The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-03
EMPEROR WILLIAM PUTS HIS BAN ON MESSAGES IN Al
KING EDWARDS DIPLOMACY
NOW SEEN IN EUROPEAN WAR
Foresight and Shrewdness of Engand's Merry
Monarch Responsible for the Seemingly
Odd Alliance Of the Lion and Bear

/ iclcs Of glo-Russlan incidents. There
was the incident OF Bokhara. wherein the
Muscovite bear dug nv paw deeply In the
direction OF the British honey. There
| was the incident of the Pamlrs. the Incl
dent OF Afghanlstan and long series
Of minor incidents wherein the hand
OF the British administrator IN India,
| cropping about In the dark. came suddenly
upon the point OF the Russian dirk.
! This continued irritation brought be-
wilderment to the India Office in London
and the bcwildermont spread 10 the For
cgn once. King Edward with his genius
for smoothing out International tanglcs.
set on foot n plan to reach an under.
standing with Russia that would put an
end to the underground struggle.
At this juncture the alliance with
/ France proved OF immediate value to
I British statesmen. France was Russias
/ 'uncle"-or aunt. to be more eNsct-to
the extent of several milliards OF francs
/ either invested In Russian securities or
else lent to the Government The word "
. France, on tho theory that money talks.
was consequently strong at St Peters
/ burg, France WAS already an ally OF
Russia. All that had 70 be done To- make
the game a three handed one WAS to ask
Britannia to Sit IN
No sooner had the Belle Alliance been
, expanded into the Triple Entente than
/ the pressure upon the Indian border
, question arose--in Persia two years ago
| the Russo British agreement demon
I strated its effectiveness by bringing about
a division Of the Persian pef.
! That, however. was done under normal
J conditions OF International pulse. before
: the madness OF war had entered into the
veins Of tho nations. So long as the
| terms OF alliance were beneficial to both
/ Russia and Great Britain. Russia re-
/ strained It's energy and put limit upon
! It's cupldity. But now a monstrous sit
uatlon has ariscn---a situation without
+ parallel in the history Of the world. Rus
sa. which for centuries has sought tho
, warm water OF an open port has started
| southwark toward tho 1;gean and the
/ Adratic. She has begun the march to
which several previous Balkan wars have
/ been preliminary scouting campaigns.
II should be kept clearly In mind that
! in the present universal breakdown ~ all
, the laws Of restraint Iussla's whole In
! tcnt IL 90 accomplish the very things
which England has striven tooth and nail
20 prevent. Russia. having broken all
bounds Is pressing with colossal strength
toward the Mediterranean the Med
iterranean II the road to India.
This road TO India Great Britain has
been guarding with might and with arms
since the Suez Canal became fact. II
was In tho course OF this struggle, with
tho treasures OF India at stake. that
J fbfltbi0 SelZ'n fSgypi lnat Sit WTfSt'u
the canal from France by notable Dis
raelian coup: that the British fleet
cleared decks for action off Constan-
tlnople In 1897. when the Russian army
/ had fought its way To the Golden Horn
/ and was gazing with tear dlmmcd eyes
upon the glistening minarets OF Santa
Sophia as tho defiled shrine OF orthodoxy.
Now by a queer turn of events Great
| Britain is actually helping Russia. Ger
tainy for the moment. by diplomatic
means and possibly "A little later with
armed force. to come down to the open
water of the Balkan littoral. What will
happen II the Muscovite. after waiting
! long centuries, is successful In. his long
and bitterly opposed design?
! VIII Great Britain sit calmly by and
permit Russia to raise her standard over
| the Bosporus? or will she fight her
ally to wrest from 1t the very mastery
which under the TT atty OF alliance, she is
| now helping Russia to acquire?
For Great Britain the issue is not Incl
dental. II involves the question Of the
| very existence of the British Empire
With Russia undisputed mistress In the
| Balkans the Mediterranean will become
| to all intents and purposes closed Rus
/ sian sea. The Car will hold the key
to the Persian Gulf. TO which he could
easily bring down his forces from the
north From the Persian Gulf to the
| Indian Ocean is n short step. which Rus
STA certainly would he able TO take II she
! controlled the Mediterranean. either alb
solutey or In conjunction with her other
! ally, France-the ally who has put 40
/ much OF her money up on Russia that
| she never could fire gun against her
| debtor.
/ II Great Britain has been placed in
delicate situation by the obligations i'm
posed upon her by her alliance Italy is
/ in an equally abnormal relation with her
/ ally Austria Hungary.
Their" is no love for Austria anywhere
in Italy. There Is no respect for her with
/ the exception Of an official semblance Of
/ It in the Foreign Office AT Rome on the
! contrary Austria and ell her works are
/ the pet detestaton Of all patriotic ltal-
1 ians except the Government OF the day.
/ II Italy does eventually Join forces with
Germany TO sustain the mutual ally, Aus.
tria-IIungary, in her struggle against
Russia and possibly Great Britain and
France, the Italians will be IN as anoma-
lous a position as are the British with rela-
ton TO Russia. WIN Italy actually help
Austria To maintain her domination over
the Italians Of unredeemed Italy or will
the QuiriIpl mark time until the fortunes
OF war have begun 10 indicate a defeat for
Austria and then throw an italian army
into the territory OF the dctested ally and
complete the redemption" of the Italian
people?