Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-07
THE oaADoUINE fNcIDEyr.
A Little Matter which Jeopardizes tn
PeRce of Europe.

Peace of Europe.
: The Philadelphia Ledger writes up
coherently the ENVIRONMENTS to which
the" Chadouine incident" has given rise,
as follows:
One of the first fruits OF the alliance
recently entered into between France
and Russia. is the Chadouine incident,
which, though insignificant in its origin,
has developed into an affair of the most
serious importance. The hero of the
dispute, IN which France, Russia,
Germany, Austria, England and Turkey
have already become involved, is a
French newspaper correspondent who,
having written certain unpleasant facts
about the administration of the Bull
garian government, and especially about
the acts of Premier Stambouloff, was
sent out of Bulgaria with more
haste than courtesy, and forbid
den to return. Ordinarily such
an incident would have been
promptly settled by two countries the
relations of which were friendly. But
the Bulgarian prime minister, who is
responsible for M. Chadouine's Danish
ment, is the representative of the anti
Russian policy, and France, not that 1t
cares for the newspaper correspondent
so much, but that it loves its new ally,
Russia, more, makes the affair of the
first Importance, demanding explana-
ton and PREPARATION, which the Bull
garian government declines to concede;
il is supported in ITS declination by
Germany and Austria, for the reason
that the Prince of Bulgaria is on the
side of the Triple Alliance Powers
England also supported the act of
Punishment in the beginning; but, as
the incident grew more serious, and as
ii was suspected that Turkey was dis
posed to favor Russia in the matter,
thereby indicating a good understand
ing between the sultan, who Is the
ostensible Suzerain of Bulgaria, and
the czar, II is now stated that Eng
land desires an amicable settlement of
the difficulty before it assumes greater
and more threatening proportions, and,
to secure such conclusion, has advised
Bulgaria to adopt less obstinate front
in treating with France. Premier STAN
boulotf threatens to resign, however,
unless he is theoretically upheld in his
contention by Lord Salisbury. The sig
nifcance of this threat lies in the fact
that NJ. Stambouloif would be succeeded
by NJ. Stoiloff, who is pro- osslan in
politics, and who would reverse his pre-
decessor's anti-Russian policy. The
possibility of such change perplexes
the British government and renders Its
ultimate position doubtful, although its
own agent at Sofia advises that II will
not be discreet to expose the Stambouloff
regime to the scrutiny of the powers, as
Nj. Ribot, the French minister of
foreign affairs, insists shall be done.
OF course Russia supports the case of
France, and the two great continental
alliances are thus arrayed one against
the other, while England vacillates be-
tween them, fearing the consequences of
a general European war, in which she
| would almost certainly become involved
| in defence of her eastern interests. II is
| probable that this affair will be settled
without q conflict among the powers, as
neither of them wants to enter into a
contest In which each has so much to
lose and so little to gain, and the result
of which no one can foresee. For 90
| years, the great German soldier, Won
| Moitke, declared, the vast armamepts of
| the continent have maintained the peace.
Fear of their meeting upon hostile fields
has alone kept them apart and postponed
war. How long this fear of the shock
| of their meeting will continue to pre-.
serve the peace Of Europe no one can
conjecture, but when an incident SO
| tritiing in itself as that Of the Punishment
of newspaper correspondent can be
made to assume such serious aspect
war is always possibility of the sit
| nation