A large number of Turkish Reservists have been summoned to
join the colours, and it is supposed that a considerable part of them will be sent to Yemen, where the Arab rising is becoming more serious. According to a Renter telegram in the papers of Tuesday, the forces of Imam Syyed Yahya number sixty thousand. But grave though the rising may become, the chief danger lies nearer Constantinople. The Albanians might very well seize the opportunity, if the Government were distracted by a great Arab revolt, to renew their insurrection. And already specially ominous signs of unrest appear in Macedonia and in Greece. The Sofia corre- spondent of the Times suggests in Tuesday's paper that the Turkish Government will very likely recognise the ancient privilege of the Albanians to be excused from foreign service in order to placate them.
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