The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02
The Perturhed Co "dition OF the
World.

The Perturhed Co "dition OF the
World.
Evidently the summer of 1905, like that
of 1870, is not destined to be ranked in
the tegory of silly seasons Indeed,
the present area of conflict, commotion
and foreboding is much wider than was
tina affec ed by the f'ranco-German war
Not only is a military catastrophe I'M
minent in Manchuria, but the rumbllng
of a revolution may be heard in European
Russia, and omens Of internal disorder
or international friction are visible in the
Ottoman Empire, in Morocco, in Austria
Hungary and in Scandinavia, while,
although the recent tension between
Germany and France seems for the mo-
ment relaxed, it is scarcely likely that the
restless ambition of Emperor WILLIAM
H. will long remain quiescent. 1t would
surprise no close student OF events, II
the current twelvemonth should fig re
in history as the "dnnns mtrdbtlss" which
witnessed not only a revival OF Aslatic
prestige, but also the most memorable
example of a nations regeneration which
has been beheld in Europe since the
States-General met at Versailles.
There is reason to believe that the
Balfour Government, attentive to Lord
KITCHENER warning of the insecurity
Of British India, may seek to transform
the existing restricted alliance with
Japan into a much closer league for
reciprocal support, which would place at
Englands disposal an army OF Japanese
veterans, in the dreaded event OF a Rus
sian advance southwark from central
Asia. In spite OF the fact that Marquis
ITO formerly advised the Mikado to enter
into an understanding with the Car, it is
now probable that the Toxic Govern
ment would prefer coalition with Great
Britain, which, by assuring to Japan
permanent and unchallenged ascend ency
In Far Eastern waters, would leave her at
liberty to prosecute her program OF ag-
grandizement on the Asiatic coast OF the
Pacific. The erasure of Russia from the
list of Pacific Powers and the insuper-
able obstruction offered by an Anglo
Japanese combination to her procur-
ing foothold on the Persian Gulf or
Indian Ocean, would compel her to fall
back on her original hope of expansion in
southeastern Europe, hope which
England, at present principally con-
cerned to check the designs imputed to
the German Emperor, might no longer
be disposed to Illustrate. We may be
pretty certain that the Ottoman Sultan,
who is by no means lacking in shrewd-
ness, has begun to measure the probable
results OF Russia's recoil from Asia upon
her European base, and to calculate the
chances Of his keeping Constantinople
without the help of British warships.
His coreligionist, MULAI ABDUL AzIz,
marking the signs that Germany, in con-
sideration of certain assurances, may
consent after all to recognize the moral
right of France to exercise tutelary
function in the Moroccan dominons, is
doubtless haunted with msgivng lest
in the fate of the Khediye he may read
his own destiny,
1t is quite within the bounds of posi-
bility that the ties connecting the Cis-
Lothian monarchy with the Kingdom Of
Hungary, ties strained already nearly to
the breaking point, will be snapped during
the present summer, and the i'll assorted
union of the HapsburS possessions I'M
dergo violent disruption. The Hun
garian Diet has been prorogued, and the
Ministry od interim, appointed in the
teeth of majority Of the popular cham
Der, is called upon to govern under cir
cumstances of extraordinary difficulty,
for any attempt on its part to coerce
delinquent taxpayers or recalctrant
conscripts would violate constitutional
guarantee and might provoke wide
spread resurrection. There have been
of late indications that, in the event of
the disintcgration of tie dominions of
SINNERS JOSEPH the German-speaking
provinces would gravitate quickly to the
German Empire, and that Italy might
make a resolute attempt to incorporate
Trieste and the Trcntino. 1t used to be
taken for granted that redistribution OF
the territories tackled together under the
Hapsburg Crown would he postponed
until after the decease of the present
E nperor, but it now looks as if the con-
stitutional crisis imminent in Hungary
might precipitate the process.
For the first time also in many a dec
ade the Scandinavian peninsula has be-
come an object Of international attention,
The resentful spirit in which Norway's
secession was discussed by many infu-
entail members of the Swedish Riksdag,
when it met the other day at Stockholm,
renders it by no means certain that the
eoAciliatory program of King OSCARS