The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09
Europe ThreatenedWi
CONFUSION After Tenn
porary Lull.
TURKS AGAIN
CAUSE TURMOIL
Situation Rapidly Becoming I'm
bearable, and Intervention of
Powers Apparently Is I'm
Observation-Disclosures of
Europe Are Filled With
( Alarm Over Prospect.
ny WILLIAM t. STEAD.


especial Gable to The Times dispatch
London. July s.-Unsettled questions.
IL has been said, have small regard for
the peace OF nations. The unsettled
question Of the Balkan peninsula is
no exception TO this rule Once again
hurope' after temporary hull, is snud-
dering on the edge of the crater of a
volcano.
Four years ago when the Young
turks made their famous revolution.
oeposing the old sultan and seizing
the reins OF government. every one
agreed 10 hope for the best Measures
which had been agreed upon bv the
powers FOR the prevention OF mas
hacTes In Macedonia were suspended
ana there seemed TO be a general ira
ternizins among all races The Chris
tian Mussulmans that inhabited the
dominlons of the Suitan's world were
assured day by day that the Young
TURKS were highly civilized men full
OF the most liberal Ideas
One OF their chiefs was positive that
hencefortn the empire of the Ottoman
was to be regenerated according to the
latest principles of modern democracy
Inc measures agreed upon by the great
powers ,or the prevention of mas
sacre and outrage were Suspended
Every one hoped for tho best.
All Vices OF Old Turks
NOW. alas! a very different spectacle
S2eets the eye. The Young Turks have
mad long inning. with the result tina I
tncy have developed all the vices of
the ola Turks and are applying the old
ottoman principles with even more un-
sparing severity. In the old DAYS
Christians were Frequently massacred.
out they were at least exempt from
CONSUMPTION. They are now being com
PEELED 10 serve In the army which they
detest. the whole control OF the army
remaining in the hands OF the Mos
lem commander-in-chief Able SOL
diers succeeded in bringing toRethe,
an army which is disciplined and we'll
armed, but Is too much distracted by
internal divisions to be an effective
force for the settlement of affairs
Albania Danger Point.
The old Turkish officials who have
peen turned out are all more or less
penniless The Young Turks have ex-
hausted the resources of the treasury
IN equippinS the army and endeavor-
ing TO provide navy. Formid
able instructions have broken out in
Arabia, where the Turkish troops have
Just sustained severe reverse. and in
Albania. which at the present moment
Us the danger point of tn situation
The new Sultan is but a ngureheao
None OF the Turkish ministers has
shown himself to be a man of energy
and Initiative. and. according to the
latest Intelligence just at hand from
Constant'nople. new revolution may
break out at any moment.
The dispute with Greece still is un-
settled. Tho old Macedonian question
is as had as IL was before the Young
Turks took power. and circumstances
which just preceded the great war of
1877 seem to be reproducing them
selves with horrible exactitude on the
frontier of Montenegro
Montenegro, or Black Mountain. tho
heroic little state which for centuries
maintained alone its savage lndepend-
ence among its mountains, is at the
present moment crowded with refu-
gees from the Albanian heights
which the Turkish general. Terghut
Pasha, is endeavoring to pacify in the
usual Turkish fashion, by carving
fire and sword through valleys inhab-
tied by Albanian mountaineers
How Other War Began
The war of 1877 began by an insur
rection in Herzegovina and Bosnia.
which the Turks endeavored to sup
press in the same way. The tnsur-
gents, whose homes were burned nv
Turkish troops, took refuge in Monte
negro. from whence their piteous en-
treaties rang out through the civilized
world AT that time the influx or
refugees was at the north of Monte
negro. but this time it is at the south.
The refugees then were orthodox.
Now the Albanian refugees are Cath
olics. But, with these executions. the
situations are exactly the sa me. Thou
sands of men. women and children
refugees fleeing for their lives have
found refuge in the barren and bleak
mountains OF Montenegro. resources
OF which are taxed 10 the uttermost TO
keep them from absolute starvation.
Public Appeals for Aid.
Public appeals to this country and
elsewhere for subscriptions had been
made in order to feed these refugees.
whose sufferings have so far attracted
no attention save in the courts Of
Vienna and st. Petersburg.
Ties which bind Montenegro to
Russia are very close. but Russia un-
fortunately a the present has not yet
recovered from the catastrophe of the
Japanese war and her recent ultima
tum seems to have been treated in the
usual Turkish fashion by polite pro
testations and professions of submits
sion at ConstantinopIe. while the work
OF deviltry is carried on without check
IN Albania.
Sultan Makes Promises.
The new Sultan for the first tIme
European dominions and has heen pro
amelioration of their lot. He has even
promised few thousand pounds in
order to alleviate the distress caused
by his troops. According to stories
which reached this country these
promises. like all other Turkish prom
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