Evening star., 1913-04-06
FALL OF JANINA AND ADRIANOPLE

The capture Of Janina by the army Of
Greece the 4th ultimo and that Of Adrian
opie the 26th following by
crucial the Bulgarians and Servians
r.x are events of supreme i'm
portance. Prior to the fall
of Adrianople the powers proffered their
mediation. but-the, allies. while promisings
to give the note their consideration. re-,l
jected some Of the terms. Bulgaria main
tanned that war indemnity should be
accorded the allies and that the frontier
lines should be drawn from Midia. on
the Black sea, to the Gulf of Saros. at the
head Of the peninsula of Galiipoli
Now that Adrianople has fallen 1t re-
mains to be seen il the powers propose
to maintain a policy OF Intervention
which is meant to maintain Turkey in
Europe-Turkey, whose presence in Eu-
rope for fact. is cause Of that armed
peace of Europe, which Is not only
constant menace of war. but waste OF
money which might be employed for the
benefit of the overtaxed people Of every
nation composing the great powers.
The Pail Mall Gazette is reported as
having announced that Bulgaria has
been warned not to advance beyond
nople." But the allies are not apparently
disturbed by such manifest balloons, and
it, necessary they will go to CONSTANT
nople and there dictate their own terms
TO, the ''unutterable Turk. who since
BaEhtche has been trif1ing with the pa
! tience of the victorious allies. Manifest
tsNs there is some question troubling the
pAWers, which must account for the very
correspondents. dispatch dated LON
don. I'd instant, says.
Very disquieting news has reached
here OF grave excesses committed by the
Servtan and Montenegrin troops in AL
bania. Altogether the situation in re-
gard to- the Balkans is such that diplo-
mats are greatly perturbed lest the ami
cable veneer ssata present binding the
pewerss should crack.'
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/, Montenegro. as Sweli as the allies. has
been commanded, BY ,,the powers to stop
-. the siege of Scutari, and
Siege. of to enforce this extraordi-
s.ntor; nary Demand e. the nsfnasa sfl.,sa
has been ordered to iassist the ships OF
Austria Hungary in fftilg the siege OF
scu.ari by blockading the Montenesf'"
coast. - r4.si
grade nor at Sofia nor at athens is there
much indication of being disturbed over
this unjust. attempt to rob, the. allies OF
the Just fruits of their. victory: over the.
: d,.natcb from cetunie sahnounces
that the Montenegrins .havs attacnes
with mighty effort the sfet. - af life ,ife
they are in possession of thes :prlncipai
Egdefenses Of gScutari.s "a:
Five forts of the fortress have. been
taken and the remainder are expec'eo ho bo
surrender The gods Of battle seem 10 De
on the side of the allies, the great powers
to the contrary notwithstandngsS
A vConstantinople dispatch announces
thafsthe .psaee proposition Of tas powers
has been ssssatse inS sappnss apprsavn
In these dispatches there .issGaestio'an 'a
of a revolutionary, movement hx the Mill
;tary League and fears are expressed tnat
sConstantinople Is confronted py .anotner
crisis. 1t is not at all likely the iai, ran
Of Adrianople< necessary to bring the
Ottoman mind to a perfect t-c9npre henson
+ Of the actual situation. A peace without
the great tight and sac9tfce OF hfe al
the holy city would have peen cen no 20 peace nave
been. cast upon the allfeg byv the repre-
sentatives Of certain Of the great powers
shat the attack upon AdFianeple was un-
1eesssary shows aeTnmIasnft e AdrionnnIe ,SanIe
vi win prove lesson for the Turk and for
the powers as we'll.
sis.1.: i fs.s
The capture of Iapina on the 4th
s,lti7nosa and Adriapopfe on the 26th fol-
lowing places the Turks
Turkey in a. hopeless condition
u..I... SO 1kufh so that a de-
oOPeiesS. siress hfor peace rather
than revolution at the capital may be-
come the dominant note even among
the would-be rsvolutionaries.
/. The fall OF, these two important
sstrongholds at the moment the powers
were preparing to coerce the allies 10
accent their assumed authority are
events OF double significance. Ine
movers were about to repeat. at Lon
don. the crime at Berlin in lSaz-name-
sIy; give a new lease OF nIs TO Ina
Turkey which however edsmembereo
and weakened in Europe is still Iorce
in Asia Minor, which may help Eng
land on the one side or Germany ana
Austria Hungary on the other
The intermeddling OF the powers az
this moment when the Balkan allies
are masters of the situation can nave
no other result than the re-estapuSn
ment Of Turkey in Europe as toy 20
please certain d5s ihteressen heaene1 to Europe
the present armed peace. ana the
renetition of that crime. as contem
plated would commit Europe 10 Ine
same conditions OF endless mii'dfy
and naval armamentS.
The fall of Janina is a great event
not only for the Balkan allies. put es
necialIy for Greece, whose great place
IN the coalition is thus emphasized.
Ianina.- it should be understood. was
the capftal of ancient Epirus. and Hell
ienism there is still predominant MOI
withstanding this fact Austria Hun
gary. with that audacity and "olun
which characterizes her policy, pre-
tended that Janina, which was Greek.
should be incorporated into indepena
ent Albania under the pretext that it /;
was necessary that the latter "shoula
be given at least one important city.
Had the Turks been able to hold ia i
nina We should have seen that Aus !.
tria Hungary would have claimed Ja-
nina for Albania, as they claim Scuta- !;
ri. The victory of the Greeks modi-
fes completely that aspect OF the SIT
uation, for the powers. whatever they |
may do, could scarcely entertain the
idea of contesting the possession by
the Greeks of city won by much |
Greek blood. Albania, and indirectly |
Austria Hungary. have been affected
by the Greek victory more than Tur-
KEY, indeed, because Janina was lost
to the latter in any event. -
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