The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-10
The Sick Man Driven to the Wall.

The Sick Man Driven to the Wall.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: In ask
ing the powers to mediate with the
objecr OF stopping the war at its
present stage, the Turk confesses
that his cause is lost Well may he
CRY out, Hold, enough. On the road /
to Adrianople and beyond. Bulgaria
is pushing him toward Constannn |
Servia has overrun nearly all Of that
part of Turkey known as Old Servia,
AS this conquest closes the road OF
Austria to its long hoped-for uninter-
rupted path to Salonika, the news
causes almost as much alarm in Wen
ma as it does in Constantinople. In
the northwestern part of Turkey the
Montenegrins are pushing back the
troops OF the sultan, and are captur-
| ing new towns every day or two,
Crete has passed to Greece perma-
nently. while, pushing northward on
the mainland, the Greeks are lending
a hand to the Montenegrins and Ser
vians, and, with the Bulgarias farther
to the east, are rounding up the
Turks with CELEBRITY and an effec-
tiyeness which are a surprise to those
who remember the stout resistance
which they made to Russia. aided by
some of the little Balkan provinces,
a third of a century ago.
IA significant indication OF the
changed attitude toward the Turk
which Europe has been compelled TO
take in 1912, as compared with 1878
and earlier, is shown by the refusal
of the great powers to intervene to
save him from expulsion from tina,
continent. France, which holds the
leadership in the concert, confesses
A that new conditions have been estab-
lished. This fact is set forth plainly
il dispatch from Paris yesterday.
The French government has refused
the Turkish governments appeal for
/, it to take the initiative in bringing
about Intervention of the powers to
stop hostilities and impose an arms
| tice on the Balkan states. The reply
of the French foreign Office points
|. out that for France to take the course
j suggested would be contrary to inter
i national law, and would make her al,
pear as siding against the Balkan
sates.'' These words ara significant
The victories of the Balkan coun
tries have been SO swift and complete
they have sucn large and effective
armies in the field, and public senti
, ment throughout the world is &C
strongly manifested In their favor
that the concert dare not interfere OIL
place the recently emancipated chrfs
!, ltians in Turkey back under the Mos
lem yoke.
). Every civilized people will rejoice
at the triumphs which the allies are
a winning. France has no especial rea
son for alarm at the progress which
the little Balkan states are making
: nor has England. while Russia IS no
doing any mourning over the tribula
! lions which are hitting its old enem.
!. at Constantinople. Austria is. o
course. displeased, because the allies
!; victories are depriving her of SOM
: territory which she hoped to gain II
! the future. Austria's partner in thu
triple alliance, Germany, Is startlet
by the collapse OF her military sys
!. tenn, as shown by the Turks defeats
! for the sultan's army was reorganize
. by officers lent him by the Kaiser
!, and some of them are understood t
!. be directing the Turks campaign
The nations Of western Europe, how
ever, are in the ascendant in the cor
, cert in these days, and they will nc
). interpose to deprive the little state
. of the fruits of any of their victories
All of which means that when peac
comes the Turkish empire in Europ
will fill only small space on tn
.. map.