The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
LEO XIII. PAVORS RUSSIA.
VIEW CONDITIONS nv EUROPE WILL
SECURE RoMB's INDEPENDENCE,
Russia. Backed by France aud with a.r.
Mays sympathy, u Now In Control
The Triple Alliance II Dend-EsEiand,
Austrin, Sad Italy Must Yield.

Russia, Backed by France sad with Ger.
Mays sympathy, IL Now In Control
The Triple Anisnee IL Dena-Eagiand,
A"stri", sud H,aiy Mpst Yield.
RoSh. March 4.-when in 1883 Russia rscoy.
cred her Independence and liberty Of action In
her relations to the two empires of central Eu.
rope, Leo XIII. made one of those extraordinary
right abouts that astonish and dlsconcot
men. 1t That hour. on that date, which di.
vidcs the second half Of the diplomatic his
tory OF the Continent into two portions, tho
Pope decided In his prophetic mind on
three great plans, the Franco. Russian alliance,
the policy OF resistance to the Triple Alliance,
and, rs an international corollary, tho unre
served acceptance Of the French republic.
These are three forms of but one thought.
namely, to favor that Ideal OF European order
which might best serve his views rs regards
Italy and tho Independence OF tho Pa.
pncy. Cabinets and statesmen were all
astonishel in different ways at this evolu.
ton. They found difficulty In understanding
the plan OF the Pope In its majestic order and
Its ideal grandeur. From on h.gh the Holy En-
ther had guessed what the transformations Of
Europe would be, and he early adapted him.
elf to them and put his seal on them, Tho
Quai d'Orsay, at first puzzled, with difficulty
understood the gentle and pressing insistcnce OF
Rome; more than once Cardinal Rampolla was
''hESu SUR up the zeal o! French diplomacy
In ordcr to open up negotiations for an alliance
with The great empire of the Cars. To-day
the facts Justify the intuition OF the white
Man" Is not the Triple Alliance, the material
ranoart OF Italy against the Pope, break.
Ing up into its constituent elements Who
counts to-day on the military and diplomatic
cooperation of the Quirinal? who hopes in
the maintenance Of Austrian Influence in the
balkans? Where arc the intimate relations of
1887 between Berlin and the consulta2 1t lie o
new European world that Is forming; It Is about
TO shape itself, to become international, so to
speak, under the influence OF Russia.
Russia. in fact, supported by France, Is the
Rrbiter of Europe. She takes the place. In
the eyes Of political prophets. at once Of the
dream of Lord Beaconsfield and of the more
real domination Of Herr won Bismarck. The
organs inspired by diplomacy. the Journal dc
Genfre, the Neue Frete Presse, the Post, the Al
~ltg'metlc Zcitung, the Paris Petit Journal, tes-
fifty TO the progressive rise OF the Cars power
on the horizon. Russia has not been content
with suatching from Japan Manchurla and
Corca. which that bold little people had con.
9uered by force OF arms: she 10 about To take
Japnn's place in those lands and to appropriate
calm and so sure a method that even the English
newspapers, not daring to engage in an I'M
even i%tr9ggIe, have reached the point Of. think.
ing that all that is done there Is well done.
They think that Russia has the right Of possess.
ing in that region a port. FREQ from ice in winter.
y%ostork on tho Gulf Of Corea. You win hard
11hirn"na and M the 1 Extreme Pass East s spe ' IN anes whsn
II word OF blame for the events that have Just
country. the former vassel 'n of M OF 5 5ss
sought the protection of Russian sailors landed
bassy. witch for q time viii be- the roysi M.
ace OF Corea.
Closer to US; at Sofia. all the efforts made by
Austria and TtrEay In proapnAo ,,t,h H.
land. Germany. and Italy. TO maintain on the
right bank of the Danube an independent prin,
resist!b!o pressure Of. Russia, which has OBJ
tanned its objects without war or violence, in
'%i fF't G R5sss ny sss s wR2ss Sas of thu the f issnp:
mo9ntable obstacle to, the Russifying Of the
mission Of Prince fspd isseoda to r Ss shs l s~n,
from from Russia and to give her, as a pledge. the
P TGnverS' In the TO %rmenisg Of au his son' Il the &c cf RTsl
tion. one which Is no solution, which leaves
causes for discomfort in the Turkish empire |
keeps open all the opportunities for its dissoiu.
OF those who are to inherit Il.
These are i'm Important events, since they |
something new. the almost uncontested pre-. |
dominance Of Russian ipfuen e: Whatever
edge that the power which to-day spreads
f. wings >, oyer the world Is no longer either
saw. Russia united to France. She has reached |
IN a very short time a degree Of superiority
old civilization viii, ther .iore be confronted
admixtqre dating from Peter the. Great.
Europe, and may seem to enaanssr !? Leo an XffI,'s
Idea; But in the first place. in politics. distant
than do present dangers and the unceeptainty Of
existence. What hampered the Vatican In its
a Allan a tof f fhhPI"ibs nprier wS has it ini. IN a fns b rfbiR,s
Papacy.' The Pope knows, too. that Russia viii
tute military action for its method OF slow in
filtration. till the day when she shall have com
will lead her to the shores of the Indian Ocean
and give her the breathing space which she
fears her descent into the Balkans less than
Austria does. II, believes that In going beyond
h Mh,ch IrG givs. Rin IS hse9 heI Srit sh5Sp sh.r ahs eir sbs
will break down her organic life, her traditions,
the keystone that upholds the ediice;, The day
b. the well-known laws of history. the color.
The manners, the ideas Of our civilization. She
system. her unity, the confusion OF the civil
religious power, and to take on new organs, |
with the Pspacy. and that contact, in spite OF
the fiT st cT RI whI EsTi9 3D. 9 pEeIv the way yriyi to Es a CON- n
place. At the Vatican this future has. been
for by what is called the policy Of 1.-THE
point or contact Ihat Is the main thought |
of Mgr. Sfrossmayer, the, brilliant Bishop of
piakoren, the ardent patriot and cooperator Of
Leo XIII. IN the Orient, whom Francis Joseph
once insulted, hut who now triumphs.
There is thus formed In Europe a common
centre OF peaceful ideas which will with
stand all plans for. war. Germany does, not
fear this Constellation, as her writer's, call II.
When William III. sent the famous despatch
TO Kruger, he expressed and summed up the
Idea OF the German fatherland. RINGING It out
like a national anthem. For the Germans
are eager to find an opening on the ocean and
in their colonies, but In, every path and at
every station they meet the Englshman, the
OF their commerce and OF their inter
ests. No one in Europe has any doubt OF the
existence of a common understanding between
Russia. France. Germany. and Turkey, having
for its object 10 check the naval and colonial
OF tho world. There was great. dis.
appointment on the Continent that The united
did not press further its point against
the British Cabinet; II was sure of the SYM
pathy and applause Of all. A diplomat said 20
me: England feels the danger In which she