Show SIR SIll CHARLES WE MUL TALKS oi OF BALKANS BALKAN Defines Position of Nations Involved in the Imbroglio BERLIN TREATY BROKEN BROKE Case of Crete Was Something That Has Been Long ong New ew York Oct Oct 10 The to-The The World Won this morning publishes under a London London Lon Lot don date doto the thc following signed article artic artcle by Sir Charles Duke referring to Ui the Balkan Baleal Imbroglio and its Is po possibilities BY DY SIR CHARLES DILKE DILICE Up to Wednesday the situation appeared appeared ap ar simple to calm observers Th The act of ot Bul Bulgaria aria was nas similar to that of immediately after th tho treaty of Berlin and had hail long bee been expected cc ted The element clement of danger on the Bulgarian Bul Bul- arIan garian side lies les In the excitement c ct of ofa a t people possessed of a magnificent arm irmy an and tempted to mal make c use uso of or i it b by a state o of of things across an ImagInary imaginary imag Imag- inary nary frontier For several years year newspapers have prophesied ai an invasion of Turkey by Bulgaria bu but what has taken place this week does doe not seem to Increase and may n-may dimin diminish ish eb that risk It Is suggested that Austria in proclaiming proclaiming pro pro- claiming her hor permanent administration ion tion ton of the tho occupied provinces of ot Bosnia Bosnia Bos Bos- nia mia and Herzegovina Herzegovina has torn up th the treaty reaty of ot Berlin The rho same might b baid he be said aid should we o convert our occupation of If Cyprus still a Turkish island Into a so sovereignty nty Quetta is a Br British British soil soli These Thes garrison arnison garison but not on sol fictions b by which Indeed Port Arhur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur hur has been surrounded during it Us Is occupancy by many powers have fl no Importance for or the tho public iBis Has Hurt Austria The act of the emperor of Austria has as caused the withdrawal of Austria Austria Ausna Aus Aus- tria tria na from one occupied district al ant antas and has as not Increased the strength of her hei herhold herhold hold old on those thos hitherto governed di directly di- di recty by ly her under arrangements arrangement made before the powers power met at Ber Ber- Berlin lin ln linThe a The case of or Crete exemplifies the thu truth ruth of the suspicion that these things were arranged beforehand IiI It Ii ItIs I Is I now months since sinco an announcement was wa as made In high Quarters that Crete with Ith tho consent of the powers was Wa to become Greek Long before that thai Lord Lor ord Lansdowne had announced InIC Inthe In Inthe the IC house of oL ot lords that the general nature of an n agreement re ment as to theatus the status atus quo In the Adrian as well wel asI as asin asIn in I tho the eastern Mediterranean had come male directly between Italy and Aus Aus- tria I a. a Must t Consult Italy Huh It I is well wel known that sonic some years vears a ago o I Italy taly was prepared to send her hern n Meet et to the Dar Dardanelles at a moments moment's notice It If any army attempt was made to change the status quo QUOIn In In the Balkans without a preliminary allan arrangement with tim herself It I Is clear that in tho arrangement between Italy an and 1 AustrIa Austria Ausa Aus Aus- tria a the fullest ns assur ur were given by Austria that she sho ho would woul 1 not go JO be beyond berid be- be yond rid tho provinces of ot Bosnia und and Herzegovina nor attempt to Intervene Intervene Inter Inter- vene 10 lu III Albania und and tho rho portions of ot Macedonia which llo 10 nearest to Al Albania AI- AI bania hanl timi and ahil lontene Montenegro ro Hud thIs not not boon II SO so BO un nn Italian would have before ore now p paused passed through Darda Darda- Dardanelles Darta- Darta nelles hoe and with the tile of Turkey would uld probably have havo oven on entered tho the attack atack ack Russia has now no ground round for pretending to take tako deep interest In the question of or the pa passage of lion Dos orue and the Dardanelles b by the tho opening ening of or which she has now more to lose than than to win A few years a ago o othere there re was a dream ream of ot a n powerful Russian Ruen Rus Rue sian n Black sea ea fleet neet but It now seems unlikely likely that Ru Russia sla will vill wI create a fleet et equal In those waters water to either Austria istria or Ialy Italy It Is Impossible to say ay what even evena a lay day I may bring forth but in spite of rumors more of ot war examination falls fails fals to detect much dan danger er of any war ar aris uris ing The Te tranquility with wih which HalI Italian Hal Ital Ial- Ial ian I opinion has received cd the paper violation of 01 the treaty treat of ot Berlin pro that there Is not much at stake an and 1 there Is 15 oven even le less probability of ot a serious modification of the situation than was foreseen up to the time of the arrangement between Italy Ialy and Austria Austria |