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Show , is tiii: IHU.IK jtrniuuiiiMii Wah rumor, In which i.ngland an I Hutalaaipear a the rlnclal, are IIU floatlug, anl raualng the air of l.uro- to be thick with tho tmuke of proapeitlve battle. Notwithstanding the ecrlou eymptona ludlcatlug tho near approach of an International breach of the leace on the eaatern hemlsihere, om lealtng atateimeu kevpou aaaerllug that war will not be the reeult of the critical Ituatlou. Caprlvl la oue of IllOte who elprea p clflo view. Huch lda aro not tu be relied upon, Judging from tho fact that fllmllar uttcriiice have lu varlal ly luued from high eourcoa Immediately Im-mediately reiedlug every reeort to armed conflict. The rrauco-dermaii war watuo exception to thl rule. It I not uautl fur man In ruling pot Hon to admit the probability of a dreaded calimlty, even when It -iear to lie Imminent. Thl reluctance reluct-ance la evinced under varloiiaclnum atancea, It being exceeillngly common, a au lUuttratlon, when a gn at and r-j,ble iiubliolet I at tho verge of tho grave, to jiublUh announcemeut to the filed that the tleut ha bridged the crlala and I on the road to re. oovery. Tlieee bulletin are geoerally lupptementM with the atatetnent that thegn-at man hu aaed away. It deem to be a prominent peculiarity exhibited by Interested humanity tn manifest an uuwllllngncM to admit truth when It happen to be of a disagreeable dis-agreeable character, lu lurh caaee expression and conduct are ordinarily at variance. Hence tho ruler of I.uropo who prefer tu auuouuce that there 1 no near prosia-ct of the Iwace ol that continent bring disturbed, dis-turbed, are making glgantln prep aratlon tn great haste, evidently In view of Just audi a situation arlalng. InthUreajiect thurolanot one exctp-tluu exctp-tluu among the le ling natloua. Kug-land Kug-land la specially active lu thl line, althougti she doe not make aa much outward diaplay of the fact aa Uo aoiuu other countries. The aneiuil at Woolwich has ben ruuulug night and day during tho greater part of the present year. When the many thousands of workmen engaged there are considered, some slight conception of the enormous quantltletof equipment and munition of war turned out may be formed, l.xpreealou of tnell like Caprlvl on the war eubect msy be as consistently taken as weighing In favor of the oppjslto of their apparent puriurt aa utht rwlie. They do nut constitute con-stitute an argument In favor of a pro-long pro-long I paclilo situation. rimio Journals lu this ountry assume as-sume that an outbreak betwi en Hilssla uikI Ureal Hrltalu Is lnij.rolj-.blo, Iw-cisil'e Iw-cisil'e It Is unlikely that the Cxar should d-slre war while his emjlra Is III Its present voilltlou. It Is held tint the limine und conse-quent conse-quent dlstreu with which some (tortious uf Itussla are stricken will act ns a deterrent. In other words, that thl condition woulj render It well nigh lmioeslblu for the Czar to haxard tho posflhHltlt-i of war. rtiU -osltlou must he considered III unison with the risk of the situation to the euiplru without war. Tamlne and revolution are usually closely couiieclel, Htarvlug million, with I death from want stating them lu I the face are ripe for Internal strife In the desperate hope of appeasing the pangs of hunger, If II be even for but a brief peilod.The revolutionary splrltha Infected the army lor years. A dls-rutlon dls-rutlon In the military department comtdned with a famine Iniplrcd popular uprising would constitute a danger to tho Cxar' dominion that he has good reason to Urea I. Compirl ng It with the dunces of a foreign war, which woul 1 absorb the attention of the army,lt It a matter of simulation a to which course the l.mperor woul I I the most likely tn choose.lle may tw III a quauJary In relation to choice, owing ow-ing to the Uimculty of deciding decid-ing a to which of the two giant evil woul I lo the leaser. It Is prohahlethst the selection will hsng upon tho ability of ItmiUto complete thapeudlng negotlntlons forn lo-in. The utterauce of .'Vucoe treniycr, a temlof!lclat organ, published lu Ht. 1'etenburg, Is tlgnlrloaiit on the war utject. mat Journal state that 'unless 'un-less Ureal Hrltaln wantt war the should avoid Interfering wllh Ilusslan more ineiiUoii l'amlr, where she will only, meet with a check If her claim are not supported by arms." The character of the newsaper making this declaration Indlottes that the sentiment Is that of the Cur. len lfthe.Vot-x Vrtmjti were notateiml offlclal Journal, the censorship of the entire press of the country Is retained Initio grasp of Hie Kmperor aul It Is not likely that he woul I tmtl Hie publication of such belligerent expression expres-sion unless they were In accord with his own views. Tho declaration means, If It signifies anything, that Itussla Is not unwilling to right. The tactics of Itussla are simitar simi-tar lo those employed by her revlous to the breaking out of the Crimean war, for some lime previous to which she threw her troop southward, south-ward, massing thrniat various Import ant frontier poluts. Thl she ha been doing during Hie Ittt two jiore. Ily thl irellmlnary process she lias a decided de-cided advautago over any distant enemy, being lu a iosl(lon to overrun any epeclsl oljecllve ilats and I rob-ably rob-ably gain good vantage ground before her enemy could reach the te-eue of oj-eratloot. A tho quetlon now stand the sltuatluu can only be luJged tj-ccula lively, according to the Indications. Although the latter seem to strongly favor an early coolllct, It may poailhly l yet more or I'aa remote. That the trial must be sooner or later reached, however, apju-sra to be a jiolnt rrgard Ing which all seem lo le agreed. Thatthe tlmu will come when Great Hrltaln aliall be couipellid to --call Uion other ration1' lu order to Ue fend the Interest of her ast empire, we have not Hi slightest doubt And there I not much reason to believe otherwise than that Itussla will be the lower with which she will mainly have lo contend In the approaching struggle, which all statesmen are agreed I Inevitable. |
