The manner. in which not only the new Turkish Govern-
ment, but the Turkish population generally, have. received these reiterated blows has been quite admirable. Dignity of demeanour under disaster is no doubt natural to the Turk ; but the world his witnessed not only dignity; but good sense and a power to appreciate the real significance of the situa- tion. Though the Young Turks feel very deeply the way in which Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria have pursued their selfish aims without a thought of the -present difficulties of Turkey, and still more without regard for international faith and comity, they have kept their heads, and there has practically been no suggestion of an appeal to arms. Though we have not the slightest desire to condone or excuse the Powers concerned, the fact no doubt remains that little or no substantial injury has been done to the material interests of
Turkey. No. Turk ever contemplated the possibility of either Bulgaria proper or Eastern Rumelia being reunited with Turkey, or, again, of Turkey resuming possession either of Bosnia and Herzegovina or of Crete. To put it in another way, Turkey during the week has not lost, a single taxable square mile of territory, or a single subject on whom she could rely to defend her rights or interests by service in her armies.
