New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

whom the invading Tartar Bulgars con-
quered gradually imposing upon them
their speech, manners, customs and or
ganizaton, and taking nothing from
them but their tribal appellatlon. Stll'
the pan Serbian aspiration does not in
clude Bulgaria within its scope. 80 iar
as it considers the other Balkan princi-
palitics. which is but incidentally in TINS
book. Bulgaria, Rumania and Greece are
TO play their independent parts, the four
to dwell together i'm peace and amity for
individual development and common de-
fence.
The aspirations of the Balkan states
are sufficiently well known in the West.
but those of the Servians are stated here
with a degree of eXplicitness and conf
dcnCe not found elsewhere. The scope of
the Servian racial dream sufficiently
demonstrates the remoteness of its re-
ali2ation from practical International
politics. The unscrupulous rivalry of
Bulgaria and Greece i'm Macedonia would
suffice to prove the point even without
consideration of the amazing plan to
despoil Austria Hungary not only of her
rewly acquired provinces, but of other
parts Of her territory as well. The dream
of the reconstruction of the greater Ser
Via Of old may be classed. i'm the light
of political probabilities. with that of the
revived kingdom of Poland. Still the
author is hopeful:
To-day the general national consciousness
and desire for union l. living power
among all Seryian peoples. The sentiment
for union and the determination to bring
all Servian regions into a great state or
ganism that shall be national in its eX-
preston. in its genius ana IN It's aims, en-
bOdying the will and ideals OF the race,
are common to-day 10 all Serbs. II Is the
belief Of the Scrvians that neither the
Hapsburgs nor other European powers
will be able I'm the long run tn prevent
Scrvian unihcatlon Too bold Is the man
who assumes to forecast the course Of
future events. but Destiny ever endoWs her
children with opportunity. and the Serbs
believe that the inhabitants OF the various
regions Of the Serb blood viii I'm course OF
time come together into ono great state-a
great united Servia.
If this Balkan view Of current inter
national politics and Of the future
course of events be interesting In the
face of the Western view, which takes
into account only the plans and mutual
checks Of the great powers, the authors
near Eastern presentment of the values
and significance Of European history Is
mere informing still. From the con-
fused days Of the empires of TN" West
and the Eust 10 those of the Reforma-
ton. which locked Christianity i'm inter-
necine strife and paralyzed its power
Of aggression against Islam, thence 10
the Western pre-occupation OF Austria
with Frederick the Great, and the plans
Of Napoleon. and beyond to our own
day. it is always the local the Servian,
Interpretation of the meaning and con-
sequences OF policies and events that
the author presents 10 us His pride In
the past Of his race is justified, for its
history is that Of one long heroic battle
In which il went down I'm the end be-
fore the conduering Turk, not TO rise
again until the beginning of the last
century. In the inaccessible mountains
Of Montenegro alone, a handful Of Serbs