licvieic of Revieiis, 1/3/13. 



PROGRESS OF THE ^\OR/.n. 



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raised b}' the consent of the Great 

 Powers. It IS this control of money 

 which means that in the long run the 

 apparently impotent concert of Europe 

 will dominate the situation, and ar- 

 range matters without much regard 

 for an}'one except the convenience of 

 its own members. The real danger lies 

 in the probabilit}' of grave dissensions 

 between the Powers themselves. We 

 can speculate as to how much terri- 

 tory Turkey will retain in Europe — 

 that the progress of the war will deter- 

 mine — but there is little doubt what- 

 -ever happens that she will remain at 

 Constantinople, and control the Galli- 

 politan Peninsula. Russia, Roumania 

 and Bulgaria will all be united in de- 

 siring a neutralised Dardanelles on the 

 lines of the Suez Canal, and they will 

 probably succeed in inducing Austria 

 to agree to this for some quid pro quo. 



Roumania Steps In. 



Whilst the Peace Conference was 

 dragging on Roumania suddenl}' de- 

 manded from Bulgaria compensation 



for her neutrality in the war, and mobil- 

 ised her army to give more power to 

 her claims. These now appear to be 

 likely of peaceful adjustment, although 

 at one time war between the 

 two states seemed imminent. Rou- 

 hiania has plax^ed a peculiar part dur- 

 ing the war. Before it began she held 

 the ke>' to the situation. This was 

 recognised at Sofia, and Kiiig Ferdi- 

 nand made proposals to Roumania with 

 a \'iew to securing co-operation, and 

 offering promises if she would remain 

 neutral. Encouraged by the represen- 

 tatives of the Triple Alliance, who l)e- 

 lie\ed that the Allies would be de- 

 feated b_\' Turkey, the Roumanian 

 Go\ernment decided to wait and get 

 better terms. The war did not go as 

 expected, consequently Roumania is 

 m a difficult position. She lias, it is 

 true, been able to squeeze Bulgaria, 

 but the method of doing so will lea\e 

 a bitter taste behind, and the new 

 frontier will be a rankling sore be- 

 tween the two states in future, lust 





Turkish guns captured by the Bulgarians, Btored at Kirk Kilisse. ilopical. 



