The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-05
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
THE RECENT MILITARY STIR ON
7HE EREA CH-ITtLIiN FRONTIER.

No End OF COSBY Discomfort g, owing Ia
Notwithstanding the fnticn, Treas
ures Against Possible CaIamity-The
Britsh Public Want More War ships
PARLIAMENT VIII Be Marked by Nor
Business and Less wrnnEIinw NursIng
as an Aris,ccrntic RecrcntIon-Kiug Re
hsnziu sends Anb,..ndpr. to France
Many Uarm 1 yed Ac.or. In En- Gland.
LONDON. Nov 4.There IL more truth than
lsupposed in the extraordinary story which
eabled to The Sun from Paris n fortnight ago
about the italian plot to begin n war against
France during the Touon fates. There is now
ample confirmation from official sources Of
the reports Of the Italian military rrepara-
lions for u possible COUP do main on the Al
pine frontier
prominent French officer OF the Fourteenth
Army Corps. commanding the region around
BriaLcnn, writes that curing the li.st ten days
in October he and his comrades believed war
was imminent. They clearly perceived from
the heights the intense activity OF the Italian
troops. and an attack WAS daily expected.
More than 5000 mer were assembled by the
Italians in the mountains opposite Brianyon.
between ClavIeres and Orsanne. The French
had only 500 men to hold Briancon and the
al AGENT lnrts.
Every French post hna now been tully gar
risone "a II war footing. Gen. lie Euis ieiTrc.
chi-f OF the genera! staff, was sent from Paris
yeste. day 10 complete ARRANGEMENTS for tho
fullest defence Of tho French frontier in the
Alps
Tho announced policy Of Inst Summer Tor re-
ducing tho force on tho southeast boundary
has teen reversed. The same precautions
have now bcen taken against surprise MS
tloL.h war were already declared. The ind-
cation- Hr. that tho Italian Government hns
Abandoned. ;o- tho present. such desperate
plans
IN, situation. lns rot improved in that coun-
try. Indeed. II has gown worse. SO iar as the
pcnsiect y! outside financial assistance goes.
BERLIN hss been compelled to close her purse
Of, account Of home difficulties. The hope OF
all from England may as well be abandoned.
~" considerations OF sympathy or information
nj ~ dency will send British gold to Italy In
IN" pru>ent situation. There Is nobody else
I" D".r hoe Meantime popular discomfort In
til" country is rapidly growing.
!. /, ,atv:uetIuG 10 know that the Vatican
Ia n.aic r"ninietn ri separations for anything
thas .iiay hnrlen. Tho information comes ~
me II ':n Il high Church authority in Rome. to-
Gag, hat every safeguard has been provided
Tor :h- protection o! persons and treasures at
thu hr,ugIarters "f the Church. The details
o. the ARRANGEMENTS are Of course, withheld.
LLt Catholics throughout the world may rest
assured that in the case OF q revolution or
othrr calamity nothing valuable except the
uild!n,;s will be exposed to the fury Of mob
This question OF tho Pope's leaving Rome is
not openly discussed IN that city. but it may
be assumed that even that contingency has
been provided for. A Spanish asylum would
pr" ABLY he considered
There is n st rong impression In Rome that
the Vatiran vii! really welcome IL crisis in
Italian afairs.. Nany accuse the Pnrni follow
era o! trying to hasten IT.. Certainty ths Church
has littlo to lose and great possibilities to gain
In the reconstruction OF tho Government by
any agency.
Tn, belief to which I referred week ago.
that the power most threatened by the French
Russian alliance Is England. and not the Triple
Alliance. is rapidly growing. 1t is in Egypt.
on the Indian frontier In TanRier. or in some
other region OF International questions. that
tho new influence will first make itself felt.
And in moro arrogant fashion than either ma
ton alone would dare to adopt toward John
Bull The increasing demand for substantial
additions to the British navy is the form which
anxiety on the subject is taking The Admi-
ralty declaration this week that the Victoria
disaster docs not prove the structural weak
nesI OF the other war ships has not restored
puh!ic confidence The department could
hardly be exp .c:ed to condemn IT'S own work.
Germany is by no means blind to the danger
which tho French Russian ALLAN % creates.
but even IN that country the bearing of events
In regarded as moro anti English than anti
Ger;iln.
The Cologne fn.eHe prints m important ar
tirlr in reply to bis'Hnrck's v"ws in The Ham
burg .Nnrhr cin IN on thtS point. .tnrGues that
II is in their ro;amon hostility TO Eng
!anI that French and EUs>inr Interests
lin tho best nn!I for combined opcr-
nj "a Ia
which have abroad attended thcir efforts. on
the one side. in the panirs aud in the opening
OF the DardanellcS to tho Russian tlcet. and on
tha other. in the ioteat ot the British mission
to Morprco in tho ouSting or In .iish enter
Prise from Syria. IN tn" intrigueI which are
undermining British Influence in Egypt. in tho
tloH "a British pr"sti % in SIAN. and in the
Development OF french preponderancy in tho
Mediterranean. Nowhere except perhaps in
Egypt has England attempted to oppose an
effective resistance to the progress OF tho
French. Germany" says ths article. in
conclusion. is not concerned with tho
struggle for power in the Mediterranean
any more than with the Eastern Dues
tion. The str"nghrninG o. French In
fuencs cannot. MIDGET bs n matter OF ind!f-
ference to Germany. being likely in time to
react untavortbly on her relations to France.
But for that reason she would never dream OF
defending the world wide interests OF Great |
Britain with her sword. For her they are n OF |
worth tho bones OF n Pomeranian Grenadier.
The point at issue is rather that tho concen- |
tration OF power in EnGIani'S hands Il bot.
ter security for reace than it would be T. in |
those of France"
Prvate adyices from st. Petersburg say that |
the Gar continues to show the kesnest Inter- !
est In the work OF reorganiang the fleet and !
making Russia o respectable naval power.
During his recent holiday in Denmark he re-
ceived weekly reports from the Russian Minis
ter OF Marine. accompanied by drawings OF
projected now war shrs. every detail OF which
he examined carefully. since his return to
Russia he has given an audience to the chiefs
OF the Naval Department, and has received
statements MS to the present position OF every
vessel In the course OF construction.
Several years ago the Gear gave orders that |
all Russian war ships should be built at home.
and. as far as possible. with home made mate