Salt Lake Herald | 1891-12-06 | Page 12 | Austria on the Alert

Austria on the Alert The dogs of war in Austria are straining upon the start and the lesh that holds them is about to be shifted to a hand far more willing to loose them than Kalnokys This tried statesman in accepting the grand mastership of the imperial household which is now held by Prince Hohenlohe is to be succeeded as foreign minister and president of the council by Baron Kallay do NagyKalls who is now chief of the finance ministry at Vienna and has been for nine years Baron Knits is a pronounced pro-nounced advocate of war and ardently desires de-sires that Austria shall precipitate a conflict con-flict before Russia has time to carry on any further preparations All this means a very menacing state of affairs throughout Europe and in view of these revelations and of Kaiser Wilhelms pugnacious mood toward Russia Chancellor Chancel-lor von Caprivis outspoken boasts about tho thorough readiness of Germany for a trial at arms nullifies his own vague asseverations of a peaceful outlook and only confirms what wo have said of the real facts of the negotiations at Paris M de Glens has been trying to create a diversion of diplomatic diplo-matic vaporings and this has constituted his mission to Italy Germany and France The real work has been going on all the time by other means and the perennial war cloud seems to be now condensing into a lowering storm which may soon burst forth with terrific fury and widespread devastation