The sun., 1905-12-04
PUTTING THE SCREUS ON THE
StLTiN.
An Ola Observer OF Turkish Ways Think,
ThaI nElanh MIIst DO the Job.

TO TnE Enron or THE SrN Nr While
Russia In ils constitutional infancy * go,rp
through an acute attack of political scarlet
fever her part IN what IS passing III Turkish
waters cannot bc II very important ono. and
none uf he continental Powers is IN position
to begin CASTING stones at the glass huu.n ~
the TURK. Austria which has for u,nrD,
forty years been the real pivot oi the Noar
Eastern question * itself suffering from tina
same disease aS Russia, though M u mIrh
lrsg AGATE form; and the conditions aud tom.
per Of the prDlrtariat IN every OF her country
in Eurorr including Great Britain, arr such
that non" Of them IL OVcranNoUS "a start
n fray.
Judging by the news Of what lns been
going on since the demonstrating SQUADRON
cast anchor in the waters Of Mytilrno, the
situation OF the international fleet Is begin.
ming to look just little ridiculous, Thers
Is perfectly certain to be nothing but rassiys
resistance on the part Of the TURK 50 long AZ
islands only are occupied II will bo the
occupation Of some important points on the
mainland that will determine his attitude
on the whole question.
The danger for The Powers IN the present
state of Europe, caused by the 4lcco>s of The
Russian revolutlonists IN ups"ttinr IN" i'm.
perial authority. Is that nrolongalou NJ the
demonstration and NaCillatinR policy NAV
end in producing some, incident mat will
bring on real trouble. The only Government
as far as can be Judged that can Dc said to be
in position to bring ma ters to a satisfactory
conclusion Is the British. lhe RusNinu and
Austrian Governments are theoretically the
InandatOres Of all the other Powers but
Russia ia mpotent. and rumor attributes ~
the Austrian "A desire 10 Withdraw from The
business il any OF the other Government,
feels itself getting hkewarm over It.
Having assisted at one and watched an.
other Of the demons stra,ion~ that followed
the treaty OF Berlin i seems to u" Ral the
ernment to act as it did when the Turks re-.
fused to surrender Dulcigno on tn" Ndrglo
70 MSntenesr3, maeT u'rGr',2t1 iI,,, from Mr.
sioner at Coustantinopl-, the British squad.
ron, with the int"rnAtonal fir'i lyIr before
Dulcigno. was ON the point Of -. .'u ~ away
to occupy smyrna, when tl" |Iu gave
way and Dervish Pas ha and h.N ops with
the Albanian League lryl"1, marcrrd out and
the Montenc grins marched III, aud 'hr a0ar
present innbrogi? should not b." solved by
s9madrons s9il % in H's' the Mctlerranran n aa" T"
French and British. any one Of which ie strong
enough to carry out mqhdatr from N" in-
trrnational concert but tn" British for many
reasons seems the one drsignHl"d by cDrrm.
stances for the service. II military assi>lau,"
is required. the natural plaC" +" look for r
is close by, and no better could be- found than
the help Of the BulHarianS and The Gr"rk,
in the parts of Macedonia wh"r" those races
As an active particirator in nearly every
important event connected With the Balhau
countries since US, ! long ny" came to 'l.
of the Near Eastern Quest0 was th" rrstora.
ton of the European territories of he Sultan
to their own peoples under properly conSl.
tutsd and organized govrrm"nts under tho
collective guardianship Of Europe. THAT
believe. was also the view of the leaders IN
the Liberal party in England. unfortunately
opposed by the ultra conservatives and the
Austrian and German Governments. with the
former of which Lord Sal Shury had concluded
a written agreement consentiuc 'u rs o"ou-
patton of Salunica and the territory a,oryeu-
ing between il and bUsnia aud N"r2"tpyuA,
whenever il saw III to move. lWo- ara
changed and what might haN" been l"a''hl"
ten or fifteen years ago IS no longer rrar''-
cable, the Balkan States haV" grown strong
and know their power. while those "ilu would
keep thcm out of their Inheritance hr" PARA
lived. [ nder such iaVorGhl" conditions
there ought to be no hesitation IN solving one"
for all question that Is a n"r"uunl m'nan"
TO peace, dlsturbs commerce ana uu-"l'ir'
finance.
After the REORGANIZATION ul kus-'H. under
whatever government, and TN" settling down
again of Europe. there viii hC uNi 'lN"rulu"N
able, even il willing. to und" arrangements:
that viii aSSur" prace and tn" ,iahlll' W
the newly constituted States IN t"u'Gca-lern
Europe. ltNA'
NI.w NuEE. DrC. -.