The sun., 1914-09-13

This will not do, Major. You know
about as much about Russian influence
in Bulgaria as you do of Russian in
trigue here. want the whole thing
or nothing. AS Mile. Nalon-Paula-
doubtless has told you. neither You nor
She is in "A position to hold back single
thing"
Without further attempt to bluff it
out he gave up what l wanted. The
gst Of it was this:
With the aid of French money Rus
sia had united and was heavily sub
sidZng Bulgaria and Servia against
Turkey, and had intoxicated both with
wild dreams of enlarged boundaries
and empire at the expense of the Turk,
and, ultimately with Russia's backing,
at the expense of Austria herself.
Numerous non-commssiOned Russian
and French officers We're coming quietly
into Belgrade and Sofia and We're
ready to take tie field with the armies
of the allies, which could count on
support from Montenegro. through its
hereditary hatred of the Austrian. and
on Greece through its hatred of the
Turk and desire to settle old scores
with that nation. Most of the leading
officers and men of affairs of SerVia and
Bulgaria were in Russian pay. In fact.
systematic Russianizatiun of SerNia
and Bulgaria was in progress. Their
| armies We're being equipped with new
| kind of French gun; the troops We're
| being paid with Russian and French
| gold. And they We're all ready to move
| forward on word from Russia.
| Obviously the menace of the Car
abetted by France, to Austro-German
| T..
tremendous factor in the European sit
uation. Clearly Russia was in so deep
there was no pulling out.
! This of course had been suspected by
the cabinets Of Germany and Austria.
but how far and how thorough the ac-
tuality was had been sent to find out.
| The knowledge in my hands showed be-
yond all doubt the urgent need of Ger
many and Austria to start their machl-
nations to offset the rising of Russian
power in the Balkans. | took the night 5
Orient express for Berlin direct. and as
soon as there made my report to Won
| Stammer as Wode was stlll inacces-
siblc, being away with the Kaiser.
\ solid coalition of Bulgaria, Servia
and Montenegro with "A Russian dom-
nance would have played the deuce with
the Balkan policies Of Germany and
Austria, would have threatened the very
integrity of the Austro-H Hungarian en-
pire itself, through its racial appeal to
the empires southern Slavs. From the
Austro- German point Of view, therefore
all chance of such a coalition with Rus
sian backing must be shattered and
once for all.
Now see how cleVcrly the diplomats
of the two kaisers set about smashinG
in the Balkans. knowing fun well tht
national hereditary jcalouslrs and ami
musticS of the Balkan nations they
waited until, the allies war with Turkey
won. there came the question of diVld'
ing Tia spoi,s wrcstcd from the Turk
and Austro-German influence, havinl
meanwhile insidiously worked on kiul
Ferdinand set Bulgaria against Scrvia
The shadow Of Balkan confederation
with tho dreaded Russian backing, wa!
instantly dspellcd, Russia was help
less To consummatc her dream with th'
two States She had counted ON as tn
key of her Balkan scheme at cacl
others throats in death grapple,
Before closing perhaps I should adj
that Dr Armgaard Karl Graves is no
known in the balkans, but among tn
gay, eXtraNagant army officers of Bel
grade Count Arthur zu Wcrnlgrodc" /,
(COpyright, 1914, bU the wheeler Syndi
cate, HC)