The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
GERMANYS DESIGNS ONEGYPTS COTTON CROP

be taken into account In connection
with GermRny's designs upon the cot
ton crop Of Egypt ana upon the Suez
Cana, which once In her possession
would virtually cut off Great Britain
from India and from her other possess
s,ons In the Orient. It Is necessary to
consider every contingency of impor-
lance in order to form any useful
judgment Of a situation such as that
which now prevails in Europe In con-
nection with the present war.
The contingencies which I have In
mind are the possibilities Of a popular
rising OF the Bulgarians against their
ruler for siding with the Germans and
Of similar risings by the Greeks and
Rumanians against their respective
monarchs in the event OF their con-
tinuing to refuse to throw in their lot
with the Powers OF the Entente. En-
deavors are being made to convince
foreign nations that King Ferdinand's
action in siding with the Kaiser has
the enthusiastic approval OF the
masses OF the Bulgarian people, That
this IL not the case Is best shown by
the fart that despite the entreaties
and demands of the. leaders of the OPP
position Ferdinand absolutely refuses
to permit any meeting Of the Sobranje,
or National Assembly, knowing full
we'll thai the policy to which he has
now committed himself is bitterly re-
scented by an overwhelming majority
in the Legislature at Sofia.
The Bulgarlans hate the Serbs, the
Greeks and the Rumanians for having
compelled them to surrender a con-
siderable portion OF the fruits OF their
victories at the close OF the second
Balkan war by the treaty of Bucha-
rest. King Ferdinand is appealing to
this sentiment and to the national
desire to retrieve the humiliation suf-
fered by Bulgaria through that treaty.
But, after all, the dissensions between
the various members of the former
Confederation OF the Balkan king
doms are in the nature OF family quar-
rels, OF domestic jars. of disputes be-
tween men who II not entirely of the
same race are at any rate kindred to
one another and Of the same creed.
All OF them are indebted for their
emancipation from the cruel oppres-
sion OF Turkish rule and for their in
dependence to their coreligionists, the
Russians. That the Bulgarians. who,
like the Russians and the Serbians,
are Slavs, should now join at the be-
hest OF their German born King and
OF his kinsman. the Kaiser, on the
side of the Turks against their Rus
sian h~berators is a sever strain upon
their allegiance to their sovereign.
That after having fought and suffered
~ go fnr fha
Cross against the Crescent they should
now suddenly for a piece of selfish
, political intrigue, which they cannot
comprehend. be called upon by their
ruler, who does not belong To their
faith, to fight for the Crescent against
the Cross offends profoundly their re-
ligious beliefs, which are very deep
and sincere.
Ferdinand has never In all the quar-
ter of a century or more that he has
OCCUPIED their throne succeeded In win
ming either the affection or even the re-
gard OF the Bulgarians. They know bet
ter than foreigners the almost inCred-
ible OF his character, his
glar,ng insincerity and his phenomenal
indifference to the value of a plighted
WORD or even oi u NoN oH 'hS 'oSpS'c
His people have repeatedly Threatened
him with deposition and with expulsion
from the country. 1t is by no means
unlikely that a popular rising against
him may take place and that the men,
ace which he has escaped so often may
be carried into effect.
They cannot get away from the i'm
preston that in siding with the Kaiser
and with the Sultan he has preferred
his own personal interests to theirs,
For the greater portion Of his consid-
cradle wealth Is located in Germany
and in Austria-Hungary. whore he
owns very large estates. lie has been
given to understand by the Govern
ments at Vienna and at Berlin that all
his possessions within their reach
would he confscatcd in the event OF
his complying with the wishes of his
people and siding with Russia.
Rumania is in very much the same
predicament. Her King too bears the
name OF Ferdinand. Hc also is of Ger
man descent-not a Coburgcr. like his
brother ruler at Sofia, but a Hohen-
zollern. He likewise has been warned
by the Kaiser that all his great riches