The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
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Another sEtNnsiTe addition to the maps Si the war will probably haYs to be made soon. Thia tims it may be carried into Asia, at the end Ot that contt- RsRt opposite the German naval post IR China which is peIng be- siegsd by Japan.
 Ths general belief Of neutral diplomats is that the Turkish gov erument is about to take great ehR1ees by joining Germany and AuHtria-HunEGry. and her action yesterday in declaring neutrality vii not be taken seriously except by a very small percentage Of those who are in a position to be acquainted with the present trend of Euro pean affairs. The feeling prevails that It Turkey should join forces with Germany and Austria-Hungary 1t win be signal for Bulgaria and RumaaIa to follow the Ottoman Em- pire Into the alliance. Greece will certainly join Great Britain, France and Russia # the Sultan takes sides with Germany.
 The addition Of these four states 10 the powers already at war would extend the theater of the vast sTuggle so that 1t would include the entire Balkan peninsula and the wide regions in Asia which are under the Turkish government. About 55,OOO,OOo more people would be covered by the flags of the nations involved. Egypt would be included. It is still nominally Turkish territory.
 The expected action on the part Of the Turks would be extremely interesting both in it's immediate effects and iR is final changes. It might easily involve the expulsion Of the Turks from Europe and the loss oS ConstantinOple to the MOslem world, at least,
 For the present, the German AustrO-Hungarian alliance ought to gain important advantages if Turkey, Bulgaria and Rumania join the forces of the Kaiser and the EmperOr-King. They will many times outweigh the fighting strength Of Greece. Yet the Turks would quickly suffer serious losses. They could be driven out of Ara bla by a revolt aided by British troops from India Egypt would Of course, cease to be 8 tributary state. Russia would attack TUT key in Armenia where the pOpula- ton Is hostile to the Sultan's gov ernment. A naval attack on Con BtaRunOple, supported by Russian troops from the Black Sea ports would quickly put the Turkish capital ia peril.
 No one could be sure how long or how far the Bulgars and their hereditary foes, the Turks, could fight oa the same side or agree about anything. It would be futile to attempt to forecast the complications among the Balkan BtRtes. But E Bulgaria fought aide hy Bids with the Turks, even for a few weeks against Greece the position Of that little kingdom would be desperate servia could not come to her relief, in the face Of the Austrian armies still close to the SerVian frontier.
 There has been talk of the quick ending Of the vast conflict, but as yet its tendency is to spread far and fast. Turkey, Greece, Bulga- ria and Rumania are much more likely to become involved within a fortnight than any country al- ready taking part in the struggle is to intimate the slightest thought of withdrawal. If four more nations, including Turkey, plunge Into tho whirlpool of death and destruction 1t will be very diff cult for Italy to keep aloof to the end.
 And the end may be a year or mora distant.