| Show rf ifa rf t j f yr T ilk RUSSA TOUSIA 3 AND TURKEY MAY SOON BE ENGAGED IN DEATH SAMul bULl J the outrages so long andu ed in macedonia to be avenged war regarded as possible in near F future austria has mobilized three army corps at agram Tar ajero and temes var and is holding them in read readi ness for the occupation of Mitro in european turkey according to a dispatch to the london daily mall mail from N genc the austrian officials are embar aar se d however because these troops are not fitted for mountain campaigning such as would be in evitable in the event of their being required in the balkans the bodrian and tyrolese re regi 1 ments would be suitable for such purposes but the former consists plainly mainly of dans therefore cannot be used and the latter can not be moved eastward without the alarm which it would cause the mo hammeran ham populace bosnia and herzegovina which austria occupies militarily under the treaty of berlin aie growing danger bously excited men are secretly arm ing frig and smuggling arms and ammini tion from montenegro it Is feared they contemplate an armed emiera tion to old servia to join the ansur gent albanians although affairs at Nitro and are reported to be calmer the rising of the albanians in those dis tricas creates intense concern at the palace among the ministers and at the embassies it is felt that a continuation of the troubles in the vicinity of novi bazar la Is liable to lead at any moment to an extension of austrian occupy ion over the entire district although it Is believed that nothing hort of abao lute necessity will induct austria to take advantage of this r ht hi which Is reserved to her by the treaty of berlin according to a dispatch from con stantin ople the austrian russian and british ambassadors have had audi ances of the sultan on whom they imp essed the necessity of suppress ing the albanian agitation the sul tan informed them that in the event of the failure of the mis slon that he had dispatched to al AI bania he would take tale measures for the military occupation of the dis region russia preparing to act the mysterious manner in which the newspapers ot of st petersburg from the official gazette down through the long list of important journals have changed their tone in reference to the present balkan situ atlon has excited widespread wonder and can only be explained on the ground that russia Is preparing for war with the turk r for weeks all the papers had been condemning in the bitterest of lan ian guage the inhuman brutality of the sultan tor for his toleration of the out rages being perpetrated by his sol diers in macedonia but now all is changed the pa pers are milder in tone there is less hostile criticism and hopes for a peaceful settlement of the whole question are expressed S C ft V I 1 A 1 U L 1 G 0 A R t 34 17 r ne N za MONT k AiM I 1 0 A LK A N 4 tej 4 e y 4 t NEGRO HEG S C C OT 1 A r jh ph i prope I 1 x 1 nt CO 1 v J CONST camras AvriN 1 1 T U E Y afa 0 1 w J G 4 A ff JY c S EA u A map of turkish frontier scene of probable conal ct between turks and macedon ans star marks location of sofia where Macedon macedonians lans have concentrated concen grated the cause jis s this the czar and the russian govern dept have decided that the turkish horror must end and the only way that it can be done Is through some compromise or a peaceful settlement altogether if i possible and in order to give this plan of peace every pos bible chance af p success it has been decided to conciliate the turk hoe hoi tillay must give way to gentler means meang and if they do not succeed it will be time to try sterner measures should war come there will be a new element of strategy introduce 1 into the situation for it would be impossible for the russian army through roumania as they did in 1877 under the terms of the sau san stephano treaty which set li free the lines of operation la in that war are shown in the cut by the dotted lines it will be a more difficult proposition now for the next lenvi sion slon would have to be diverted into a more circuitous route starting from odessa and sevastopol Seva through the black sea to varna and burgas on ort the turkish coast where the rui rus sion troops would have to land the gate to the will have to be guarded by the splendid battle ships and cruisers of the russian navy a fleet which would advance as far south as the formidable turkish forts torts of the would permit A war on these lines Is considered to be more than a possible con contingent cy from the fact that plan of invasion has been mapped out with such careful attention to detail much more carefully than the newspapers or op ot facial gazettes are allowed to print all aa 3 ADVA advance IN i is aa W lika 3 FLEET IN 1 1903 I 1 st poors oj op 5 V I 1 77 Q J b P M 4 13 S 0 01 3 Y o d ASIA VINOR map of territory in which fighting may occur von Stern burgs s D diplomatic plo matic act heretofore it his not been the cus torn of members of the diplomatic corps to go to the railroad station when the president has been leaving washington but the german ambas baron von wi so cordially greeted by mr roosevel when he came to bid the president good by a few days ago that his ex ample may be followed by others in the future it is believed that several foreign ministers reg ct that they did not embrace the to demonstrate friendship 0 the chief mag strate and the united states e schemes of purple and blue purple and blue Is the fashionable color combination which has super ceded the too prevalent blue and green mixtures since that has been adopted by the public given the right tints purple and blue ia Is an ex cellena scheme of coloring but the purple must oe that wine shade which is noticeable in the plum and the blue must have a hint of gray in it the junction of pale mauve and turquoise blue with which we are familiar in the summer is a variation of this scheme which Is also sue suc when carefully carried out f s |
