Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-16
TWO COUNTRIES
NEAR A BREAK
ACTIVITIES IN BULGARIA. CAUSE
FRICTION BETWEEN AUSTRIA
MD GERMANY AUSTRIA CON
PLAINS OF RUSSIA.
BAD FAITH CHARGED
PRINCE OF WED GOES To TAKE
bANGEkOIS THRONE OF NJ
BANIA THoT>ANDS OF tZ.NE'S
AGENTS IN BULGARIA..

Berlin. March IL. With cons dcrahlc
anxiety German statesmen are noticing
how dangerously strained relations ~
tween Austria and Russia are once more
becoming
Austria j. complaining thai an army
of Russia agents is scattered throughout
Bulgaria aud that during IA" campaign
with lcd up ~ the Bulgarian rlrctinn,
uf Munda, last these agents u>p.l every
means TO arouse the hatred of the Rul
.ariau> people against Austria. whirh j.
made II least indirectly responsible for
all the ralamilir, which have nvcrtlkrn
bulgaria since The first Balkan war
The political CORES pnndcut NJ i Tn
lin p1p,r, Who tra,cl,d III over Hl-aut
during The election campaign. says hc
met thousands uf secret agents III the
czar il al parts ~ the cunntsv ml>qu"r
Hdlng a. newspaper correspondents. com
mCrcial travellers and students. all well
supplied with money which thry spent
laviSAly among the peasants While ca
dca,nring to make them believe. and 10
most eases with marked S1c cs~. thlt the
government had >nld the country far
Austrian gold. and thIi BIlglril No ill
never bc prosperous until u placed itSclf
under the protection of the white tzlr.
The Bulgarian government has mol
been blind ~ the dangers which threaten
the COUNT! from the Russian prop
gautl Just before thr election. Icn Idiru
~ = political meeting declared there
would bc not onl, possibility of a new
war with the cnuntrv> former allies
hut also an even greater danger ~ civil
war.
Nohod, ia G,rmanv however. believes
an attack on Bulgaria 10y Grrccc and
Scryia is 90 hc expected. ~ both of these
countries have their hands full ~ home
The danger ~ 4 civil war ia Bulgaria N.
4 very real one. and nothing probably
would suit Il t>la httcr.
Courageous Princr Wilhelm of WIcd
has bcromc king of Albania, and has
gone 10 reside IN his comic opera capital
Durazzo. bat no one here expects that
his reign i> going ~ bc either long or
hnppy.
The enthusiasm Of the Albanian pco
pie means less than nothing and Will
yer, soon wear off when these people
find that the torrent uf foreign gold that
the king brought into the country fails
to find its way into their pockets.
II j. the intention of the Hing To mod
crmizc the country. aud his very first cf
forts will To- a. PIT aud end 10 irudS and
general lawlr>>uc>> now existing ami G.
tahli>h respect for the courts.
The loan which the prince insisted oh
getting before accepting the Albanian
crown j., quite large one. but new loans
will unduuhtcdl, have e. w. made ~ ~
der ~ pay The interests 90 u. Albania
will a>h>nrh the millions ~ foreign gold
like 4 ar, sponge bat il onl, part uf has
mono, will bc found available for
schools. roads and railroads. there L. a
bare possibility that tn contrH may
~ pulled through and in time hccomc
self supporting.
This. however. depends largely ~ two
things: the King must hc firm enough To
handle hi> unrult sub crt> and hc must
understand how tn steer hl> ships
through the iucc>>aut and in>iduon> in.
trgur> ~ The great powers and the Bal
Kan ucighbor>.