The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-07

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 The author of this volume chooses to withhold his name from the book and his reasons therefor are set forth in the preface in which also is set forth how through the authors evident clev- erness and boldness his hazardous journeying among brigands and male factors in wild regions was successfully accomplished. Of the book we are as- sured as follows: First of all 1t tells the truth about a condition of affairs in Europe which Is little known. The lawless regions of the Balkan States known as the danger spots of Europe" reveal almost unbelievable conditions of the brutality of man. The author took a confidential journey through the Balkan States, talked with various rul- ers including the Sultan of Turkey, and nearly all the cabinet ministers of each nation. He frankly admits that many of his revelations in the present volume are almost violation of confi- dence. His adventures in the Accursed Mountains, in the country where the police are murderers, are told with great skill. l1is story includes expos ures of the shameful intrigues of other continental countries, which, if not au- thenticated, would seem unbelievable.
 The authors preface says; "The req son of the anonymity of this bock is obvious. Revealing as it does the actuals state of affairs in the Balkan Peninsu- la in this present year of grace 1907, it contains many plain truths and much outspoken criticism. By long journey of close, confidential i.quiry through Montenegro, Northern Albania, Dal- matla, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Servla, Bulgaria, Roumania, Turkey and Mace- donia, have at risk of betraying cer- tain information imparted to me under seal of secrecy endeavored to place the. actual and serious truth before Eng fish readers, and thus render compli- cated questions, such as Bulgaria and the Exarehate, more ineligible than heretofore Private audiences were granted ne by the various kings and princes of the Balkan States. and by His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, as
  various cabinets in turn, so that l was enabled. to gather information, some of which is, of course, known in the chan celleries of Europe, white other facts will probably come as a revelation, even to Balkan diplomats themselves.
 What was told in one country was often contradicted in another. Yet pos sessing many friends at court l was afforded unique facilities for studying in each country, the various questions on the spot. My inspection of the Ser vian prisons, in company with the min ister of justice, was, for instance, the first occasion upon which a foreigner has been allowed to study the penal system in that country; while am, believe, the only Englishman to visit sqnd be the guest of those wild brigand- ish tribes of Northern Albania. The secret aims and aspirations of the va- rious Balkan States herein explained are based upon actual information gathered from confidential and reliable sources. The exposure of the shameful German and Austrian intrigues Is no mere idle denunciation, but are actual facts, as revealed to me by certain cabinet ministers, and other persons equally responsible. and supported by documentary evidence which l have had through my own hands,
 As regards that land of terror, fire and sword, Macedonia, I can only say that I have spared the reader many horrifying details and photographs of what I saw there with my own eyes. The blood of those poor defenceless women who are daily slaughtered by Greek bands cries aloud to Europe for vengeance.
 will there be war between Bulgaria and Turkey during the present year?
 ',To arrive at definite conclusion upon that very serious point was one of the chief objects of my inquiry, and this record of it's result-injudicious though I may be in putting it in print will probably be read with interest by many to whom the Near East with its mysteries, it's constant plots, and its tangled politics, is as closed book. All through the Balkan Peninsula the weak are being crushed by the strong. The Austrian Eagle has overshadowed and grasped Bosnia, she has her tal- ons into Servia, and is casting covetous glances upon little Montenegro. On the other hand, as part of the secret policy of Christian Germany, in her advance southward, the poor defenseless Mace donians are being daily outraged, mur- dered, or burned alive-the true facts being always suppressed and the news scarcely ever being allowed to leak out while the Kaiser every day lifts his eyes to Heaven. implores the Divine aid, and consigns the destinies of his empire to the direction of the AL mightyi
 'To Germany, in great measure, is the present terrible state of Mace donia due Her diplomacy at the Sub lime Porte has recently exposed, be- yond all doubt, that she secretly aids Greece and abets the Greek bands in their nefarious work of outrage, mur- der and extermination. The Kaiser could by simply lifting his hand stem the blood lust of those armed hordes and bring peace and security to the Macedonian population. But his secret policy Is to create disorder in that ter ror-stricken country so that Bulgaria and Turkey must be compelled ere long to fly at each others threats.
 Therefore he closes his imperial eyes to those scenes of wanton slaugh- ter that daily are a disgrace to our civilization in this twentieth century and matters are rapidly going from bad to worse."
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