The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Great Britain Preparing to Defend the
Land of the Nile Against Inva.
sion From Every Quarter

affairs has undergone a great change
and an invasion Of Egypt by Germany
and Turkey. which las summer APP
peared in the light of an unrealizable
and oversanguine project. born of
Teuton optimism, has become a mat
ter OF possibility In the very near
future. Rumania and Greece have
failed TO fulfl the expectations that
they would throw in their lot with The
Powers Of the Entente. Bulgaria has
definitely Joined the cause of the Gem
trail Powers. and with Serbia crushed
through her assistance the ROAD 10 now
entirely open between Berlin, Vienna
and Constantlnople by rail.
Stambul II no longer menaced. for
Great Britain and France have been
compelled to withdraw the major part
Of their armies from Gallipoli, after
sustaining losses mounting UP into
the hundreds Of thousands, and now
hold only a small stretch Of territory
at the southern extremity OF the penin-
sula,. commanding, II liz true, the en-
trance to the Dardanelles.
OF course the line Of railroad com
munication between Berlin and Con-
Na uAo aIu Al
might he broken at any time by the
combined action OF the Entente Pow
ers. italy has landed a large army on
the eastern shore Of the .Adriatic which
Is making Its way through Albania
into Serbia. Tho Russians have in
vaded Bulgaria. no via Rumania- but
by way OF Narna, where they have
landed troops after reducing this Bull
garian seaport to submission by means
Of a boinbardment. and IL is said tina
the Bulgarian people are rising against
their W German born King and his
Government in favor OF the Muscovite
invaders, waom they regard as their
l~iberators. For It was Russia that
emancipated Bulgaria from Ottoman
tyranny n restored her Independence
after centuries OF cruel Turkish on
| preston in 1877.
7 England and France have a large
and aver growing army so strongly in
trenched at Salonica that its position
there has been pronounced by military
experts as lmpregnable. Thus far II
has manifested a disposition TO remain
there and to await an attack by Ger
many and her allies. This attack may
or may not take place. 1t is quite
likely that the Kaiser may be willing
to leave the An%glo-French army at
Salonica undisturbed as long as no
attempt Is made to interrupt his line
OF railroad communication between
Berlin and Constantinople.
But in order to bring about this in
corruption 1t would seem to the impair
tial observer that there must be some
united action on the part OF h Italian,
the Russian. the French and the Eng
lish armies now In the Balkan PENN
sula. some concerted movement to ex-
pei the Germans. the Austrians and
the Turks from Serbia n from Bull
garia- This should be done at once IL
the German ans Turkish invasion OF
Egypt Is to be stayed.
II one In to Judge by the cable des-
patches received here during the last
week or ten days and by private letters
from Europe that have been fortunate
enough 10 escape the clutches OF the
cersors. the Governments of England
and France are not oversanguine about
any immediate severance Of Germany's
line Of railroad communication between
Berlin N Co~nstant!nople either in
Serbia or In Bulgaria For a number
Of r being adopted by
Great Britain with regard to Egypt
that can only be explained on the
ground hat she looks upon the situa-
ton there as serious and as fraught
with danger.
Thus all the Indian troops, some
5000 or more in number, who have
been rendering such gallant service
during the past twelve months At the
front in France. are being withdrawn