The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-10
UnGSlAS SUN RAPIDLY RISING.
r,,r CZAR SURE TO POCKET THE
l' nv TO EASTERN EUROPE.

SuDrcmacy III NShe"
,,ready DOOmed-An Interesting
contest for Supremacy Already ON
root in Abyssinia-Cecil Rhodes as
opopular Hero.
coovright 1897, by the New York Sun
printing and Publishing Company
,ordon Jan. 9.-It is curious TO observe
-. gradually the European press is
'.orsning to the knowledge of Russia's
ra..mount position in the eastern ques-
-, Yesterday for instance, the Lon
j., standard gave prominence to COM
.,,lcation from it's Vienna correspond
-rt IN regard to what he describes as a
.n. denarure in the Austro-Hungarian
4o-sion policy. The departure, in sense
= new but it was announced and de-
pr'ba5 in this correspondence weeks ago.
Tte standards correspondent declares
srv truly that if Russian preponderance
,s IN he allowed in any form Whatever in
pnigaria and Constantinople, it will not
~ nossibIe for any length of time to
MAINTAIN Austria's supremacy in Rouma-
MA Servia and Greece, and on the east
,rn shore of the Adriatic or Gulf of Sa-
onca She will, in the end' be cheated
ont of her share of influence in Constan-
ynon1e. as well as of the compensation
srs1ted her for silently look
ire on while Russia pockets
,be kew to the east of Europe.
That process Of cheating, or whatever
obpr terms may be applied to it has, as
matter Of fact, within the knowledge OF
readers Of the Sun already gone a great
deal further than the Standard seems to
know Russia concurrent with aher direct
onerations in Constantnople, has been
in RnuTn9 mia the small
Balkan states, and Greece, and if a crisis
sbollld come tomorrow 1t would probably
fDd all these arrayed on the SIDE of Rus
sa 1t is merely a case of worshipping
the rising sun. Roumania, for some time
mast has been virtually an ally of the
tribe alliance powers, but her attitude re-
Gently has caused great deal of anxiety
IN Vienna.
should it really prove true, said a con-
ssrvatiye ROumanian statesman to the
Standards correspondent the other day,
'tha. England and Austria have abandon
cd COnstantinople as no longer desirable
against the growing power of Russia in
& the Black sea, we Roumanians should GER
tainly turn Russian from the king DOWN
wards. With Russia supreme in what
ever form it likes in Constantinople, it
would be suicide for us not to be Russian
heart and sou."
hand the task of divorcing Roumania from
n the triple alliance, and beyond doubt she
N will succeed. Her methods are but du-
plcation of those successfully followed
elsewhere. Newspapers are springing in
to existence the editors and contributors
Of which are men hitherto quite unknown,
who are maintained out of funds of mys-
terious origin. They are adroitly edited
and are insldiously anti-Austrian. In the
villages Russian agents masquerade as So
Galls-s whose favorite demand is for uni
Versal suffrage which in the opinion of
. the statesmen referred TO will result in
4 the destruction of the constitutional polit-
lcal edihce painfully and laboriously rear
ed by King Charles, and possibly of the
dynasty itself
An equally interesting contest for su-
pTemacy IS proceeding in Abyssinia be-
tween Russia and France on one side and
England and Egypt on the other. En-
pefor Menelik is beginning to feel his po-
hlon embarrassing. After defeating Italy
ID square fight, he naturally concluded
ne was a very great man, and it pleased
nm nightly to have the big European
powers send special ENJOYS to court his
nendship and make him presents. But
ue pleasantest part of this business is
pretty well over, and he has now got to
1IHs al the cleverness he possesses.
gnlch Is a great deal, to avoid taking
sues The suspicion that his new friends
Ie prepared to gobble him up whenever
ule operation can be performed with rea-
"haDle safety and minimum cost, does
.Y. M duu TO Menelik's S enjoyment of his po-
.uon Russo-French influence for the
,Moment prevails, with the result that
rpeNeilA mas refused the help of the Anglo
s5puah army to smash up the Mahdi
eul lne dervish hordes next autumn. but
a@'Dgans ssa with sporting turn of mind
disposed TO accept odds in favor of
sand ultimate victory. She has been
FD! oeaten in the diplomatic fight in
,-.Iope' put she has a way of winning in
W.. owned countries, particularly Af-
leoa la winch some power have not yet
hgl' ho Lg.' because they are mostly new to
a. me Rt. Hon. Cecil Rhodes, ex-premier
rio. oape Colony eX-dlctator of South Af-
irta aHu organizer of the filibustering raid
ap5 o Wy lIansVaal made by DR.. Jameson
kor I'HAea a. by the British government,
AM ,. r.s way to England, after a triumph
ist, posress through the colony. Rhodes
ht ,"e position of a prisoner out on bail,
# his Iulng to long cable reports of
The bsHI doings in South Africa, he is
n uar 5a5,C oI war and diplomacy and a pop
M pe1,iAnS. The whole demonstration of
sgo I.ah IN South Africa, who year
M r''5 p''eSehded to disavow sympathy with
beobLu INTO the territory of a peaceful
W Icy 'roor n,,S ana justified the strenuous poll
stlr5, 5"' sued by President Kruger and his
Of uuIshers responsible for the safety
pa,, N,e republic, Is perfectly
BrI,t modes, his accomplices and the
sorry eo'onists in general are simply
nred e0duse the raid failed and are pre-
Fl he ro,e make another attempt whenever
notl tl'lent seem proptious. SO far there
This c5 10 the attitude of the press of
hkfn "''lIy to which exception can be
warn pL.A majority of the newspapers
hless nudes that he is overriding the un-
Eo1J pdulot business and declare that il
Aas n,,,i as wei. for him 10 keep quiet, at
he Is to vi the commission before which
cures' 5Fe evidence has finished its in
Aer t,, hut likely as not they will change
Shore, |e | When Rhodes reaches these
Which '''4 receives the popular ovations
nep3rea are now being generally
he p,1I, for him. Rhodes Is
nl or,rr',"lohaire head of syndicate of
# wharayeI, Is who will not grudge to spend
going ,f' tT money may be required to keep
Rhode ~ popular agitation in his favor.
W 10 The n''nselt evidently means TO fight
cate tbat ana MS recent speeches midi
will tn, ne believes that the government
the eyli pace before the commission ali
compromis,s N their possession for fear OF
altei evns ns some individuals more ex
Colony man the eX-premier of Cane
Genera. oy tne commission, contrary to