New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01
DISQUIETALONGT THE DANUBE
CONDITIONS IN THE LITTLE PRINCIPAL
TIES THAT THREATEN THE PEACE
OF EITROPE.
Paris. June s.

River Danube It would puzzle most men Oh ih'o-
die age to locate and bound accurately from west
20 east Bosnia and Montenegro, Serbia buisaiiA
with Rume;la. and Rumania In the geograpn'es
Of their schoo-days all these countries were ou'
uninterestlng provinces OF Turkey IN Europe ineS
were uuc,yilzed and undeveloped and, Mt most the
possible objects Of Austrian covetousness wheh 'ne
sick Man Of Europe" should finally be forceu u
leave his domlnons in heritage to MS Chr's'l'i'
neighbors The union OF all these fragments oi tie
Slav race, including the Bohemans Oh Tue "o' -.
under the White Gar not yet dreamed o. IL
was not realized that Russia, following up her CEN
turv-long ambition, might one Day au'a"0o vi
Constantinople by way OF Vienna
In thirty years n change that wouid scarcey
have seemed possible has been wrought 10 'he Hor'"
and the south Of the Danube. This mighty
stream now counts In the politics Of Europe FOR as
much as the Rhine itself; and the steady develop
rnent Of the countries along its banks Is far more
important to the world at large. There the "oin
Of civilization has been Overdone, II anythhB' anu
France and Germany menace the worlds peace out
Of National pri L. and revenge. Here twenty miohs
~ s,uIs are struggling into National consciousness
and toward a measure of advancement when Will
secure 10 them life and liberty ana Haterlal 'o'"-
fort with a fair chance to profit by the inteIlectu
opp,rtunties Of the These peoples 81 the balkan
Peninsula represent to-day half the great causes Tor
which the English speaking world has gone wild
v.th enthusiasm during the whole century At the
beginning II was Greclan independence from the
Turk But the key TO the present complication Is
the same slow but inevitable natural death OF the
/ Turkish dominion in Europe, with the corresponds
ing slow and equally inevitable advance
/ Of Russia toward Constantinople. AT the
middle Of the century 1t was Kossuth
and Hungary with the right OF as
tnct races 70 their autonomy in countries when
they occupy exclusively. And here, the whole dues-
ton on the lower bank OF the Danube Is whether
the races once subject to the "unspeakabe Turk
g., flf.f oIf "A
themselves: and on the other side. whether the
Huugarans. who long since succeeded in their own
cause. shall Inconsistency deny to the three mill
ions Of the Rumanian living together in their
territory equal political rights with themselves.
By placing the occurrences Of the last irw Gays
beside the political changes OF thirty years which
have made them possible. it will be easy TO gain
fair understanding OF the present situation II con-
Germs the peace Of Austria with Russia the Internal
union Of the Austro- Hungarian monarchy, the de-
fcusive alliance Of Germany with Austria. the con-
tinucd development Of Greece and the reform Of
Turkey the possibility Of Balkan federation and
it's relation TO the alliance between Russia and
France More important still-since the three EN-
porors ON whom everything depends seem to hold
personally FOR peace 80 long as peace may be pos
sib.-t hr situation viialy concerns the CONNER
clal competition OF England with Germany and
Austria For the sake OF the worlds progress il is
greatly T. Doe hoped that the difficulties Of the sit
untion may be solved in the latter sense. Com
mercc has become the fundamental intercourse Of
man with man; and It grows with the growth Of
native agriculture and industry. II Is far better
that by means Of this Intercourse, the great out
lying fragments Of humanity should be brought
r-o communion with the best AMI most highly
developed Of their kind than that the vague ideals
Of Pan-slavism should be realized the one hand
or the political status quo be preserved indefinitely
the other
First IN point Of tlTc the harsh sentence
~ fhe Hungarian Court a. Kausenburg against
those leaders OF the Rumanan race in Transyl-
vana who had dared to represent to the Emperor
King that all is not we'll I'm his Dual Monarchy.
This at followed by agitation OF the
young party IN Rumania proper that all but led TO
diplomatic trouble IN bucharest Then Francis
Joseph tried to confde the formation OF new Min
lstrN u budapest - the Ban Of Croatia. Count
Khu.f n lervary The Wek.rle Cabinet which
was purely Magyar hal fallen on the question OF a
C.yli Marriage h.l ihlt was as llstastefui - the
saw peasants ~ the Monarchy 10 the Hungarian
Masnate~ who voted It's rejection. II thought
that the Ban ~ Croatia. who Is conservative lord
woull be- acceptable 10 the Magnates and he repre-
SCENTS that half-autonomy which * exercised by the
Croato-Serb population OF Croatia. Slavonia and
Iamaut from their capital. Agram. But tho
Magyar politicians OF budapest rendered any COM
promise Impossible. Their Kossuth who made the
Western world weep over their own downtrodden
condition. brutality refused In 1913 admit the Serbs
ana Crolts To- a share In the struggle for indie
pcud-uc, from Austrian absoutsm To him.
L. MS countrymen Who now hold the predomnance
all these races are hut the unclv.lzed Sav wear
ers Of sl,epskln." This Is but balanced by The
' preston used by the league organized I'm Rumania
FOR releasing the Of their in Transylvania
from The barbarous yoke Of the Hungarian"
Tho second occurrence has an appearance OF moro
immediate danger 10 the peace OF Europe. The
young Kng ~ Serya. who. before he u age
hal the daring TO break loose from the regency
| appointed over him has thrown of the yoke
I u The constitution which has given his country
semb.ance OF parliamentary government. In Seryia
7 there IS a double difficulty.
/ First. the Russian influence Is supposed to have
had IT, strongest hold In all the Balkan region over
the Radical party which King Alexander has
dspossessei. Servia is naturally entering wedge
! In the Slav frontier against what would otherwise
I be- an unbrOken line Of anti-Russian hostility. To
/ the west is Bosnia with Herzegovina which are
sim the nominal possessions OF Turkey but which
are under the active administration. with military
occupation. of Austria since the treaty OF Berlin
I in lNN TO the north. across the Save and the
/ Danube there Is ha,f million Of Serbs living In
7 chronic discomfort under the Austro-lIungaran
rule. In the time OF her domestic tragedies Of
/ divorced queen Natalie and abdicatlng King Milan
/ -Scrvia found time % ct Austria know that she
feels herself strong enough to keep protecting
eye over all the children OF her race. During the
Ministerial crisis OF summer ago, the Govern
ment at Vienna I'm turn let II be known authorize
lively at belgrade that Austria Hungary would be
/ pleased II Servia would attend to her business
at home. Meanwhile Serva has anOwel state of
! lawlessness along her Bosnian frontier which Is
ttle better than the abuses OF Turkish rule and
only hinder the panstakng work OF Austrian
form. In this way Seryl remained always open 70
Russian Pan-Slavist agitation. thus making up
for the detection OF Rumania. which is prosperous
enough to think only of her own independence and
Of Bulgaria. which has Obstinately deied the Car
for seven years back This state of things
strengthened by the desire OF Servia TO extend her
own influence In Macedonia which is still subject
TO Turkey along with Greece whose Pan Hellenism
has long made her coquet with both France and
Russia
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