The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11
BULGARIA AIMS To
SUBJUGATE GREECE
Local Greeks Write on the Hell
Ienic Warfare
CAR Is BEHIND BULGARIA
Efforts of Hundreds of Years Spent to
Christianize Bulgaria Have Not
Proved Successful-StiIl
Have Savage Traits.
CAR Is BEHIND BULGARIA

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
The Imprisonment of the Bulgarians for
extortion, of which l have read in the
newspapers, induced us to write the fol-
lowing article with the hope that thereby
the Americans may better understand the
national contest between Greece and Bull
gara and the difficulty of establishing
reforms in Macedonia.
Greece is the country which has bene-
fitted all nations, and country that has
produced the most noble and eminent
men.
Greece Is the country that cultivated
and spread civilization, and often fought
in its cause. Without Greece, Christianity
would not be so successful; for, though
Christ and the apostles were Jews, the
Bible was written In Greek, and 1t was the
power of this language that helped the
apostles in their hard works at first to
convert the idolaters to Christianity.
For generations Greece fought the
Asiatic barbarian tribes, such as the Per-
sians Arabs, Tartars and the Turks, who
made many attempts to invade Europe,
and thousands upon thousands of the sons
of Greece were slain In battles just for
the Qele1lSc VI lue Willtt ioNS' II 49,
Americans desire to know the truth or
this question, they should follow the
events of history In the logical way.
Strayo, an ancient writer, says that
Greece is Macedonia Historical Mace
donla had many prominent men IN the Ola
days. The names of Philip of Macedonia
Aristotle, Demetrius, Ptolemy, AleXah-
der the Great and others are written
large In history. All these spoke the
Greek language, and the people OF Mace
donia were of a Greek race.
No trace of a Macedonian language can
be found in any library
At the time of Alexander the Great the
states and cities Of Greece were contend
ing for the leadership. Alexander defeat-
cd Thebes and Athens and established
the union of the Greeks for the beneht OIL
Hellenism During his famous march
through Asia he built many clues nese
cities had Greek names and mscrlptlohS
and were of the Greek order OF archltec-
ture This shows that Macedonia was III
habited by Greek race,
What has the history of Bulgaria 10
show to the world? Nothing good. OnlS
barbarous acts That is all.
Most nations have some bad people
among their distinguished and noble ones,
but Bulgaria as nation mas laileu 10
show the world one good man yet. w ny
The Rulearians were strangers In Eu-
rODe. NO more lhoiA OiAN
ago they came from the wild territories
of Russia. principally from the banks of
yolpa river, and still speak the Russian
tongue They established themselves
south of the Danube river where they
made very bad neighbors for the Greeks
Their principal work was to destroy and
| take by force the property of other peo-
nile and to murder and drive away the
original inhabitants of the country. The
Greeks of Constantinople and Macedonia
have tried hard to cvilize these strange
Bulgarians. The Greeks gave them a re-
| lgion and converted them to Christianity.
but never could these people be civilized,
| with very few exceptions.
| The Bulgarians have always been
| wicked and an ungrateful people. At the
very time when the Greek emperors OF
Constantinople were employed in wars
against the Asiatic hordes of Arabs and
| Turks trying to prevent them from in
| vadng Europe. at this critical moment
the ungrateful Bulgarians were ever busy
| in the rear ravaging the Greek country
and burning Greek towns.
The Greeks. of course, in many IN
| stances, punished the treacherous Bulga
rians, but without avail.
At last when Constantinople had fallen
| and the Greek empire was destroyed by
| the Turkish power, when the great de-
struction had ceased, Mohamet ii. the
conqueror, gave some privileges 10 the