A Crisis

The focus of the world seems to be on Bosnia.  Otto von Bismarcks words from half a century ago seem somewhat frightening now.  These were the words Bismarck spoke at the Berlin Conference in 1878.  “If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans”  Apparently, the Austro-Hungarian Legation in Belgrade has suggested that the nation of Serbia could have some part in the assassination.  That really sparked something, because the riots of yesterday are being followed by larger anti-Serb riots elsewhere in Bosnia.  Apparently that monk and advisor to the Russian Tsar, Grigory Rasputin has been killed.  He was travelling with his father in his old hometown when a young woman, Khioniya Guseva, covering her face with a veil, stabbed Rasputin in the stomach.  He was dead before he hit the floor.  This is quite a tumultuous time.