Powers Prepare For Trouble.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 12, 1912:
Austria Takes Military Precautions — Russia Mobilizing Fleet.
    VIENNA, Oct. 11.—That Austria-Hungary is making military preparations in anticipation that the Balkan conflagration may involve the larger powers was indicated to-day by the reply of the Minister of Finance in the Hungarian Delegation to a criticism by a Socialist that the extraordinary military credits requested by the Government implied warlike designs.
    While protesting that the Government's policy was a most pacific one, the Minister of Finance said:
    "We are of the opinion that international deliberations regarding the consequences of a war in the Balkans may ensue, and in that case we probably would make our voice heard more successfully if we were well armed."
    The supplementary army estimates were adopted by the Hungarian Delegation without much debate, although they are generally stubbornly opposed. The amount is $25,000,000, of which $8,320,000 is to be spent this year on the Eastern frontier defenses.