TURKISH CRISIS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1556, 27 September 1912, Page 7

TURKISH CRISIS.

ANXIETY IN CONSTANTINOPLE. ARMY MOBILISATION. By Tclccraph—Press AssoeiaUon-Copyricht {Hoc. September 27, 0.5 a.m.) Constantinople, September 20. Tho' I'orle explains that (ho Turkish Army manoeuvres, to be held nt Adrianoplo next weelc, are intended to show that Turkey is fully prepared, and thus cause the Bulgarian war ardour to abate. The diplomatists are apprehensive thai (ho slop will servo as a pretext for Bulgaria to mobilise her army nlso. AN UNSATISFACTORY OUTLOOK. AUSTRIA APPREHENSIVE. Vienna, September 25. Tho Emperor Francis Joseph, in tho Speech from the Throne, indicated that the situation in tlie Near East was unsatisfactory. Ho hoped tho Triplico (Germany, Austria, and Italy) would bo able to securo peace, and added that the Monarchy must guard its own interests. Count Berchtold, Anstro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, in addressing tho Hungarian delegation, said the unsatisfactory situation in Turkey could not exist without a grace reaction in neighbouring countries. The present position was by no means reassuring. 110 foreshadowed heavy increases in tho army and navy when the December delegations met. POWERS' POLICY OF INACTION. In'well-informed quarters in, London (says the "Manchester GuardiauY of August 12) but little doubt is entertained that peace will ultimately be preserved in the Balkans, It is true that tho minor Stales are simply dying for a fray. Bulgaria and Servia have finally. agreed upon the Vardar Valley, and their forces are standing on their respective frontiers in lull mobilisation order ready to march into Turkish territory at a moment's notice. Tho case is similar with Montenegro, whose warriors arc ready to rush into the Valley of Plava and Gnsinye. There is, however, one thing which stops thorn—the attitude of Austria and Russia. Without their consent Bulgaria and Servia and Monlenegro may occupy what places they like, but they will not be allowed to retain, them. • Neither Austria nor Russia is jllst now disposed to raise the Near Eastern question. Russia is militarily too weak to assert herself with Success against her Austrian rival should matters come to a partition of tho Ottoman Empire. Her attention is, besides, now concentrated on tho Far East, where her recent agreement with Japan has given her the required freedom of action. On her part Austria is in tho thick of financial and military reorganisation, and would prefer to have the realisation of her Balkan programme deferred for some time. There is an impression in political quarters here (hat at Baltic Tort the Kaiser played (ho honest broker, and conveyed to ■. Russia Austria's assurances that, so far as she was concerned, the status quo in the Balkans would be respected. In these circumstances, with the two most important Powers agreedon the principle of inaction, the aspirations of the minor States aw not likely to be realised.