Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-17
Ricoest JOB In History.

Mr.. Editor: If the country of Mon
tenegro is overrun by the armies of the
Teutonic allies, it will be the first time
in history that these black mountain
GERS have bowed their heads to any
foreign power. The slltans of Turkey
while victorious in every war in the
Balkans, tried unsuccessfully for four
hundred years to break the power of
this little Slavonic state and yoke it to
the Turkish empire, and now, if Mon
teneero suffers the fate of Belgium
and Serbia, 1t will be the first instance
since the beginning of time that it has
acknowledged the supremacy of a
conqueror.
with the fall Of the Gibraltar of
the Balkans" within gunshot of Get
TIME, the capital, the Austro- Germanic
armies have advanced to a point
where they will be q decided menace
to Italy for, with Austrian greyhounds
possessing such formidable base,
Austria's domination of the AdTiatic
will be unquestioned
For Italy to land an army on the
west coast of Albania and march it
through to the relief of the entente al
lies at Saloniki, would be a move that
must be carefully considered and plan
ned. 1t must be remembered that It
aly's forces are heavily engaged with
the Austrians in the north, and, judg-
ing from the slow progress they have
made, they can Ill afford to withdraw
men for a Balkan campaign. They
must consider that such a move would
bring about engagements with Ger
man troops and eventually would start
a war between the German Empire
and the Kingdom of Italy, and that
such a war, even though meaning the
seizure and conf1scation of all German
ships in Italian ports, would mean the
seizure and confiscation of all Italian
ships in German ports, and the con-
fiscation by the German government
Of King Victor Emmanuel's heavy in
vestments in Krupp, which would
practically bankrupt the House of
Savoy. 1t must also be considered
that the Teutonic allies are possessed
with tremendous strength at present
in the Balkans. and should the Italians
succeed in making landing at Duraz-
70, there can be little doubt but that
to check their advance, and should
the entente allies attempt to sally
from Saloniki at such a time, they
must remember that the Turkish and
Bulgarian watchdogs are still on the
Grecian frontier.
It is popular opinion that the OBJ
ject of the Balkan campaign is the
knows. II suez falls into the hands
Of the Teutons, it would mean a Sc
rious loss to England and to her al
les, but there has been no guarantee
given as to whether or not the Egyp-
tian campaign is not going to be a gil
gantic bluff.
English military experts tells us
that the capture of Suez is an impos-
sibility, and laugh at the idea Of a
force attempting to take it. They
point out that it would take so many
thousands automobiles to transport so
many thusand men across the desert
in Asia to bring them to the Egyptian
frontier. We must realize, however,
that the other side makes it's calcula-
tions also, which was plainly shown
on Gallipoli, which the world now
knows was the largest failure and
most costly expedition of the war.
The English forces lost almost $4,000
men there, land the French losses
have not been reported) besides several
battleships from the largest fleet ever
assembled for an attack upon the OAR
danelles. Yet, everyone remembers the
newspaper reports OF the wonderful
victories OF the entente allies on CALI
poll. 1t is the results that tell.
Turkeys entrance into the war was
great diplomatic victory for Germany
and Austria, but when Bulgaria join
ed the alliance, IT made direct COM
humiliation possible between Berlin
and Constantinople. It made 1t possible
for German war supplies to flow into
Turkey and for Turkish food supplies
to flow into Germany. and in time 1t