objection and every discussion from whatever source it comes, as
in this way we shall know who are our friends and who our enemies.

APPROACHING THE CRISIS.

_The events covering the period from Sept. 10, when the abolition of
the capitulations was decided upon, till Oct. 29, when the Turkish
fleet attacked Russian ports and shipping in the Black Sea, were
confined mostly to hasty and all-absorbing warlike preparations on the
part of the Turkish Government, assisted by the German military
mission. The Constantinople correspondent of The Daily Atlantis of New
York wrote on Sept. 17:_

We are daily approaching a crisis. The Government has not swerved from
its warlike attitude, and is threatening not only Greece, but Russia
and the Triple Entente as well, while, on the other hand, it has
failed to secure Rumanian or Bulgarian co-operation in its militant
policy. At the same time, the Porte has learned that efforts are being
made in the Balkans for common action against Turkey. It also became
known that the Governments of London and Petrograd agreed to indemnify
Bulgaria by giving her Adrianople and Thrace, while Greece was to have
Smyrna, with a considerable hinterland.

During this period the Turkish press maintained an active campaign
against England and the Allies. The following extract from an
editorial article published in the Terdjumani-Hakkikat thus
characterizes the situation:

Everybody knows that the Balkan States are traversing a
period of doubts, and that the belligerent parties are doing
their best in order to secure the sympathies and the
assistance of the Balkan States.

To begin with, the idea of reconstructing the Balkan League
came under consideration. In this way the Balkan States
think they will become strong enough to impose their will at
the final settlement that will follow the war. This idea,
however, based as it is on the nullification of the Treaty
of Bucharest, and on certain sacrifices on the part of
Rumania and Greece, proved to be a failure. In the course of
the discussion between the two States it was shown that
neither Greece nor Rumania was willing to make any sacrifice
in favor of Bulgaria. The Balkan Alliance, being thus
unpracticable, the belligerent powers of Europe attempted to
attract Rumania and Bulgaria only, and to this end they made
every sort of promise to the two Governments of Sofia a