Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
BULGARIA VS.. TURKEY.
Relative Fighting strength of the Two
Countries.

| decision of the powers who have given
! their word that the promised reforms
shall be carried out" Turkey says one
| thing and, as usual. does the opposite.
She declares she does not intend to go to
war. but meantime fevershly hastens to
mobilize her troops calling out 10000 ir-
! regulars, the Circassians, Kurds, Bashi-
/ EazOuks, Albanians, etc, to supplement
the regular army, lcvying additional taxes
and forgetting the usual Turkish dictum
4 that Haste is develish," proceeds with
! unprecedented Vigor to get everything on
a war footing says the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Macedonian insurgents, discouraged
| at the apathy of the powers, say nothing.
! but keep on with their guerilla warfare.
! The powers stand aloof and virtually say.
| Flight it out Alone while bulgaria ana
! Turkey, with lowered heads take each
| others measure and prepare for the CON
| fict.
Tho question that now arises is: What
! is the relative strength of the principal
ombatants-Bulgaria and Turkcy-what
| their woisht ana staying qualities, and
who their hackers.
| In times of peace Bulcarip has stand
| Ing army OF 5000 soldiers. while in case
of war 2u.0ou stand ready to be called
upon, quite as brave. all of them. as those
who under the leadership of Prince Alex
! andcr wrcsted victory from the ScrNians
on the field of SNuitzn. Though so much
/
quality of the bulgarian army is equal,
/ if not superior for the Bulg1Iians in
/ hcrt the lighting blood of their Thrdcan
/ anu lINii"h Ioih'trs' concerning Whom
| ll'i"'"lu> ~Hil " tn"N ''uld Only agree
among themselves theN would he the
| tr''.'cSl 'l 'I nlt"nS' Even ilNe nun
drcd Ncar- vassaIage to Turkey has fail
cd to cNuneUish their national bravery.
| Furthermore both officers and the rank
ana l'' 'i 'H" tIinN 'f" "i u mu'h higher
or'or Oh lhl'Hlten'' IMAM inc ottom1nS.
9l,'oe 'H'I 'lnd"'lpauop me public
! srh"oI system mas provided education for
| me mass s. WhlI' the higher Official oIo-
mont nave "H b'on educated IN Austria,
/ Germany FRANCE or Nohort college, our
own NMriI,'n INSTITUTION ON the Hospo-
| rus Hlll INV i'uSNdh prestige was par
! amount. me army llnc drilled by rus
sans ana RUSSIAN of1cIt dominating the
| court but the hulEarlanS are most indie
! PVHuoHl "I people and resent hS TOO much
! outSltc .nt"ri'rcnce sent tho Russi1ns
anoUt 'h,W own business. since ihon
! l,uIelrli mas STOOD Tor bulsaria al"n IN
cnHrch state ana army Under their '"n
| Officers today tor SOPHIA has ilnc mil
| ltarN school ana asks odds Of uo owe ~
EardlnS lnltructiom the Bulgarian army
| Is admirably trained ana oquippr! with
| an the modern aprliHncH" for war. oven
10 Il hi't .' coil&, which could do Iuod
service over INC superb government bul,
roaus ~ INIEaria, th"u"h they woVll h'
| obviously 't a Disadvantage i'm the noun
IAN passes of Maceioni1. At l"dst one
nun "i tue regular bulgarian army is
IiI'''e UP OIL M'c'u"hdhS eager 4" G'l the
| me WHtIry training, oven ut tn" modest
/ 5ul'h" OF doliar month ana found.
IL was ~ inns way mat Saralci and his
primo ,pal associates received tn" training
/ 'hal mas stood them in such good "ica j.
| even though the tactics are distinctly
: Ol1croNt from those necessary IN guerrilla