Show TilE RUSSIAN WAn CLOUD Tho upshot of dethronement or removal re-moval of tho Battonburg Prince Alexander Alex-ander by Russian conspiracy will bo serious trouble between the Powers in which England will bo called upon to take un active part It should 1 bo borne in mind that Russia has for the past ten years been slowly mobolizing an army concentrating munitions of war and building roads to all strategical points in tire soot con tines of her territory solely with a view to bo able to enforce her demands de-mands on neighboring petty princes when she Ii ready to miko them All I of thiso movements have for an objective I object-ive tho goading of England to war tire consummation of which would be tho crowning act of tho new Czars life and owing to the deep hostility of his people for England it would go far to turn the present tide of Nihilism and other interior troubles in Ids favor Tho power of the Czar to bully or cajole the Turkish Sultan into tho closing of tho Dardanelles is the bugbear England 1 has to meet for in tho event of war her inability to enter and control Otis lack Sea would place her at Ihe mercy of Russia for sho never could gel a foothold through Cornstadt or other Baltic ports Tho complete mechanism now in service in thus lllack Sea for tire sinking of ships would drown tho vaunted British navy even if it got past tire I straits and with her naval power playing second fiddle tho position would bo reversed re-versed from what it was during tho Crimean campaign when tho allied armies opposed her That the intent in-tent of the Czar is to force II fight every sign of tire recent trouble proves and that the dethronement of Alexander I causes deep concern in England there is also no doubt Tho Austrian monarch and his people are wrapt in their friendship friend-ship for the Czar and his people and It circumstances should ally tho Turks with England In tho threatened trouble nothing noth-ing would bo moro natural than that Austrian men would take Bides with tho Car and divide this spoils In tire shape of European territory The autonomy of tho petty principalities ling between Russi Austria and Turkey proper has always been a menace to the peace of all Europe and now that Russia has taken tho initiative it remains to be seen lieth er England will submit to this insult to her friend tho Sultan or take it up and fight tho Russian for his temerity Such a war would bo a blessing to Amer lean commerce as it would drive British commerce from the seas before tho guns of IhoBwift cruisers owned 1 by Russia and would open a market for more than could bo produced of all that goes to mako tho Binovvu of war The increasing hatred tho Russians for Englishmen will doubtless hasten this event and Eng gland Blanding on her own merits will find tho game a totally different ono from that plajcel by Marshal Canrobcit of the Trench army and Lord Raglan tho flower of tho British army against a poorly equipped army of Russians and a bankrupt bank-rupt treasury |