THK TROUBLE WITH TURKEY.
I Although, the Mtnation in eoiuipctkm with tins troubio Iv'twoen England and Turk«'.y is not. yet entirely I'itx* from po>.sil)iliti<v. the groattvst tension is probably pa>t. It i.s extremely unlikely, wo think, ill-it, in view of Great Jsii:ain"is detoriniiv:d attitude. Turltcy- will carry her contumacy to I the point of actual war. Modem hi«----j tory is full of instances in which Turkey has attempted a policy of "bluff,"' o.uried it on to the last lnonmut-. and yielded :it the last. Germany's oißcial denial that >he hns lM»<>n fomewting the dispute bp-tw<x»ii Egypt it>nd Turkey may bo taken for what il ie worth. The. Kai«o.r« fondness for fishing in trouble<l watera and his position as adviser and fiiippcirter of the Sultan', naturally ruvo ground for suspicion. He may havo believed thwt the new British Ministry, would not nui the risk of causing European complications by resenting tlie Sultan's nggrewions. Hut now that England "hiia sent an ultimatum, has backet! it up by the Mcd Her nil loan Squadron, and is openly supported by France, and Rumia, matters havo begun to wear so serious an aspect that even at the ritik of loing e>ome of hhs prestipo as the eelf-appouit-e<l ppotectoi" of Islam in the near East, the Kaiser has, in all likelihood, recommended his friend the Sultan to back down as gracefully poesible. Tho present trouble may ultimately do good, as it M-ems probable that it, may afford Kuglaud tho opportunity of weakening Turkish inflneneo in Egypt, and thereby frustrating the an'ti-Brit-i«h plans of Turkish plotters. Turkish influence is 'a drag on any country over which it is exorcised, and there is no deuhjt that with its removal Egypt would advance in prosperity even more rapidly than sho has done during tho past decade.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12498, 8 May 1906, Page 6
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