The record-union., 1897-01-11

China'S Partition.
BERLIN, Jan. 10.-(Copyright, 1897,
by the United Associated Presses. ,
Count GoluchoWsky, Austrian Minister
of Foreign Affairs, will arrive in Berlin
ON january 18th. The ostenSible OBJ
ject of his coming is to take part in a
meeting of the members of the German
order of Red Eagle, of which he wears
the decoration of the Grand Cross, but
it is known beyond the possibility of
doubt that the purpose of his visit is to
confer with the Emperor and Prince
Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chancellor
upon matters affecting the position of
Austria in the Dreibund.
The radical changes in the artillery
arm of the German military service,
which 1t is the intention of the Govern
ment to effect if the assent of the
Reiohstag to the proposals for that pur-
pose can be obtained, will necessitate
the pursuit of similar policy in the
arm of Austro- hungary, involving an
estimated expenditure of at least So
600, 900 f1oriTs. If as the result of the
conference of the Emperor, Count Col
uchowsl1y and Prince Hohenlohe, the
Kaiser should advise simultaneous re-
forms i'm the armies of the Powers sig
natory to the Dreibund, 1T will be a
question as to how in that direction
Austria will be able to assent while it
viii be a matter of still greater doubt as
to whether its ally will be able to meet
the financial demands which the re-
forms required will entail.
Despite it's Importance from every
point of view however the question of
new a1nnamen'ts is a matter of minor
consideration compared with the crisis
in the international relations of the
Drefbund Powers arising from the pol
icy OF Russia in regard to Turkey In
deed, nobody, even -Eae diplomats them
selves, know what will be the result of
The conferences of the ambassadors in
ConStantinople
Baron de Calce, the Austrian EN-
bassador to Turkey, who, by reason of
ms precedence as dean of the diplomatic
corps, presldes at the conference. does
not appear to send reports of the pro-
ceedlngS of the meetings to Count Col
UchoWsky which that stat esrnan is ius-
TINED in regarding as of a comforting
character, and it is understood that the
austrian Government desires a fuller
and more explicit understanding with
the German Emperor as to what action
Germany Will take in the event of an
outbreak requiring the armed inter>ven-
ton of Austria
The nomination by the Russian EN-
peror of NJ. Shishkin as the successor
OF Prince LObanoff in the office of Rus
sian Minister of Foreign Affairs with
Count Muravieff as his coadjutor occu-
pylng the position previously filled by
M ShlShkin, has greatly darkened the
outlook from the Dreibund point of
view Count Muravief was at one time
Secretary of the Russian Embassy in
Berlin, and is known to be an intense
partisan of France and a pronounced
German opponent.
Commenting upon his appointment as
the active Russian Foreign Minister, the
"Volks Zeitung" declares that it will
drive the wedge which Will bring about
dual alliance, if such thing can be
accomplished Germany, the paper
adds, will find her present support of
the policy of Russia in the East a great
mistake, and she by all means ought to
turn toward England.
The st. Petersburg "Noyosti" de-
clares that the settlement of the diff
culties in Turkey cannot imply an ex-
tension Of the Austrian Empire ''The
Balkan Peninusla,' this inspired Jour
nal says, must be handed over to the
Balkan peoples. The question con-
corning Asia Minor and Egypt can be
settled under a Franco Russian and
British entente and dConstantinople made
a free port" From these semi official ut
terances and the known circumstances,
# is clear the Austrian Government
fears the further development of the
situation and is sending Count Col
uchowSl<y here to ascertain the exact
situation and learn precisely what Aus
tria may rely upon in the event of GER
tain conditions of affairs.
The Sultan has sent Grumbkoff Pasha
to Berlin as the bearer of an autograph
letter TO the Emperor expressing the
thanks of the Sultan for the attitude
assumed towards him by the Kaiser
IN preventing the encroachments upon
his prerogatives.
The combination of brokers against
the time dealing clat~ses OF the stock
and produce exchange reform account
viii only succeed ii the Government
allows the tenor Of the Act to be ig-
nored. The produce exchanges which
have been dissolved and whose late
members now continue dealings un-
der the guise of free associations can
not be brought back to business by the
action Of the Government, but the free
associations are mistaken in supposing
that the Act cannot check either op-
erations In futures If the authorities
use their powers
When the brokers' intention to drive
through the Act first became known
the "Nord Deutsche Zeitung" published
an official intimation that its provis-
ions applied to all speculative business,
time and other dealings transacted out
side as well as inside the bourses. The
schemes which the brokers and banks
have devised set the law absolutely at
naught. The Government must either
undertake a persistent and wholesale
system of prosecution or submit that
the Act become dead letter. The