Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-01-21
EUROPEAN WAR CLOUDS
AUTHORITIES AGREE THAT TIE STORM WILL
SOON BURST.
Two Distinct Forces Making for war-Ths Finan-
ciers and the Ta1Psysrs-N Will be War
Of Conquest by Which Russia and France
Hope to be the Gainers-Knglish Interests in
Danger.

War in Europe Is inevitable, and even
he who prophesies as runs need not
hesitate to predict IL is not far distant.
Any little thing may bring 10 about.
An emeute In Central Africa NAV have
the seismic effect of whistling Crop
pies, Lie Down" at Donnybrook Fair.
There is no disposition on the part OF
men who study the situatlon-men like
de BlowitZ, St. Cere. Hughes lie Roux
to see In IL anything but war. There
are two distinct forces making for open
war: the tiDanciers on the one hand
and the taxpayers on the other
The European governments are be.
tween the deep sea OF popular
discomfort and the devil Of fnan.
ciers. The cost OF the enormous mill.
tarY establishments is so great that
there is only the alternative Of war or
national bankruptcy. Russia, Austria,
Hungary, Germany and France nigh
be Die to carry for some time yet the
burJen OF the military budgets, but
even in these cases the difficulty is only
shifted. There comes In the danger OF
the growing power OF socialism and the
anarchistic parties. For these internal
disorders the only remedy that Euro
pean statesmen discover is the blood.
letting OF q general war.
The very causes that make war inev-
liable will make IL long and fierce
strugRle-a war In Europe and Asia
that shall do away with any need OF
Malthusian precepts for scores OF gem
erations.
Where will the next war break out?
Lord Salisbury said, you may remem Der,
THE next war Is Russia's war" Thers
is good reason for accepting this state
ment. Whether fGlltdssins swarm over
the Rhine or Cossacks ride amuck I'm
Austrian lands IL will be no other thing
than Russia's gaining ground In the
East or winning water IN the South.
IT as the rising Of the Great Bear.
Before one can answer with any de-
gree OF probability the question where
the next war will break out, IL is neces-
sary 20 look into the Earring interests
that make for war. But mark this.
when the war is on and you are asked,
what IS the cditsd cdtt80us OF all this
uproar? do not forget the answer is the
"Dardanelles."
In the first place, France; II is not
Difficult; TO understand the interest
France has in the coming struggle.
The clamor for revenge on Germany IS
noisy enough, the popular cry for the
recovery Of the lost provinces is loud
enough TO deceive one who takes pol .
tics lightly into the belief that thei o
are the strongest influences in French
affairs. But the really potent factor 8
the French ambition for expansion ana
conquest in the East. 10 was this that
brought about the FrancO.Russ ALL
ance The greasy mechanics OF Tou-
Il Al L = -
officers OF the Russian feet In a sort q
enthusiastic hatred Of Germany, but
the presence OF tho feet in Gallo waters
meant the reopening OF the eternal
Eastern question. The FIRST intentions
dia, the orient.
And Russla2
IL was the will OF Peter the Great
and the dream OF Catharine % secure a
waterway TO the south land and the
countries OF the golden East IL Is a
racial ambition. Russia has no port
from which 90 launch her lron-clads
The north is closed half the year by ice.
the south is closed up all the year by
pen and ink treaties Through Turkish
waters alone Russia can find her way 20
European dominion. Whether she
makes war eastward toward Herat or
southwark over the Balkans, over black
rivers and salt seas, down TO the plaster
palaces OF STEAMBOAT and the barren
fronts Of the Dardanelles. her object is
still the same. Her interest lies in the
East.
This Is old sound logic. Possession
OF the Dardonelles means not only the
balance OF power in Europe. but the
control Of Asia a. well Men who
studied the field long ago reached the
same conclusion. Roman aud Greek
emperors sent enormous armies into
Asia Minor. They paid 10 heed 20 the
rich, unreaped fields OF Europe. And
they we're deep thinkers. ESen then
Turkey was the key to European aspir-