The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-11-29

net -s:t tnat Bulgarian w. wsr
msnt weighing several tons m an resi-
z oervlan one; that on "cbarnre than
svoiroupois would over-be.r Is Just
wan regiment; besides wh;..a Ser
more Of the Bulgarians h.d many
scnool. particularly most ~ oeen at
ncer:, many of them in the A .ne Of
missionaries' schools and ohhmerican
,egs; while there they had oe.t Col.
history, and of course Az studied
tory and principles Of gou. his
Uuring me recent years Hrs..men
done All she could to nreu as.ria has
tour little nations from act;n those
cert; she has been ambit;om. IN con-
ner border to the Adr;at;c " extend
nave naval base and navy. in wh;to
S as hss Ceen supported by GermanS.a
Sne mas also always counted on s.a ny.
sne : Eood part Of the Balkan r sseur-
wnen Turkey should be driv;n o legion
reminds one Of her policy in I..i t 1t
many years, tor Austria in ~ 10 ior
did All she could to prevent H. .Is SVs
s ,o rom uniting; at last in iRso S nan
iooU she was surprised hv sa ana
the minor Italian states ioin;n oetal OF
and suddenly driving her ont 81 nands
boredrs. and across tbs Oh their
and il looks now "a: as Alps;
sne was again checkmated 'ase
that the Balkan states u' ana
confederate. The present VIII
empire - . queer one; Francis faIn
49, x g years Of age. is Emperor y
Austria. not halt her former siz. 81 :"
Ning OF hungary; and his suh;s sua
are 2 perfect conglomeration Of r.ee.
germans. Poles, Crotians. Has.
Serbs, Slavs and several other. ; W..
yeasting mass; and it now iook.
though she was hereafter To ~ -
Shut-in" with no seaports of h.r ~ :
Inc western world cannot nitv ~ A.
tor her government and ruies sl.
been narrow and bigoted. and o,, 1--we
every effort Of the common neor XIos go
freedom; and her rule in nnrti ~. III
Italy was outrageous. II now iaeIa
- though Russia will have to co ,vo.s
herself BY extending eastward 's -
ward Asia, from hence She cams ~
Austria stay bottled up." Is 80 eng
even stay with the SURROUNDING 10, ,. ~
!achins for liberty, getting It and - .n'
joying it, sweets. e"-
Reports say the Turkish armx ~
NO food; probably graft" in the ro nsu
m'sary department; in the Franco.
German war i was the grating" n
the French Quartermaster's den,rsa
ment that crippled them; thousand,
OF horse collars for the artillarv vsrs
found too small, for one thing. Il.
ammunition was worthless, even sand
was mixed in the powedr, and amv
supplies stored without any order Or
system, and often the wrong kind AZ
ammunition sent. The Turks have a..
ways been good soldiers; but no armv
can hight on empty stomachs; as lone
as our army had its hard tack sov.
belly and coffee it could march or
tight
The very best augury for the future
of the Balkan peoples is the fact that
their armies were real, ready, patri-
otto, and the four moved secretely And
promptly; It is amazing how the &c
cret Of their alliance was so well kent:
the only case with which to compare
i was the materly in which Count
Cavour secured the cooperation Of I
or Italian states in 1860. And how
ever newspaper men may like il,
It Is undoubtedly a fact that the ex-
clusion Of Correspondents" prevents
much information being published
which benefits the enemy.
When the Russo Turkish war Of
1878 was in progress, and the Rus
SLAMS were slowly pushing the Turks
back towards Constantinople, they
came to Sofia, which is now the cap
ital of Bulgaria, where American mis-
sionaries were located; and when the
Russian Commander desired some one
to become provisional governor, till
regular government could be estab-
lished, the Christian natives suggest
ed the American, and he was appoint.
ed; his name was Jenney, and be had
been Z soldier in the Civil war, was
capable, brought order out OF dieor-
der, and won thanks from al partiea
Mt. Locke was another American
missionary, and he told me that when
the Russians occupied the city where
he was stationed the Russian General
sent his chief Of staff to call or bum;
and later the officer called again, ana
said to him: "Sir, you are ~ Amer
can; / am q Pole; as an Amefean
Christian gentleman you can syn
pathixe with the Poles in their oeslIs
for liberty; you love your ccsnuH
your native tongue, your patriot song
and music; the Russians forbid me =
sing those of my native land: g
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