Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
AFTER THE BALKAN PEACE, TURKEY

mussulman. Ii is a buffer state AGAINST
the Balkans and thus offers protection 10
Constantinople
This proposed creation is composed OF
the ''cazas or cantons OF Demotika
Outakeny. Gumaldijina, etc. and runs
from Bourongucul by Seayutin-T chae To
Arda. Ii Is double the size Of Montenegro
and about the area of the new Albania.
The proposed new state of Thrace. like
the new Albania, is the inspiration OF
one or more OF the ambitious powers. and
intef;ded. Albania. as another spear IN
the TANKS of the Balkan states.
So
Lord Morley. replying in the name ~
the foreign office to a question from Lord
Haversham. who asked
MorleyS why pressure had not
p.~,, been adopted to fore.
P-'' Turkey to quit Adrian
ope. said:
The diplomatic and military situation
was too critical for the chamber 10 dis
cuss. The Turkish frontier had been fixed
by an international commission The
policy of his British majestys govern
menf had been to aid the ottoman gov
eminent to put its finances i'm order This
had been done In cooperating with the
powers and In accord with them lie
would say nothing of the measures the
powers could take TO force Turkey 10
yield i'm case she refused to follow coun-
sells which have been given her"
Talaat Bey. the soul OF the present
government of Constantinopie when
questioned on the subject OF the reported
instructions received by the embassies to
communicate to the ottoman government
the demand of the powers to quit Adrian
ople, replied that mo pressure other
than force would oblige them TO leave
The army and the whole country" he
said, would rise In a terrible revolution
There is no government young Turk or
Old Turk. which can abandon Adrianop.
You may be sure that we will never
abandon Adrianople unless We are forced
by war"
1t is supposed that Russia i'm the event
OF employment Of force may be desig-
mated to act as the representative of tn.
powers. II is denied, however, that Rus
STA had menaced the porte. as charged
with the occupation of Armenia But
I'm any event Russia would not do so un-
less with the cooperation OF the powers:
1t might serve as a pretext for the in
PREVENTION of the other powers and lead
to the partition of Turkey.
Russia. on the contrary. had urged the
porte to submit to the will OF the Euro
pean concert. She had made
kusSla's this apparent in London.
Advice faithful to the policy of dis
cipline and of the European
concert which she had followed since
the debut Of the Balkanic crisis. and
which was of nature to bring about
identity of views between Vienna and St.
Petersburg for the arrangement OF GER
tain questions.
Russia, said the correspondent. should
not be accused of Partially. She had
! shown her friendship for Turkey in pre-
serving Constantinople from invasion by
the Bulgarians. AS for the tacit consent
by Russia to Roumania's entry on the
scene. it was a very different thing. Rus
STA, in common with the powers, foi-
lowed a policy that Christians who had
once thrown off the Turkish domination
should never be returned to it.
| II is interesting to mention that the
| Roumanian government addressed note
| to NJ. Guenadief. minister of foreign af-
fairs of Bulgaria. replying to Bulgaria's
! communication. The note demanded eX-
plantations of the four following points:
! First that Bulgaria fix definitely and
! clearly the strategic frontier, Turtukai-
| Dobritch- Baltchital. and the topograph-
| ical zone which west of that line constf-
tutes it's strategic value; Roumania be-
sides insisted on the demolition or GER
| tain places. fortified by Bulgarfans west
and southwest Of the zone. second, Rou-
, mania called the stipulations already
adopted at London to guarantee TO kou;-
zo-Valagues twho inhabit the provinces
of Macedonia annexed by Bulgaria). lio-
ertv of cult language and education.
Third. Roumania accepted the armistice
as that accepted by the others. and Rou-
mania stipulated that peace should De
negotiated on Roumanian soil at the same
time as the suspension OF hostint es.
King Charles of Roumania, in his reply
to King Ferdinand. already mentioned.
; was obliged to invite attention to these
conditions. which the Bulgarian minister
had not then reaffirmed.
*
In these hesitations on the part OF Bui-
garia certain political circles affect 10 see
the hidden hand of Aus
Interest of tria. 1t is even suggest
ed that eventually Mace
AusIiA"' donia should be accorded
autonomy. with the object of depriving
Servia and Greece Of the fruits of their
recent conquest When Turkey was con-
fronted with the loss of those provinces.
it is realized that she employed every
means to prevent the Balkan states from
acquiring them. Bulgaria at that moment
protested with the greatest energy. Aus
tria- Hungary is opposed-it goes without
saying-to any and all development Of the
Balkan states. She naturally encourages
the idea Of the autonomy of Macedonia.
number OF dispatches attribute to
Roumania the desire to take upon her
self to dislodge Turkey from Thrace and
Adrianople. And why not? 1t would he
more logical and more prudent that Rou-
mania and, IL need be, Greece should
employ their armies with that object.
Russia, II is quite certain, does not
care To assume the task, because such
action might provoke jealousies and pos
sible friction among the powers. Rou-
mania and Greece. on the contrary. are
in their proper roles and, titled con-
SENATORS Of the Balkan equilibrium, their
joint action could not subject them To
unfriendly criticism,
Roumania has already taken the prin-
cipal part i'm the allied action against
Bulgaria in the north Greece. likewise.
dislodged the Bulgarians from positions
on the Aegean. Roumania thus controls