Show THE EUROPEAN SITUATION it requires considerable mental nim bleness truthfully remarks an exchange to successfully follow the varying aspects of the european tion in the early part of last icek in the central section of the continent it n as reported to present a more peaceful aspect than for several previous weeks at tha close on the other hand it was renounced as coining bably the best german war correspondent living that germany will within a few weeks move an army corps eastward to the neighborhood of the russian frontier simultaneously with this statement comes the announcement arom berlin that bismarck will renew hiis appeal to the crown prince to consent to establish a regency in the aci son of his don in view of the danger of an outbreak of war taken tofi ether these are indications of the precariousness ious ness of the situation unless they are mere stock gambling fabrications which are more rife on the continent of europe than in england and the united states there however remains the consideration and will continue to remain anui one or the other of the parties to the conflict obtains a decided advantage that it is impossible for russia and austria to continue to be friends for my greater length of time for the reason that such friendship can only exist through the price of sacrifices ruinous to one party to the truce and greatly damaging to the other two nations which are persistently playing their cards with the sole purpose of getting the best of each other in a bargain can hardly be said to have arrived at the era of universal peace and goodwill good will consequently though german and austrian papers inform the world that diplomatic relations with russia continue to be of the nature at the same time adding that with regard to the military situation however nothing 13 changed and there has been no improvement the aemi official giving out becomes altogether too oracular for practical use toj us ahe situation resolves itself simply into this germany austria and italy have formed an alliance to preserve the european status quo if in face of this powerful compact russia thinks she can unopposed work her will in the balkan peninsula she certainly is laboring under a lasion de from which there will one day be for her an ominous awakening |