| Show UltUKS AMI TURKS The tonomlsi 11 London jcurua I 1 I I q I gives 1 some facts 1 and figures relative lo I i Iboolljporolletireoillb oIUrc nod j Turkey and says that King George I t If he were left lo fight his battle alone I undoubtedly could take and bold a Crete and probably the Islands In I I the n lon aa because file Islander I sympathize with the Cracks Ibo gal risen are Insufficient and the Tuil hh fleet Is not Bl to go lo sea Hut on i land Turitoy Is considerably stronger I than Greece The whole of the regular i regu-lar army uould not bo crnployoj against Ibo Greeks as the withdrawal with-drawal of Ibo soldiers from the Asiatic provinces would us the ilgnal for a revolt which would lead to the proclamation of a new Calif 1 by the Arab and In Conltaulluopli where a large Part ot the po ulallon h I I Weeks about 49000 troops are nqulrej to keep the people III UbJticlloD And then the movement of largo boJIn of soldiers costs a great deal more money than file sultan hai at big dlron and this would be 11 0lou i obstacle lo the employment of Ibo avalltlo forces where mostly needed However In a oounle of weeks 80000 men would ba Cost to defend Ibe Tuiklsh frostier Ihe aieoali are well equipped Bud there are nnny skilful cflluert the army Wllh all i that corruption and cruelly for which thele are famous buy have a ertalr I geului for war and the private loldlen I me known to be brave Bud tlerent to losses in battle or In the hoBpltal and Present they fed that defeat at thin t time would be the Sol of their rule In Luiore and probably lu Asia The five million Ureake lOttereC all over the Turkish empire am believed to lu too badly aimed 10 to able l h leader their vauie much service It 1 It J lie fleet in which tho Greeks place Iholr mol hope but they woulJ nol be IIIweJ 10 pass the Dardanlu nor 10 bomb rJ Balonloa The Greeks 10 Son a vallout nc but they seem 10 look generate unless the emergency fail to frequently cases befalls 10 the front Nome pODlu nor 01 known Acordlng lo this there h I not much coun force In Ibo atlllly of Ibo Hel I lents lo carry out their I program If left i to themavivee But the negottalloas I I and military operations ol I me European Eu-ropean powtrr la this crlnv insulin reasonable grounl fortlieiupioiltlon IhatlbeattlludBOf the UitekB la I not ai dliagroeable oueor mire ol Hi mia mi-a > the vliioroui proteata rnako It appear ttlilurd I tounderitaud why Uuiopn baa not before tills enforced Hi demands de-mands on the Greeks It the desire to do so baJ bn earnest II Ie almost nor ellble that the Greek government woulJ have refuted to obey Ibo ulc turn of the uwcri had there not been tome Intimation that uoncoinpllauce woUld not roe of I In disastrous conio quencc The very blockade at Crate Jack like a larD lu view of the fact that Ibo comminJir of the Greek army ol occupation wa given ample time to supply hlmitlf with provisions provis-ions before Ibe ports were o oaev mull that oven since then vessels have bum allowed to land their ojutents before the very eyes of the Jmlrali I At present ouiy those Initiated lo the issue sacredly guarded myilnrlei of diplomacy can form a correct ides I of The Turkish situation But It would cause no surprlio If It tlmlly iboulil turn out that the Greek Bob cling Ibe pail ol the cats paw lu the hot game lineal It tall lo have guaranteed the integrity of The Turk Ib emplrrtn consideration of a couple of strategic Pointer but the Integrity woulLora lLtuluiJ potbapt even if the capital of the empire were removd flora Constantinople to Jerusalem |
