The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
Court Gossip of Interesting
Epents on Two Continents

I Kavala and orfani. east OF the peninsula
Of Chalkis and the important harbor of
Saloniki. The city OF Ceres, recently the
scene OF a horrible massacre, also Is a
valuable prize drawn by the Greeks.
The London peace conference has fixed
the boundaries OF Albania toward Servia
and Montenegro. The southern frontier
still remains to be determined. But II
is settled that Greece will not be permit
ted to extend her conquests beyond
Janina. Greece claims the islands in the
Aegean Sea, including Lemnos. guarding
the entrance to the Bosphorus Eth
nicaliy, also historically. these islands
are Hellenic. but geographically a num-
Der of them are part of Asia Minor.
Others again were captured and occu-
pied by Italy during the Tripolitan war,
hut were to be returned to Turkey. II is
not so sure that Italy would be willing
! to cede them to a possible future COM
mercial and naval rival in the Mediter-
ranean, as Greece may become.
EnveT Pasha's boast that Turkey in
tends to retain Adrianople is not likely
to cause any difficulties. for the Sultan
has been given to understand that the
terms of the London treaty must be re-
spected. We believe that the sublime
porte will be glad to yield to the powers
and thus save its face" in Europe. The
struggle in Southeastern Europe, begin
ming with the attack on Turkey by the
allies and ending with the attack upon
Bulgaria by Servia and Greece. caused
S5S 900 lives to be sacrificed-not counting
the massacres. The expenditure for war
ammunition alone Is given as billion
and a quarter dollars Bulgaria lost 5000
soldiers: Servia, 1900: Greece, 1000;
Montenegro. 5000 and Turkey, 10000. In
the first war Turkey was forced to spend
$500. 900. 900; Bulgaria. $sOo.eoooo; Servia'
SEQ. Co., 600: Greece, s70,O00.oO0. and Monte
negro, S4OO. 900 The second war though
much shorter. was much more olsas-
trous. Bulgaria lost 5000 dead; Servia.
40 600 and Greece, 5000. This war cost
Bulgaria an additional S15Oooo.OoO; Servia'
500. 900 go. and Greece. S0,0oo.Ooo.
Standing by waiting to profit by
their neighbors' misfortunes Is ike
thieves finding an opportunity for pill
Iage when a house is on FIRE. The Rou-
manians stood out of the alliance
against Turkey. reckoning to get more
advantage by looking on than by TAX
ing a hand. and probably hoping that
the discontinue of their Christian
neighbors would make their help
worth paying a good price for. Dis
appointed. they preferred certain COM
paratively modest claims against the
victorious Bulgarians when a resettle-
ment was under consideration. But no
sooner do they see Bulgaria in tight
place and fighting for life than they
spring upon her and seize by force
everything they have a fancy for.
II Ferdinand wants to clear his
army from the charges made by
the Greek King, Constantine, some !
more specific denial is required than !
his message in which he declared that !
the "sO-caIled atrocities are nothing |
more than Greek rumors. invented for |
the purpose OF creating a bad impress |
sion"
Lord Beaconsfield gave the same |
kind Of an answer TO inquiries about |
the Bulgarian atrocities Of 1875. when |
he described them coffee house bab- |
BILE. The Bulgarian government"
wires King Ferdinand. lis ready to |
consent to an international inquiry" |
but this royal dictum is mere blum. !
After winkinE for twenty years at
MaCedoniaR atrocities, the powers are |
not likely to lift a finger to inquire .
into them now. II King Ferdinand had |
really believed in the innocence OF his /
army, he should have sent commission
ers of his own. under a flag of truce. /
to inquire into the alleged atrocities J
and to refute them, IL he could.
FLANEUR.