The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Analysis of Shortcomings of Foreign
Ministers There, Many of Whom
Have Served in United States

CONFIDENCE OF the sovereign to whom
ne 70 accredited to keep track OF all
,"e hostile influences at work. to en-
u.aVor TO counteract them. to remain
aoreast or every modification In the
views. the %prejudices and even of the
tastes OF the King and OF the Queen.
ana by means Of mingled tact and
strength Of character to render Thorn
anIenapie 10 persuasion.
1t has long been apparent tha, IN IN.
event or n great international con-
nasrat:on In Europe. Bulgaria. Ru-
MANIA Greece and Serbia would play
= very weighty role. and that the
oestinies or the great Powers cm-
oroiied in the conflict would I've ex-
tensively affected by events at Buch-
Arrest Sofia, Athens and Be grade. 1t
was indeed In Belgrade that the
present war may be said to have had
Its origin. and since the commence
ment or the struggle the attitude OF
Greece. Bulgaria and Rumania toward
me peiigerents has become a matter
OF ever increasing Importance. To-
Gay The fate " the entire struppl
may be said to depend in a great
measure upon King Constantine and
upon the " Kings Ferdinand.
Inc action OF the Bulgarian autocrat
IN throwing In his lot with the two
kafsers and with the Sultan In de-
nance OF popular sentiment In his
oomsnions has vastly increased the
OF the Powers VI the Quad
rupie Entente. 80 much 40 indeed that
II Is aid to have brought about the
Saoinet crisis In Paris which has re-
suited In h retirement from office of
Minister OF Foreign Affairs Delcasse.
II the Anglo-French attempt to force
passage Of the Dardanel. es and TO
secure Possession OF Constantinople
a thus far proved a failure. It is be-
cause King Constantine refused 10
permit the despatch last spring of the
army of S 10000 men, which had been
promised by his Prime Minister.
Nenizelos. to cooperate on the PENN
sula Of Galipoli with the operations
OK the British and French fleets.
He persisted in this refusal when
Eenizelos. who last month was restored
to power by the huge majority S
In his favor at the general election.
again sought to fulnl his pledges. Had
these been carried into effect there is
no doubt but that Constantinoplc
would have already been in the hands
Of h Allies, whereas It is now a aues-
ton whether Il will not become neces-
sary to withdraw the French and Eng
lish troops from the Dardanelles in
order to assist King Peter in stemminy
the German. Austrian and Bulgarian
invasion Of Serbia.
Were King Ferdinand OF Rumania
to yield to the clamorous demands OF
hts subjects and to join in the de-
fence Of Serbia. cooperating with the
Russians under Grand Duke Nicholas
n with the English and French in
the Balkans. the drive now in prog
ress OF the two kaisers through
Serbia to Constantinople and thence
to Bsgdad, and particularly to
h Suez Canal and Egypt. where her
cotton crop is awaiting them. would
undoubtedly be frustrated. But with
Ruman!a remaining neutral the diff
culties Of the situation for the Powers
OF the Quadruple Entente are vastly
increased. Indeed it Is no exaggera-
ton to assert that the most Vulnerable
point of Great Britain and Of her al
lies is to be found not in France or
In Belgium but right in the southeas,
OF Europe; h a Is to say. in the So
called Balkan States. and 1t is to tina,
point. therefore. that all eyes in Lon
don. in Paris. in Petrograd and a,
Rome are turned at the present mo-
ment with "A considerable mount OF
anxiety.
Under the circumstances it would
seem that diplomats of the very frs,
class and OF remarkable ability should