THE BALKANS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 5

THE BALKANS.

TREATY'BETWEEN TURKEY-AMD : RUMANIA.: ~ ; , ; PRESS OPINIONS, -. J ; : By Talatrana—Prew Asaoc!n.Uon—OopyrlElil Paris; September 18; ■'.' The newspaper "Le Matin" announces the conclusion, of a treaty; whereby Turkey is assured of the support;.of (Rumania in the event of a. Bulgarian attack. It is stated that Austria and Germany inspired the Turkish-Rumanian Treaty. (Rec. September 19, .11.45 p.m.) ' Constantinople; September 19. The extremists in Constantinople are exerting pressure on' France to grant' a loan, thereby threatening Turkey's rapprochement with Germany. The Turkish-Rumanian : treaty is generally credited. . , ''/ . : .'•..,: The "Journal des Debats" (Paris) declares that it would.be suicidal for Turkey to cast in her;lot with the Triple Alliance, whose ambitions are in the direction of; Salonika. - • , The' "Daily,-Mail",., characterises -' the' flouting of Russia, as Young Turkey's first mistake. ..:''''■';■'.'' '■ ': ■■{■'.'■■'''.'■-■'' TURKEY' AND ': THE TRIPLB : ' .'.- , ';..";.;, V - ;The Constantinople' correspondent of "The Times,", writing on July 22,. states: . "The announcement,,be it. accurate, or not, that Hakki; Pasha - will shortly "meet Count Aehrenthol and Herr von KjderlehWachter:. at Marienbad, has .naturally given ■■ rise o to interested rumours .of.-, a Tapprochement between. Turkey and theTriple" Alliance, which .'are to-day discussed 'in'' the Turkish 'press.; ;:'■:'.■:, ; .- ; "Writing.in the 'Tanin,' -Ismail Hakki Babanzade, s the well-known Young Turk Deputy for' Baghdad, says thai the. time has not. yet /come for. Turkey to. oast in her lot -with either of the great' groups of. European Powers. Her. .-'• immediate business is to make; her alliance,valuable by. increasing- her strength.. .Judged by the criterion; of hard facts,; AusfcroGernran profession's : of : friendship,- he finds, amount -to nothing or less than nothing. Austrian and-German sympathies with Turkey in the Cretan question were shown only by violent attacks on- England, and Turkey ,lmsVno,;ambition., : to serve; merely as an , instrument for;. the embarrassment of England or of France; As to Austria, if she,: indeed, contemplated an. alliance : .with Turkey, • she paved, the way ill by 'the annexation of Bosnia.; -,'.'.- .-.'--■ Vo'; '■■•' ■'■.?■:.■..'■..-■-'■ -.- "The 'Yeni. Gazeta'. speaks,in .similar, terms regarding the attitude of ..reserve which at present should be maintained-by Turkey towai'ds any.'foreign alliance." '