The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-27
England Sidesteps Her Issue
With Austro.Hungay
MAY MEAN STANDARDIZATION
Vienna Has Bottled UP Her Commerce
The Seaport Is Matter of
Life and Death to
Servia.

London, Nov. 27.-Great Britain, il
is said, has informed the powers that
she has no interest in Servia's demand
for seaport on the Adriatic. Thus one
by one cowardly self-interest has robbed
the Balkan confederacy of expected sup
porters. First Russia and now England.
Only few days ago the British premier
made a formal statement that the vic
| tors were not to be robbed of the fruits
of war and that so far as the influence
| of the British government went the
British government would deprecate the
raising and pressing of isolated ques-
tons. But the triple alliance bristles,
points to what ii wants, and British
Influence is put back into its hole
Austria, backed by Germany and Italy,
is to be permitted to bully Servia out
OF its fruit of victory if it can. The
angle at which European comment APP
preaching the Austro- Servan dispute is
amusing. Servia is generally condemned
for her obstinate advance and sex
travagant ambitions" What are these
ambitions? Rights in the territory she
has conquered from a ruthless foe that
for centuries has oppressed its peoples.
Right to economic freedom, which Aus
tria has denied her. Right to her own.
And who opposes her exercise of the
right? Austria, the scavenger of Eu-
rope, to whom no treaty is sacred, who
sees in a strong Balkan state in Mace
donia and Albania an obstacle to her
seizure of Salonica Austria, crouching
on the outer edge of blood soaked bat
tleield, hoping TO take advantage and
strike death blow TO it's exhausted vic
tor. Servia is hemmed in on all sides
by other nations; she has no outlet of
her own in any direction. Her neighbors
imposed such duties upon her products
as practically to regulate her export
trade. Any advancement under such
conditions was impossible. The people
being unable to sell their products to
an advantage, incentive to labor was
removed, and industries were paralyzad |
The natural outlet is northward across |
Hungary and Austria. But Austria |
takes advantage of their helplessness
and imposes such heavy duties and |
charges that all their profits are used up |
before their stock has reached market. i
Moreover when Hungary has had good |
year of her own, the authorities have I
pretended to find some disease among
the Servian stock that prevents their
,rossing the Hungarian border. In this
way the Servian production is held back
until their rivals are all successfully I
Hence Servia's persistence in
holding what she has won from Turkev.
An outlet to the sea is almost ques.
ion of life and death to her The fact
hat the Austro Hungarian consul at
'risrend has arrived at Uskub, thus dis
losing of the reports of his murder. re-
moves one of the thorny points which
ave caused particular evaporation TO
he Austrians and which was used to
rouse public opinion against Servia
hould tend to smooth their feelings |
he progress OF the negotiations among
he delegates of Turkey and OF the Bal
an allies at Tchatalia is still sealed
ook. In diplomatic circles in London,
is stated that Turkey has presented !
he following as an acceptable basis for
n agreement: "First-No war indem-
ity. Seeond-The retention by Turkey !
the territory bounded by the Martha !,
yer, the fortress Of Adrianople to be I
lcluded. Third--The maintenance Of |,
lie sovereignty of the sultan Of Turkey =
Albania"