The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-27

turkey be FOOLISH and blunder at TINS
crisis then further very natural and
quite desirable readjustments would be-
come possible.
| Balkans would Trust England.
| What holds these States back from
| concerted action on our side now is
merely the districts and cnmities left
over from the break up OF the first Bal
kan League. They will not readily
| trust one another again, but they would
| trust England They would sit down
now at II conference in which England
| and Russia were represented and to
which England and Russia would bring
assurances Of a permanent settlement
! and would arrange every detail Of
their prospective boundaries in n day
| They would arrange n peace that would
last a century.
England could do more than recon lie .
she could finance, and the attack upon
Vienna and the German rear would
then be reinforced by six or seven
| hundred thousand seasoned soldiers.
Moreover. n ~ scarcely possible that
Italy could refuse to come into this
war II the reunited Balkan League did
so. with Servia I'm Dalmatia 1t would
I've NdlNtlN BbSSlblt W htfD Tue
out Of Trieste and Fiume. and long be-
fore that earnestly awaited Russian
avalanche had won it's way to Berlin
this southern attack might no in
l Vienna.
| The time when the scope OF this war
could be restricted is past long ago
and every fresh soldier who goes into
action now shortens the agony Il
Europe.
But II is not with the immediate
military advantages Of a Balkan
League that am most concerned. \
Balkan League uf peace for mutual
protection VIII be an absolute necessity
in regenerated Europe. 1t If necessary
for the tranquility Of the world. II I,
necessary II the Wiltshire farmer Is IN
herd his sheep in peace. II is ncccs-
sary If people are To no prosperous and
happy in Chicago and Yokohama.
Perhaps "a Balkan League is now an
insuf'ic.ently extensive work, since Ru.
mania ~ not in the Balkan peninsula
and Italy must necessarily he involved
In any enduring settlement. But it s
clear that the settlement Of Europe
upon liberal lines involves the creation
Of these various ten to twenty million
people into States none Of them power
full enough To he secure alone but
amounting in the aggregate to the
greateet Power IN Europe. and II Il
. equally clear that they must he linkc,
Ivy some common bond and understand.
ing.
There can he M douh, ~ very serious
complication Of all these posshilitie,
) nv the Jerry built dvnastic intcrcStt
that have been unhappIly run up it
these now states. II IL unfortunate
: that We have to reckon not only Wit
: peoples but with kings. Such n mon
= archy az that Of Scrvia or bulgaria mar
, rows. personifies. iutensities and mis-
represents national feeling. Racial an,
= national ambitions can no doubt hc q
, times very mallgn influences IN TN
, worlds affairs, but IL Is tnc greed AM
{ vanitles Of exceptional monarchs. q
r Napoleons, Frcdcricks the Great and q
forth, that bring these vaSyue, vas
feelings 70 edge and crisis. And II vii
he these same concentrated. overindi
vidualized purposes. these little god
= Of coin and postage stamp, that wi
q stand most In the way OF n REASONABLE
% Standardization and paCification q
7 southeastern Europe.