Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-10-29
United Bulgaria.

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United Bulgaria.
70 attempt to understand the various
embevilments in Southern Europe is
like trying to follow the complications
of Chinese puzzle. There is evidently
trouble inBulgaria and theUnitsd States
seems to be the only nation that has
not finger in the Bulgarian Ron Me-
liam Ru n-Serbian-Servian pie.
Bulgaria and Roumelia declared their
union the other day and Immediately
the whole civilized world is in stew.
England pricks up her ears, Russia
grows uneasy, Austria has her opinions
on the subject, Turkey is in fever
of anxiety and Greece has word to
say to that. BY the latest dispatches
the people of Greece are elamoring for
war, $4,000 me have been enrolled
there the national militia of Bulgaria and
EasternRoumelia has been called for i'm
mediate service; Russia has made prep
artions to land 10000 troops atVarna in
twenty-four hours in case of need;troops
andwar material continue to leavePhilip-
p0polis for the Servian frontier, Monte
negro scents the coming battle, and
Turkey is alert and pressing for author
ity to march in Bulgaria. We expect
to hear next that troops are being
marshalled in Thibet and Seain. In
the midst of all this confusion it is diff
cult to und erstand what all the fuss is
about. 1t seems that in 1876 there was
feeble attempt at an instruction in a
few small towns in Bulgaria. Which
was put down with massacres and
burnings. Mr.. Eugene Schuyler was
sent into the interior of Bulgaria by the
American min lister to investigate the
truth of the rumors, and he found that
the horrors had been in no way exagger-
ated. The prisons were filled with
persons acc used of political offenses,
and hundreds were being executed with
out trial. Christian inhabitant were in
peril, property was stolen by the
mussulmen and crops destroyed. Mr..
Schuyler reported these fac.s TO the
Anne rican minister at Constantinople,
and through the efforts of the American
Legation and the British and Russian
Embassies sentences were committed
and property restored. A conference
of Europe an powers was called to take
Bulgaria IN hand. After much pickering
and disagreement it was decided to di-
vid Bulgaria into two parts. Turkey
did not like the division, it did not suit
her purposes and the result was
war, in which the Turks came to such
straits that they were willing to submit
to any terms that Russia might propose.
Another conference was called and by
the treaty of San Stefano, Bulgaria was
again united, not self governing
Turkish province but a tributary prin-
cipality with a christian government
and a national militia. Poor Bulgaria
had no voice in all this, but was divided
aud subdivided as if she were polyp,
aid was multiplied by division. Herein
gland stepped into say that this division
didn't suit her, though why she should
have had any wish in the matter is a
mystery. Again a conference was
called at Berlin and again the polyp
was divided. Macedonia was sliced off
and the remaining portion divided in
to two parts, Bulgaria and Eastern
Roumelia. In this way the part that
had suffered least from the Turks was
made practically Independent, prov
luce under christian governor, with
constitutional government and placed
back under the control OF the Porte.
Eastern Roumelia. the scene of the
massacres, was made again a Turkish
province with a high tribute. The rev.
enue of the province was 1890, geo, the
tribute enacted 1,104.0 900. Bulgaria
and Roumelia submitted to this enforced
separation for time, and then one day
the inhabitants of Roumelia peacsably
arose and proclaimed their union with
Bulgaria. They simply broke treaty
that had been forced upon them by the
law.of the Strongest, as neither Roumela
nor Bulgaria were represented at Ber-
lin and they did not sign the treaty
By what divine right the other nations
have arbitrated for Bulgaria, is one of
those things mo fellow can find out, :"
and the wonder is not that Bulgaria and
Reumelia have rebelled but that they
have submitted so long.