The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15

u WIG thIoee OF great political crisis.
she has lost thousands OF soldiers in
her wars In Arabia, and the slightest
weakening of Turkish strength will
lead 20 fresh and final rebellion in
into an Independent kingdom.
or the other powers, France the
mediterranean power" Is neutral. How
could she object To Italy doing In Trip
oil What she has practically done her
self in Morocco?
Great Britain Is not considered I.ke;y
70 object bu; curiously enough some
lhisBivinss are entertained about GER
niunys attitude.
tor several years past it has been
noticed by everybody that Italy had
gradually :oosened the bonds that Of.
Heially tied her to Germany and Aus
tria
suise the fact that the Italian tleet was
puLit solely to use against Austria.
ana mere is not inconsiderable party
IN italy which daily advocates "A war
with Austria both to strengthen the
hdtlonai character by uniting Italians
IN natriotic endeavor and to recon
auer the lost province OF Istria. with
'hs ports u tTrieste. paola and Fiumc.
W nile Italy was detaching herself
by degrees from the Triple Alliance.
germany was assiduously counting n
new and more profitable friend-Tur-
~ For the sake of preponderance in
Ine near East. for her Interests In the
Bagdad Railroad and her longing
giances towards Persian trade. and
ESQ d, IN some vague hopes OF naval con-
s,ruetion orders; Germany has gained
USED to be Great Britan's.
Is therefore. not unnatural to SEQ
turkey In the hour of her need turn
ner kllentiy appealing eyes to Germany
asking her to prevent her Italian ally
from adding the last straw to her back
breaking burden.
IL Germany refuses she will be held
In Turkey to he Il broken reed and hcr
prestige Will be gone forever. II sh.
accedcs. 1taly'a temper Will explode
a hni demand the rupture of the Triple
In the latter case Turkey herself
I might step into ltaly's boots and Join
Partnership with Austria and Germany
| uhoer the kaiser's shining armor"
Many are the writers who have COM
pared the general state of unrest all
over Europe with the events of the
/ evolutionary year of 1S4s, but tho
Sorhpdrison is not very striking one
ffor the disturbances that have been
many and elsewhere have had nothing
To- do with politics, while all the up.
ol srns5 OF iS4s We're Of politically rev;
oEainst ar 2.,rn eharae SnT. and directed
.!slsning dynasty is threatened with
me ono exception OF the Bourbons in
spain. and King Alfonso indeed spoke
the truth when, he recently said to a
prominent republican leader. who was
presented to him, 1--WE may ali veiv
soon be forced to become republicans"
an economic character until the Prime
Minister suddenly transformed them
. susneo6 dsnn.eiy political discomfort by
tees and placing the whole Country
under martial law.
Senior Canalejas at present is play-
ne with ire 1t is quite Impossible TO
l.oreteii how the desperate game the
spanish government is PLAYING will
end In Spain there are ali the ma ma.
t tom sp o. "a great gsf political confagra
comparison with 1s4s it is in the King.
dom OF King Alfonso that a throne will
De overthrown.
Probably no man in all the world
Is more TO be pitied than the Russian
statesman to whom the Gear gives the
t ,hsA OF taking up the work begun by
appearances the murdered Prime Min
!ster succeeded in crushing the revO-
luton. but Russia is still as far as ever
from siding quietly into the path Of
normal European conservatism. The
passions of the revolution and the
reaction. the habits of n secret police
which has become a licensed regiment
or criminals: the long tradition OF vio-
lence and ruthlessness in which n
whole nation has been trained hav.
OF Russian history. How 1t will end no
man can predict, but it will not re-
semble the quiet and orderly revolution
OF Ihe russian state, which the late
NJ. Stolypin took for his model
The apologists OF NJ Stolypin defend
ca MS policy on the assumption that
II aimed at establishing. not indeed, a
!iperal state. but reign of order and
law under constitutional guarantees
on the model of bureaucratic Prussia
policy OF that type would have been
capable OF plausible defense even
II 1t had involved an initial period of
repression.
But 1t was much less than this that
Stoiypin achieved. and there is no evil
dence that he had before him an ideal
so relatively enlightened. He certainly
sought 10 make the bureaucracy honest
and efficient. and his work In eXposl
ing the corruption of high officials
deserves fullest recognition Bur he
was far from initiating the relative
humanity and moderation of the Prus-
sian methods He did nothing what
ever to insure 10 the accused a regular
ana honest trial He wished TO es-
laolish an honest policy, but he meant
10 leave IL absolute, unchecked and
arbitrary: His plan. IL it had succeed
ed, would have made him the civilian
uespot OF Russia. without a party and
Win nothing but puppet Parliament
The failure of this policy stands
EVIDENT to-day. NJ. Stolypin disdained
permanent guarantees of liberty II IL
Is the more reactionary and less mas
tertul NJ. kokovtsoff, who Is TO succeed
hiih, 1t is probable that the Empire will
SLIP rapidl- backwards into the condi-
tlon OF instability and incessant court
lntrigues from which Stolypin sought
to raise 1t.
Royal Convoy ut southampton.