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Show PORTE'S CONDITIONS S TO DARDANELLES CAN'T BE ACCEPTED BERLIN, March 8. The Porte has thus far met the request of the Russian Embassador to Turkey, M. Zlnovleff, to permit the Black sea fleet to pass the Dardanelles by naming conditions wholly unacceptable to Russia. One of these conditions naturally is that Russia shall break off or evade the fulfillment of her agreement with Austria Aus-tria respecting the Balkans, ,gtve the Sultan leave to settle the controversy by his own methods, and assist Turkey, should Austria or other powers dispute the Sultan's decision. Russia rejected these proposals as preposterous, but she renewed her request, re-quest, to which there seems little likelihood likeli-hood of the Sultan yielding, as British diplomacy is active at Constantinople in urging on the Porte a strict observance obser-vance of the Berlin treaty. Such a step as permitting the Black sea fleet to pass through the Dardanelles Dardan-elles would be regarded diplomatically as a breach of neutrality on the part of Turkey, though Great Britain's opposition opposi-tion to it, being aimed at the maintenance mainten-ance of the status quo, is not so considered. consid-ered. Germany expresses "no opinion on the subject. The Government her is looking look-ing ahead. It can conceive of a time when It will be to Germany's advantage to have a portion of the Russian navy locked up. ' ' M All the powers except Russia and Great Britain are quiescent. Russia would not use the Dardanelles now If she could. In the opinion of experts ex-perts here, because her Black sea fleet Is not ready for a Far Eastern campaign, cam-paign, and If it were ready. Russia would wait until her Baltic fleet is thoroughly equipped. It Is believed that Russia could not hop for a decisive naval success without the Baltic. Black sea and Mediterranean squadrons uniting unit-ing and proceeding east together, as otherwise they would be destroyed piecemeal. ' " |