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The attitude of Germany in the Turkish question, which greatly

perplexes some observers, is, we imagine, mainly governed by a desire to maintain the status quo. The Ger- mans do not care whether the Armenians, or any other Asiatic people, are destroyed or not ; they are reluctant to see Austria advance to the 2Egeark ; and they are disposed to conciliate Russia, which desires to remain passive if possible. Should events, however, make action imperative, we are assured that Germany will support Austria and Italy, both of which Powers are friendly to English policy towards Turkey, though they do not fully share her feeling of an obligation to defend the Armenians. Philanthropic politics, in fact, strike most of the statesmen of the Continent as a little ridiculous.

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