Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-02-02
Copyright. by w. @. Chapman.)
RATIVE OF
CAPTAIN ADAMS

n
~ t,ops of recent years was
I'd -, srdden seizure by Aus
INV ,s,o Of the Turkish prov
WI ,ncos of Bosnia and Herze-
r,yina which she had been
onormlttcd temporarily to oc-
rnny under the terms OF the
,oty II will be remembered
si1 ,, ", upon Turkeys success
y ..n}on against Abdul Hamid and
, ,.sosltJon. Count Won Aerenthal.
at, .,,i,n foreign secretary, effect
au'" ,amr detat in the face of Ser
'ls I russian remonstrances, and
. '" revoked European war
.F ,roroI weeks the situation was
~ ~ ENGLAND and France promised
~" material support should she
!, he sword against the Austrian
Germany stepped to Austria's
y ND flung down her gauntlet In
n va If Europe. And Russia yield
%,sw over the western powers
1olr proffered assistance and rat
Austria in her high-handed action.
Ain, had created so great a sensa-
IN couple Of decades. Why,
!, france and England backing her,
Russia play the craven? / think
:, ior the first time supply the an
N to the mystery.
vac living in my chambers in Half
=, street Piccadilly, awaiting a
nrons from the government, when
morniDg so early that the shops
scarcely taken down their shut
= messenger came dashing up my
,,s demanding my immediate pres
~ At Buckingham palace, where the
NJ WAS then in residence. / hurried
her IN taxlcab. and was ushered
N tbp royaI library. There | found
,g Edward and Sir Edward Grey,
foreign secretary, together. Sir
gri Grey was dishevelled and his
anes had the haggard aspect one
kh for in n man of middle life who
been up all night. The king, al
S .agh immaculate as he always Is,
fnel almost as distressed. When l
aGed his majesty came cordially
aad me-
Captain Adams" he began, this Is
problem which even you will hardly
bic, fear, Nevertheless, If you can
ges any possible solution, l shall
indebted vastly to you. Now
|Ge are the facts:
As you are Of course aware, Eng
Phi and France have offered Russia
|Ted support in the event of her ia
Elg Up arms against the German and
EStTlan pretcnsiOns and championing
ETa, who claimed the reversion
le two provinces which Austria
z occupied. For several weeks the
'ar has hung fire. But Austria has
Msat it to an issue. An ultimatum
aeen sent to Scrvia, demanding
she withdraw all claim to the two
@GceS within seventy-two hours.
F"ha mas been telegraphing frantical-
70 st, Petersburg, asking whether
'Sa Will support her In her defiance
Tie AuStrians. The ultimatum ex-
rs on Tuesday evening at six
@~ That day at noon the car
SFS his counSelors to debate his an
~ The answer means peace or
ct for Europe.
We consider 1t of the utmost conse-
"4'e That Nicholas defy the Ger
'aS and announce to Servia his I'M
,r'Ata support Of her demands. It
u mean war: but war is better than
'"eSCence In a contemplate act of
."auoA Will the car declare for
'Do accept our aid? As you
'" captain Adams, his mind is al
'lat Of a simpleton-I only say
:, you are doubtless well aware of.
'"DS, during such times as these,
"a STATE of profound melancholia,
~,a' unable to speak. barely to
ssu''e those around him, he obeys
,~'0'alIy the command OF his ad-
Wy are his advisers? Philippe,
& T.. ~@S'clan and medium who pre-
A.. " summon up the spirit of his
N 4. alexander I'LL. really a plant
sa5,s,' Os nands of the grand dukes,
st,o, 5I Alexis and the rest-all Ger
nr 'u"e, General Kaulbars leads the
/ , s~'Da0 party; General Linievitch
H.. 'S the sole advocate Of our
h. ~ nevertheless, at present LIME
s,ss =, IN the ascendency. 1t is be-
soapy ~ urge @erVla 10 oeiS
h., wv Wv, We come to the point. To pre-
Ran,, ~,aO'2s from assisting servia.
as sf S.' and haulbars and the grand
d., I%@'e entered into n conspiracy.
H. a 4. teIesraphs an affirmative re-
kasi,rO Seryia's plea on Tuesday
l. ~ she will surrender to Austria
h." viii be lost. To prevent this
EbSs, .. from being given, the car
h Son put out Of the way for twenty
h ha DS' On Monday afternoon,
| d s. goes for his accustomed drive
E9e,> WE, W., coach, which was built to
|es !" M. aim against ASSASSINATION, the
(g3 :. "" be bolted and the horses
| d -, furious pace into the depths
(Rso,oGs' e$', where Nicholas will be
Gh,> left lost and stranded. to
|a,soag,a way back too late for action,
b., >u0F the victim of c,rcrn.