St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-08
SOUNDS OF BATTLE HEARD
Russia Actively Preparing to
Take Constantineple.
INTENSE HATRED OF GERMANf
England Has Ordered a Nun1s
ber Of New Battle Ships.
FRANCE EAGER FOR THE FRAY

AONDON, DeC. I.-1ne important dis
patch from Vienna which the Times
printed this morning, setting forth that
the Russian government had declared
it imperative that the Kilia arm of the
Danube should be made navigable, the
object of which demand was to secure
the exemption of the Kilia branch from
the control of the Danube commission,
has served to attract renewed attention
to the serious situation Of affairs in
Europe-a situation which would
need only spark to kindle
the fame. That the various coun-
tries are fully alive to the
difficulties ahead of them there can be
no doubt. and numerous incidents have
come to light within the past few days
which indicate that all the powers are
making preparations to meet any emer-
gency, whatever its proportions may be.
In connection with these recent devel.
opments, the statement made today on
the authority of the Westminster Ga
zette that five new battle ships, first
class cruiser aud number of smaller
vessels have been ordered to augment
the British navy, is not without signifi-
canoe.
The Globe tonight, commenting on
the Times dispatch. asks if we are on
the eve of revival of the state Of things
produced by the Crimean war. 1t says
that Russla's demand that the Kila
mouth of the Danube be made naviga<
bic in the most alarming or
THE UGLY PoRTENTs
of trouble which have been so numer-
Gus of late. Reference is also made in
the Globes article to the hostile attitude
of Russia towards India and to Eng
lands unprepared condition for war.
At the request of the Associated Press
correspondent Mr.. Poultney Bigelow,
whose intimate relations with the high
est officials in Germany are we'll known,
and who has just returned to London
after stay of several months in Ger
many, today wrote the following OH the
situation in Europe: "Russia wants
Constantinople and is preparing to take
it. Russia cannot succeed in accom<
plishing this desire without first fight
ing Austria. She cannot fight Austria
without fighting Germany at the
same time. Russia wants the mouth of.
the Danube, desire as strange as If
France should wish to reoccupy Loulsi.
aua. Russia, therefore. has one enemy
particularly in mind; that is Germany,
In this hatred of Germany was born the
F,s4 I1Ix EoA Il
France, for France means to get back
Alsace-Lorraine. The gravity of
the present outlook Is not so
much in the fact that Russia
and France individually dislike
Germany, but in the fact that they are
united in hatred that absorbs every
other passion. That France is thirsting
for war admits of scant doubt to those
who saw the delirious behavior of the
French people in welcoming the Rus,
sian sailors at Touloe and Paris, nor is
there any doubt that she is now better
fitted for war than she has ever been.
Russia sounded France, and was we'll
satisfied with the result. When war is
declared the two are one, army and
navy.
'rhe Russian government has nov
massed all
ITS ACTIVE ARMY
west of Moscow, and the great bulk in
Poland. 1t is prosecuting the German
language and the Lutheran religion in
the Baltic provinces, and is tanning
rather than allayIng the prevailing
hatred for Germany. An editor in Pos
land was recently threatened with
transportation to Siberia because he
ventured to reprint an impartial article
in the Century Magazine on the emperor
of Germany. The editor was told that
in Russia the people aid not need
to have the German ruler praised.
Russia has been observing great secrecy
of late with regard to movements on
her railways. Sometimes several days
have passed when all traffic on the
roads has been stopped save that Of the
government. Oddly enough, the money
that she has been spending upon forts
and stores has nearly eli been expended
against the German frontier. She
knows that.she must settle with Ger.
many before she can get the Bosphorus.
The German emperor, meanwhile,
Is awake aud knows what is passing
about him, but he knows also that he
has much to lose and little to gain by
successful campaign. German men of
business feel this, toe. and that the next
war will be largely devoted to pulling
chcstnuts out of the fire for England.
The llalsec knows that in war with
Russia he will be fighting the battle of
all civilized countries against power
representing commercial stagnation,
political bar5arisn and religious intot
erance."
Dupuy Returns Thanks.