The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-04-01
Great Disquietude Caused
by the New Alliance.
The Gar VIII Soon Resume
His Old Eastern Policy.
Significant FaVOrs Showered
Upon a French Attache.
An Unusually Interesting Budget OF
News from Berlin.

renewed war alarm and not to notice re-
ports coming from various sources which
indicate early aggressive action on the
part of France and Russia. Persons high
in official circles refuse to say more than
that the intention of Russia to abandon
her attitude OF reserve has been for some
time known to the chiefs OF the Dreibund
and that nothing can happen for which
they are unprepared.
The recent indiscreet prediction OF Sig
nor Crispi, ex-Italian premier. that war
was certain to occur during the current
year has elected from the official papers
at Vienna a comment to the effect that
Signor Crispi is no longer in the secret OF
great events and has become incompetent
to prophesy, and that what he says ought
not to disturb the tranquility Of Europe.
This sort of denial, however, is not reas-
surfing, as the fallen statesman is known to
possess still ample information regarding
everything relating to both the political
and military powers of Europe.
The Cologne Gdsette today asserts that it
is the intention of the car to initiate and
develop an offensive policy on the old
lines by claiming supremacy in the East.
1t is believed in Bulgaria that the murder
yesterday OF NJ Baltscheff, Bulgarian
minister of finance, is the opening of a
game ofsecret intrigue, preceding open con.
flict. The comforting by President Carnot
of the grand cross of the legion of honor
upon Baron de Mohrenheim, the Russian
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the general effusion of the alliances and
of the endearmeuts exchanged between
France and Russia.
The car today decorated Nj. Briois,
military attache OF the French legation,
personally presenting him with an order
set with brilliants and also giving him a
rare malachite vase and portrait OF him
self and the czarina. NJ. Briois will
shortly return to Paris. He is fully con-
versant with Russia's projects for the
mobilization OF her forces, and upon his
return to Paris some scheme for stimuli
taneous action will be agreed upon by the
French war office. 1t is for this reason
that the car has conferred upon him a
distinction never before accorded q mill
tary attache.
According to the Cologne Gazette, Maj
Moulin, who succeeds NJ. Briois as French
military attache, will continue to arrange
details for the mobilization. In an inter
view had with Gen. Obroutcheu today by
q representative Of the RejchS Bate, the
general declared that the unceasing rapid
ity of the Russian preparations will enable
the car before the close OF the present
year to abandon his attitude OF peace and
to force any issue which he may deem
necessary to obtain his ends. Under the
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STA Westward" the ReichS Bate details the
concentrated movements of the Russia n
troops cantonned in the Poland, Padolia
and Volhynia provinces, which now form
one vast camp and to which constant ar
rivals, drawn from the battalions of the
reserve, add strength.
Meantime the public anxiety is not
great. Official watchfulness has been
| thoroughly rearoused, but has not as yet
created strained interest among the peo-
pie. The Vienna press, like that OF Ger
many, maintain unusual reserve, while
the statesmen on whom rests the fate of
| tho dreibund continue to affect TO believe
| that no crisis is imminent.
A government bill, which is now in
| course of preparation for submission to
the landtag, dealing with the Guelph fund,
will bring into publicity the hidden his
tory OF Prince Bismarck's disposal of large
sums If the freissinnige party get a
chance, the whole secret of the payments
to the press and police by Prince Bis
marck's agents, if they were drawn from
| the fund, will become a matter of public
account. The liberal papers are already
| trying to trace the payments.
The Potsdamer Correspondent affirms
that Herr Kreuger, chief OF Prince Bis
marck's secret police, received $4,000
marks from the fund. No one suggests
that the prince used the money Tor other
than political purposes, but the organ of
| Herr Ritcher, the liberal leader, demands
| that the ex-chancellor be held responsible
and be compelled to make restitution for
the $4,000 marks given DR.. Won Boet-
ticher and for other payment drawn from
the fund. The Freisstlnige Zeitung urges
that civil process be issued against
! Prince Bismarck.
The candidate Of the freissinige party
for the reichstag in Geestemunde, finding
no support, has withdrawn, leaving the
contest to Prince Bismarck and the social
lists candidate. Nobody doubts that the
| prince will receive great majority. The
warmth of his reception at Altoona and
the extent of the preparation throughout
the country for the celebration of the sew
enty-sixth anniversary OF his birth, on
Wednesday, prove the popularity of the
| prince. The committee here has ar
ranged for a torchlight procession, in
which over 5000 of the ex-chancellor's adj
| herents desire 10 appear. The society of
German industrials will present the prince
with a silver table service OF immense
value designed by the artist Heyden.
| The subscription for this was 80 copious
as to enable the committee to purchase
land adjoining Friedrichsruhe. which will
be added to the princes domain.
With growing doubts as to the emper-
or's calow wisdom being a poor substi-
tute for the ex-chancellor' genius and
experience, the national sentiment re-
| awakens toward him.
The emperor will 90 to Stettin on Tues
| day next to inspect the war ships now be-
| ing built there Thence his majesty will
90 to Lubbock, Kiel and Altoona to visit
| Count Won Waldersee.
1t is reported that Count Won Walder-
see will shortly assume command OF the
Sixteenth army corps at Metz, and that
| Count Won Munster, the German embas-
sador at Paris, will replace Prince Won
Hohenlohe-Schillingfu at Strasburg.
| NJ. De Crais, French ambassador at Wen
ma, it Is expected, will succeed NJ. Her
| bette, the French ambassador at Berlin.
The vatican has finally advised the
centrist leaders to accept Baron Hermann