In another message published on Wednesday the Balkan correspondent of
the Times reported that M. Carp, a former Roumanian Premier and an avowed pro-German, had said that his country would take up arms on the side of Germany nest mouth. He predicted that when Germany bad opened communications with Turkey she would make new offers to Roumania in the form of an ultimatum. The present Roumanian Government would then probably resign, and M. Carp expects that be would be summoned to form a Ministry. From all of which it is clear that Germany knows perfectly well (1) that she cannot hope to dictate to Roumania till she has driven an unassailable road through to Turkey ; (2) that all the talk about campaigns in Egypt and the Middle East depends upon the goodwill of Roumania and Greece. It is our business to prevent the necessary con- ditions of a German success from ever being realized. We have not impressed the Balkans sufficiently yet. Otherwise Roumania would not be looking on while German munitions pass down the Danube to von der Goltz's army. But we can do it, and we believe we shall do it. Doubts about the necessity of the British and French campaign in the Balkans must have been driven by this time from every mind.
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