| Show TLIIl AS A > ILT A rumor Is circulated that the Or maucmperor lcosmucccebonlln eon ludlng a military convention with the mltan by which Tomboy Is I In a way idded to lIce Trlnlr alliance The compact com-pact U I sold to provide that the Turkish fleet and ntmy are to lie rolhl1 with sees umclnt to render them n fnctor In n possllle iuroi > onn war whllo urkey agrees to keep at least 20000 men ready ot n momntB nolle igalnst the enemies of the drelbum Tho effect ot this alliance would ho I farreoohlng If I Tarheysorrr to be relied i re-lied on but ever since the dope of Czar Piter the Great the experience of Ihu aliEn and lEe enemIes of the ullon has been that the rulers at Constantinople Constanti-nople Invariably have sided with the poer that for the momnt nftertd thm the greatBt adantags Only n few years ao tho Germs emperor daizled the world with a historical painting In which he ci pressed the Idea that Christian nurore had to combine In defense of the civilization civili-zation of the Cross agilnst the threatening threat-ening hordes of Ala Yet he seems to be 1110 first to endeavor to combine the Interests of part of Christendom with those ot the Asiatic hordes Not without with-out cause has he loon called the Incomprehensible In-comprehensible Possibly the present > little disagreement disagree-ment between Austria nnd Turkey has significance If considered In connection with the statement that Germany und Turkey hoe filtered Into an alliance Some rlreentatlle Austrlo In Adann nnd Irlna II 00mn were In eultid b I Tuiklsh olllclals and the Austrian government promptly demanded I de-manded the dismissal ot the offending parties the sultan refuses to com pIt with tho request and now the Austrian 7o = an threaten to lover diplomatic relations rela-tions with the country and to bombard the city of Merslna These are serious lhret glnt nn ally of German the leading lower ot the Triple olll onoe H Is well understood that the effect of the compact between Hussla and Irance hue hen a Inovlncut for the Isolation of Oerinany Austria has been almost formally Invited to Join UllMla against Germany because It Is I stated the latter Is a menace to her existence Austrias threat to bombard bom-bard a Turkish ally taking It for granted that Turkej Is I Oermanj ally may iwsslbly be an Indirect leply to UuHflas overtureB fur the disintegration disinte-gration of the Triple Alliance |
