The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-07
MACEDONIA.


Macedonia the just now, Bulgaria before
the RussoIurish war; and the vicinity OF the Pruh at
the time of the Crnean and the difficulties i'll Macedonia are
likely be followed by great the previous difficulties
have been 1t is the struggle between the Crescent and the Cross
it may be the last ickens OF it, may be ndng OF fresh
flame which will burn with renewed vgor and scorch all that
passes
has long struggle though Crescent had the
best of the the Cross has had much the best OF
century and half The Roman and Greco Roman world
overwhelmed by the Moslem and later by the Mosem Turk
Medieval Europe rembed the Turkish power and but for
John Sobes ride when all the cvay of Poland rode
the Vienna would have fallen into the Turkish denim
The Turk laundering her gates and had he
cuped the city the history of Europe would have been entirely
changed.
We have way of speaking of the npeakabe Turk and talk
of his being turned bag and baggage of Europe but
easy him He with sword and the lance,
he will only retire before superior and quicrng
1t may be hard for the Turk beat the Macedonian but the
European powers will find just hard beat the Turk when
to the last stand 1t easy talk of sweeping but he
The immense sympathy shown by the Bugaans towards the
Macedonans based merely the likeness of religious
creed but is based racial lines OF the three millions of nab
ants in Macedonia more than 100000 Bugaans talking
the language having the national aspirations and be-
ievng the creed The Turks in the district do
Der 100000 but they are the dominant race The whole OF the
official class is drawn from the Turks the entire police force
Turkish the Turkish and levied upon the
Turkish system The Turk has the contempt all
querg have for the conquered Alexander the Greats
Greek depised Peans and all Asas The Roman despsed
the Bron The Danes despsed the SaXOns the Norman desps
ed both Danes Napoeon soldiers desped Span
ards and other European nations that they conquered The feel
ing human but it exasperatng when it displayed and
the semibarbaric Turk enjoys displaying it.
1t be quite plain that the Bulgarans of the practically
free Bulgaria sympathe with their enslaved dominated
brethren in Macedonia The Macedonian revolutionary
mes have found ready aid and have been helped their organ
aon by the Bugaran of Bulgaria The very government of
Bulgaria. though owing alliance the Sultan the
Sublime Porte has been considerable active in
the reyouons Quite recently the Bulgarian government
has issued order from passing through the
country Macedonia and small quantity has been seized
but knowing the conditions there will know that the
hoies will be very blind and that only small congnments
will be seized for effect while large consgnmen will through
may be perfectly that Macedonia OF anarchy
and that the Turk has lost the capacity for government but
also perfectly that given the complete dominance govern
the orthodox Greek Christian will Cypress wOefuly
OF the population which by oppressed This
class the Jew. If the Turk charged with oppression of the
Bulgarian Christian the orthodox Christian has inflicted untold
horrors upon the Any who has read the of
the crimes committed wholesale upon the Jews Southern Rus
STA within the last tyve years, will acknowledge that the
Turk has been equaed if not exceeded in his cruelty.
There talk OF the partition of Turkey between Austria
posed before the Crmean under the celebrated parable Of
the sick man. but partitions do prove satisfactory and only
lay up future trouble The partition of Poland between Russia
Prussia and Austria has certainly proved success and has
created plague spot The partition of Turkey will only
another If power took possession of Turkey might give
peace but the question what Russia considers her
destiny but neither Germany Austria England coincide in
the opinion.
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