War Items

Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 140, 12 May 1885, Page 2

War Items

Active war preparations prrYail in ■oval and military' circles in Borland. The war ferer v m hot as er«»r, and peace is conside/ed impossible; The preparations for war are continued with uaabated rigor,, and «re not* nger^rirci an a display of force to arert war, but as preliminaries of an writable and desiper* ate struggle. The rarums plans for striking Bosnia at vulnerable points outside the present field of hostilities art under consideration. The, theory « that if . Eugland and Russia -„ are to fight, .Russia, stunt not be allowed. to choose? tho battle field. She had /thus far; fereti hostilities on the Afghan frontier, which. indicates that she is better prepared ta 'fight there than elseVhere. A prompt 'nttaek by England in almost a&V 'other part of Busria would, it is thought, prerent Russia from seuding ' reinforcement* to Afghanistan, even if it did not compel the withdrawal o;f troops freW there t» defend the new point ! of attack. &*»- plan, to cripple Basiia said to be seriously contemplated, is to atUck, the Bussiati prorinees of the TranscauMsii, on th* East Coast *f the BUck Sea. The bas* of operations for snoh a c^n^|^^ w^enld, be Batonm, which i» the prinoipal-port on( the Eastern Coast,, and the, objjtetif^ point wonld. be Tiflis,j.the, eajiUal^ ot Tranxcauoasia. Tto'^Bassians are now drawing many of their remforcemente for Afghanistan from the CircaWn pro Tin. •ces, and it is ar^ned'ifiat a serious attack |on the otitejt of^t^e/, ppnntaif^s weulct compel them to keep their' baneasiaa troops Warer home, yin, tlbg^ren^f ' sach an enterpriie' being uhdertakeai**>a fnenidshi^ i 'of' Turkey : wo 1 did b» important. : Transcaucasia 7 adjoinit Tar»i ki«h Armenia, and if Turkey were hostile-. wo«ld find her' troeps r wedged ■in between two entmiet. - "The friendship, jof Turkey is alse of >a*t importapce t» A •either o^ r ttif C comibatintjr W ae^eWot, Iher contrr.l j>% ( ;^aisin#lle«. tW control was guaranteed U her by the. Twatjof B«rlia.rabd»ol#m«|j'» f rieii t ii l by,<botkEß|{l»adiand Bui»ial>By!rhia jmeans-t Turkey could prewnyEnglsii. from getting into or Bui*isyfroin g%tting>' K>ut lt>f : tk6' Black' Sei'. -A «» • o<i f »> fssif m .:^r- ' -,-;-,- " «... .