The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06
Continued from First Page.

Dardane;les the Turk turns 10 the rest
~ Europe. true to his ancient habit OF
splayfng one Power against another.
Ssrhis Is the meaning of that Crimean
war which Turkey. France and England
wagcd together against the Car some
'siNiy year., ago. Russia was checked
agsn.
~ Turkey at the return OF peace was
'leatcd on the Bosporus, a treaty OF the
familiar type forbldiing warships TO
I,sss by Constantinople. In less than a
s,usrter Of century Russia had turned
the tables on Turkey. She dictated the
tt,rrns of the treaty OF San Stefano at
@ihn very doors Of Constantinople.
thanks 10 the assistance rendered by
isImania The dream WAS about to
como tr1Ic
Eurcpo stepped IN at once
y Russia FOUND herself haffled in the
5o,,r of her triumph by the congress
~ Berlin. She had to wait Ehirty years
fo- another opening. Finding Austria
'ioceptivc, the Foreign Office in st.
'J;,dcrsb,irg-I am tod they spell II
'pefrograd AT present-invited the FOR
elan Office IN Vienna To revise the IN
con,er,ient arrangement relative to the
1bardanclles. 81.
would do anything Ia which France ana
England agreed. So Russia went from
1ierod to PLATE. with the usual conse-
uuences She had still to be content
with her northern harbor Archangel.
sycipund as cary as september ana
" Connected with It's industrial centre ny
single track OF railway over - thou-
sand miles long. Or there was 'ron-
Adj ioehound too in cold weather,
10 a - 4
: i;ermanv dominant in it's waters. Nor
,n,,s,t We overlook Vladivostok. off in
,he Far East where the ice breaker
makes a way for ships with difficulty
in some seasons and abandohs the en-
,erpa,i.;e altogether At others.
So the diplomacy Of Russia reverts
" inevitably TO Constantinople. Ana now
Sincerely. in the light Of these consld-
.,-tate,ns. must Russian sympathieS I've
enlisted in behalf Of Servian ambition
FOR an outlet on the Adriatic' We be-
yin to see why Bu garia was not al
lowed TO get to Constantinople or, m
decd to get anywhere in particular.
V ,r.ater bulgaria on the Bosporus would
make life a burden to dip'ommlsts from
, l,etrograd. Bulgaria was called ha"K
and Russia took good care thM she
stayed back. Pan-SlaNlsm score"
,beavily.
Austria was looking on with some
ching very like panic. Her trade is tor
.Ihe most part oriental and well she
noUs that wherever Russia plants a
-. M, tho door. however open hitherto. -
Lint tirht. The cmcrgence Of n strong
Power across the southern frontier
.. srea,sned an absorption " tho Slav
regions the nightmare OF Austrian di-
!. ailomacy.
', Tho outcome OF the war in the Bal
Lons had but recently erected fresh
r.apd powerful military machine IN Eu-
, rope. There had come into being a new
armed force which. thrown into the
scale against Vienna and Berlin, might
. reduce not only Austria Hungary nut
GERMANY. herself to nullity. That eN-
;. plains the additions made "a German
. nd Austro-H Hungarian armaments las
.,year. The Dual Monarchy was threat
,ned with the loss Of its position ~
great Power since the SlaN regions
u Could not he split without bringing me
> ,rhole fabric Of Hapsburc Dominion 20
she ground.
-. The situation Of Austria Hungary vas
8 ahus supremacy critical before IN" as
s1.sination Of the heir 20 tho throne
= acted like a spark IN barrel "t powder
: She was mendCcd by the conspiracy III
S.rvia She had 10 deal with a TUNA
man element in East Hungary. Her
,,=rcat bohemian crown land Is mainly
z Slav. The Serb is on the lanhp"' She
!. rad treaty rights with Turkey I" up
b, bold Russian enmlties 10 eVade ana me
e,,ressurc of Plu-Slavism to resist. The
!. hour had come for the Dual Monarchy
n strike for It's very existence
II tn
unit tho humiliation OF her ally