The Balkan correspondent of the Times stated in last Saturday's
paper that the ex-Sultan of Turkey, Abd-uLHamid, bad urgently advised the Young Turks toconclude peace. He pointed out that in no other way could Constantinople be saved. If Turkey made peace, the Russian forces in the Caucasus and the British forces in Egypt could be transferred to other theatres of war. Thus Turkey would have rendered an appreciable service to the Allies, which would be remembered in her favour. Abd-ul-Hansid suggest& that as a preliminary stage the Dardanelles should be opened. The Allied Fleet would then appear at Constantinople, terms could be arranged, and Hover Pasha, the cause of all Turkey's troubles, would disappear. Abd-ul-Hamid always had a good eye for political country, and he has undoubtedly indicated the only way by which Turkey can escape utter disaster. But the Young Turks will wait, we expect, till it is too late.
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