THE REVIVAL OF TURKEY

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14044, 26 July 1913, Page 4

THE REVIVAL OF TURKEY

Thk worst feature of all is that Bulgaria, by her ill-considered and utterly indefensible actions, has opened the door again to fresh combinations and intrigues by all the Towers, great and small, that are ambitious to secure the territory which Tin key misgoverned for so many decades, and from which at last she was ousted. Re-awakeucd Turkey docs not intend N) remain quiescent while the scramble for territory is progressing. She has' already advanced ti, and- re-occupied Adriauoplc, the capture of which only. a few mouths ago was responsible for a tremendous wiciifico of. blood and treasure.'.V St. Petersburg wire credits the Russian 'Government with insisting on the Turkish evacuation of Adriauoplo at all costs, and the concensus of opinion in most European circles, according to a London cable, is that ■Turkey.''will have to retire' behind 4 ho Enoa-Mcdia line, which has been by treaty as the boundary of the little slice of- territory left to Turkey in Europe. On the other hand, the re-occupation of Adtianople has naturally aroused great enthusiasm in Turkey, and the appointment of Hadji Adil Boy as Governor of Adrianople is regarded ns proof of the Porte’s intention to remain. No doubt the Turkiih Government, which is now composed of members of the Young Turkey Parly, who vowed when they first look office, after the revolution of 1908, that they would never give up an inch of Turkish territory, will remember that at the outset of the Balkan war the Powers announced ; u a Collective Note that, no matter what the issue of the war might be, they Would not permit the victor or victors to acquire any territory from the vanquished. That decision was quickly cancelled after the initial successey of the Allies. The Turks can hardly bo blamed for supposing that if they disregard the protestations of Russia, and other Powers, the same remit will follow—namely, an inactivity on the part of the Powers that is anything but masterly. Possession is nine points of the law, and in view of the sensational occurrences, of the past twelve months it >s not easy t o foresee what will be the ultimate outcome.