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force behind him. There IL more
reason to believe that under bolshe-
V1k proddfng and adequate military
support he will strive to invade the
allied neutral zones and drive the
enemies Of Turkey into the sea-
British Are Alarmed.
Accomplishment will be entirely
another question. for already the
British. alarmed by the seriousness
have dispatched practically their en-
tire fleet from its base at Malta to
the straits In anticipation of ke-
malist attack. But it will take more
than warships and the few thousand
British and French soldiers in the
and Constantinople against kemal.
Tens Of thousands of troops must
be dispatched by both England and
France if the water highways con-
Meeting Europe and Asia Minor are
maintained as desired. Nothing but
allied disinclination to assist the
Greeks in Asia Minor because of
Greece's past attitude toward the
allies. it is not to be expected that
upon Constantine for military as
sistance unless the situation is really
desperate. They may attempt to
handle the situation alone.
If the events should hang in abey-
all of the allies will have had time
to dispatch troops to the trouble
zone and prepare more adequately for
eventualities. But II Kemalists
should strike at once with their pur-
ported military strength. sweep the
Greeks before them and actually
move into the neutral zone the allies
will find their forces in extremely
grave situation.
Position OF Bulgaria.
Already it has been reported that
Bulgaria. seeing possibilities in the
present Turkish upheaval, is prepar-
Ing to take sides with the Turks and
regain lost sections of Macedonia and
Thrace, making determined war upon
Greek tenure. With the Turks and
Bulgars working in close cooperation
with the bolsheviks there is no ques-
tion that the situation would be ex-
tremely grave, but there is reason
to believe Bulgaria will not act thus
at the present moment.
First of all. Bulgaria. already de-
prived of large territories. is said to
believe more can be accomplished to.
ward their reclamation by union Of
economic and commercial interests
with Serbia. Second. the peasant
government Of Bulgaria. is loath to
renew warfare, which. since 1912, has
left Bulgaria skeleton politically,
economically and socially. And, third.
the close alliance between Jugo-
savia, Rumania and Czechoslovakia.
with the tacit backing of Italy and
France, would make Bulgaria'S sit
uation extremely dangerous. should
she grow recalcitrant and attempt to
gain desired ends through the show
of military force. Furthermore. there
is no love between the bulgars and
the Turks and the peasant govern
ment Of Sofia has been ruthless in
it's treatment of the communists.
forcefuly trampling down every
show of bolshevist influence. Union
with the Turks and bolshevists In any
enterprise would be extremely costly
for Bulgaria. occupying secluded
position in the way of alliances and
actual thoroughgoing friends. Bull
garia sooner or later would hnd
herself monopolized and controlled
entirely by either the Turks or the
reds. And in case the Turko-Russo-
Bulgar alliance were defeated. as 1t
eventually would be by virtue OF tre-
mendous allied assistance to the ene-
mics Of such alliance. Bulgaria would
stand a chance of losing everything
in the way of good will and the per-
petration Of very necessary economic
alliances.
It is not to be believed that the
Bulgarian government. unused to
statescraft as 1t is. will SO depart
from the common sense as to place
the whole of Bulgaria in position OF
a vassal to either the Turks or reds.
There is but one logical course for
Bulgaria to pursue. and that is con-
tinuance Of present peaceful and re-
policies. Departure from
these means death.
Rut no matter what Bu1garia's
stand, the allies may be forced to go
to great lengths before the neaE
eastern situation has cleared and
there is some degree Of definiteness
to political courses. And. until there
are clear-cut paths and the present
hectic state Of affairs Is ended, either
through military conquest or agree
ment, potential dangers to the whole
OF southeastern Europe viii continue.