The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-15
DESPOT TO BE FEARED
The Cars Motive in Making a
Naval Display at TOuiOn.
He Wants to Impress France with His
Greatness and Secure Assistance
i'm Outstanding the World.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


BERLIN, Oct. H.-All Europe is listening
to-day TO the cheers of enthusiasm and the
crash of music at Toulon. In every capital
the eyes of the diplomates turned to-
ward the French cities where the French
and Russian banners have been entwined,
and where French and Russian anthems
sung together. The editors of all ma
lions are guessing what this international
hullaballoo means, and the statesmen in all
Cabinets are surmising the significance Of
this or that word dropped by guest
host Why is the Cars fleet in French
port? The answers have been numerous
and varied. The Car hates the triple al
lance. He is eager to humble Germany.
He finds in France needed ally in spread
ing his naval power. He dislikes Emperor
William. He wishes to borrow few hun
dred millions from 'ance, and makes
this harmless demonstration to cajole her
into good humor. These are few of the
answers necessarily poured into the pub
lie ear. None of them, however, goes be-
meath the humdrum surface of things
The Car, in fact, is known to have no
special hatred Of Germany and her allies.
to feel no great pride in increasing his in
fuence and to be in no pressing need of
money.
The motive behind the Cars advances
to France is as old as his empire 1t was
declared by Peter the Great and Catherine
IL 1t has gained power in underground
diplomacy OF eastern Europe for centuries.
1t has startled the world from time to time
with hideous tragedies. Its progress has
been marked with plumber, murder, mas
sacre and all the tempest of war; This
motive is the ambition of the despots in ST.
Petersburg TO RussianiZe the civilized
world. Such a motive is grasped with diff
hculty by the hard-headed statesmen of
the west. 1t would be impossible in any
other capital than st. Petersburg, where
the barbarism of the Huns and vandals has
survived to mingle with the dreamy aspira-
ton Of the Persian and Hindoo. 1t would
be secuted as ridiculous if it had not beens
recognized by the keenest men of the CEN
fury.
Two generations ago Mazzini wrote: eff
to-day there Is danger of an invasion and
Of conquests which might destroy the Eu-
ropean balance OF power it comes from the
north. Russia is the only power which the
south of Europe has to fear. From Gather
Inc III down TO our times Russia has pur
sued restlessy and successfully an idea of
annexation and increase in power hostile
to Europe Like sea that tears and saps
the shore, she has, step by step, followed
out to the right. to the left and in front the
territory that surrounds her, and now she
glanceS with greedy eyes upon the south.
To-day she has 100000 inhabitants she
has million men constantly under arms
more. She has territory which no man
can conquer. which is defeat to the inva-
der and death TO his army. Her arm reach
es from the United States to Germany. She
Is at the gates of Herat and on the high
way which cuts the British empire in the
east and leads 10 the Indian ocean. In the
Pamirs her hand is heard knocking at the
great wall OF. China Her shadow is over
Persia. All Asia Is full Of her unrest. Her
oniac In fsff he av1 rIa
agents are working with the weapons of the
assassin in Bulgaria, Servia and Roumania.
At the Golden Horn she undermines, grain
by grain, stone by stone, the throne and
empire of the Sultan.
In Hungary her conspirators have just
been revealed in the act of melting the
kingdom against the dual empire. In Bo-
hemia her agents are pushing forward
toward rebellion the young Czechs- over over
as a fine net. Wailaehia and Croatia and
Delmatia are thick with her secret ennis
restless by whispers In short wherever
Slavs live and wherever discomfort smol-
ders, from Bering sea to the Adriatic, from
the Arctic TO the Indian ocean and the
Mediterranean the leaven Of pussitcation
has been placed by the hand of the Ro-
The reception of the French fleet at
Kronstadt and the visit of the Russian
fleet at Toulon are but incidents or this
gigantic policy. For France herself the
present Car has no affection. The osten-
tattOn with which he has received the
Count OF HarlS ana the Duke OF orleans III
Copenhagen shows this; the GOODNESS with
which he has ordered the French to save
their enthusiasm and spare other people s
feelings also shows it. The Car is a rath-
er fiat-headed, arrogant gentleman OF strong
prejudices and but few attachments, and is
about the last person tn In the world , to
dislikes the German Emperor. TO be sure,
but his reasons are purely personal VIII
liam almost talked him TO death on several
occasions and was altogether too lively dur
ing his ST. Petersburg visit some years ago.
Evsn now. at the sngnteshs ,i mention OF that
sparingly, and stops his ears with his fin
gers to indicate that his dread of the young
n.i-n is too deep for words. But for French
men his imperial Majesty has not cared a
kopek since the republic was proclaimed.
Al Minister of War NJ. De Freycnet
dence but Freycinet. who enjoyed this dis
tinction, is gone. and the nobodies of power
IN Paris at present are so many figure
heads so far as the Gar is concerned.
The Cars only purpose in codding
France Is undoubtedly to impress her in the
service Of spreading the Russian empire.
The Car wishes TO make the Black sea
a Russian-a great rendezvous for his naval
vessels. with no enemy to oppose them or
spy on them He and his predecessors
have been gradually throwing CT the re-
strictions which the other countries of Eu-
and now. with Mediterranean squadron
which france viii ,,i help h raadv hoa at
past Gi6raitar ,rd ne VIII bee Tesdy seiIa
fun possession of its waters.
With two-thirds of his navy in the Black
sea and fleet i'm the Mediterranean the
Car will be on the high sea way to India
and can threaten the British empire the
south as well in the north. He will
also have the "sick man" at Constantine
pie by the throat, and with one twist will
be able TO strange him in the next general
crash and reimbursement of boundaries.
Moreover, he will have the gateway to the
Danube. through which his war ships can
be floated UP TO the Balkan states. whose
territory he covets.
This is only part of the programme which
Alexander III is trying To carry out for
himself and successors. He is negotiating
with France for cQaling stations off the
coast OF Siam. His ambition is as strong
as the powers OF Europe. II any country