Turkey

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 84, 15 March 1916, Page 5

Turkey

A GLOOMY OUTLOOK. CRITICAL POSITION OF THE TURKS. iHE REVERSES IN ASIA MINOR. TURKEY'S COLLAPSE HINTED AT. f, BULGARIA ALARMED. [United Puesb Association.) (Received 12.45 p.m.) Loudon, March 14. The Daily Telegraph’s reliable military correspondent at Athens, in an uncensored letter, describes the situation it Constantinople as most critical, the Turks being unable to seriously oppose further Russian advance in Asia Minor, where thirty thousand Cossacks ire operating. , Despite German endeavors it is impossible to run more than four trains Tom Haidarpasha to Ancora and Haidarpasha to Konia daily, these bei:ng hampered by the scarcity of coal. Moreover, owing to the Young lurks f eß r of Bulgaria, it is impossible to vithdraw troops from Europe, while , ] ocu ] vevolution in Syria is probable, -specially if tlio Allies land on the Syrian coast. The Turkish army m Mesopotamia is threatened with annihilation in the event of an AngloRnssian junction. The Bulgarian Government is seriously alarmed at the •M'ohahility of Turkey’s collapse and = T considering how Bulgaria can seek ■afetv in » separate peace.