Valdez daily prospector., 1912-11-16
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER I6. 'Io
RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.

There is every reason why Rus Slan statesmen should rrjnicr at the success of Servian arms nut it. does not help the prospect or peace to make an open show of joy th"reat. Scrvia lies on the flank of lhr route Austria hopes some day iu lake through Albania to the Port of Salnnika. anu to gain access iu the Mul- Itcrranran through he Aegean. That iS an outcome of the war m the Balkans which the rulers nf Russia would not like at all unless an offset could bn obtain ed elsewhere in the Peninsula. The stronger Srrvia shows her self |" be and the more she is able ln contribute to the driving or the Turks back to the shores bl the BnSpOruS. or beyond. the more difficult will be the rcaliZ- atlon of Austrian hopes, the more practlrablr the lung-cherishrd plans of Russia. The main fact in the situation is that the aims of Russia and those of Austria are almost hopclessly opposed. me problem of the peace of Europe lies largely in their re- c0nciliation.
 UT the claims of the two en- pres, those of Russia seem in themselves the more reasonable. With a vast territory stretching across the northern part of Eu- rope and Asia; with population which, though backward in many ways, judged by modern stand ards. is steadily advancing in the arts of production. Russia has n0 great port open the year round to the ocean pathways of commerce. Holding the northern shore of the Black Sea. her ac- cess |" the Mediterranean is blnrk"d by the Turkish posses sion of ih" BuspnruS anal inc Dardan"IlrS. Over and again she haS waG"d war In clear her way or this obstacle. and twice at least SlI" has been baked of the frliiLS of har,l-wnn viciorjrs
 one" when her cunqlrrinr arm- I"s held irupIr under Their guns. And all of her dis appointment have been infIicI- cd upon her, not hy her immc- -diaIr foe. but by the jealous DOW CTS "r Europe. Every general agreement hicIaI"d by these DOW rrS has been followed by viola tons in the interest of RuSSia's rivals. the latest being the an- nrXati ion of Bosnia and IIrrzc-. &oNina m open contempt of the Treaty. of Berlin. AuslUia. nn th' "iiIrr hand. already has ar- r">S In ilIr AdriaIir at the purt of Trieste.
 I IS mol. IIuw"N"r. likely lIlai il" r"laii\" rra>nnahIcnrSS of tn" claims rf ilr rival puwrrS will !ll\" hrri@iNr weight in inc adjustment That will fnalIy hr made. That will primarily b." de- trrnlincI in great part by ilIr
 good rul" nf nlau with man. by the relative force each DOS S">S"s or ran command. By lhis rll" Austria at present has inc advantage, because her own mil iIary strength is great aud is well in hand. and because she will probably bc backed by Ger many. Il was the swift mass ing of German troops on her borders that compelled Russia to submit With such grace as she could when Austria tore up the Treaty of Berlin. Will a like threatening attitude be assumed when the present crisis has lo bc faced in q conference uf DOW CTS, and will it have the same effect? That. SO far as can now bc seen, is Inc crucial question in tho situation as if.rxisis.
 Much, il may he said. depends on inc result of q war mol yrI decided. But whatever the final outcome, tho Balkan problem will never again bc tho same. If tho Balkan League fails in driving tn, Turks into and possibly out ot Constantinople, they will bcgir again the preparations that have