Evening star., 1913-03-02

in the hands of the victors. In the IN
terval. with characteristic faith in the
happening of the unexpected Turkey
waits and watches.
Turkey intrusted Hakki Pasha. former
grand vizier with mission to Vienna,
Berlin, Paris and London with the object
of delivering her In measure from her
present helpless position. In London
Haiku saw Sir Edward Grey, to whom
he expressed Turkeys wish that the
powers take up the settlement of all
pending measures with the Balkan states
Sir Edward could do nothing unless the
suggestion was made in a more ofhcial
form. The powers, IT is understood. have
stood aloof from all intervention since the
coup d'etat at Constantinople. which had
rendered the actual government an object
Of suspicion to all powers.
Haiku Pasha. 1t is reported. requests
Sir Edward to take the initiative in
move to cause the allies to accept what
the porte had proposed in its reply to the
collective note of the powers of January
II, namely. that u part OF Adrtanople. in
lieu Of the whole, might be accepted by
the allies.
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conditional surrender, it is recalled. was
cause of the rupture of the
Hakki'S peace negotiations at Lon
~. don. The interest In the
AASSAvA' Haiku mission augments on
acquaintance with Turkeys diplomatic
designs Haiku Pasha submits to Eng
land Turkeys great need of money.
Would England agree to purchase the
terminals Of the Bagdad railway on the
Persian gulf? How much for koweit?
Had Hakki exploded a bomb in the for
eign office he could not have caused a
greater stir among the diplomats and en-
ployes of the place.
Turkey is in desperate straits for lack
Of money, but to raise it on the sale of
the terminals Of the Bagdad railway. A
government Of street urchins could scarce
ly have shown less tact. less sense than
the Young Turks who have imagined so
utopian a mission. We would be inclined
to feel that Hakki Pasha's mission was a
myth and the correspondent joker, but
for a note in the London Times:
"Hakki Pasha is charged with the dis
cussion of certain questions relative to
the last section Of the Bagdad railway.
and Will attempt to obtain the support or
England on the Adrianople and Aegean
Islands subjects. Naturally, these at
tempts are vain. It is impossible to de-
part from the attitude she adopted in
signing the collective note. All she may
do. as the other powers have done. is to
counsel Bulgaria. who herself accepted
the suggestion, to offer to Turkey certain
guarantees concerning the sacred places
Of AdrianOple.
1.-The arrangement of the Persian gulf
question will permit the English govern
ment to consent. after the conclusion of
peace, to the augmentation of customs du-
ties. and give to Turkey another reason
to conclude peace with the allies
Arrange the Persian gulf question with
England? Very good. But what will the
Times do about arranging the question
with Germany?
A dispatch from Vienna on the e5th
ultimo mentions statement made by
the Austrian premier to a deputation of
Bohemian deputies to the effect that a
general settlement of all questions at is
sue with the Balkan allies had been eff
fected. This would include the question
between Austria and Russia about which
the Emperor Francis Joseph had sent
Prince Won HOhenlohe on a mission to
the car bearing an autograph letter.
This mission has created much excite
ment in the press and in diplomatic cir
cles, and 1t had been re-
Reported ported as a failure main-
r-., ly because, on his return,
EaAuAe' the prince retired to his
apartment and went to bed.
The press correspondents at the cap
ital are no better informed than corre-
spondents in the camps. All send stuff
that is only in great part matter which
has already been served to the newspaper
public in another form. This is not year
favorable to either the military or polit-
ical correspondent.
The great problem in European politics
at the present moment is the constantly
recurring discussion of Anglo-German ri
valry. The question to be or not to be
'the biggest state Quite seriously it
forces the conclusion that the happiest
state and consequently the best state
after reflection is ''the smallest state"
which, for example, is the model state Of
San Marino.
Anglo-German rivalry came up quite
unexpectedly on the Sth ultimo in the
reichstag, when Admiral Won Tirpitz, be-
fore the marine budget commission. de-
clared that he would accept an entente
with England on the question of naval
armaments. The declaration was as
founding and provoked comment in the
press and commotion among diplomats
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten dnde-
pendent conservative, commenting upon
the German admiral's declaration. said:
ne WOrQS O1 Admiral Won 1lfpltZ aim
at an entente with England based upon
the respective forces OF the navies of the
two countries. 1t would be welcomed.
These words are in complete opposition
with the idea adopted last year by the
chancellor. who in one OF his best
speeches affirmed that an accord on that
question was impossible. And now it is
proposed to show that the square of a
circle has been found.
The question has been Il burning one
since 1907 First, when Emperor William,
in private letter to
Five Years of Lord Tweedmouth, prede-
cessor of Mr. Churchill,
UlScuSSlOH. reassured Lord Tweed
month upon the augmentations decided
by the bundesrath the British protested
In 1908 Mr. Lloyd George. chancellor OF
the excheouer, took up the question in a
sneech. The German press protested.
mot an armored ship less" declared
U-,u,am Ill to Sir Charles Hardinge, in
an interview at Wilhelmshoehe. we can
M, sneak of limitation until after the
completion Of our naval program, said
the German chancellor.
The interview of the emperor IN me
Daily Telegraph in place OF paclfylnS
tho nublic. had the contrary effect In
February. 1909, Edward VII went to Bef-
lin and from the month OF March thefe
was little else discussed in the press, eN-
cept the limitation of naval armaments;
Il. ,.-e. 4t.n II