Recent telegrams reporting che arrival of Italian infantry in Valona give colour to the assertion that Turkish officers have been instigate ing the Mohammedans, in the name of holy war, to rebel against Essad Pashs, the Governor of Al-mania. Essad Pasha fork control when Prince William of Wied, after an unfortunate term of office as Prince of Albania, left to join the Turkey provides an excellent example of the danger of assisting other countries to rise from impot ence to strength. In her case, it is true, she has not made the most of her opportunities. Nevertheless the British Naval Mission in Constan tinople reorganized the Turkish navy and brought it as much up to modern standards as was possible in such a country of political corrupt tion. Moreover, Messrs. Armstrong and Vickers formed the Imperial Ottoman Naval Construction Company in Constantinople, and issued considerable amount of bonds as late as last July; fortunately only small part of the money was forwarded to the Turkish capital. On the other hand the German Military Mission can claim that what been done for Turkey has turned to Germany's account, while Turkey is slipping down the road to destruction. It is regrettable, but the present war points to a policy of national selfishness as the best insurance against peril. The task of the Allies is to prove to the world that consider mi for others pays in the long run and that mere selfish scheming and aggression will not be tolerated.
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