While events are not going well enough to give Germany
and Bulgaria that certainty of success which they counted on, a Russian army is collecting in Bessarabia, and may soon be able, either by land or by sea, or in all probability by a coin- bination of both, to enter Bulgaria. When it does it will find the bulk of the Bulgarian Army still engaged elsewhere. No doubt it is open to the Bulgarians to say that they do not fear a Russian invasion because their kind friends the Turks have plenty of troops to spare, and that a large Turkish army will come to their assistance. That reads very well on paper, until we remember that the assistance of the Turks means making Bulgaria the theatre of war—not a very pleasant prospect. A Turkish army fighting on her side in Bulgaria may prove far more ruinous to the unfortunate inhabitants than a hostile Russian army. Besides, there is this to remember. It is much easier to bring a Turkish army into your country than to get it out. Tho Turks are past-masters in the arts of delay, and we should be very much surprised if they moved out of such districts of Bulgaria as they occupied without extracting a very large quid pro quo.
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