The Situation in Turkey
By T.
THE Balkan allies that are at war with Turkey have made unprecedented progress. It would appear without question that the Turk will soon be driven out of Europe unless the "powers" intervene. But the "powers" can not agree among themselves. They are as jealous of each other as they can possibly be. One of the leading complications in connection with any action that the European nations might take is the bitter hatred that has existed for the past several years between England and Germany. These two nations are among the strongest, if not the very strongest, of the powers of Western Europe. Germany has one of the greatest, and best drilled, and best equipped of the armies of the world. Her army is the pride of the emperor and of the German nation. She has a navy that is struggling for supremacy, and is near the front rank. Germany is not at the present time in a mood for concerted action. As an instance of her feeling, the despatches under date of October 27 told of a note that was sent to the German imperial chancellor Von Bethmann-Holweg, from Sir Edward Grey, England's prime minister. This note was looking toward some settlement of the Balkan question by the powers. Emperor William had been explaining to one of his grandchildren the use of miniature Krupp guns when the chancellor was announced. The note from England was handed to him, and after glancing his eye over it, he returned to the little prince and the toy gun. After firing the miniature cannon at a lot of toy soldiers, he turned again to his chancellor, upon which the chancellor said, concerning the note, "What shall I do with it?" "Light your pipe with it," said the kaiser. Following this, however, the emperor and the minister had quite a long chat over the situation, but no report is given of the conclusions that they reached. Yet it is evident that Germany has her eye on the situation, and that she is not in a mood to make any agreements except such as would in the end result in her advantage. We know, from the program of prophecy, that this war can not last very long, for there are to be no long drawn out wars until we reach the very close of probation. We have frequently set these matters before our readers through our columns, together with the prophecies that told the story. But just how this matter may be terminated, at this writing it is difficult to conjecture, in fact conjectures are useless. There are a great many who think that the downfall of the Turk in Europe will really mean the close of probation and the end of the world, but there are others who believe that there is very strong evidence that the prophecy does not take into account any such overthrow of the Turk. These are times not for speculation and conjecture, but for earnest, prayerful study and thought. Let us study carefully and faithfully the prophecies that give the program for the world in this time. They will be fulfilled literally, regardless of any human speculations or interpretations. T.