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

to the peace Of Europe. In
so1eno' q word, the Balkan region Is
q political volcano In perpetual eruption.
| A year ago q Greco-Roumanian quarrel
excited genuine alarm. At this moment
Greco-Bulgarian conflict threatens . gen.
l. erai confagration. In the past these, dis
putes have served to prolong the domina-
ton OF the Turk. In the present the ex-
PLOTS Of incendiary bands are assumed by
those uniformed OF the case to be easily
held In check by the Ottoman gendarmerie.
In tho future these disputes are surely pre-
pairing the way for an Austrian invaSion.
After the Turk. the German. And neither
Greek, nor Roumanian nor Bulgarian ap-
pears to comprehend the disadvantage 10
each Of the change OF masters
The Bulgarians are descended from fhe
Scythians and Larinete, and. established on
| the volga In the commencement Of the
Christian era, reached the Danube In the
middle ages. and constituted governms gu.
Boris was converted to Christianity In Qua:
Under Simeon the region had peIloo u
glory. but was conquered by the byzan-
| tine empire In the eleventh century Az
| tackled by tho Servians and Turks. the
| fourteenth century. In 1870 a frman con-
| stituted the Bulgarian church separate
religious community under an "exarque.
y
Bulgaria revolted in 1875. and was raw
aged by the Bacchi-bazourks. The Bull
garian atrocities committed
Recent by the Turks led to the Rus
r.x so-Turkish war in 1877. Inc
treaty Of San Stefano May y,
! 1873, established a Grand Bulgaria Inc
| treaty of Berlin constituted in the north OF
| the Balkans a principally vassal to iur-
key, governed by a prince chosen with 1he
assent of the powers: in the south an au-
tonomous province known as Oriental Aou-
melia us7S). In December, 1873. the ma
tional assembly at Tirnovo elected Prince
melia had for governor Aleko-pasha. and
Russian officers organized a Bulgarian
army. The revolution Of 1888 Joined Rou-
melia to Bulgaria. King Milan or servia
declared war, but was completely peaten
November, 1885. Prince Alexander apdi.
Gated September 7, 1886, and was succeeded
| by Prince Waldemar de Denmark (Novem-
Der H. 1856. who refused, whereupon frni.e
Ferdinand de Saxe-Cobourg succeeded. Au-
gust, 1887. and was recognized py hus'ia
and all the powers In 1897.
The legislative power of Bulgaria is eNer-
cised by single chamber (sobranSeo repre-
| ftants, elected for five years, and the cham-
| Der subject to dissolution by the prince.
| The population. including Oriental Rou-
melia, is 3,744,283; the present capital is
Sofia, with a population of 1920; the capi-
| tai of Oriental Roumelia rs Philippolis, with
a population of 1850; Rustchuk, $3.50;
Varua, 81, 40; Shumia, S5,VOO' oAsno' @-'-
| $50; Plevna, 1900.
| The army on mobilization could be
| brought to a war strength of $4,000. OF
| which $500 could be found In the thirty
six regiments of infantry-increaseo TO sex-
| enty-two regiments of four battalions each.
The principal industries are agricultural
| cereals, wine, tobacco. silk. altar OF roses.
All minerals are the property OF the state
Coal and iron abound IN large QUANTITIES nonner
| and salt. Trade Is largely In tho hands OF
Creeks Austrians, Roumanians and jews or
various nationalities. The CHIEF imports are
| goods, machines, Implements. mineral oils
! and glutinous substances. hides. SKINS
! leather; the exports are grains. texthes. CO.
| coons, live stock, animal food products, at
tar of roses.
|
| The present political situation Is full OF
dangerous possibilities. The Greek patriarch
at Constantinople has SUBJ
Dangerous mitted memorandum to the
e,..., powers concerning the az
SA1"a'Aou' fair at Anchialo and the
| anti-Greek manifestations in Bulgaria and
Macedonia. The patriarchat maintains that
| it has learned from a reliable source that
| the same sort of disorders are to be re-
newed in other cities, and for the purpose
| of weakening the authority of the patri-
! archat The patriarchat appeals to the
spira< Of justice Of the great powers inter-
| ested, and hopes that by their authority
| and influence they will guarantee the lives,
the honor and property of the Orthodox
| Greeks in Bulgaria and put an end to the
attacks made by the Buigarians to re-es-
tablish the statu quo ante. and to oblige
| and those established by the international
| act signed by the powers.
| The porte has addressed a circular to each
| of the representatives account of the
| APoir ApchiQln The tone of the circular
| is categoric and protests against the acts
| committed. and declares that lit cannot re.
| main Indifferent to such deeds OF vtolence!
| The porte likewise addressed note 10
| the Bulgarian government, expressing dis
| pleasure at the anti-Greek movement IN
| Bulgaria. That government replied that 1t
regarded the Turkish note as non ad venue.
| or as not having been received, as the
| porte had no right to interfere In the inter-
nal affairs Of the principalty. Further,
| the Bulgarian note points out that the
| prosecutions to which the Greek element In
Bulgaria is subjected are but the effect Of
| the atrocities which are being perpetrated
| on Bulgarians In Macedonia.
And now we are told that Turkish troops
are attacking Bulgarian posts on the
| frontier, and that in consequence of a re-
| cent attack by Turkish troops on Bull
| garian post at Deverbayr. near kostende
| the Bulgarian ministry OF war has dis
patched thither two sQuadrons OF cavalry
| It is such apparent contradictions which
| have given to a certain mess of vegetables
| in the European cuisine. because OF the
many kinds composing it, the well-knoWn
| name of "Macedoine.
| X
|
| Another contradiction, or "Macedoine." II
| the reader prefer, Is the recent Russo Bull
| garian incident, which re-
Russia's suited in the recall OF M.
| Schtegloff, the Russian
representative to Bulgaria.
| The London Times Of August "a, under the
| title of Strained Relations" reports dis
patch from st. Petersburg as follows:
Some time ago the Bulgarian journal.
yetcherna Poshta, published series of
| articles extremely hostile to the Russian
| representative at Sofia, and included the de-
| tailed contents Of a correspondence between
M, Schtegloff and the Bulgarian ministry
for foreign affairs. Inasmuch as the COM
munication to an organ OF the press OF