Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26


Turks. who submitted to the peace pro-
posals of the 18th. but have since re-
volted and declare that they will keep
Adrianople. will save the national honor
or perish in the attempt
On the sd instant. according to Con
stantinople dispatches. Nazm Pasha
minister of war. and
Qulck Change commander-in-chief of
in Situation the Turkish army.
had been killed
kiamil Pasha and his cabinet had re-
signed and Mahmoud Shefket rasha had
succeeded with new cabinet; the party
OF union and progress was restored to
power, with the famous Talaat Rey as
minister of the interior
The. coup detat was effected by tho de
manc by Talaat that Kiamil Pasha, grand
viZier. resign. When the latter refused.
EnVer Bey appeared. mounted on a
erai of the party of union and progress,
and under this demand kiamil submit
Ted and wrote his resignation.
osman Miami Pasha. one of the peace
delegates. is reported to have said that
the blood of Nazim Pasha was on the
heads of the European powers and that
their unfair and precipitate attempt to
force Turkey into surrender of Adria-
nople had borne its inevitable fruit" And
Oslnan Miami added:
Now both the allies and the powers;
have had a taste of what Turkey is capa-
bile of doing. of what resistance she is
able to offer. and what sacrifice she is To
endure. Nothing is more dangerous than
a wounded lion.
Doubtless the allies and the powers will
make note of this insulting threat of the
Turkish envoy, manifest evidence of his
madness. 1t may serve to Strengt hen
the uplifted arm of Europe. which per-
ceives. perhaps, that it has wasted its
patience and sympathy upon the UNI
worthy Turk. With clear conscience i'm
view of the spirit manifested the powers
will approve the allies and aid them if
necessary to proceed against CONSTANT
Asia
In the meantime. the powers are
Fastening their warships to CONSTANT
nople to anticipate the massacre of Chris
tians which is the sequent of Turkish
revolution.
A dispatch from Constantinople dated
the I'D instant announced that Turkey
had u b IN It @ d the
Grand Council peace proposals of the
VII, powers to the grand
AAS:o0' council of the ottoman
lively 1.-The grand council" it said. of
ficially approved the governments point
of view, declared its confidence in the
sentiments of equity voiced by the great
powers, and expressed the wish 10 see
their promises and proposed assistance
effectually realized
And the grand council further asked
that the government should exert all Its
efforts to insure i'm the future the safety
of the country and the development of
it's economic interests
The joint note of the powers submitted
the 18th instant it is recalled, urged Tur-
key to accede to the demands of the
allies in the matter of the surrender of
AdrianOple. leaving the Aegean Islands
to the powers for future action. 1t is
likewise recalled that the Turkish gov
eminent on receipt of the collective note
instructed its ENJOYS at London to OBJ
tain explanations of the following eX-
pressions in the note:
What was meant by the expression
that in case of the prolongation of the
war the fate of Constantinople might be
put in question? Did it mean that the
allies might be allowed to attack, con-
quer and remain in Constantinople? Or
did it mean that the powers themselves
might control the government in the
Ottoman capital? What assurances did
the powers offer for the settlement of the
question of the Aegean Islands in such a
manner as to exclude further menace
to the security of Turkey?
Doubtless We shall learn in due time
the nature of the response of Sir Ed
ward Grey, whom Rechad Pasha. Tew-
fix Pasha and Osman Miami Pasha. en-
voys at London. were instructed to in
terrogate on these points.
The Star warned the Ottoman govern
ment as early as December - that there
was nothing to be gained by transfer
ring the conversations" from Baghtche
to London. On the contrary, the Turks
had better make terms with their gen.
erous victor. Gen. Savof, COMMANDMENT
chief Of the allied army. and DR.. Danef.
the chief Bulgarian envoy. The Turks
not only hurt their case by the transfer
but exasperated their foes by dalliance,
them with having broken faith with
them in failing to maintain the status
quo.
Now the promise of the maintenance of
the status quo was made upon conditions
which the Turk affects to ignore. 1t was
necessary. it is conceded. to secure a
common basis upon which the powers of
Europe would Jointly act. and the main
tenance of the status quo of the terri
torial integrity of Turkey in Europe was
the bait which NJ. Poincare. Sir Edwin
Grey and NJ Kokortzof deftly placed on
the hook that attracted the interested.
The status quo would avert a European
and the dreaded general
con fl alton The
Events IN maintenance of the
A. ny status quo was CRATE
full to Turkey and to
those powers specially interested in Tur-
key. In this connection in order to satisfy
the curiosity of those who may have re-
marked with surprise that neither Turkey
nor Turkeys friends appeared at all dis
turbed by the march of events in the Bal
kans, it is pointed out that the Balkan
allies were permitted without protest to
form combinations and leagues, perfectly
we'll known at Constantinople, Berlin and
which We're nothing short of revo-
Iutionary. Why? The answer is extra
simple.
Turkey first of all for a fact was anx-
ious. in order to recoup her loss of pres
tige and power in the Tripolitan, to smash
and what better than the
Balkans? Germany and Austria would
gain by Turkeys victory over the Bal
kans. Turkeys complete victory would
constitute her the chief of the Balkanic
Germany and Austria would
gain at once a powerful ally and protege.
Were not the Turks aided by nu-
merous German military mission under
Gen. Won der GoltZ? Was not the Turk
sh army abundantly provided with Ger
man material and German cannon? An
army of a million men with such ar
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