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opinion of the Servian army in the visers of the aged monarch are unable 



words " It is a real army." It has to decide really what to do. Before 



been much more difficult to obtain any accepting so terrible a theory, let us 



real idea of the value of the Bulgarians endeavour to see exactly how matters 



since a very strict Press censorship has stand. We may dismiss at once any 



prevented any news of importance ap- question save that of Servia, since 



pearing, added to which the correspon- Austria does not care what Bulgaria or 



dents and military attaches were Greece may obtain. Declarations have 



allowed to see nothing of the campaign, been made that Austria has no terri- 



Again to quote the Tunes, we find that torial ambitions, and that she has 



of the Bulgarian army it is said : " It is abandoned the old policy of expansion 



probable that it is of much the same towards Salonica. But she claims to 



fighting calibre as the European Turkish, have special economic interests in the 



and owes its success over the latter only Balkan Peninsula. Although this latter 



to the fact that it is better trained and claim has not been explained or proved 



more capably commanded. It showed tenable, it is presumably the reason why 



none of that individual sagacity which Austria opposes a Servian port on the 



is the greatest asset of the Japanese Adriatic with a 30-mile wide strip of land 



army. The infantry sections plodded as hinterland. This is evident because 



stolidly up to such positions as from the Austria has offered to waive her ob- 



rear had looked suitable." Of the Monte- jections to an Adriatic port if Servia 



negrin army it may be said that it is a consents to give her special economic 



militia ; while of the Greek army nobody advantages. The question of Albanian 



has troubled to give an opinion. autonomy would appear to be actuated 



To any consistent rather by a desire to leave the question 



What does Austria studcut of the Near of tlic Adriatic coast still open than by 



want? Eastern situation in the a sincere wish to improve the lot of 



past, to those closely in the Albanians. For years Albania has 



touch with the several sides of it, the existed in a deplorable condition, and 



-^ccioir of Austria in the present crisis Vienna never stirred a finger. Insist- 



can only produce an utter uncompre- ence on autonomies for ethnographical 



bending bewilderment. There may be masses is a dangerous policy for x\ustria, 



some reason found for this in the un- since it inevitably calls for the retort 



doubted fact that Vienna, as well as that she should first remove the beam 



Berlin and Bucharest, believed that the which is in her own eye before bothering 



Turks would at least resist sufficiently about the mote in her neighbour's eye. 



to leave the Balkan League exhausted As a leading Croatian said recently, 



and the spoils to the " interested " "If Austria wants to give autonomy, 



nations. But even the shock of Turkish why not commence with Croatia?" 



defeats and the need for a new policy Should, however, the craze for constitu- 



should not produce the effect we see tions and autonomies succeed in securing 



to-day at Vienna, whence the peace of unanimity in Europe for autonomous 



Europe seems likely to be imperilled Albania, the Balkan League will ap- 



for no other reason than that the ad- parently not oppose it. We are there- 



