Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-09-03
Some European Possibilities.


, itary convention recently concluded
between Austria and Roumania b,
which the latter engages in the sven
of war to assist Austria by placing
her army in position on the line o
the Sereh between GHlatz on thu
Danube and the southeastern angle Of
the Carpathians, in order to bar the
way against a Russian advance
through Roumania to Bulgaria anu
the Upper Danube.
This would make a line of defense
as strong rs nature and art can render
it, but still with.the aid of Bulgaria
could he Hanked by the way Of the
Black Sea- The mirror Balkan States
are now, with the possible exception
of Greece, Enthusiastically under the
influence, if not the acutal control, of
Russia. If the great struggle for
which Europe has so long been
nightly preparing comes in the near
future, we may expect to see there
little powers line up with Russia.
ard that of course is what Austria as
in view in this alliance il she has
made 1t.
The general International situation
is apparently also more favorable to
Russia than it has been for years, or
perhaps ever before. There has been al
enormous improvement in the anna
ment and disciplite of berarmies since
the early nineties, when the possibil-
ity Of a war between Austria and
Russia, with England and Turkey
taking hand in Asia, was much
greater tn An the European public was
ever aware, and the French govern
ment sent special agents to- report on
the condition Of the Russian army
and their report was most unfavor-
able. Russia's slliante with France
seems also to be closer and tirmer
than ever before while, the Triple
Alliance between AUSTRIA, Germany
and Italy has practically gone to
pieces. Any co operation between
England and Turkey may be regarded
as out of the question and if Turkey
caunot keep out of the struggle en-
tirely she is pretty certain to appear
on the Russian side. The political |
corrse Of events in Austria-Hungary |
itself in the past few years with the
unusual lengths to which racial ard |
factional hatreds have gone, must
have operated dangerously towards
her disiutegratlon as a military |
power And on the Italian side she
is confronted with another grave
menace. The ltsliaLs of Austria,
who have never ceased to look for
ward to eventual union with Italy,
could hardly be expected TO refrain
from Utilizing a favorable opportunity
10 crown their Cesire and though
Italy should run the risk Of meeting
At Trieste the point Of the German
sword, as Prince Bismarck in the
Reichsteg once solemnly warned the
Irredenta party she would, things
lave changed since then, and the
:ousummation Of their aspirations
night Re thought worth the hazard.
'enice is to he made a naval statior,
" which Italy ATHENS her claims in
he Adriatic, and means to dispute
With the help of her Slavorlc con
lections and Albanian relations the
overeignty Of that sea.
England weakness has been most /
demonstrated to the
'o'ld by her futile attempt in the ,
asst two years to conquer two puny '
epublics in South Africa. The !
reatest empire the world ever saw, i
er cry extent is shown to be her weak i
rs ard with all Der wealth resources, h
he is no longer feared among the u
reat powers IS she was few years Il
go. o
In the military sene everything h
Gems favorable for Russia to strike q
u tuc VI hCl hiubItipbS II
] Asia and elsewhere. But power $
Il, if not a decisive restraint upon II
or is her financial weakness. She iC
aeds a quarter of century more to h,
'nsoli date her power and then Ii
apoleon's prediction that Europe u
i'll be all Republican or all Cos Ii
ck' will be dangerously near full.
lment. 10
But there is a dream at Eerln, Al
nbodied IN map at the foreign 6y
lice in the Wilhelmsstarse of tn
eat Germanic empire extending 81
Dm the North Sea and the Baltic
the -Egean and the Black Sea,
ID from the frontier conceded to the
called Latin races on the west to bu
e line of the Donipeer on the east. col
mi
Labor Gay had a general observance IN;
roughout the country yesterday. In H.
,ston there were 20, 900 men in the ~, ~,
rade. At Chicago the non strikirg ha
eel WORKERS we're left out in the pa
Id. Montpelier, Rutland, Burling- pat
0 and Barre as we'll as Brattleboro ire
d observsnces At karsas City Mr. In