STILL WAITING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1660, 29 January 1913, Page 7

STILL WAITING.

ALLIES HOLD THEIR HANDS ARMISTICE CONTINUES. RUMANIA READY FOR WAR. fly Telegraph-Prees ABsaoiaUon-Oopyriffhl London, January 27. At the Powers' instance, the Balkan dolegntes have..agreed to a brief delay in the ■ final, rupture of negotiations, so as to allow.the. Powers to brinf; fresh .united pressure on Turkey Though the peace negotiations are suspended, the armistice continues: . .' The delegates will Temain here for a few days awaiting' Turkey's reply.

; RUMANIA'S DEMANDS. , STRONG' NATIONAL FEELING. •.' (Rec. January 29, 0.25 a.m.') . Bukarest, January 29. .-There is a strong national, feeling in favour,/)f. Rumania's demands for -.compensation from Bulgaria. ■';■■'.•■ : -.'Private individuals'ami public institutions are subscribing freely; to the defence funiL Several. landed- proprietors have promised their, tenants the- ownership ■of their holdings' on their return from the war. ■'■'.'■'■'

\: :-■ .:',''■■■'..".'.Berlin, January 27, ; The ; :"Cologne. Gazette" states that Germany and Belgian firms have contracted for war. material-for Rumania, delivery to .bo'urgent.' -.- ..:'! '.- 1 . /:';'.".;-, \". ' : '

: GERMAN CONCESSIONS. SIGNIFICANT YOUNG TURK MOVE. Constantinople, January 27. The new Government has granted a German group a concession for the StamboulPora railway, under the Golden Horn. HOW THE COUP WAS IYIADE.

'.INTEREST,ING.NARRATIVE. , -~"-.' ; Constantinople, January 27. ~ The: movements at the Porte in; connection with; the'recent' military coup Came to a'climax unexpectedly. The Committee of iUnion and Progress leaders had intended, to , defer .the upsetting., of,-Kiamil Pasha's/Ministry.\until';;peace was con- '-'■:'-. -.-\ "■'';';■'::;' v'/'V

■Fifteen. •of ■'.them Approached the Porte. Enverßey joined thenvwhile some dozens of partisans emerged from /'neighbouring cafes. /Eventually: 150;. people arrived at the gateway of the.Porte, including.Talaat Bey;andNadji ; Bey..;:V"i: ■■■,;. ■';';/' \.- During the morning .the Regular. Guard at.the, Porto was.mysteriously replaced by troops,sympathising.with; the; Committee oi;<Union and Progress... .-■■ .:'»■ : '.'

bared,his breast, and shouted: "Come and save .the Fatherland's hon.which, a .traitorous Government has ■trodden underfoot'!' Shoot'me.'if you will, .so'that you'may;'carry; me to the grave, for there Is no honour, left in.Turkey.'' j'Tho'shooting of Nazim Pasha and others followed. ; An autopsy/revealed that the victims •ivero.alsp,. J sVbfeW.>..' •"• ■" ■■'■_, .-. jMuntaz Bey, who is notorious in conriec-. tion with prcvMts"murders,qf.-leading.men,; shbtNazim T '[ ~ r -^' t^''h \ ' ',! Meanwhile ■ Enver, Bey. informed Kiamil that ...he. must either,' continue the .war or .otherwise. there would! be inoro bloodshed. ; ; , ;■"-'■'.':'■■ •;■•;,•• '.Kiamil Pasha, .who' was;quite cool,' .re'sighed 'in. preference'■' to continuing ' the war. '-,'., "'•..■'.' '.;;,:; : /:' ;''';.•;■'';' . ; The. members of the. Cabinet'were made prisoners. until the-Grand Vizier arrived.' Threes Europeans; who. were in a. waitingroom, were similarly, detained.'.;; . ( ■':• ''.Th'e'lcafling opponents of the. Committee of Union' and Progress took refuge in the Embassies; ? ; ///' :/,:■. ; \ ;■." ,{;. .. .-There' have; been 193'.arrests:in Constah-: tinopje.',; Order,'is being •,

/CHANCES OF; A-EUROPEANvW;AR.-: '['INTERESTS bF;-THE'ENTENTE' ■';;'.- /y/ V";'.■POWERS!;;;/ ;;: i ;: ; .;' r ;.;;. The:-."Vossische. iZeitulig,";. .the' -wellknown. Berlin;' journal, .in,discussing the ■ prospects'-.of a .European war, refuses-to believe that ithe'Powers, of the Triple Entente, could go to war with Austria over the Balkan' -. trouble;!, .'.'The' Empire ■- of tho Tsars,", it says, "has,required a number, of years to recuperate, from the effects of : the war;in.-the,Far 'East. - And it is still'..far .from Slaving .-recovered' -its. military, strength—indeed, • the recoiistruc-. tion ;bf the navy-has scarcely' yet begun. .A .war. with .Austria-Hungary would demand/incomparably greater sacrifices in .blood;and'money than.did;the war with; . Japan.; Millions: of; human beings would te;confronted.with one-another, and hundreds of thousands would perish. • And if Russia should be defeated, the revolution in her midst ,w6uld revive more.powerful: than -ever,. and' her 'embarrassments i in Europe would give tho desired opportunity to her Asiatic rivals;' Russia has thus a; good; deal'to-lose. What has "she.to. gain?- ,;Herr statesmcn-fwill have to consider carefully ■,-whether tho. / game-vis ,wor,thftho candle. :In former times Russia could hopo to become the predominant Power : in tho Balkans' and to plant ■ the Greek Cross, on St.- Sophia. These opportunities 'nronow .gone, .unless Russia, were to' wage, a successful war not only against Austria,' but • also , against Rumania and Bulgaria, and unless England 'were'', to .-look on indifferent while-, tho Tsar .is snatching the key to the Mediter-' ranean." '■~ •■•'•

;'How about England? "By no other Power are/the • British possessions in Asia threatened so much as by Russia. Russia is reeking, the way to ludia through Persia and Middle Asia. Sho "would, if .the Dardanelles were opened to her, form a standing menace to Egypt and tho Suez .Canal. One day she may, alono or in conjunction with France— how long;is it,since' Fashoda?—attack Cyprus, Malta, and Gibraltar. Sho is seeking'to break down England's influence in.China. Despite all this, should England support both,diplomatically and by arms thesamo Russia who has been her implacable opponent in the past, and may'yet become such in the future, agninst the .Triple Alliance, which does not anywhere stand in her way?" As,for France, things indeed are different there, since. France is bound to Russia by a treaty of alliance. But what is that nllianco? Its terms have never been published, and, in spite of the enthusiasm which always accompanies the visit of some Grand Duke the, question has mnpy times been raised—is it really an : alliance or a flirtation? "Forit is perfectly clear that Russia has no intention of making war for/France's sake. Blit for what other purpose did France ally herself with the neighbour of'her neighbour,? . Is it only to assist Russia when sho gets into difficulties? . . . As a, matter of. fact. Franco's interests in the Near East are. like those of England, different from Russia's—arc indeed in many respects opposed to them. We do not know whether King Peter, who so long as tho . Obrenovitch ' dynasty reigned drew his salary from Russia, is a special favourite in Franco. .We only know that when on Jirjie 11,-11)0.1,'Kins Alexander nml Oiieen Dragn wore done la death in a horrible manner bv tho conspirators the indignation in France was as profound as all over tho civilised world, and that individual-members of the Entente' long hesitated to recognise and enter into relations .with' King Peter, who had been called upon by the assassins to ascend the throne, and has since then been dominated by I hem. And should tho French nation, which in recent, decades has attained such a magnificent political nml rconiimic. kiiccp." and enjoys a much-envied prosperity. . throw ilirelf into a murderous war for the sake of that Servian dvnastv?"