Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02


veniselos Il was assumed that Greece
had definitely Joined
Greece May Yet the ranks OF tho Eek
r.A. pectant neutrals" and
would not take part
in the attack on the Dardanelles. The
disembarkment Of the allied army on
tho GallipoN peninsula appears to have
created . change In the Athens point
Of view. A dispatch from Athens to
tho Information. q Paris journal. re-
ports the foreign affairs minister of
Greece. NJ. Christakis Zographos. as
saying that, Tho policy OF the cabinet
is Identical with that OF the cabinet
Of acknowledgements Is clearly a
question Of the propitious moment"
The capture OF tho Dardanelles, then.
will be considered the propi.ious mo-
ment. Tho moment will doubtless pre-
c,pitate q crisis in the Balkans affairs.
Greece, Bulgaria and Rumania may
hasten to 1otn the allies because each
of them Is an "expectant neutral" Italy
must also be counted in this movement,
for Italy IL also an expectant neutral.
In anticipation Of this movement. 1t is
reported that the allies have discussed
the constitution Of the Balkanic bloc
role II the Dardanelles are taken.
Serbia. It goes without saying. Is a
part Of this Balkanic bloc.
The LeipziEer Neuste Nachrfchten.
says:
1T Is necessary to look the situation
in the face. Military events may par
alyze the forces Of Turkey. fortify
and commercial situation of our adj
versaries. II the allies succeed in
launching with success Il corps OF de-
barkment against Constantinople the
ancient capital will fall. What will be
In that event the action of italy,
Greece. Bulgaria and Rumania?'
Italy. like Rumania, has irredentist
provinces to recover, while Bulgaria
aspires to reoccupy Adrianople and
Thrace.
1t is conceded that the treaties of
San Stefano and Berlin (1s7s) were
blows that retarded the creation of the
Balkan confederation. The treaty of
San Stefano has been justly charac-
tice and the laws Of ethnology. over
turning the two principles which might
have served as the basis of a Balkanic
confederation-the principle Of
tionalities. first Of all. because Bull
sarian domination was extended to
populations foreign in race and senti-
ment.
All of this was unfortunate, because
In making such large concessions to
one of the Ba1kanic nations exclusive
ly it created in Bulgarian minds those
unlimited ambitions which have
worked much evil and constitute to-
day an obstacle to Balkanic union.
Many Russians maintain that San
Stefano was the result not of tradi-
tional Russian policy, but
lgnatieHs OF the personal policy OF
p.I;. Gen. Ignatieff, which has
worked more evil to Rus
STA than to any other state
The memoirs of Novikoff, ambassador
to Vienna, prove the opposition of GER
tain Russian diplomats who disapproved
of what they termed Ignatieffs policy
of adventure" The moment we have
renowned policy of territorial ex-
tension said one of the Russian dis
sidents. "our interests dictated policy
Of emancipation OF all the orthodox
nations without distinction. These
grouped in about equal numbers around
Athens. Belgrade and Sofia would have
seen in Russia their liberator and pro-
tector United also by the powerful
ties of religion, they would have been
for st. Petersburg tPetrograd) some
thing analogous to what England
autonomous colonies are for her. BY
San Stefano IgnatieH succeeded in
throwing Slav Serbia in the arms of
Austria and orthodox Greece into the
arms of England. Ignatieff created
Bulgaria which abandoned Russia on
the first OCCASION
Now that Turkey has disappeared
doubtless forever from Macedonia and
probably from Thrace and Europe, the
chief obstacles to the creation of the
Balkanic confederation have disap-
peared.
1t was maintained that the mixture
of races in Macedonia precluded any
partition, and besides Greece would not
permit Bulgaria to reach the sea. New
ertheless. what was considered impos-
sible was effected by the concessions
or victorious Greece at Bucharest. The
query now arises why may not Greeks,
Bulgars and Slavs come to an agree
ment in Macedonia?
NJ. Engelhart, French writer of au-
thority. declares that such an arrange
ment is entirely possible and that the
confusion of races Is only true in the
center of Macedonia. Serbs and Bull
CARS dominate in the north. the Greeks
In the south. Now. what is the extent
of the territory which Is the SUBJ
Ject OF SO much contention? About
twenty cantons in surface, not more
than that of Belgium. Not one of the
interests involved compares with the
sacrifice consented by Greece in Thrace.
Greece has shown a most conciliatorv
spirit in the sacrifices made. to Ru-
mania and Serbia The
CeSSl0nS TO sacrifices made to Serbia
Sarhio were the most cruel, for
they involved the cession
of Greek peoples without an equivalent
on the part of Serbia The conces-
n