The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-26

It does not follow by any means. as
the prophets of evil predict. that there
will be a disIocation of the concert
of the powers. a hasty ultimatum by
the allies and resumption OF hos
tilities for a renewed grapple to tho
bitter end. In the light of the tre-
mendous issues at stake. as affecting
the powers no less than the allies and
Turkey, the contrary conclusion is the
only logical one.
The factors entering into the prob
lem making for settlement with
out further bloodshed. and on the
basis in sight, when the Constantinople
coup or revolution occurred. are in
no wise eliminated. They still exist
in all their potentiality. Some OF
them have derived more force. have
been rendered more vital by reason
of the coup. and the Turkish internal
decentralization and uncertainty.
Surveying the field calmly. wherein
has there been any change for the
better in outlook for Turkey? The
powers, in advising the Porte to re-
linquish Adrianople, which advice the
Young Turks swear by the beard Of
the prophet they will not take. have
gone too far to recede? They have
placed themselves in position where
there seems no escape from enforcing
their advisory pressure. if necessary.
Not to do so. and permit renewal of
hostilities to turn upon the Young
Turk slogan of "Adrianople or death,
would throw the immediate fate of Con-
stantinople in the scale. 1t would
mean either Bulgarian possession of
that city. spoil Bulgaria, however
much it appears to her sentimentally,
very wisely from the political view
point. she does not desire, or dispo-
sition of the city other than Turkish
by the powers. which. wisely. also, these
do not seek the responsibility of TAX
ing. Hence the powers are as mo-
interested in insuring the
of the anti-Young Turk
revolution program as are the allies.
AS a military element in the calcu-
lations. the Turk remains hammered
to his knees, and what with foes with
out as represented in the powers and
the allies, and foes within as embraced
in political dissension. and the danger
of disaffection in the army towards
the usurping powers that be for the
nonce. his nakedness is doubly ex
posed to the enemy. In the last an
alysis of the case, whether or not, as
suggested. the Young Turk movement
was not unpremeditated. but passively
connived at by the government and
the Turkish delegates at London. in
order to gain another breathing spell
and open the way for more intrigue.
it would appear that the complication
only serves to insure abject Turkish
submission in the end.
The coup weakens rather than
strengthens the possibility of any
other way out. For in their own in
terests. in the interests of preventing
an international upheayal. and of
against constituting Con-
stantinople menace to the peace and
equilibrium OF Europe LOT years 10
come. it binds the allies and the powers
more closely and firmly together, in
their stand for adjustment. Further
more, from Turkeys side II must be
obvious that whether. when it comes
to the supreme test, the Young Turks
or the old Turks are in control. Turkey
must see that once the Porte is driven
from Constantinople by the allies,
backed by the powers, it could not be
a far cry to the fate of the Ottoman
Asiatic domains being thrown into the
balances.
Turkeys only hope for present re-
tention of any foothoid on the Euro
pean continent, and salvation as well
of her Asiatic empire from partition,
lies in final submission-in signing and
sealing the pre-coup program which
conformity the allies and the powers
have i'm pOsed uDon her