The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-13
NEXT BATTLE GROUND
Macedonia Sure 10 Be the
Scene of a Great Struggle.
CONDITION is lNTOLERABLE
People are MiSgOyerned by
the Sultan of Turkey,

New York, July 1z.-The next. Ike th'
last. battle ground Of Europe VII be the
so-caued Balkan Peninsula. comprising
a group Of petty states lying south o.
Austria-Hungary. bounded On one side b
the Adriatic. on the other by the Black
Sea and on the south By the Aegean
Sea. Il is one Of the Oldest. yet one Of
the most primitive sections OF Europe
where kings ard queens and courts shone
Respondent il crime and jewels when
Germany. Great Britain and France were
stil. overrun by barbarians- The earliest
Inhabitants were the Dacians. or Getae
who had reached a considerable degree
Of culture when We first hear OF them
from Pliny and Herodorus resisting the
invasion Of Darius the Persian. I'VE
centuries before Christ. a hundred years
laer. when Philip Of Nacedon besieged
one OF their cities ard was about 10 give
a signal for The assault. the gates opened
and long lire OF priests. cad IN robes
OF snow-white linen. came forth with
musical instruments in their hands. sing
Ing songs Of peace. Philip was so i'm
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laid down his sword. married The daugh-
ter OF their king and entered into q
treaty Of alliance with them
They fought Alexander the Great; they
resisted the Roman Legions and Julius
Caesar was planning a campaign against
them when he fell il The forum with the
dagger Of Brutus in his breast Trajan
sub5ued them. an dthe story OF his mar
Vicious campaign Is carved IN marble up
on his column IN Rome. Theirs vas
the last province 10 be added ~ the
Roman Empire and the first to 90 at lis
dissolution. The territory was fought
over at frequent intervals by contending
forces 10 the end Of the fourteenth cen
tury. when, one after another. the sew
eraI Christian states which composed
the Bulgarian Empire were subdued by
the Ottoman invaders who il 1888, act
ually reached the gates Of Vienna For
nearly i've centuries they submitted 10
the yoke Of the sultan. Like all his
subjects. they were gradually submerg-
ed IL political. moral. Intellectual and
commercial oblivion. and the existence
OF a once powerful people was almost
forgotten They lay helpless ard hope
less under the heel Of . virdictive and
nerciless despot Untu what we're termed
the Bulgarian atrocities excited universal
horror in 1861. Then Russia interven-
e or the pretext OF racial and religious
relationship and attempted tc take them
from Turkey;
The original treaty Of san Stefano,
which fixed the terms OF peace exacted
b. The car from the sultan. would al
most have restored the boundaries OF the
ancient Bulgarian Empire. given its peo-
pie Theoretical Independence under his
protection, and reduced European Tur-
key 70 q narrow strip Of territory. but
the Jealousy Of the ether powers would
not be allowed 10 extend her sphere Of
influence toward the 8Iediterranean- En-
gland and Germany interfered. called a
conference OF nations at Berlin. tore up
the treaty Of san Stefsno. restored
large area Of the Turkish Empire. and
left group OF small. weak states 10
stand as buffer between The sultan ana
his aggressive neighbors
This was done under certain conditions.
Certain pledges were exacted from the
sultan concerning the administration and
taxation Of the restored provinces. par
ticularly that the inhabitants should
be given religious liberty and be governed
b. officials of their own faith None ~
these conditions have been fulfilled. and
the most appalling Injustice and cruelties
have been pracdced Eear after year. sim
nar 70 those which occurred il Bulgaria
and pzovoked the Tur1o-Russian war.
he'd as worthless by the Turkish otfi-
cisis and military garrisons. No wo-
man has been allowed % accumulate
property % improve her condition with
oct exciting the avarice Of the
taxgatherer and the military command
ant i has been useless for the inhab-
i1an1s 70 save money or produce more
than enough 10 supply their own wants.
for the slightest surplus would attract
attention and be stolen from the owner.
The Christian population have HAD 70
standing IN the courts aa5 are often
prohibited from practicing their religion
except IN secret TIE number az lives
wantonly destroyed. che number Of vo-
men ravished and the number OF children
outchered in the Turkish provinces q
Europe. and particularly IN Macedonia
where the population IS ainost entirely :
Christian. would shock the people Cf the
world II the truth were known. ana yet
After year after year. these conditions
have been permitted 10 continue by The
powers OF Europe
An occasional insurrecuon OF lawless
Incident of which q foreigner has been ,
Ia victim, like the kidnapping ~ Miss ,
Stone has attracted public attention. and
several written papers have been hted
- the sublime porte by the amhassa- 2
.ors Of Coustantinople il which The 4
sultan has been warned that the atrocs- p
les would not he tolerated any longer. G
Ind has been a6monished n repent and q
-eform. Bu- instead oc Improving. the b
have grown worse. Each Of Z
hese diplomatic episodes has been fol- q
OWED by more serious azactions and per- =
iecutions- Everv reucnstrance has heen
beloved By and increase ~ the military q
garrison IL Macedonia. hy greater re- 3
ItTseticus upon the liberties Il the peo- q
BE. and by tie arrest and i-rurison- q
merit Of patriots who we're susre-res OF p
having inspired the protest. IRIS fact : z
rel known Al every embassy * Con C,
tanrinopie and fnevery ToreiEn orce IN ?
,Erope. both from Official ana unoaiclaf T
Information Every man IL TIE weird ct
Fho cares 20 z1ow the truth can learn X Z.
Without tAe slightest trouble q
How long The powers OF Europe xii =
ermit The sultan 10 defy them and TIE a
resent conditions 10 co1linus is q cues al
iOa often sskec Il private ard n public. +