The situation in Greece has improved during the week. A
message from the Athens correspondent of the Times in Thursday's paper says that the Military League will probably dissolve as soon as the Royal decree has been issued con- voking an Assembly for revising the Constitution. The chief danger in the Balkans at present is the tension between Turkey and Bulgaria. Two more Bulgarians have been executed in Macedonia by order of a Turkish Court-Martial. The correspondent says that before leaving Vienna on his way to St. Petersburg King Ferdinand stated that he would demand the intervention of Russia in order to end the intolerable state of affairs in Macedonia, which if it were allowed to go on much longer would end either in a war between Turkey and Bulgaria or a revolution in Bulgaria. One unnecessary cause of friction is the vague- ness of the frontier. This could be remedied in the ordinary way by a Commission, but we trust that the Powers will keep their eyes carefully on Macedonia. Now that the Cretan question is temporarily settled, Macedonia is undoubtedly the danger-spot in Europe. If Bulgaria took active measures there, Greece, quiet though she is at the moment, would probably be only too ready to avenge herself on Turkey.
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