The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-15

6peClal TO Inc GLOBE.
LONDON, March 1.-THE long ex-
pected crisis in Turkish affairs now
really seems to be imminent. The pup
pets who are to be made responsible
for the coming combat between such
of the powers as may be drawn into
1T have been so carefully rehearsed by
the Muscovite stage managers that the
successful enactment of another trag-
edy in the career of the sick man of
Europe should not possibly fail-un-
less, perchance, instead of tragedy the
situation develops into a farce comedy
and the shadow of the Bear has once
more to slkulk back from the coveted
Balkans.
One thing is certain. that before Tur~.
key Will give up another slice of terri
tory she will fight any armies that
may be allied against her to the bitter
end. She has lost so much during the
past century that her diminishing
greatness is one of the bitterest shocks
that Mohammedan pride has ever sus-
tanned
Early in the century just closed
Greece attained it's independence This
was followed by the autonomy Of Rou-
mania, Bulgaria and Crete Bessarabia
and Batoum fell to Russia as spoils of
her last war, while Egypt and Cyprus
have fallen to England and Syria Is
under the protection Of France and
other powers.
The ostensible cause of the present
contemplated rising IN the Balkans is
the inhuman treatment of Macedonians
by Turks. Whatever else the Mace
DOMAIN committee, which foments most
of these troubles, may be, 1t certainly
is in collision with Russia and is one
of the most potent tools of her Balkan
policy.
Although the Bulgarians themselves
are apparently endeavoring to suppress
the Macedonian uprising they have
modified Il large army to menace Tur-
key, which viii, if an outbreak occurs,
be the main reason of the conflagra-
ton.
The reforms which Austria and Rus
STA have asked Turkey to make for
the benefit of Macedonians seem to be
a secondary matter, as irrespective Of
her compliance or noncompliance huge
armies are preparing to pour south,
ostensibly to right the wrongs of Mace
domains and Albanians, but really to
establish the claim of Russia, to rule
the BosphO4Is and Austrias to such
territory as she may have considered
necessary to the establishment of an
other good port on the Adriatic and
other advantages long sought in that
direction.
OF course Montenegro and Albania
and Servia, all pet dogs of the NorthDr n
Bear, will be ready TO pounce upon
the sick man when Russia gives the
word, so that really there would seem
little chance for the disgrace of Eu-
rope
Italy, however, has dreams in the d.
rection of Dalmatia, and her old time
feud with Austria may make to obtain
Turkish territory in case such aim on
the part of Austria becomes a demon
stTated fact as the result Of her pact
with Russia.
AS 1 wrote you some months ago a
treaty exists between Servia and Rus
STA by means of which the army of
the former will cooperate with that
of Russia as soon as she sets her bat
talions marching in the direction of
the Balkans.
Britain has been called upon by Tur-
key to carry out her part of very old
and well understood bargain-in other
words asked to help out her old ally.
For the nonce England is non-plussed;
the SITUATION mas developed so sudden
" that she has not had time through
the lingo press to lash the public into
fury about it.
France sits and smacks her lips at
the thought of having Austria for
co-ally, but she would rather have
Italy in her place for several reasons.
And what will France do under the
circumstances?
Have we so soon forgotten what that
Rstute analyst TOlstoi has told us. Here
Is digest OF his opinion on this eter-
nal question: France needs the cohorts
of the Muscovite. In pay she is more
1han willing that the Cossack shall dis
place the Briton in India, China, Poly
nesia-save rectification. When the
day comes-Which is as certain as the
succession of the Seasons-that she
holds the pinchbeck German empire
under the heel of her ready hosts, then
she will have a recrudescence of the
spirit which holds the Russian a Tar
tar and is destructive to the interests"
of Western civilization. Napoleon III.
Joined England in the Crimean cam
palgn, not because France had forgot
ten Waterloo or the doltS who had won
that half-fought contest, but because
1t was essential to his purpose to DEL
Iude the PhariSees who fancied them
selves arbiters Of the destinies of Eu-
rope.
France, to recapitulate the reason
ing of her dlplomatsts, for the mo-
ment needs the semi barbarous mil