Grave Concern In Paris.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 9, 1912:
    PARIS, Nov. 8.— The threatened rupture between Austria-Hungary and Servia on the question of Servian access to the Adriatic Sea and the immensity of other political troubles caused by the collapse of Turkey are causing grave concern in diplomatic circles in Paris.
    At the moment when an intimate accord is more desirable than ever before, it is pointed out that the two groups of European nations known as the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, which together compose the so-called concert of Europe, find themselves arrayed in hostile camps.
    With Russia leading, France and England are inclined to support the Servian territorial claims on which Austria-Hungary, encouraged by Germany, has apparently put a direct veto.
    Among other difficulties are the compensation Rumania will demand as an offset to the aggrandizement of Bulgaria, the future standing of the Dardanelles, Constantinople, Salonika, and Turkey in Asia, the fate of the islands in the Aegean Sea, the régime to be introduced in Albania, and the adjustment there of the conflicting Austrian and Italian claims in such a way that the other powers shall not be prejudiced.
    Apart from all these visible controversies comes news of the proclamation of a Russian protectorate over Chinese territory equal in extent to one-third of all Europe.