Show RUSSIA TURKEY AND ENGLAND the new york sun expects russia to insist spona revival of the old treaty of hunkiar whereby turkey opens the dardanelles Darda nelles to the warships of the czar and becomes an ally of the russians the consummation of the same inny disturb nil europe the sun cays that by the treaty of L the porte at dussias Rus sias ic quest to exclude in time of mar all foreign warships from the black sea while russia on her part promised that whenever requested by turkey she would furnish aid by land and sea forces the treaty biad it been carried out would have had two obvious results in the first place it would have accustomed the sultan to rely upon hia for defence against foreign aggression gres sion and for the maintenance of or der in his own dominions for it should be noted at the time when the con was agreed upon the Jan iasar ies had been annihilated by sultan mahmoud and the new military system which was to bo substituted for them was as yet in an inchoate state in alie second place the treaty of hunkiar would have converted the black sea into russian lake whence at any moment the azars czars warships might make excursions into the mediterranean if such a state of things was looked upon as dangerous sixty years ago how much more is it now to be dreaded by great britain to which the maintenance of maritime communication with india through the suez canal has become a matter of momentous import 1 it is very doubtful however whether british public opinion would sustain the balfour government in an effort to per buado the sultan by the promise of military andt naval aid in certain contingencies gen cies to reject the proposed renewal of the hunkiar treaty the massacres of armenian christians however have extinguished alie last trace of pro turkish sentiment in great britain and the balfour government would have to base an attempt to intervene between russia and turkey on the naked ground of glands En in thresta in egypt and the suez canal it is certain that russia could rely on the support of france in any effort to establish a kind of suzerainty over the sultan and there is no reason to suppose thai germany or cither of the other parties to the triple alliance would aland forth in opposition provided an understanding could be reached concerning the right to tripoli and concerning railroad concessions in anatolia and mesopotamia |