The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-22
H0TSPUR0F THE ORIENT
AN INTERVIEW WITH KING MILAN
oBRENoWTcH.
Turk In Europe and In Hlmself-UIu-
matum Of the sultan Aspiring
Stato' - Foreign AnnirA ~.

NIasA, Oct, 2l,-NiHa 10 now a centre OF
warlIRe activity Officers and soldiers
thrOng In tho streets and trains Of artillery
block tho roads Horses and men are wad-
Ing In mul knee doap under drenchng
rain, A reporter called at tho kings palace
II IL modest "bourgeoisn house, furnished
In Partisan style Tue rooms are decorated
with Oriental trophies OF tho last war Nu.
merous sentries were posted at tho ap.
proachol 10 lho palace, The ante chamber
was tlllol with officers Of all ranks Ono Of
the kings aides do'camp introduced tho ro'
porter into the royal reception room and
presented him TO his mnJ3sty King
Milan, who has won for himself the sobr'
quet OF tho llotspur OF the Orient
King Milan wore tla uudreSs uniform OF a
colonel OF artillery, with several orders on
the left breast Ha is handsome man, al.
though rather inclined 10 be too stout with
u very gracious smile his majesty asked,
'Do tho American people tgke much inter-
est In our eastern quostOnsi Tho Unlt0d
States once had TO fight Tor their independ-
enca That 4 just what S0ryIa is going 10
do nowi hence II Is natural that We Soryians
should hope Tor sympathy from tho people
Of the United Statesn
us your majesty stlll resolved 10 open a
a campaign against tho wishes OF nearly all
tho European poworsf'
"My FIRST duty IL not 10 tho European
powers, but 10 my own people, am IA
credly bound TO follow their wishes, Before
ordered tho mobilization OF my army |
carefully questioned each individual dep
uty, 10 ~ not 10 leave the Nigntest doubt ~
70 what tho public opinion OF my sub.
jocts was IL n now utterly im-
possible for mo 10 listen 10 tho
advice OF dlplomatisN un,si diplomacy
can re'eslabliSh the status quo ante with
respect 10 Bulgaria Foreign ministers aud
cabinets seem to know nothing Of tho r0Ol
condition Of SeryiN | risk my crown [Jo
rhqu0 ma cOuronnel rather tuan cvmpro'
mise tho future Of my country, Soryia, m'
though ill'troGtcd lnaltrailool by the treaty
Of Berlin, has always respected that solemn
compact But Il anybody eBe IL allowed "
touch II with inpunity, then SoryiA will
mako tho whole structure tumble down with
crash lln Scribe fora eCr0ul0r toul
nodillccl
"Your army seems 10 mo 10 bo in nnt rate
spiri,s"
"a great mahy things are still needed but
tho soldiers ufU burning With impntonc0 70
open tho cumpaigu Many OF tho volunteer
are old suldiuri already The pluc, AMI
bravery VI tie infantry viii help to mako
up for the scarcity oI our artillery The
gtudonB, wuu arc ell uitnpr cn listed or vol
untocN, aro constantly imporng mo 10 lpt
thom march to the front at uuuJ, We must
wait u low days longer W stu Whr,hrr di'
plomncy may not bo ublo 70 establish II
Cnlm,N
"Doos your majesty bolIoye iu tho success
OF the conference at CmHuuUuupup
"BuisuYu Will PROBABLY uluW tu oboy
tho Occasions 10, tho conference. / sllll hayo
hopes, Out ] duu't brliayp that much viii
como out ot tho ConswuJiuupo coulor.
Oucon
Al tho reporter was tnlaus his loayc, hi,
majesty udIol, with uull'j "sl yous
uiycd wuu urwuu pour wort iuuruHl, vOu3
yorrv1 quo cs Slrbu suut dos bwyp,N