Evening star., 1912-11-10
CR0~S And CRESCENT.

inundati ton. The powers failed to under
stand that situation, and this was their
first error.
The second error was to insist upon
cons.derine the Balkanic states through
Mr. G. adstont s spectaclcs: not to make
the simple calculation that these states
were capable of putting i'm line tWUe
bayonets, and in battery LOO pieces OF
cannon. The powers were so aecustonea
to the idea that these states were but
little children of the European family
whom IL sufficed to put on regime OF
dry bread or to reprimand in order 10
keep them quiet. that they fai ed TO peis
ceive that these children had become
men. and up to the last they refused to
see it, The mob!lizations OF the states
We're treated as costy bluffs. Ii was
a total misrepresentation of the situation
The great powers had lost the sense
of national politics. for material interests
could not dominate They
Belief of believed at heart that the
Balkan agitation was
1oWeIS. only a question of even
tual partition of Macedonia and other ter
ritorial ambitions. That mode of appre-
citation was the dominant feature of the
Austro- Russian note. Paragraph ; of
that note. relating TO the integrity OF
Ottoman territory. would disarm the Bal
kan states
The powers were in error from first to
last. The war was made not for kossoyo
or rskub, but simply to deliver the vic
tins Of Kossovo and Uskub and to crush
a criminal and evil-m.nded authority.
The states understood the impotency OF
the Turk and his inability to effect re-
forms Whatever may be the good inten-
tions OF the powers Constantinople could
not give what the states demanded Inc
states have not refused the occasion TO
take action against an eXecrated regime
Their soldiers have fought like lions, and
when the battle is finished and the verdict
is rendered there will be time enough To
consider the pacific organization OF the
liberated country.
N. Soalaikovitch added that the only
interests of Russia in Europe Were Bal
kanc and these reposed upon an abso-
lutte community of act on of Russia, Eng
land and France. The Balkanic federation
would prove the only guarantee of the
peace of Europe. NJ. Spalaikovitch paid
high tribute to King Ferdinand I'm effect
ing the union of the Balkan peoples. His
tory would render justice to the political
genius of the king.
There has been great fear and much
ag tation in diplomatic circles over an APP
parent divergence of views between Eng
land and Russia with reference to the
Turk. So long as the Turk was I'm action
with what was supposed TO be an army
that was represented as unconquerable
certainly by these despised allies. Eng
land manifestly stood for the Turk. and
but for NJ. Poincare would have persisted,
perhaps, in that stand.
The Temps of Paris endeavored recent
ly in a series OF articles to reconc L. the
divergence of views be-
Russo. English tween London and St
n:u Petersburg. London
Os0A6CAec. opposed the French
propositions of September % tend'n to
exact Of the Turks immediate reforms.
The Turks dignity should not be humil-
lated On the other hand the Temps in
sinuated that Russia should not NANTES.
SO much sympathy at st. Petersburg for
the Balkan allies The Temps likewise
criticised the Paris correspondents Of the
ondon Times and the Novoie Vrema,
who were stirring up strife In the re-
specify capitals as calculated to cause
estrangement of two important factors OF
the triple entente.
In this connection and as singular
coincidence we have seen in the Amer
lean press an article from the pen OF Mr
Alfred Mosely. well known British pub
licist. Mr.. Mosely, /; should be sa d just
here, does not represent the liberal opin-
ion Of England any more than the London
T mes, and this fact IS made apparent in
the caption of an article by Mr.. Mosely
In q New York journal: Best thing for
Europe would be the triumph of Turkey
Mr. Mosely wrote his art Gle before the
downfall of he Turk, although II must
be assumed that he has heard OF Turk
ish atrocities in Bulgaria in 1876 and that
he has read the unanswerable arraign-
ment of the Turk by the Servian states
man. NJ Spalaikovtch.
Mr. Mosely is doing the same doubtful
service for his coun ry in America that
the London Times correspondent is doing
in France. Mr. Mosely endeavors to show
in America what delightful things VII
come to the Balkans and Europe IL the
Turks are victorious. The treaties would
be kept and Turkey obliged to per orm
reforms, etc Su. ely Mr.. Moseley cannot
be as artlesS as he would have us be-
leve
On the other hand he says 1.-THE allies
If vic .or,ous would d v:d. the plums. even
Constantinople," VIII the great Euro
pean powers. he asks, sit with folded
hands while these much coveted terri
tories are being absorbed"
The man OF the hour III Europe is Ray
mond Poincarc. the F4ench premier He
alone. by his quick creep
tOIncale ton OF the danger OF tn.
pro.+;ra Balkans situation. las won
by his bold attitude the ap-
plause of all Europe, The speech as
Nantes was a great effort. 1t held up the
hands of the powers, which mi. mt else
have interviewed to save the Turk. and
thus repeat te crime of Berlin of ISIS.
The truth is NJ. Poincarc has created
vide appreciation of a new situation
which has finally dawned upon Europe.
That situation is nothing less than the
recognition by the powers of the birth
of new nation, born at the moment of
the death and dis ppearance of an old
nation. The Balkan federation is born
and will live because ii has strength and
red b ood and its Christian principles ap-
peal to the sympathy of the civilized
world.
What shame, indeed. for the powers.
had they committed the crime of standing
for the Turk when In the moment of his
defeat he has threatened in retaliation
to mas sacre the Christian peoples OF Con-
stantinopie forcing thus the powers TO
rush their warshps in defense of the
Inenaced Christians Of that city.
NJ. Poincare's note declared that he
would maint in "the sovereignty of the
sultan at Con tant.nople But the all
wise premier rightly conjectured that