Threat of Russo-Turkish War Over Servia
LONDON, Sept. 7.—The situation is unmistakably threatening. A Berlin special to the Standard says that, as Turkey has decided not to grant an armistice, the outbreak of a Russian and Turkish war is deemed in well-informed circles unavoidable. A dispatch from Constantinople to the Daily Telegraph states that the British government has made strong representations to Turkey through her ambassador that if the war continues the Turks must be prepared to see Russia openly giving support to Servia. The inference is plain that England would not oppose such intervention. Therefore a Vienna special says, “Since the declaration that England would not support Turkey against Russian interference, Austria is looked upon in Constantinople as the power to oppose Russia, and consequently the Austrian ambassador now occupies the exceptional position which the British ambassador recently held. The Turks are by no means discouraged and have great faith in their own military power.”—Det. Evening News.