St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-18
AN OMNIBUS QUIET.
French and Bulgars May Yet
Test Their Strength in
Combat.
Bulgarian Ministers Moving
to Secure War Material
and Money.
Russian Sentiment FaVOpS an
Aggressive Position by
France.
The "Sick Han" Has a Desire
to Arbitrate and Head Of
Trouble.

PARIS, Dec. 17.-All the statements
made in regard to serious state of affairs
caused by the severance of diplomatic
relations between France and Bulgaria,
owing TO the expulsion from the latter
country of NJ. Chadouien, French
Journalist. are much more than borne
out by the actual facts, and more recent
events show that not only was the stu
alton in no way exaggerated but that
the incident is more serious than at
supposed.
PARIS, Dec. 17.-There is a suspicious
calm in high diplomatic circles and
very little is to be gathered as TO the
nature of the almost constant inter-
change of telegraphich dispatches
which has been going on for the past
forty-eight hours. 1t IS known, how
ever, that the French consols at ROus-
tchouk, Bourgas and Pnilippopolis had
followed the example of NJ. Tauel, the
French cOnsol at Sophia, and acting
upon instructions received from their
& Oyernment, have left Bulgaria.
1t should be explained. in spite of the
serious aspect which the ChadOuine in
cident has assumed, that France will
not resort to arms i'll order to enforce
her demands for satisfaction for the eX-
pulSiOn of the journalist referred to.
But there are war clouds OIL the horizon
for all that For instance, the Bulgari-
an minister of finance has started for
Vienna with the avOwed intention of
raising money with which 10 strengthen
the army of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian
government. as if experimenting trOu-
bic, is already hurrying
ReinfOrcements of Troops
to Roustchouk and PhillipOis. but it is
difficult to find any real cause for the
warlike activity, for it would hardly be
possible for France to attack Bulgaria
without forcing the passage Of the Oar
danelleS and bOmbarding Varna from
the Black sea. Such a step as this, it
need hardly be added, is not on the
tapis at present, so far as the general
public knows. OF course France might
have the cooperation of Russia in this
matter. but such an eventuality is not
even discussed by the alarmist papers
up to date.
The Russian papers have taken up
the discussion of the Chadouine Incl
dent in manner that shows their SYM
pathy is with France. In substance
they say that Bulgaria has acted in a
L
and they severely censure her for so
DONG, while limiting that she must not
try the forbearance of France beyond a
certain point, or she will have to take
the consequences of her insOlence.
The Republique Franchise To-Day says
that the sultan of Turkey, who is still
recognized by the powers as the
sovereign of Bulgaria, has asked
the French government. through
the Turkish minister in this city,
Essad Pasha, who is also in that capa-
city the representative of Bulgaria, the
latter being a hereditary and cOnstitu-
tional monarchy under the sovereignty
of the Porte, for permission TO settle. as
suzerain of Bulgaria, the matter in dis
pute betweenthat country and France.
This is looked upon as a move al the
suggestion of Great Britain, and would,
II carried out as proposed, mean re-
acknowledgment of the authority of
the sultan over Bulgaria, and decided
strengthening of the lstter's position in
Europe. This, of course, would amount
to a setback for Russia, and, cOnse-
Quently, as things now stand, for her
alley, France.