The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-29
TURKEY NO LONGER
GERMANY FRIEND.
But kaiser's Diplomats Trying
to Regain Former Hold
in Constantinople.
BANKERS SEEM CONFIDENT
Feeling Of Bitterness and Sus.
Picion Against England Is
Strengthened.
ny FREDERICK wEn>pn

hi FREDERICK WERNER
Especial Gable TO The Times Dlsnateb
Berlin, October 2s-The suiden ~,
break OF the rurco- Italian War nm
douotedly stirred up more alarm IN
inc herman Foreign Department. than
anywhere else in Europe At the vnty
moment when the Morocco question
was on the point OF being settled a
W., VT Sroke out which called back to
ne the dreadful spectre OF n probab,a
ehaos In the Balkan peninsula ana
placed German statesmen in The dim
QUIT position OF choosing between two
powers one OF which WAC her ally
ana the other a state whose FRIENDSHIP,
'ne haiser has tried to win for years
as MS frst move in the struggle for
supremacy with England Tho rhos,
~ .he baikans has been laid. driven
=, eA undersround at least temporar!.
~ and Italy is still a member OF the
irip!e Alliance. though she viii prob
aoiF Try to link her destinies more
oloseiy TO friendly Franco and on,
ioose from Austria, whose whole st,i
tude since the outbreak OF the wa,
mas been antas onistic and threaten
ins' nut in Constantinople. the Kaiser
io longer looked upon as a friend
ana the efforts of years seem ,ys.tAd
No wonder. therefore. that Cam,
aiplonhtists are chiefly occupied try
ing 10 repair as well as possible tn,
Poh'lcsi damage sustained In Turkey
without, OF course. trespassiny or
the extreme CONSTITUENCIES of the stiII
loyal ally at Rome.
Iae brunt Of this work falls upon
tho German ambassador 70 tho nigh
porte, Coun. Marshall Won Bieberst.In
who is being told from all aides Thai
IL devolves upon him TO clear away
the bitterness of the Turks By invent.
ing some plausible explanation OF his
governments double-faced policy and
once more convince the Sick Man thai
IN all Europe he has no more sIncero
and unselhsh friend than Germany.
Hhose who are most vitality inter
es'ed, the German bankers and imam
ciers who have vast amounts investsd
IN Turkey, are said to feel oulte con.
ident OF the ambassadors ability "a
ma way. and claim that they are
not the least worried in regard IA
either the future OF Germany's Turk:
ish trade or 10 It's Oriental railroad
schemes.
The present tactics OF the German
ambassador are directed towards prov
Ing to the people OF Turkey that italy
IN relieving them OF TrpoN is play
ing the part of the skilful surgeon. be.
cause Tripod. has after all always been
very heavy drain on Turkish
finances.
the Vtiayet passes into italian
possession the sul,an's government
VIII be relieved of this burden. while
H. III addition. Italy Is willing to nav
financial compensa ton, this payment
could be made TO serve as the basis OF
new Turkish loan. II Germany. In
the role of peacemaker, should bring
ABOUT such settlement, IL is suggest
Cd the resentment now felt In certain
q tn
lily disappear
1t seems rather a pity, though. that
so far the Sick Man does not annear "a
enjoy this exhibition OF modern In
ternstonal surgery
lhere Is nothing strange in the fact.
under existing circumstances. that
EUROPE is treated to revival OF the
.aFdy perennial rumor that Germany
. , 10 aolish permanent naval
iorce IN the Mediterranean
Hardly year passes without some
more or less definite assertion of this
sort being made, but there is no indi-
cation yet that Germany intends to de.
part from the general principle laid
down In the navy law OF 1so0-that of
concentration in home waters There
are OF course. few German cruisers
on oversee service. but OF these there
O''>S 'S.i al toIu, tWO on the CHINA
station, being armored vessels.
That there is no Immediate intention
OF bringing about a change in exist
ing policy is proved by the half-year-
ly statement OF the distribution of the
fleet, just Issued by the Marine De-
partment. This document, which GOV
ers the period to April, 1912, makes
no mention OF any force for the Med,-
terranean beyond the old sloop Lore
O a Ia ofra
There are however, other points OF
interest. The battle squadrons OF the
high sea fleet consist now of seven
teen battleships. of which sixteen are
In two squadrons. while the seven
teenth is the flagship OF the command
er-!n-chief and Independent OF both
squadrons. Seven Of the eight ships
in the first squadron are of the all
big-gun type. and the last of the
earlier vessels the "Schleslon," VIII
be replaced by the "Oldenburg" with
In the next two or three months
The feeling OF bitterness and sus-
picion against England in Germany
has been greatly strengthened by
rumor. which has cached Berlin from
Copenhagen, stating that not very long
ago the British government asked the
government OF Denmark, II, in case of
WdIp IoH5tahu Dc permitted to
land troops in Denmark and invade
Germany from the north. The reply
of the Danish government was, of
course, that under no circums ia noes
would Denmark think of permitting
such thing, and that in case OF war
the country would maintain the strict
est neutrality and defend IL to the ut
most
The rumor. absurd though it appears
to ha ie IN 10
high Danish official and finds general
credence here.
Even papers thst have haretofore
been friendly to England are now be-
ginning to feel alarmed and the Der
lin TaEehlatt," q former firm adyo-