Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
THE GRECO BULGARIAN CONFLICT.

the Bulgarian government for explanation
on the subject,-a and for an assurance that
such a thing would not occur again. Fail
ing to receive a satisfactory reply, in spite
Of its repeated demands. and judging tnat
in these circumstances the normal oip-
lomatic relations with the Bulgarian minis
try are being strained. the imperial minis
| try for foreign affairs has recommended IA.
Schtegloh to abstain until further instrue-
tons from all relations OF q poitical ma
| ture with the Bulgarian government and to
confine himself to tho dispatch OF consular
current business"
A later dispatch. dated August q. an
nounces that tho incident which arose pc
tween Russia and Bulgaria has oeen
brought to a satisfactory conclusion. ano
the incident IL closed.
In the meantime Athens II In a ferment.
| and Sofia and Philippoiis are mad with
excitement.
The massacres between Christians ana
| Christians, and between Christians ana
Mussulmans In the ori-
Fanatical emit is an extremely sad
n.,,L.n,... reflection upon religion
by whatever name II
| bears. But religion, for a fact. is pre-
| text for the bandit and assassin. Politics
and money (the lack of the latter are
usually the controlling causes of revolu-
| lions, even those attributed to religious
| OlheISuCcS AidUA Z ACOCAAoh, ~
| tributed to patriotism. was a strike for
arrears of pay backed by an army unpaid
since two years. The rebellion in the
! Yemen is q question Of excessive taxa
| tion In Macedonia the miserable condi-
ton of the budget is cause Of the disoon-
tent.
The Christian powers clothed with I'M
disputed authority should exercise it by
drawing the line between Christian and
| bandit, and thus relieve the Church Of
1 al "
| Bulgarian assassins have cast upon the
name. The massacre at Anchialo. we nre
| told was directly due to a monastery, the
| right to which was in dispute. and to
which the Greeks refused the Bulgarians
| accessible Bulgarians being en- route
| there to perform their devotions. But the
| anti-hellenic meetings themselves dis
prove this assertion. The manifestation
| at least shows the danger Of the ele-
| ments which confront each other and
| which at any moment may result In
| disastrous explosion.
The recent massacres between Christians
and Mussulmans in Bulgaria recall the
Bulgarian atrocities" denounced by VIM.
| E. Gladstone in his famous pamphlet en-
| Of the East" and OF which Mr.. John Nor
| ley speaks In his book, The Life OF Glad
| stone" Mr.. Morley says:
| Fierce revolt against intolerabie misrule
| slowly blazed up in Bosnia and Herzego-
vinia and rising in Bulgaria, not danger
| Gus in itself, was put down by Turkish
trrops dispatched for the purpose from Con-
| stentinople with deeds described by the
| British agent who investigated them on the
| spot as the most heinous crimes that had
| stained the history of the century. Inc con-
| suls of France and Germany at SaIonica
| were murdered by the Turkish mob. Servia
| and Montenegro were In arms. Moved Dy
these symptoms Of a vast confiagration the
| three imperial courts Of Russia, Austria
and Germany agreed upon an instrument
| imposing on the Turk certain reforms TO De
/
| To this instrument. known as the Berlin
| memorandum, England, along with france
| and Italy, was invited to adhere May L.
| The two other powers assented, put ME-
Disraeu and his cabinet refused. proceed
| ing that along with more positive acts was
| taken by the Turk and other people to as
sumo the moral support Of Great Britain to
| the Ottoman and probably to threaten MILL
tary support against the Russian
-
| To the Duke of Argyll Mr. Gladstone wrote
August IA. 1915:
! IT am entirely in harmony with you as 10
| your view of the eastern policy. 1t mas
| been depressing and corrupt
| Gladstone ing to the country: health
| -, Ter air has been generated
| " 0fsy" by indignation at the Bull
| garian massacres, which have thrown us
back on our rather forgotten humanity.
| nope the subject Will uOl SluIuUSE tilEOuSu
the recess. Dizzy's speech $50 I cali him
with all due respects to the peerage) in the
Turkish debate gave me a new light on
| his views He Is not quite such Turk as
1 had thought. What he hates is Christian
| liberty and reconstruction. He supports old
Turkey, thinking that If vital improvements
| can be averted 1t must break down. and his
feet is at Besika bay feel pretty sure. to
be ready to lay hold of Egypt as his share.
! So he may end as the Duke Of Memphis
| yet"
| And this which will interest the American
| pubic for its part in investigating the
| Bulgarian atrocities Is cited from Mr..
| Gladstone's pamphlet:
| ut is not the smallest part Of the serv-
| ice rendered by the Daily News that 1t
| was probably the means OF bringing into
the field an American commission of In
| curry I express then my gratitude to
| NJ Schuyler and to the government which
| sent him into the field. 1t Is too late, as
have said, to hope to convince Europe by
| be skeptical as to Russian reports. Every
| European state is more or less open to
| the imputation Of bias. But America has
! neither alliance with Turkey nor grudGes
| against her; nor purposes to gain by her
| destruction. She enters into this matter
| sia.rly on the ground of it's broad human
character and moment: she has no Amer
| lean interests to tempt her from her
! Integrity and to vitiate her aims"
! And now to return to the present Bull
gar'an atrocities, without comment, but
| In the hope that Bulgaria may have been
worthy of the sentiments expressed in
| her behalf by the grand cid man." What
may il not be asked, is the significance Of
| Turkeys communication to the govern
meEt at Sophia? What is the meaning of
| the movement in favor Of Greece when
| Greece for a fact recently endeavored to
| separate Crete from Turkey? What Sc
| cret design in this inexplicable initiative
| from Yildiz Kiosk? What the meaning,
| finally. of the precipitate return of Count
| Golucbcwski to Vienna and the unex-
pected arrival Of the German ambassador
| at Constantinople?
Tho morning after the interview of king
and emperor at Friedrichshof the Incl
| dents which have followed in the wake Of
| thu Bulgarian conflict are not re-
assuring. There are many who regard
| them as storm signals, behind which they
see the shadow of the kaiser.