The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08

spite Of this Gounaris has persisted
in retaining ffice and has postponed
the meeting OF the Chamber until the
latter part Of this month on the score
II the recent. illness Of the King.
II may he pointed out that whereas
the latter is we'll enough to see
Gounar!s and to administer the Gov
eminent through him he claims TO be
too sick to receive Nenizelos or to in
augurate the new legislature. This
situation. thoroughly unconstitutional.
cannot be indefinitely prolonged. and
when Parliament meets at Athens ten
days hence King Constantine will be
obliged to accept the programme o:
Nenizelos and to side with England
and France, in which event Queen
Sophia has threatened To leave him
and to return To Germany. II on the
contrary he declines To restore the
Premiership to Nenizelos and to rule
in accordance with the will Of tn"
overwhelming majority in the new
Parliament he will he compelled to
abd!ca.e or will be driven from his
throne by a revolution. Fol the
Greeks are thoroughly wrought up
against Germany. and especially
against the Turks. who instead OF
cndeavor.nC to ConCiliatc the Hellenic
subjects Of the Sultan since the be-
ginning of the present wal have been
! treating them with increased harsh
ness and cruelty. But no matter what
cOurs" Greece takes neither England
nor France is likely 10 forget her
breach Of faith in the early part Of
! last Snrinu and tho h.nNx lnSGnS Of
ships and men which they have sus-
tanned in consequence thereof in and
about the Dardanellss.
In Rumania the bulk of the people
there are heart and soul with the
Powers of the Quadruple Entente. bu,
have until now been held in check by
the King and by the Government.
Rumania and also Bulgaria are grain
producing nations, their staple indus
try being agriculture. They have ex.
cused their hesitation INC delay in
Joining Great Britain and her allies
OF the ground that they could not
possibly move until their exceptionally
rich grain crops this year had been
duly harvested, since without the
crops their people would be unable Ia
pay the taxes needed for the revenues
OF the State. The crops have now
been duly harvested and the question
has therefore arisen concerning their
disposal.
Owing to the closing Of the OAR
danelles neither Rumania nor Bulgaria
Is able to ship any OF their grain
abroad by water from their Back Sea
ports as in bygone years. Russia does
not need their corn, being herself ter
ribly overstocked with foodstuffs,
N~inety-five per cent. Of her popula-
ton is agricultural. and owing to the
war she has been doharrcd from eX-
porting any OF her grain from Odessa
and other ports on the Black Sea or
from any Of her ports on the Baltic,
The only markets that remain Ia
ltumania and Bulgaria are therefore
those OF Germany and Austria, which
ir spite Of Count Revcntlow's wilfully
misleading article in the Berlin TdOes-
scitnn0 asst week have arranged tc
buy the entire available Bulgarian
and Rumanian grain crop Of this year
This Is n perfect godsend to the
two Kaiscrs. For Notwithstanding al
that has been said to the contrar,
there has been such a terrible shnrtag,
OF grain supplies in Germany and Aus
iria this year by reason of The wal
that wheat and corn bread have he.
come IA dclicacy In most parts OF thu
two empires and nave disappeared al
together elsewhere. the population be-
ing mainly dependent upon potatoes
of which colossal quantities have beer
grown since the outbreak Of hostilities
enough indeed to provide every man
m and child with a minimum OF
eighteen potatoes a day for each day
Of the year.
Great Britain has been endeavorinG
to blockade Germany in order to pre-
vcnl her from receiving the grca,
quantities of grain which in times o.
peace she has Always imported from
abroad. from this country. from Can
ada. from South America, &c. Indeed
the German Government has put for