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frontiers will be topographically suit- arms— and no other means can be of any 



able. The Sanjak is divided between avail— to stand in the way of the accom- 



Servia and Montenegro, and in this plishment of this programme for the 



region the two branches of the Serb ending of Turkish rule in Europe, 



peoples meet and join hands of friend- The question of the 



ship. Servia will arrive at the Adriatic xhe Dardanelles Dardanelles is one of 



south of Montenegro at San Giovanni and Russia's Need, especial moment to 



di Medua, and possibly towards Du- Russia. The entire rich 



razzo. The central pivot of Old Servia, development of Russia is south of 



the ancient city of Uskub, will be Moscow, and her many and navigable 



Servian as truly as ever it was in the rivers all drain into the Black Sea. 



days of Servia' s greatness under the Russian commerce must have a free 



Tsar Dushan. Bulgaria will arrive at outlet, and therefore St. Petersburg 



the iEgean between the Maritza and can never consent to any arrangement 



Struma rivers, with Adrianople as a which bars the Straits to her shipping. 



Bulgarian city. Greece will obtain We do not believe that there can be 



additions of territory including the any two opinions on this question, or 



districts inhabited by Greeks, and in that any European Power will object, 



addition Crete and other islands. Mace- When it becomes a question of her naval 



donia will be an independent princi- marine, however, matters become more 



pality with Salonica as a free port, difficult. Russia has always required 



Turkey will perhaps retain Constanti- that while the Straits shall always be 



nople and a small portion of Thrace, free to her warships, they shall be closed 



otherwise this with the Straits will be to those of other Powers. The day for 



internationalised or neutralised. With this idea has passed now, and there is 



regard to Albania there is some difh- only one solution, which is, we believe, 



culty, since the inhabitants do not included in the programme of the 



seem inclined to meet their liberators Balkan League. It is that the Straits 



half-way, save to fight them. It may, from the Black Sea to the .Egean shall 



therefore, be necessary to modify the be made an international waterway, free 



original idea of an Albanian Princi- to the commerce and navies of the 



pality, and divide Albania between world. There shall only be such charges 



Servia, Greece and Macedonia. These as shall suffice for the lighting and 



are the sound ideas of the Balkan policing of the waterway. The control 



League, coupled with a Customs shall be under an international com- 



Union and free railway facilities to mission in which all interested nations 



Salonica for Austria. Since, however, shall be represented — somewhat on the 



no time will be lost in constructing the model of the Danube Commission, with 



Danube-Adriatic Railway from Nish to broader lines. There shall be no forti- 



San Giovanni di Medua, it is probable fications, either on the European or the 



that the Salonica line will lose much of Asiatic side, and should it be necessary 



its importance. It is difficult to imagine for the Turks to leave Constantinople 



that any European Power will be fool- finally, then the city would be neutra- 



hardy enough to endeavour by force of lised and made a free port, administered 



