Show I I I 1 r WAR CLOUDS IN M 4J 14 1 THE NEAR EAST t 4 Crisis Rapidly Approaching and a False Move May Result 1n War 4I in Near Future tI 3 zI AustriaHungary Seems to Be Meditating 1I Medi-tating Breaking Treaty of Berlin While Armies Arc Said to bet be-t Mobilizing on the Borders 1y H i b rj i London Events which threaten to s i4 change tho political face of Europo are crystnllzlng with lightning rapidity i > fl 4 i r Almost overnight tho horizon of tho It near cast which Boomed gradually assuming as-suming a peaceful appearance has f4 become crowded with war clouds News haa reached hero from several sources that two definite strokes are r impending which cannot fall to bring 4 matters to a crisis and perhaps forco mi Immediate war Ono Is tho proclamation d procla-mation of Prlnco Ferdinand of tho i K indopendcnco of Bulgaria which will Include Humella taking for himself tho title of czar Tire other Is ant an-t announcement by AustriaHungary uf tho practical annexation of tho provinces I I prov-inces of Bosnia and Herzegovina as 4 appendages of tho AiistroHungarlan crown Either action will ho equivalent to the tearing up of the treaty of Berlin tTci while Prlnco Ferdinands courso Ecoms almost certain to preclpltato a war between Bulgaria and Turkey Before theso possibilities the quarrel over tho east Humellan section of tho Orient railway sinks Into Insignificance 1ilti1 Insignifi-cance Both armies are reported to bo quietly and swiftly mobilizing on tho borders Bulgaria Is said to bo buying up munitions and horses on an extensive scale The Bulgarians have faith In their tI nrmy which has reached a high stato of efficiency though It Is perhaps lackIng 4 f lack-Ing In ofilcors and the war for which Bulgaria has been suspected of preparing pre-paring could bo fought with more advantage for her now tlmn when the 1tt Turkish government had tlmo to reorganize z reor-ganize Its forces which havo become enervated by corruption and neglect of tho old regime jI fho emperor of Austria It Is understood under-stood has dispatched a letter to tho president of Franco setting forth his ritc Intentions regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina Her-zegovina although tho contents of tho I letter aro kept secret and ho Is BendIng Bend-Ing similar notes to othorpowors S I t English public opinion Is with Turkey i Tur-key in tho Bulgarian dispute as all tho powers except Austria scorn to be and it remains to bo soon what c tho English attitude will bo toward annexation If that becomes a fa6t 4f jF Austria Is suspected of encouraging tho recent BulgarianTurkish trouble t for her own Interests but tho British government has mode proposals to tho two countries looking to tho settlement tt set-tlement of tho railway case and tho JIi ether powers have agreed to give support sup-port to the plan which contemplates ih F tho temporary restoration of tho railway rail-way to Turkoy to pave her faco and 7 then transference from tho company L4 to Bulgaria |