Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

the wars of the Balkans. and this was not
assured until the pow
End of the ers had decided what
~, was to be done with
opie. The powers decided to do nothing
and the Turk keeps Adrianople and more.
- dispatch dated Constantinople. the 18th
instant. announces that the Bulgarian
peace delegates cede Adrianople. Kirk
Kilisseh and the future frontier In Fhrace
to run between Indiade and Hagios Ste
fano. Thus the powers suffer In wounded
dignity and prestige and Bulgaria suffers
in restricted territory.
But il Is not likely that the powers have
left the Turk scot free in Adrianople
without his paying his way In the matter
of granting coveted concessions TO Ger
many, England and France. for example.
in Turkeys Asiatic provinces. What the
Bulgarian receives from the Turk is a
sealed letter. something perhaps in the
way Of a treaty in which Bulgaria ana
Turkey may hope to recast together the
fate of the Balkans.
The powers may console themselves that
IL their prestige and dignity have suffered
by the violation of the treaty oil LONDON
they have least an anchor to the WIND
ward" of the Turk i'm Asia Minor Be
sides. have the powers not by concessions
saved Europe from the horrors OF
European war?
The question of the orient has been
the specter present at the councils OF
the powers these many years. and when
the question was brought up by the war
Of the Balkans against Turkey con
flict of the powers appeared iheni.aoie
1t was a severe test OF the stapiiity Oh
the alliances. but these have STOOD Hrii''
the triple alliance rs well as the triple
entente. so that the end is peace.
NJ Pichon French minister of foreign
affairs, speaking at a banquet AT Ions
lie -Saunier. sounded distinctly pacific
note which may be taken as an indica-
ton that the peace of Europe has been
definitely assured The minister alluded
to disquieting rumors. The truth was
the Franco-Russian alliance had never
ceased for moment to serve as paclnc
guide in the arrangement of difficult
problems which under varied aspects and
multiple forms-even those that appeared
Observation-Disclosures the peace OF Eu-
rope. Not a single moment had France
been i'm dsaccord with England either AT
Paris or at the conference at London.
| NJ Pichon did not refer TO certain
many with reference
Financial to the Bagdad railway
Negotiations. eessions as to French
railways in Syria. These negotiations
were naturally financial. and could thus
be classed rather than diplomatic, which
might give rise to unnecessary specula-
ton as to the part the Turkish govern
ment may have had in these negotiations.
The dispatches disclose the retrocession
by the Ottoman Bank TO Germany. that
is to the Deutsche Bank. Its financial par
ticipation in the Bagdad railway enter
prise. The remuneration by the French
of these interests in the Bagdad, mat
ter of S6OOO,OOO leaves German control
entirely free. In exchange Germany
abandons all interest in the railway con-
cessons held by France in Syria and on
the Black sea. France and Germany
negotiations had already been preceded
by like proceedings on the part of Russia
| and England with Germany. with the re-
suit that the Bagdad railway has now
| become wholly German.
| Austria Hungary has played promi-
rient part in the political coalisse or side
ways of the wars of the Balkans Aus
| tria has attempted to protect in turn
Turkey, Roumania and Bulgaria, ana pro-
tecting neither. has lost the game for
which she played. Count Earolyi
prominent member of the Hungarian par
lament. has given to the Nouvelle Presse
Libre of Vienna a severe-note of Austria
exterior policy. of which the following
synopsis Is instructive:
Austria had experienced decided
check to her policy in the Balkans which
would prove a grave blow to her prestige.
Austria had failed to conciliate enemies
and had made enemies of friends. In
abandoning the policy of the statu quo
Austria had alienated the Turk. Austria
failed to protect Bulgaria in the ruin to
which Bulgaria had exposed herself.
Roumania which had been Austria's
friend and protege. had been permitted
to give Bulgaria the deathblow.
Austria failed to insist upon the revision
of the treaty of Bucharest Austria
found herself In opposition to Germany.
The vanquished whether Turk or Bulgar,
charge their defeat to Austria's lack OF
energy.
Austria's sole success. If it is a success.
was the constitution of the independence
of Albania.
Nor is the foregoing all of the sins of
Austria's omission. The Austrian army
was modified on the from
Yo.c "a tier at the cost of half
milliard. The loss to the
AuStIld. country's commerce may
not be counted. for that Is incalculapie.
There is not a consoling point in the
entire political domain. The Hungarian
parliament is disordery; the revolver and
the saber are in frequent use: there is
suspension of autonomy in Bohemia: sus-
pension of the constitution in Croatia;
trouble in the Fiume.
Last. but not least, Austria actively
opposed Russia. when it was plain she
should have joined in an entente with
that power.
Austrian policy. concluded Count ka-
rolyi, should be based upon the quest OF
economical advantage. A true policy was
not in preparing for war. Count Berclr-
told did not appear to understand that he
had lost in the game just played and that
the monarchy might even find itself iso
lated. Whoever remains outside of the
European concert Is in danger of losing
rank as great power.