Prince Ferdinand, who manages his own foreign policy, is evidently
alarmed lest his people should break loose or Turkey suddenly invade Bulgaria. He has accordingly addressed a Note to the Powers declaring himself irresponsible for anything that may occur, and asserting that while Turkey is allowing her soldiers, as well as the armed Mahommedans or Bashi-Bazouks, to commit "shocking crimes and excesses," she is massing troops on the frontier to be ready for the first excuse for invasion. He urges the Powers, therefore, to press on the Sultan.the necessity for withdrawing his troops and making his reforms sincere, as otherwise there may be—in short, war. It is probable that some of the Powers will press the Sultan hard, and that be may yield; but also he may not. Religious feeling is stirring in his Empire, and he is Rhalifa before all things. The demands on his Treasury for ex- penditure in cash affect even his private fortune, and it is believed in Constantinople that he still trusts in the pro- tection of the German Emperor. The key of the immediate situation, however, is the tone of his Army, which no one precisely knows. If they clamour loudly for war, he is a Turkish Sultan, and must yield.
