New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
WAR FEARS SUBSIDE
MAKING BALKAN TERMS.
RyStn;r1,s Political OutloOh,-Shdn1
Battles Expected.
Especial by French Cable to The Tribunal
rcovrriEht- 1905. by The Tribune Associatson-i

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London. Dec z6.-The complete collapse OF
st,,,es+sc politics has forced the sensational
s,-ess 20 look abroad for scare heads The at
49,, On the French President, while trivial
AFFAIR. serves the purpose CT supplying highly
er,belltshed column for Bank Holiday when
s-as4ro supplanted by a patriotic coup q etaI
s,as already ceased 10 excite public curiosity
lrspecially as his unlimited letter Of credit mas
been cancelled
The Eastern question is q more uust"Vi'hS
resource for those leader writer's who are bent
s5rou ending the year with pricl1y worries
.E-esh causes for anxiety have been found py
49, co-resporderts in Bosnia and Herzegovina
where the population is seething with dlscon-
rent end preparing for revolt. and NJ lswolsky s
xreech IS interpreted as q provocative cha-leHse
10 Austria Hungary and q bold proclamation OF
;sRussta,s determination to defend the interests
NJ the Southern Slavs; yet in spite OF the ooleiu
ko-ecasts and exploits OF newspaper caTnpaisH-
krs the outlook IN that quarter is Slowly oUt
ke~s6ry improving. II no financial se'tienleiit
Sc n4en reached. terms have been proposed ana
u-a under consideration, and while bargaining
= continue for another month it still seems
sr,s,,- .Fet bulgaria end Austria-Hunsary VIII
a--anRe satisfactory compensation with turkey
sns enable q conference to assemble ana oea4
h.-sth the claims Of Se1via ano AlOhle4esiS A'-
kne enlargement Of territory
( ~ x---o7s1-v a-d BARON Won AehrenthaI are
-, ,aroa6 70 pose as champions Of the
sr-,,c-so race but with the Triple Alliance bal
E-sd nv the entente among France. Russia
- F-,slsnd the catastrophe Of a general Euro
h,Aen war is highly improbable The southeIh
kslz~ may remain a more or less menaclng NsU
+ -te @orer-ound for another twelvemonth, yet
she moral forces Of opinion n every caIltal are
ks,. With cumulative effect IN favor OF peace
! The noliticsl clubs have enptied Tor the hoH-
kssvs and the ministers are too exhausted a.
kbe;r ardrous labors, for platform orafory- DaEIu
k,ova Georges final cue has been g war cry IOF
ho++Ie be+xeen free trade and free institutions
= the liberal side and protection and the pT1v1-
kscs n bread taxing On the other. and this IS
-. ,,,- q low rumble Of blank firing from the
bTnfonist lines about predatory legislation pg
snhfct the Have Nots" will benefit at the eX-
- 81 -re -FIaves" The Liberal party, as
E-~sss-ta5 t,v the more outspoken journals, Ike
saTbs Nation" IS discontented with its leader
A4fr and eager for an early general election ana
- vigorous fighting policy against the boros-
! Tho s+alzrarIs VIII not relax their efforts 10
-. the Chancellor Of the Exchequer TO include
-. +axa-ior Of land values IN the budget II
go s,,coeed and the Lords take up the chal-
80 ny throwing out the budget, the crisis may
y 1-o,7gft on before midsummer, but II Is more
ys,,-a17 mat there viii be a brave show Of fight
g., without tactics so aggressive as TO involve
: neal conflict before The electorate. One OF
80 hest informed members Of Parliament on
i,bs ff,e-aI side has assured me IN most posi-
s,ve terms that there viii be no general electon
s,,v+ x-ear and his forecast has been confirmed
nv one Of the most active members OF the gov
eminent l. ~