Germany Aiding Turkey

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 30, 1912

Germany Aiding Turkey.

A despatch in the London Weekly Times of December 22, 1911, from its own correspondent, dated Sofia, December 19, says:

I learn from a trustworthy source that on the night of December 11-12 a special train conveying war material from Germany arrived at the Turco-Servian frontier station of Zibeftche, where it was met by an officer of superior rank despatched specially from Uskub. The utmost secrecy was observed, and the train, preceded by a pilot engine, left for Salonika and Constantinople, its progress being reported from various stations along the line. Another train, similarly laden, was expected to reach Zibeftche on the 16th inst., but information is not yet forthcoming with regard to its arrival.

According to the same source, the Turkish ambassador in Berlin has rendered the thanks of his government to the Emperor William for the convincing proof of German friendship furnished by the despatch of munitions of war to Turkey at this critical juncture.

The same correspondent declares that “war preparations are being rapidly pushed” in the European vilayets of Turkey, especially in the Albanian districts and near the Montenegrin frontier. “The situation in Macedonia daily grows worse.” When the great break comes, Germany or a German confederation may be in control of Turkey from the Danube to the Persian Gulf. But general war will not come till God’s work is ready. He is holding the winds of war. Rev. 7:1.