Arizona republican., 1906-06-16

own interests. Only pOignancy has been added by the quick settlement of the Tabah dispute to the depression which now dominates the Macedonian
 forces. Instead of dispelling and pre- vailing peSsimism among them this successful action of the British gov ernment has heightened it. By contrast feelings contrary to those which might nave been expected, have been evoked, and the conclusions drawn are begin
 ming to bear fruit in a renewal of act ivity on the part of the Macedonian 1 internal organization.
 Its courriers are now bringing news of numerous insurgent engagements covering a wide area.
 The cause of the disappointment is
 not far to seek. From England the Macedonians have expected much, from liberal England. some of them
 have expected everything which was perhaps too much to expect The an- ti-Turkish temper so long fostered when in opposition by the party of Gladstone and the strenuous agitation carried on by the London Balkan com mittee under the presidency of MT James Bryce with the cooperation with the foremost men of his party which was paralleled by the official
 action of Lord Lansdowne so often and clearly enunciated in favor of Macedo-
 nian autonomy, had led the Macedo- nians and Bulgarians to look to Eng land as their only disinterested friend
 in Europe. Since 1903 the Bulgarian
 cabinet has been of the StambouIoyist
 party whose antecedents are strong ly ro-English and anti Russian Even
 the Macedonian committees had been led to expect, and have likely received substantial aid from Great Britain But the fine humanitarian blow of the Midlothian campaign, faintly repeated | In the thousands of Macedonian mass meetings which have been held in England since 1903 having in the end
 been commuted into another question 1 of territory for the British flag For the deserts of Mount Sinai Great Britain mobiliZed squadrons of her fleet to back up stringent ultima tum. For the continual thuousands of victims of ashi-bazouks misrule and
 radical anarchy in European Turkey Great Britain has mere diplomatic
 notes of protest" say Macedonian chiefs in this city And their disap- pointment is of course artfuIIy and ndustriously fostered by the dwindling
 Pan-Slavic press which takes it's cue
 from the Moscow Benevolent" com mittee which has always sought to discredit the interest of western Europe in Macedonia
 Twice within a year and for the fourth time since 1903 squadrons of the european powers have lowered on the Macedonian horizon; the Russian Black Sea fleet at Iniada in 1903. the American at Smyrna in 1904. the In
 ternational at Mytilena in 1905 and Be- resford's fleet off the DardaneIIes Tn lSO6 but no appreciabIe measure of re- lief has come therefrom to the soreIy tried population of European Turkey. More than 10000 Macedonian have
 within that time emigrated to tine United States and the stream promises 1 to rival the Jewish exodus from Rus sia.
 The premature announcement. fur
 ther. that the powers, including tie United States. have finally agreed 10
 the raising of the customs duties from
 S'l1 per cent ad valorem is regarded
 as the laying down of the last card of diplomacy and the game seems at pres
 ent lost to the Macedonians
 Their attitude towards these events
 varies very considerably and gives an
 insight into the present currents of
 the movement. The uncompromisjng reNolutionists who formed the extreme
 soclal-anarchistic wing of the organi-
 zation regard the failure of England
 to translate her words into deeds in
 behalf of Macedonia as we'll as for inc sake of the territory, with compara
 tiVe indifference. They are apostles of proletarlan instruction that shall ea- tablish on Macedonian soil the first soclalistic republic of the world. Hence they ceasingly propagate the sentiment or independence form foreign aid. They decry the help of kings and bishops'. and pin their faith on the organized
 workingmen of Europe
 To the central body of the revolu
 tion1sts headed by its chief, Grueff. the failure of Europe to institute a thor ouSh going international control with an European governor general is a vii tai blow. for their dream is to make autonomous Macedonia nucleus around which will coalesce in time a
 Balkan United States. This body
 which is now in control maintains an attitude of reserve towards official Bulgaria being unwilling to receive favors at the price of obligation. Ii IS permanently opposed to any annex ation of Macedonian territory by the principality of Bulgaria This has always been the settled policy of the
 organization
 The small third nationaIfstic Bulga- rlan wing of the revolutionary forces which was strengthened by the union or the organization with the commit
 tee or General Tsontcheff in November.
 lSO5, finds in the failure of Europe to ihstaI reign of law in Macedonia 2 Weishted argument in support of the aggressive military policy of the prin- clpallty. They quote the GaribaIdian motto Italia fara da SC" This Bis marcklan doctrines of force have thor oushly permeated the vigorous young buIsar state and it's preparations for war are pursued with unremitting en- ergy.
 lnaugurated in May, 1903, with the coming of the Stamboulavists into nou CT the first measure of this new policy was an extra constitutional grant of oo'OOO,OCO francs for war supplies. If was followed by the per cent loan of 1SO4 with the Banque de Paris ct Pays