We wrote last week as to the effect of our
action at the Dardanelles on the Mediterranean and Balkan Powers, and the news since derived from Rome, Athens, Sofia, and Bucharest amply confirms our view. For the Powers in question the occupation of Constantinople by the Allies will mean nothing short of a revolution. This alone would make it worth while to push matters for all we are worth. We must prove by ocular demonstration to the Balkan neutrals that there is not the slightest fear of their being left between the German hammer and the Turkish anvil by confiscating the anvil. And when it can be added that the opening of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus will let the corn we need come to us, and the munitions of war and other manufactured goods required by Russia pour into her Southern ports, it will be seen that no effort can be too great to make the expedition to Constantinople a triumphant success.
