The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
Real Aim of the Proposed Teuton
Drive Through Hostile Serbia
and Friendly Bulgaria

until TWO mOntlS x has ucch VIZ
tirely remedied by the arrival Of sew
cal thousand skilled workmen from
the krupp's concern at Essen. who
have established a couple of huge mu-
milton factories on the Asiatic shore
of the Bosporous, facing Constanti-
nople. In fact, Enver Pasha has caused
II to he intimated to the German Gov
eminent that, thanks to h supplies
Of munitions. he could handle the Gal
lipoll situation alone. without any
further assistance. This means that
the arrival OF any German-Austrian
army at Constantinople, with or with
out the troops of King Ferdinand Of
Bulgaria. would place England and
France under the necessity Of either
retiring from the Gallipoli Peninsula
or of despatching thither reinforce
ments in such large numbers as to
interfere with their operations in Bel
GUM and in France.
According to latest advices. an Ital-
ian army of over 100. 900 men has al
ready arrived at the Island Of Lem
nos, which Is forty-five miles from the
Dardanclles and fifty miles from Sa-
lonica n from the nearest Bulgarian
port. 1t is probable, however, that
this army is destined for operations in
Serbia. Greece and Bulgaria. and not
on the peninsula of Gallipoli.
For. after the next fortnight, owing
10 weather conditions. the position of
the allied forces on the Gallipoli PEN
insula will become untenable. both for
the troops on shore and for the war;
ships. which will not be able as here
tofore to lie off shore. 1t is from these
ships that the troops obtain all their
supplies, munitions n even their
drinking water. The probability there
fore is that before another three weeks
are past the entire British and French
armies will he withdrawn from the
Gallipoli Peninsula, and be despatched
either to help the Italians on the main
land. or to Egypt. to assist in the de-
fence of the land of the Nile against
the threatened German-Turk invasion.
OF course there is one possibility to
be taken into consideration. namely,
that Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholai-
witch. recently transferred from the
supreme command of the Muscovite
armies In the western provinces OF
the Cars empire in Europe to the
~Niceroyalty of the Caucasus and to
the office of Generalissimo OF the
armies which have been operating
successfully against the Turks in the
Sultan's border provinces OF Asia
Minor. may succeed in forcing his way
through these provinces to the Asiatic
] shore of the Bosporus by land before
the Bulgarian
armies could reach the western banks
of the straits and thus capture Con-
stantinople and establish himself there
before the arrival OF the Germans and
their allies. But this is extremely
problematical.
He would have a far more arduous
task before him than the Germans.
who would nave the entire railroad
system of Bulgaria at their disposal
as soon as they crossed the very
narrow strip OF Serbian territory
separating Hungary from Bulgaria.
In fact ii looks under present circum-
stances as IL the Germans would be
at Constantlnople weeks and weeks
before Grand Duke Nicholas could,
even under h most favorable condi-
tons. arrive on the Asiatic shores of
the Bosporus.
Once at STEAMBOAT, and Gallipoli
cleared Of the Franco-British expedi-
tionary forces there-forces which in
spite of their superb Callantry and
their terrible loss of life have made
relatively little Roadway since last
spring-the Germans and Turks will
be at liberty to undertake their pro-
jected invasion of Egypt, which. ac-
cording to present German-Ottoman
arrangements, Is to coincide with a
native instruction on the banks OF
the Nile. II an attack in force by
the Senoussl tribes of the hinterland
Of Tripoli upon the western borders
Of Egypt.
1t must be remembered that on the
occasion of the attempted invasion of
Egypt last winter the country was