Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-15
AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA
HI AVE- NO RELATIONS
For Too Years NoU There Has Been Practically No
Russian ambassador AT Vienna, Nor Has There
Been An austrian At ST. Pcte,sbnyg.


that only the first act in the great ORA
ma has vet been played. Now j. the
interval between the acts How long
this will last nobody knows--perhaps =
wear. PERHAPS only 4 few months.
one important result "a the Balkan
conflicts is the change in the attitude
If Runania towards AuStria-llungary.
I-b t. \ few months ago Rumania was
always looked upon a. being thr Trend
1--WE Austria. Military stratcglsts. i'm
decd. in considering Austria-llungary :
strength usually added Rumania ; five
array corps. But IN the negotiations
over the treaty of Bucharest. Russian
.diplumati>ts cirvcrly contrived 10 place
Austria ia All unfricndly position to-
wards Rumania-
Count Berchtold'S efforts e. secure a
revision of the treaty IN the interests al
Bulgaria gave great otfenSe To the lu-
manians who have always been very
Jealous VT the threatened supremacy "a
that cuuntrv III the Balkans. kumanla :
geographical position rompcls her ~ re-
" either upon AuStria-lIungary or Rus
sia. And If the dual monarchy Is 90
ing 10 side with Bulgaria. Rumanla Will
.fldNE III dllfildAiNE HAA ~ AAh - 49,
STA.
But here again dynastic views mus
be taken INTO ccounf. King Charles -
"A strong rulr who has always been
friendly 10 Austria and neither he nor
his ministers are likely 20 be- greatly
moved ~ %ponular outhursts. They are
convinced that a close union with ne
Triple Alliance is the surcst way 70
defend their country against the over
.whelming might Of Russia. But whc-
Their King Charles successor viii take
an equally strong stand against public
opinion is another question.
From the violent tonc Of the articles
recently published IN the scmi-oflicial
Journals in ~. Petersburg. Vienna and
also in Berlin. il might he imagined
that a great European war was newt
able. but happily this view finls nn sup
port IN responsible quarters. The truth
n the several comparatively small
things have occurred recently to excite
much irritation between Russia and
Austria-lIungarv. Austria introduced
very vcNatious passport restrictions on
the frontier which caused much annoy
ance 10 Russian travellers Galiria u
said to D. swarmcd with Russian spies
while Russian Poland j. overrun with
Austrian secret agents. There has been
a series uf espionage trials IN Vienna
where the accused have been shown ~
~ IN the idrect employ nf the Russian
military attache. and contrary ~ the
usual practice in these proceedings no
attempt was made to keep secret the
name Of the foreign country Implicated.
a 5000 e DtVlan.Na EA4tI1su " SEA
alleged 10 have been spent ~ trying -
corrupt the poor peasants IA Galiria.
while Austrian spies have been DONG
their utmost Ia persuade the Poles
across the Russian frontier that they
would he much better off under Aus
,rian rule.
There have been other things. %. Of
importance. Russia has been SPENDING
large sums III increasing her military
forces in Poland along the German and
Austrian frontiers and also j. building
some hundreds of miles NJ new railways
'nr strategic purposes. II ~ believed
that France II urging her along. having
made her y large loan upun the under.
standing that most II II would he snent
ION ornaments. And Just now the Rus.
sian minister uf ihc navy has ordered
.hat nn materials hr bought for Rus
sian lnrSvarl~ nr private Shiphuildinc
Yards. from either Austria-llungary NJ
Germany. THIS action IN the more Seri-
nus as The greater pant al such material
H. purchased outside Russia.
But IN spite of all these things no ~
rious narsnn talks NJ war. INA fact none
uf the prwcrs Interested ARE really
ready. Russia wants "a complete her
railways and 20 increase her army sui.
fcicntlv 20 rcpreSS the revolution
which would certainly break ont ~
home immediately war was declared
And .AuStria-IIungarv u inst new
hanging her army from \ three years
~ D six years service which means !
considerable dislocation OF military
forces. And So il j. generally agreed ID
the most competent quarters that after
IAN ihr peace of Europe j IN M immi
nsnt danger.