New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-29

AVN HOW THE INTERESTED POWERS
NV" REGARD 1T.

III conference 10 settle the bulgarian nnbroelo
no. M last begun its sessions Inc ho!ai
p,.il,ion OH the Great Square at lophane mas o'eh
a, IN order all that is needed 10 make cohier-
n,ce has been provlded-a fine table lnviIne ''rii'
.,'oI,s aesthetic inhstands. and pens to SUIT the
Western taste fer writing from leit 10 reut' is wei
aIoft With such provision for a successful seiles
of meetings ono might sui pose tne result isSUi0'
nr, IA. Conference. at Its second meeting found
itself face to face WIN eoNe'"i ''i''
that yet remain unsettled.
ns r.a tina priucpal question is. whether the
,,,io, or the two bulgarias shall be accepted rs an
ACCOMPLISHED fact and II not, what measures 10
rotore tho former condition of affairs snail DE
odopted If this were all, there wonld perhaps w
mn difficulty IN coming to agreement lukey
Is too well aware OF the greatness oil her DANGER i"
stick on sentimental tribes Ii the recovery "a
control ovor Eastern Rumclla so slightly "'"o'en'
from her control over Bulgaria. Eoth arc entne'S
outside of her direct control But thongh the Ooh'
fe,enes il bound 10 limit its attention TO the ques-
ton of Ruuelia, il cannot ignore the checV WIN"
ITS decisions may have III other dlrecu"hs
The affect on Eastern Rumelia itself OF any at
temut TO restore the old order OF things Woulu oc
20 nro1nce if oprn resistance is overawed by force
o passiye resistance which would he tAe promise
of a new outbreak on the first opportunity Inc
R,,malians although they had no special Glcvsnc"
against the Turks as cause for their revolt nave
, Europoan Comm issi0n that o rganlAcd ther
Government in 1873. Separate from bulgaria, they
are taxed for n complete set of IohcolH
,vl,le if united they would have topay only then
share of tho Bulgarian administrative expenses.
Separate from Bulgaria, they have to suher INC
or,ovanco of a Custom House line along the whole
Hnlrarian frontier, while if united, their trade
might 20 untranmelled Add to these burdens the
natural longing for union with the people Oh their
ovI, race and yUu have that which assures you
that the separate administration OF these TWO prov
inccs cannot be a permanent arrangement
Eut tue effect ON Servia of the decisions OF The
Conference must also be taken into consideration.
Seryia il not in very noble attitude at present
lis claim is that the Bulgarians havc no r,ght to
onioy n union, because lorsooth, if all the Bnl
c.rians are united, they will Outnumber the Ser
yians and may IN time become more powerful Inc
claim is contemplate enough, especially as the
only ground on which the Seryians obtained their
independence was the theory of the right of every
nationality 10 its own future. But Servla has
turned out III arms to enforce this claim. by mon
with Rumeia Bulgaria has CAMEL 800, 600 sonio
of popuatinn Therefore Servia has a rihht to take
Territory containing a live population. 1t docs
NOT much matter from whom the territory
is taken, not whether the people added to SerN
not be inperilled by the chance that Bulgaria may
outstrip her. and become more wealthy or more
powerful The idea is so childish that it seems 10
be n nero excuse put forward to cover sOncihing
Else The fear is That Austria is at tho bottom OF
servlss mcGacing attitude.
Then Greece too. must be taken INTO account in
weighing the effect of the decisions of the Confer
tnoe. In 1873. inst as the Treaty OF san Steiano
b,tween Russia and Turkey signed Greece
moved her army into the adjoining Turkish prov
inccs in order to get slice oi Turkey. BY the
decree Of Europe, she moved her troops BACK aghh
after two weeks; and later she was awarded
,uall bit of Thess,ly a crumb Oh comfort on her
.dislppon.ment. Now Greece says that If there 10
70 he a further distribution OF territory, she Is
bound TO have some too. In order 10 m"bilizo III
time sho has modified her army without waiting
70 SEQ what is to happen. and stands ready
to spring upon the adjacent Turkish lands on the
instant in which il shall become evident that Nu
garian union is to nc accepted by Europe. Seryla
has said that if Rumclia is restored to its former
relations she will be satisfied Greece seems t. be
of opinIon that having once modified, she will try
for an annexation whatever the results oil the ku-
melan revolt. Greece IS terribly afraid that Aus
tria will some day get Macedonia and wOnld Ike
10 be beforehand in that region. During i've years
Macedonia has been the scene OF a perfectly
Curions war of intrigue between the Greek and Bull
uarjan ecclesla,,cs Both parties have been labor
ing To prove the Christian population to be of one
blood-the Greeks to prove them all Greeks, the
Bulgarians to prove them all BulGarlans The ques-
ton is hard 10 settle, because both are Of ono
church and because in many places Bugarans
still use the Greek language in their church ser
vice The object of the contest is, OF course, to
secure the larger claim TO the territory at any time
~, . tn or npI ID.
into it, is the aspiration of Greece at this time.
An outbreak of among the petty States of the
Balkan region would, like "a common dog light,
be sure to drag the bystandors the fray Hence
the Great Powers are sincere in their wish to make
such an arrangement as shall keep the irrcpies,ibie
little Kingdoms from trying to dismembcr Turkey
before its time Probably such q thing never en-
tered the heads of the Great Powers as the attempt
on the part of the minute States Of the Balkan re-
Cion to dsmeinber the Turkish Empire. The right
to do such things is vigorously reserved. Bnt this
feat is really what the httio states have bocn con-
templatIng and it this that has made onieIcnce
necessary.
A Turkish proverb says One boy can drop into
a vol a stone which forty men cannot get out"
The little Balkan States arenaugbty bOye; the Con-
ference grave men who would keep the boys out OF
mischief But the little States not the only
difficulty in tho way of the success of the Confer
euce The Groat Powers have their ideas to be
carried out at least to b0 protected from harm.
The great war between Russia and Austria is
among the things that must be some day. 1t must
arise from ans attempt to settle the fate of Turkey
In permanent seuse. To he i'll the best possible
position for this war is the object which both
An ,tria and Russia have III view Both Powers
como to the Conference knowing that the decslo
OF the Conference may affect the question of the
influence OF both in the Balkan region, and both
arc resolved that the decision shall be- if not abso
lutcly colorio.s at least not such as to favor the
projects of either.
Russia wishes TO have tho prcponderating
influence In Bulgaria. Hence she is in the strange