did
official programme. If he had, perhaps use
might have been found two boxes
of dynamite struggled in with the exhibit
for the French exhibition in Moscow.
The cars object was not so much to see
the French exhibition as to lay the founda-
ton for monument to HIS father in the
Kremlin. During his stay he is occupying
the great palace built by the first Alexander
after Moscow had been self-destroyed to
get rid of French invaders. \ journey of
the car is the next thing to war in its de-
mard for eXertion for military arms. 1t
only has had parallel lately in the last
journey of the dead Grand Duke Nicholas to
the mausoleum at st. Petersburg.
when 100000 troops had to attend along
the various railway stations and sa-
lutte the funeral train. Before the
car started, the railway bed from
St. Petersburg TO Moscow was carefully
examined for dynamite, and peasants living
near the line We're ordered to move at least
one mic away, their houses
The reception in Moscow was
emnently Russian The night before the
police made a vast number of domicilitary
visits, and rushed into prison everybody
whom they believed to be in any degree
malcontents. The Jews were an exception.
They were not arrested, but were ordered
to keep indoors, it being assumed that
order would be betrayed by their physical
Thousands of constables
We're distributed through the city in plain
dress, and these led the so-called applause
as their majesties rode through the
streets. Every house owner had
been directed to hang out flags, so
that Moscow presented a gala appearance,
in marked contrast to the tragedy that has
been performed daily ir its thoroue hfares
for sometime past. The crowd was kept
back at respectable distance from the CEN
ter of the street, and big horsemen ON big
horses rode each side of the imperial car
riage. The narrow streets in which Mos
cew abounds were carefully avoided, and
altogether it would have been difficult for
anyone to throw boom with much chance
of doing execution. sssseBzs|
Full line of evaporats61naels at Turner &
Dingee's