20 MARCH 1915, Page 2

We are glad to note that the Tempt, while diseussing

the question of the Dardanelles, takes exactly the line which we took a fortnight ago as to the fntnie of Constantinople and of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. It is quite clear that France as well as Britain will now welcome Russia's entry into the warm water, and that winter will no longer mean for Russia the sealing up of all her chief ports. Russia will unquestionably get a great accession of strength by the possession of Constantinople, but no reasonable section of public opinion either here or in France will envy her. She has made great sacrifices for the common cause and deserves great rewards.