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Show ! RUSSIA MAKES A 1 SHARP RETORT Jjji Rattling of German Sword Will Frighten Nobody if Russia Will Not Permit Intimidating Meth- ods Is Comment of the Novoe Vremva, I SERVIA, THE MATCH THAT MAY SET EUR OPE AFIRE I f HlstrX, ?ePeating Itself, but Czar's Diplomats m Will Not Make Hasty Retreat Ambassa-I Ambassa-I , dorial Conference Must Act Quickly. ni jt, London, Dec. 4. Russia has rctort- JF 'cd to the "rattling k of tho German 'Ji sword" Jn the Balkan -war tangle. in She has declared thtit she will not If permit a repetition of the methods I ( used when Austria occupied Bosnia " and Herzegovina. ijl : "Such Intimidation will frighten no- Jf lody!" exclaims the Novoe Vrcraya, Y commenting on the German chancel- f lor's giving prominence to the idea of i L ' war. :; War Parties Hold Platform. ,' ' Tlie war parties, h'oth In Russia and K ; Austrtla-Hungary, seem to hold tho H public platform for tho moment fl against the peaceably disposed minls-M minls-M terg of the countries. Anv untoward Wj incident or provocative on "the part of I Servia would, in the opinion of dlplo-l I mats here, in a moment set Austria-It Austria-It Hungary in motion, and this probably t would loosen forces in Russia which I tho government of the Russian em- plr-s would find itself unable to rcsIsL e. , History Repeats Itself. I The Novoe Vrernya continues-"History continues-"History is repeating itself, but it is not so easy now to force Russian diplomacy dip-lomacy into a faint-hearted retreat." Withdrawal of Deposits Advocated. The immediate withdrawal of the vas Russian doposits from the Gorman Gor-man banks is advocated by many of the Russian Journals. Should Greece persist in her refusal re-fusal to adhere to the armistice signed yesterday it would necessarily throw i Bulgaria" more closely Into tho em-' ,m brace of Servia and give fresh encour-agement encour-agement to the Servian resistance to the European powers, who are practically unanimous in condemning the Servian demands. ' If Austria-Hungary should attempt, as has been suggested, to employ Rumania to keep Bulgaria quiet in ' the event of an Austrian-Servian war, it is thought that such action would only enlarge the area of conflict and a precipitate a general catastrophe. ' f Any Intervention by Rumania, it is , ' argued, would inevitably compel Russia Rus-sia to take drastic action on behalf of ,the Slavs In tho Balkans. Diplomats Muct Act Quickly, i Diplomats realize that tho crisis demands de-mands Immediate treatment, and efforts ef-forts to bring about an ambassadorial conference aB quickly as possible have been renewed, as it Ib thought that this is the only means of bringing the I necessary pressure Into play to ex- Ungulsh tho Incendiary tendoncy of tho extremists in tho various coun-,' coun-,' tries concerned In tho dispute. . |