Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-14
TuE BaLKAN Crisis.

ID, ], {. far f.s can be gathered from ny
tlispatc.hes relating TO the 5tHiliKt'i ~
nation another conference Of tiie PoM-5
scrs similar 10 that held IN berllh m
1875 viii he called in the near futufe'
for the purpose OF further dls ~ .
Ing Turkey # is surmised IN i'o'i''o''
that it will be necessary to eniarEe w
scope of the questions 70 be discusses
Mt the cnnfercnce,which probably means
the reconsideration OF the Bcrlin lreats
in its entirety.
Austria has annexed Bosnia and tier
,o,snvina and Bulgaria has declared ~
soIf INDEPENDENT of Turkey. the fifat
question before The congress ~ouiaE'pc
whether3it would recognize these Vlo'n-
(, tions of the Berlin treaty us ua s 49,
ready accomplished and not TO DC aues-
t,nncd. Tho next would be, what COM
,,o,,sntinn cnrl the other powers demand
for nermittlns Austria to retain INC W
nnxad provinces? Russia cannot be OK
rooted 10 be content to see Austria
Hungary complete the process OF an-
sorblng Bosnia and ElerzegoVina'sl'i' g.
SO see ..ungratecuf' Bulgaria assume ~
denendence, without demanding coil
Il no IA to,,y$ advantages for herselfjat inc
crpense Of fine Turkish empireE Anu
- tsussia ia TO be allowed a colnpensa-
h ti,,n Great Britain, France ana Nef 5
many will. naturally in the interest OF
Inc maintenance of the European
,a,,iI,bri,1m. also expect a slice EACH
Great Britain, Al seems, has AGAIN uh -
deItalen TO champion the cause 81
Turkey. and Russia alone Is not m "
,psftion to cnforce her demands. 3ut
n nav turn out that Germany Is pre-
pnred to support Russia at FBalkeh
conference, In order to separate the o.
petersburg government from Ehsiisi,
ard French influences. Germany, u
seams. supports Austria in the anheAa-
zion OF Bosnia and Herzegovina CIV
she can hardly do that without pei.'s
r,repa red to second any reasonhoie ~
mand by other powers Tor ',c = pe'ii.''i
lstIon.. 1t therefore looks very nnncll DO
if Russia, Germany, and Austfl''- go
. .,n,.v$,night stand together on the aucs-
34,,s, ~ nnuexing Turkish territory.
,r,e trouble in the Balkans prove NOW
easy it is to find an excuse lo " -,
when the disposition exists. = ny ~
5,rnran minister or foreign atlaifs riaa
so,emnly declared that one reason ~ =.
ire revolt of his country was tt'e la'iT
IN. ~ the Turkish government last las K
month to invite the diplomatic asen.
~ Prince Ferdinand to uipio III ~.
gain,,or At Constantinoplc, not reallzihS,
4, ,narently. that that Incident was 100
trivin, In itself to afford ground for q
revolution Another reason oiereu 20
hardly less childish. There WIS !"
strike on the Rumeiian section OIL 'te
orient railroad, and Bulgarian troops
were sent in to keep tho road running.
When the strike ended, the raiirosiu
conpany demanded that the Bulgariall
soldiers should be Withdrawn, but the
sofia government declined to give up
the nronerty. The railroad is owned
nv Inc Turkish government but Is
leased by il 10 the Orient railroad CONT
many. which promptly lodged pro-
TEST at the porte against the action Oh
Bulgaria and invoked the Intervention
az the Austro- Hungarian, German ana
French diplomatic representatives ~
sofia. in view of the Austro- Hungarian,
German and French financial interests
involved. The railroad strike was very
far from being reason for the revolt
Bulrariars refusal to give UP the road
I'll, Eastern Rumelia was due to her ue-5
sire 10 control it for military purposes
in chi SO her coming declaration of in
flependerce should result in war win
Turkey. When the disposition to cause
trouble exists, it is easy to md
pretext, in the Balkans, as in utah.
One thing seems certain, however, he
who rules the destines of nations over
rules all things for the accomplishment
OF His own purposes The revolution
in Turkey has given a new Impetus TO
Eionism Jews are buying consider
able tracts of 5land in Palestine, and a
syndicate is negotiating q large part
Of the sultan's private domain, onmpris-
ing the Jordan valley from Tiberias to
the Dead Sea The Balkan trouble viii
also turn out to further the plans of
the Almighty with regard to His peo-
pie. and the Land of Promise.
DANGER FROM WITHIN.