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Show WAR CLOUDS IN " THE EAR EAST Crisis Rapidly Approaching, and a False Move May Result in War in Near Future. Austria-Hungary Seems to Be Meditating Medi-tating Breaking Treaty of Berlin, While Armies Are Said to be Mobilizing on the Borders. London. Events which threaten to chnngo tho political face of I5urupe tiro trystnllzlng with lightning rapidity. Almost overnight the horizon of tho near enst, which seemed gradually assuming as-suming a peaceful appearance, hns become crowded with war clouds. News has reached here from several sources that two definite strokes aro Impending which ennnot fall to bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps force an Immediate war. Ono Is the proclamation procla-mation of Prince Ferdinand of the Independence of Dulgarla, which will Include ltiimelia, taking for himself the title of "czar." Th-e other Is an announcement by Austria-Hungary of the practical annexntlou of tho provinces prov-inces of IloHiiln and Herzegovina as appendages of tho Austro-Hungarlan crown. Either action will be equivalent to tho tnnrlng up of the treaty ot Berlin, while Prince Ferdinand's courso seems almost certain to precipitate a war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Hefore these possibilities tltv quarrel ever the east Uumellnn section of the Orient railway sinks into Insignificance. Insignifi-cance. Hoth armies are reported to be quietly and swiftly mobilizing on the borders. Ilulgnrlti Is said to be buying up munitions and horses on nn extensive scale. Tho HulgnriaiiH hnvo fuith In their army, which hns reached a high state of elllclency. though It Is perhnps lack Ing In ofllcers. and the war for which Hulgarla hns been suspected of preparing pre-paring could be fought with more iidvnutugo for her now than when tho Turkish government had time to reorganize reor-ganize Its forces, which have become enervated by corruption and neglect of the old regime. The emperor of Austria, It Is under-Mood, under-Mood, has dlBpntched a letter to the president of France setting forth his intentions regarding Bosnia and Herzegovina, Her-zegovina, although the contents of tho letter nre kept secret, and he Is sending send-ing similar notes to other powers. Kngllsh public opinion Is with Turkey Tur-key In tho Bulgarian dispute, as all the powers except Austria seem to be, nnd It remains to be seen whnt the Kngllsh nttlludo will bo toward annexation If that becomes a fact. Austria Is suspected of encouraging tht!' recent Bulgarian-Turkish trouble lor her own Interests, but the British government hns made proposals to the two c-juntrles looking to the settlement set-tlement of the railway caeo. nnd the ether powers hnvo otrreed to glvo support sup-port to the plan, which contemplates the temporary restoration of tho railway rail-way to Turkey "to save her faco" and then transference from the company to Bulgaria. |