Salt Lake Herald | 1908-02-09 | Page 5 | Regarded as Grave

REGARDED AS GRAVE Attention of Rome Attracted by Sit Situation Situation in the Balkans Rome Feb 8 The situation in the Balkans which suddenly has attracted attention here through the reported r call cal of Prince Russian ambas ambassador ambassador ambassador to seems to tobe tobe tobe be graver than statements make makeI I It appear Austria and Germany charge that Russia Rusia Is trying tying to obtain revenge for her failure in the far east by turning her attention to the near east and is resuming her ancien ancen ancient traditional policy poley of f aiming at Constantinople It I is fur further further ther flier asserted by officials of these thee gov governments governments governments that she is helped in this above aboe board by France and an secretly by Great Britain the latter thus opposing German influence influenceS S Russia Emphatic I Russia has emphatically declared that it i would be bc impossible to tolerate the thc carrying out of the proposed plan for Cor Corthe forthe the construction of railways in the Bal Balkans Balkans Balkans kans as announced by Aeh the foreign minister r as this would mean under the guise gise of commercial Interest a practical Austrian supremacy throughout the Balkans Indeed it I would mean Aus reaching and Russia re remarks remarks remarks marks this would be equivalent to hav hay having having hayIng ing Germany at However it ia is ii believed here that If Ifa I ifa a conflict breaks out it I will wi not be be between between between tween Russia and Austria but between Russia and Turkey the latter later being ac accused accused accused of favoring the Austrian plans I under German influence Under German Officers The Romano goes oes so far as to chronicle the rumor that a kish war Is likely to occur in the spring Turkey has been making preparations preparations tons for she now has near the he frontier of her best troops officered to a great extent by Germans