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The Daily News. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1914. TURKEY DOOMED.

The news that came through on fcJaturdaj of the Turks' attack on a Rusaian port could have caused no . surprise. Ever since tho opening of hostilities the, attitude of Turkey has 'been suspicious in the extreme. The undignified scuttle of the German warships ' Goeben »sd Breslau to Turkish waters, and the unsatisfactory behaviour of the Turks i» connection with the vessels were themselves sullicicnt evidence of tho proOermaii attitude of tb*- SutfTime Porto. Tile Allies were not deceived by the Turks' excuses and assurances. Thoy fully expected the development, and are quite ready to meet it. All preparations, wu learn, have been . made in ligypt, along the banks of tho Suez Oamll. and in tho Sinai Peninsula. One >vmild think Turkey would have bees restrained by financial consideration* from entering the lists. Always im-P'-ctuiioua, the Balkan wars loft her in a state of bankruptcy. No doubt Germany it, financing her, probably on th» strength of the indemnities it hopes to extract from her enemies—a Tery vai» hope, indeed. Sufficient for Turkey, who has never done the right thing, but always the foolish, to get sufficient fundi with which to start the ball rolling. Sh» has taken great chances before, and generally landed on her feet, thanks to tho mistrust and squabbling on the part of the rival Powers. But conditions haTe altered. Tho group of Powers that »re j eh icily interested in the Balkans »re now absolutely united in faeo of common foes. They will deal with Turkey m such a way as will remove once and for all this danger spot from Europe. No half measures will ho taken. Turkey will this time be "bundled bag and baggage out of Europe." She has been a festering sore for hundreds of years, and one that has been crying aloud for the effective treatment which tho rest of Europe lias been afraid to apply. Her pnsent action calls for no regret, for the A'l'iim will, in the words of the London 'I imes, be abio to "rid Europe of two factors which for over fifty years have i»t,i the chief menaces to the peace of the whole world." Turkey has proclaimed her own doom. Her military prowess csinnot. of course, be under-estimated, ft.r ln-r forces are by no means a negligible quantity. They are already getting to vcrk. We read in the cables that hai[ :i nil-ion trained men have been moliMi.-ed, and some are on the Egyptian frontier, which means that the Egyptian forre ;) will have their hands full during th. next few weeks. Kitchener, 'how- , ei: i. !i;i i seen to the efficiency of the ; F'.ptian forces, and it may be taken ! !••:• L'ranted thai the Turks will get more t' Ti I hey want at their hands, A hundi t':.- Hiuul Turks are in readiness in f :.v.:u-asi!s to attack Russian interests, '"' ; '• •"' anticipated the attack, ••'' ' 'vi;i tin' fine material at her dis|T" : ' u'lirmite outcome cannot for a i '■ ;; i.e doubted. Xoarer home, Tiir-

j ' havf to dtal with Grew, who ba mtii rt:iniiing to amis for just the <>lr i: V that has arisen. Turkey ; 'rt koiH on retaking tlic terntor- fint (irwc recently rescued from Mi: 1 misrule, but the probabilities 1 ar ' ''l' 11 l!i'' final washing-up Greece nil |.'!,l to her dominions, and liave the caii m' CoiHtnntinoplc. The Turks are sin! „ f,. w R U ;, s i an steamera in the Hi!-" ■ S«a, and bombarding some of the T' o> ' ~ , v tin- Russians should have Dri ht-i i n commission capable of m< " ' ::i * "" fairly equal terms even the bijr i>, ii. The Empress Marie, a Dri';'.'lnin';.'!it, was launched last year, whil.-t (wi, others, the Emperor Alexander If. ,ui,| Kkatorimi, sister-ships, which . W, i'r 'aid down in October, 1011, should alwi iif ready. These vessels have been built by a British firm in conjunction ] with a Russian combination, and can, ■ th(']-;ore, compare in workmanship and effieioner with the world's best Dreadnoughts. It is unlikely that the Goeben, the P.reslau, or any of the other Turkish boati will venture out into the Aegean Sea, where the Allies' fleets are no doubt anxiously awaiting their appearance. It is possible that Turkish intervention will biing some of the other neighbouring States into the fray. Bulgaria is known to have pro-German inclinations. It is a gvuenilly accepted fact that it was Germany and Austria that N "egged" her on in her treacherous action against her former allies, Servia and Greece, out of which she emerged crushed and bereft of much of the territory she had won in the first war at a huge cost in life and money, and incidentally laid the foundations for th,. present world-wide conilag- I rati..ll. r.ut should Bulgaria be go mis- »» to throw her lot in with the Turk, then she will have to connr. upon Roumania, who has a fine ! army and an ambition to extend her hord.-rs. It j s prot t y cer t a in that -if Bulcn,'ui. loins Turkey, Roumania will assof ii t,' herself with the cause of the Allies. The action of Turkey may also force tile band of the wily Italians, who do nol. ,oik with equanimity upon Greer- p,, '!iiii r » her forces into Albania, a coi"i:., o Italy bas long coveted. If JtaV the Allies, however, Greece' ma\ retrained from pushing her | claims ii l; ,j.,i 7 itl this direction _ *' 1 " lA s should decide the course | 0 PU! '.j in this troubled region, but I windier,-r wa r things go, it is certain ' ' ,!lto of Turkey in Europe is sea.c'. ni„. wi! , , )e pit(;llcd necb t crop ui'.'i'i.-Ttnniously out of the Conti- i , m'lt she has S i> long polluted and dis- * graced. She certainly makes a fit ally ? or fh.' i.i-imany that sets no value up- » on hor jiiifhted word, the Conventions p ot Geivva and The Hague, the rules of B war, or the ordinary laws and dictates G of humanity. T'

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 4

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The Daily News. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1914. TURKEY DOOMED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 4

The Daily News. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1914. TURKEY DOOMED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 2 November 1914, Page 4

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