Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-19

y JIASlIlNGTON, ID, Co Nov To-
NV The intense quarrel that
w has been going on for yenrs
W between the Greek Patr-
arcnate aud the Bulgarian exarchate
lu unhappy Macedonia, throws O lund
lght ON the rlyalrIes Of those two
Greek orthodox denominations, and the
consequent troubles that have deyos-
lated the country The oecumenlc
patriarch OF he Greek church IN Com
ttantmople. who enjoys well-nigh royal
honor and recognition by the TURKISH
government has addressed very In
lerestiug memorandum 10 the ambas-
sadors OF the great powers accredlIed
Co the sublime porte This memoan-
dun Is fun OF the most bitter ACCUSE
lions against the Bulgarian raiders and
brlgouds who have infested for some
years the Macedonian province and
visited death and plllage upon the
Greek population which lives on terms
Of great friendship with the Mussnl-
man populatlOn of the country MOST
acrldus OF all Is the charge Of con-
nlyance on the part Of the bulgarian
nxarchatc with the anarchistlc OUT
rages of the Bulgarian revolutionlsts'
This memorandum and the recent
attempted rcfut8tion by the latter eA-
noses "a state of affairs between me
two churches which should represent
almost the came mode Of Christianity
which must hc truly disconoertlng ana
Illuminating tn every true christian
wbo believes I'M an eventual Christian
union OF dl churches,
The criminal Vaccinations OF the
Greek clergy are accused Of threaten
ing the disruption OF the eccleslastlu
and communal constitution OF lhe
orthodox diOCeses OF Tnracm anu
Macedonia. For this reason even pc
fore the establishment Of the Bulgar-
Ian exdrchate, the dioceses OF Bosnia
lIerzegovina mow under Austrian
domination. n Rumanla ana OF Servla
have been taken away from the iniiu-
ance or domination Of the Greek pa
trloarchate Although the ottoman
government has asked the Greek patrl-
Archaic 10 bring about certain REFORMS
the abuses Of It's clergy are more
grleyOus than ever IN those sections OF
European Turkey that stand under
their religious sway
The orthodox bulgarian church, the
most ancient OF the slavic churches'
was independent already IN the tenth
century. and recognized as such D0th
by the eastern and western churches
II was suppressed, however In me
fourteenth century by Greek political
and religious intrigues, to prevent the
bulgarian nation from becoming
rkai power of the Greeks In con-
shutting the Bulgarian exarchate, by
lnperlnl nrnan (decreel IN 1870 the
then sultan Of Turkey Abdul Azi2
simply re-establshed the Bulgarian
church IN It's ancient rights ana
privileges.
The Bulgarian church Is not more
national Bulgarian than the Russian,
Greek. Roumanian, Seryian, etc. are
national The Greek orthodox patrl-
Archaic IN Constantinople, which styles
itself oocumenlc, that Is, universal, Is
such only In name, since II makes an
its acts dependent upon national Greek
interests. to the exclusion Of all the
ether natlonalitles, Its actions are
based not upon religious interests, but
upon "A purely Greek Chauvinistic ma
t,onalism. rs Is proven by the constant
ouarrels Of the patriarChate with all
the non. Greek orthodox populations OF
orthodox Albanans and Arabs CSyr-
ians)
These quarres are due TO the fact
that the Greek church seeks 20 DON'T
nate absolutely all these races and to
asslmilate them 20 the Greek race. II
violates thus the liberty of conscience
reclaimed as a fundamental law and
principle I'm the ottoman empire The
patrlarchate Is thus simply great po-
iitical agent of Hellensm against the
other races. and has consequently for
fcited lis claim to the religious allegI-
ance Of other races
The Bulgarian Church-contnues this
interesting plea-hGs never committed
an act Of intolerance against the re-
lglous conscience Of the other Chris
tian populations IN Turkey Where &C.
cleslastlcal liberty Is ever violated, this
is done by the Greek patriarchate, as
has been done In the dloceses IN Melnik,
Castoria, Florlna and Dorian.
with regard 10 the charge OF comfy
ance with the revolutionary bands In
Macedonia, the Bulgarian exarchate re-
flutes II In the most categorical manner
The ecclesiastical movement of the Bull
garlans against the Greek patrlarChate
dates back half a century. 1T Is not
the Bulgarian committees-as the
Greek patriarch charges--which by as
sassinatlons, pillage, fire and sword
forced the Bulgarians at that time TO
renounce the jurisdiction OF the Greek
oecumenlc church. but the abuses, the
oppression and the calumnles OF Greek
prelates" a further proof that the
present movement against the Greek
patriarchate Is not forced by fear or
constraint is the fact that the Bull
garian population has addressed Itself
10 the Turkish governor general Hilmi
Pasha, with the petition that the liberty
OF conscience, guaranteed by Ottoman
law and never infracted by the Turks
should also be guaranteed against the
Greek potrlarchate, as the imperial fir
man OF 1870 provides.