Evening star., 1912-11-17
MOVING FOR PEACE In TURKEY

was, after all. not a bad fellow. and this
fact set his slow mind at work, and per-
haps quenched his fanaticism. When tho
order for mobilization was promulgated
from Constantinopls. Greeks. Bulgarians
and Servians fed. and II is not impossible
that the Turks. who as Ghazi Moukh-
tar declares. had no commissariat.' fisd
also
AS for the '.djehad." or holy war. Ash
mead Bartlett, English correspondent.
writes that he does not be-
Holy lieve the holy war, ic
W. preached. would affect thu
soldier one way or the
other. THE Turkish so dier not long ago
lost his former religious fanaticism He
asks for bread. not benedictions. Hs
wants shelter. not salvation. He wants
something tangible in this world. and not
paradise and forty wives in the next
1t is recalled that the Ottoman army
staff announced officially that they could
place in line l.1Jo.00o men. For these a.
budget was constituted of more than
S5V.o00.o0O. They wanted a solid army ard
fleet. Germany had not voted so much.
There was much said by the German Of
ficers in Turkey OF what they wou d do
with setting up the Turkish soldier
The German officers doubtless provided a
commissariat for themselves, but forgot
to provide one for the soldier.
writer In the same Grande Revue
writes on the economical po Mt OF view OF
the war which has tried the nerves ot
financiers and diplomats quite as much
as the nerve of the soldiers
AT the inception of the war. before the
fires had been lighted. capital expert
enced all the horrors Of shock and panic.
The first week in October would not Ia
married. by a glorious page in the history
of money markets Rarely was such q
panic. Bondholders asked In trepidation
what of their coupons? In Servia the
Skoupchtina voted a moratorium, or
extension of three months and doubtless
the other Balkan states have done like
wise Money In the orient IS not always
SO urgently necessary as in the occdent.
"bokra, or tomorrow, Is famli1ar ana
effective response of governments as OF
individuals who cannot meet their fnan-
cial obligations. The Turkish government
is reported at this moment by the cor
respondent of the Gazette de Frankfort
at ConStantinople as having in the inn
perial treasury the modest sum Of 50o0D
Turkish pounds, less than 0a.0lD. Tho
government actually lacks 6o0o.0U pounds
to meet urgent expenses To go to war
under such circumst tances will appear
marvellous to the occidental but 1t will
be intelligible TO the European who has
lived a long time in the orient.
The fever of patriotism which has
swept over the a.kan states will permit
the depleted treasures OF
Patriotic allies to go on without a
plaster If need be until the
1CsoA. fever is over and the object
of their dream attained.
A correspondent from Belgrade tele-
graphs on this subject: The patriotic
war fever has taken hold of the Servian
nation, man. woman and even young
girls. Among the peasants. as wel as
the patricians there reigns the same
exalta ton of patriotism; all affirm that
they would be chagrined and Inundated
at any Intervention of the powers tend
ing to interrupt the "crusade' In which
they were engaged. 1t was impossible for
them to halt midway: they would show
TO ElIrope what the little states. hereto
fore disdained by Europe. may do. When
an entire people sacrifices with joy Its
property and lives for the Liberation or
its brothers and the glory OF country it
challenges admiral on.
The Servian people note with astonish
ment and bitterness the lack of sympa-
thy the Europeans show them. The
Samooupraya expresses Indignation that
France and other nations keep their SYM
pathies for the Turks after so many
massacres of Christians and would ses
the Christian popu. at Oh of the balkans
remain under the yoke of the Turkish
barbarian. If the powers employ force
to perpetuate this rule, the peoples OF the
Balkan states will have the supreme
honor of fighting for their liberation and
to perish to the last man. The Samo0o-
prava, however, adds that Christian Eu-
rope will not subscribe to such monstrous
action.
The Novoie Vremia writes of very
marked change in the attitude OF Aus
tria-Hungary, explcable not only be-
cause of the victories OF The Balkan
armies over the Turks, but also because
Of the effervescence provoked by those
victories among the twenty-five million
Slays of Austria Hungary.
The explanation given by the porte Of
Turkish defeats has created much Ill
humor among Austrian
Turkish journals. The porte de-
clares that in the first
0Aeuso' combats the soldiers sent
were for the most part Christian. Bull
garian. Servian and Greek 'riyaks." or
subjects of Turkey. These faie to fight
against their brothers and sur r'endered
or fled. That justification caused the
German element of Austria to reflect that
60 per cent of the Austrian army is COM
posed of Slavs who would doubtless imi-
tate the example of the Christian Slav
soldier of the Turkish army. And the
Novoie Vremia sententious.y adds that
Austria Hungary would have more
chance of success against Germany, for
example. than against one of the Slav
powers
The war. begun but little more than a
month, has been conducted with mar
Vicious precision and rapidity. unti' now
il is at the gates of COnstant;nople. and
the proud Turk is suing for peace.
The powers have apparently abandoned
the possibi itv of maintaining the status
QUO" and admit that they NAV not rob
the victor of the just fruits of his vic
tories
The powers still cling tenaciously 10
the idea that the maintenance of the Or
toman sovereirnty in Europe IS indis-
pensabsa to the establishment of a
durabi4 peace. No less an authority
than VI. Francis Charmes. in the Revue
des Deux Mondes, reiterates tha- prin-
ciple, which apears to be the syllabus OF
the policy of the powers.
The victorious allies will refuse peace
on the basis of a policy that has never
main aimed peace, but war in Europe,
and massacre in Macedonia. BULGARIA.
cannot forget these hideous facts. Con-
Stantinople. 70 the shame of Christian