The Detroit times., 1916-05-02
WIN All NeutY0L Leaning
TOUQrd Allies, French 7hinF
Germany viii Seea- Peace

sion. His demand is that an offen-
sive .e Immediately launched from
Salonica"
25o,ooo AZ saionlea.
y A quarter. OF a million men are
iunmoaiiixed at Sslonica. II has
Seen rather generally understood
that there via be development there
when they,Jim Is ripe. Alexander
of Serbf. r. understood TO desire the
time TO ripen Immediately. Serbia
has a crow Of her own 10 pick with
Bulgaria. and the picking will only
be possible while Bulgaria remains
en- enemy nation. II there be de
lay in the allied offensive from Sa.
lonica- il is possible that Bulgaria
will make terms. That nation Is
understood 10 feel deeply that she
made a mistake. II the allies win
she will assurediy be disciplined. IL
only because she so completely
fooled the British foreign once. II
the central powers win she will drop
TO the position OF province OF
Germany
Have you heard the story about
ne king Of Greece and his wife,
A Queens Hat Pin.
OF course one heard that delight.
.ul bit OF intimate tittle-tattle which
accompanied the kings illness early
in the war. II was then asserted
that her grace the queen had thrust
hatpin into his grace the king up
10 the button in the course OF . de-
bate over Greece's position in the
war. Now I, Is asserted that they
have been on domestic terms that
are moro than cold. for a year and
= half. aud that OF late the king has
developed prononneedly proally ten
denotes. The domestic terms have
dropped farther in temperature. The
word goes in Paris that Greece may
abandon her neutrality and join the
allies.
The king. n appears. has discov-
cred what happens 10 q neutral
country which is not strong enough
10 protect its neutrality. No, only
has Greece beer pretty enectuaIly
settled by the allied troops. but its
coast line and railroads have been
- vakcu 80 shn .rIio- ,h~s ha- ~~, ~
might be starved in a fortnight II
she thought il wise TO cut up rusty.
Under the circumstances the ped
oilers OF small items .hinl she may
abandon her neutrality when she
gets her terms. Her terms are SO
mixed Ia the general Balkan en-
tansIement thai they seem hardly
worth setting out. A part has TO
do with Eumania. That country
II appears, Is likewise ready to Join
the aIlies-when she gets her terms.
One does nothing in the Balkans in
war time beforr one has come TO
terms. The Balkans have raised
cynicism 10 the dignity OF an art.
Sweden. one hears. is still VIC
ientiy a,ttRuss.an. and quite I'M
likely to enter the war. II she
thought the allies would lose. she
would likely take Germany's side
in order to once and for ali pay OF
old scores with Russia. The fact
that she does not seem TO indicate
she thinks the allies will win. espe-
cially when one considers the man
ner In which Great Britain has man
handled her commerce. Denmark
= proaI'y because she has an old
grudge with Germany over Schles-
wig Holstein, and Norway has been
particularly picked upon by the Ger
man submarines lately. II Is rath-
or a quaint commentary on condl
lions that s0odd OF Norway's ships
we're sunk by the Germans-or by
uines--in a few weeks. and no
newspaper has yet asked what Nor
way proposes 70 do. IL the United
States had been concerned, the edi-
tors would have been quite breath
less in asking . hat President VIII
son would do now.
And Spain, roe
Spain has changed her tone COM
pleteiy, one hears. For reasons Of
long starding--one OF which was the
German promise 70 take Gibraltar
rom Great Britain and restore IL
To Spain--the Spaniards were pro-
German at the outset Now they
reem rather pro-slly. or at any rate
pro-FrerSh. Switzerland has been
ae independent as a hedgehog. Her
papers have not hesitated to tell
;ust what they thought OF both bel
Iigerents. and no attempt has been
made 70 musxis them. The veering
toward the allied side lie certainly
sisnifcant.
A miner matter, bat perhaps a
suggestive one, has been the change
Of tone In France toward England,
France has preserved a scrupu-
fonsiy correct attitude toward her
ally, She cfnc,aiIy preserves that
tone today. bu, comment upon Eng
lish Affairs is more frank than for
merry IN the press, Praise Ia
heaped upon the British In certain
81 the Paris papers for their achieve