Show EUROPEAN WAR PROSPECT AUSTRIA is greatly agitated over the warlike demonstrations of russia great activity prevails in the form forces of the czar located near toe the frontier general gourko who is said to be in command of the division of the army that will be used for offensive purposes in case dfwar of war is in inconstant constant communication with st petersburg and sealed military orders are flying about from point to point there may be nothing in ail this that will lead to the opening of a european war at an early date yet what can all this preparation mean if there is no hostile intention behind it warsaw appears to be at present the russian bussian point of concentration and the object of the present movement of the czar means that jr in the event of a declaration of war he intends to secure aware use gle advantage on the first outbreak ru la any kind of a fight there ia 16 a great deal in getting in the first effective blow as its moral effect to is always potential the special alarm created in austria ift occasioned by the ibe fact that the military demonstrations demonstration are close to her frontier the russian ambassador has however assured the austrian government that the czar has no warlike Jil intention with regard to 0 that coultry comery this statement has no quieting effect as an assurances of that character from such a source are taken by the leading nations for what they are esteemed to be worth and that is not much this much is certain no matter which of the two nations germany or austria the czar may propose to attack the struggle would involve both according to the conditions of the triple alliance it would appear also that it would bring italy into the light fight if an immediate war haw ha been decided upon by russia Rui isi however it is possible that a po portion n of the understanding between russia and prance is that the latter will take ours care of italy that would leave the czar 0 prope o cope with germany and Au austria in that bat event it could scarcely be doubted that italy would be unable to cope with france while the other wing of the fight would be so nearly equal as to make the issue doubtful russia having the ad vantage advantage of over whelming whelmine wh elming numbers with which to perform her part of the process of pulverizing 11 II I on the part of russia one of the chief immediate objects of such a war would be the unification of all the slavonic slavon le races the success of this scheme would mean the annihilation of austria the ultimate purpose would be I 1 asa as a matter of course tile occupation of constantinople by russia the one step leads directly toward the other the present war cloud may piss off but the elements will gather again until there will finally be a break resulting in europe being deluged in blood |