Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27

The dispatches from Sofia and London
announce that the allied armies OF the
Balkans have operated
Aiming at SO quickly that Kirk
Kalliseh is on the point
Adrianople. Of being invested. the
capture of which will clear the way 10
Adrianople. the main objective OF the
allies.
To the superior Bulgarian army. under
the command of King Ferdinand has
been confided the direction of the hrst
plan of operations, which is Thrace or
Adrianople: to the Servtan. under hing
Peter. the Montenegrin under hins
Nicholas. the Greek under Prince con
stantine, has been accorded the second
plan. which is strategic and Includes
Scutari and its dependent defenses on
the Adriatic. tskub. Monastir and Saioh-
Xxi in the Aegean. So far these opera
tons have been achieved with celefitS
that provokes the admiration of mihtar!
critics. The Bulgarian general stan mao
the lessons Of history we'll learned.
was at Adrianople that the Roman en-
peror Valens was defeated by the Coins
i'm :37S; it was at Adrianople that Bull
garia received her independence from the
victorious army of the Grand Duke Men
olas in 1873. The Turkish army defeated
at Adrianople the valley of Martha car
offer no resistance until the last stand
OF the Turks may be made under the
walls of Constantinople.
The allied army is numerically inferior
to that OF the Turks, which 1t Is assumed
has an effective of ]. 455 900. the Bulgarian
31S.O0o, Servian $4,000, Grecian 1900
a lxA g.
doubtful that the Turks may place in the
field more than the third of their ac'
credited number. II the Greek navy
proves as efficient as its army appears
it will destroy Turkish communications
and thus deprive 1t of its reserves OF met
and of its stores.
A military critic says of the bulgarian
army: 1T is a modern army In every
sense, well instructed and well disci
pinned. with modern outfit and arma
ment. Its auxiliary services. commits
sariat. transportation. ambulance. etc.
are perfect. The staff accepts the prin
ciple Of offensive action. Fhe caVaHS
is simply remarkable"
The allied army has already mani
tested it's belief in the offensive action
and We may therefore expect a sharp
sanguinary, but short campaign surpris
ing to the Turks as Well as to Europe
King Ferdinand. who appears to be th'
acknowledged political as well as mill
sage to his cabinet:
inspired, as ] have always been, b.
a profound confidence in the unity o.
Bulgaria, l am convinced
Ferdinand'S also that our incompar
able and valiant army. is
meSSd6e' sue of people, such ;
people as the Bulgarians. whose sacri
fees for their national ideal are without
parallel in history, will be able to com
bat and destroy the eternal enemy of TIT
Bulgarian race Our brothers on thu
other side of the RetO and Rhodop'
mountains will see finally the aurora o
liberty. Vive the valiant and victo
rious Bulgarian army
"Our brothers on the other side or th'
Reto and Rhodope"? Who are these
brothers. who have seemed to have beer
ignored by the powers ana the press
their attention riveted upon the vfsloi'
object of the conflict? They are Siavs.
In we'll informed diplomatic circles
However. the peril in the BalkaIlic crisis
is not only in the march upon ADRIAN
ople and Constantinople, but. IN the real
ization of panslavisrn. King Ferdinano
message for a fact Is a declaration o
war of race and religion, a holy war.
ed to the soul Of the Slav or Russia
Austria Hungary Poland, Bohemia ant
Croa tia, while those of Bulgaria, Servia
Montenegro and Macedonia are already II
arms. These Sfavs IN EuroIa rous en-.
estimated nlmber a hundred and nifty
million souls.
II will be recalled that there have been
Indicate of late years Of Slav awak.
ening In 1908 Slav congress met a,
Prague which commemorated the oeIea,
of the SIays at Kossova in 1889. In 1916
there was another congress at MOSCOW
The annexation of Bosnia and Herze'
govina constituted a shock to the SiaN
ideal. Kossova and Bosnia-herZesoVihs
are the KEYS to the present uprising OF
the Slav.
There are other sides to the Slav queS-
ton. Russia occupies the hrst place
Austria Hungary next and then there is
an Italo-Slav plan.
M. Poincare, premier of France, ap-
pears to be the only diplomatic official
excepting NJ. Sazonoff,
poincare's premier of Russia). who
appreciates the peril of the
warning. situation. NJ. Poincare is
renorted TO have said that the real crit
ica, moment for Europe would not hap
nen during the war of the Balkans. but
peace were being discussed. This may
he hut if is assumed that King F'erdi-
nand i'm the meantime may have arranged
for the Slav uprising which may be
destined to tiHwart irresistibly the inten-
tions of the powers. intentions which
NAV be said to he Opaque even to the
powers themselves.
In the meantime the allied army. the
Slav army for such it is, despite the
powers is marching swiftly TO It's des-
tjny which is ito receive conservation or
defeat in the vast and historic plains
of Martha.
The stubborn resistance Of the Turk
NAV be counted upon when douoieu up
under the walls of Conscantinople. This
resistance and the sacrhhces 1t entails
will serve the Slav cause on the princi-
ME of 1.-The blood Of the martyr is the
seed of the church," Already the call OF
the Slav king has been answered. Ac-
cording to a dispatch at this writing,
Il GOO Russian Slavs have crossed the
border and enrolled themselves under the
standard of the allies
NJ Poincare and NJ. Sazonoh, In accord
on the 9th instant on the necessity OF
intervention, proposed that all the pow
ers intervene collectively. France, Eng
land and Germany would exercise their
good offices with the Ortoman govern
ment: Russia and Austria would en-
ploy their influence at the Balkanic capl-
tails. England when asked for reply
accepted somewhat tardily. alleging that
because OF her situation as Mosiem