The chronicle=news., 1913-09-08

There were other similar skirm-
ishes on the border. What could
Bulgaria do! She appealed to Rus
sia. the arbiter Of the Serbo- Buigar-
ian treaty. but Russia refused to act.
She appealed also to the powers. but
her cry was ignored. servia' and
Greece. fortified BY their escrct un-
derstandinu with Roumania and
Turkey. rapidly became unbearsble
In their attitude.
Part Of the Bulgarian troops At
Adrisnapole and Tchataldja had been
brought across the border into Mace
donia by June 80. The burning and
IootinK Of the village Of Zleto.f by
the Servians. was the first serious
incident to provoke war. A Mace
donian leader named Arbeza retail
ated on the cservisns for this attack
and the following day the Servians
advanced against the regular Bulxar-
Ian army. The bulgarian troops re-
taiiatcd aud drove their enemies back
for distance Of twenty miles.
THAT same day the fighting be-
came general all alonx the border.
bulgaria WAS attacked BY Servians.
Crcekx and MonteneGrins. Against
the entire Greek army OF 100000
men Bulgaria had barely 10000 men
under General Ivanhoff. Neverthe-
less. on tho first and second days Of
the fighting. Bulgaria routed her
enemies. infiietinG tremendous loss-
g.
''Th. defeat OF the Servians aad
the Greeks Was complete. when to
the constcrnatioa Of the BulEarian
soldiers there came orders to stop
fighting and return to theI- original
positions. The order was fatal QUO
The army cried bitterly ~hcn called
upon to obey Il. But Russia. who
had promised 10 settle the differences
between srrhs and Bulsars. hsd "a
lie ob~ycd. Bulgaria did obey. but
not ~ Srrvia. The Bulgarian en-.
voys sent To tell the Sssvisas OF the
.ord~r were murdered.
Then came . furious attack uI,ou
tn. a-rsians. but Macedonian volun.
,crrs saved the day. This vas fol-
lowed by E-arrai nKhiins. with M
decisive rcsaita 0eaesai lvanosl
made . successful retreat. iafiictina
a~iui luss~s on the Gseeaa. The Bui.
xasians opposed To the S~s,ians held
their ows sad even captured x.ooa
srrvians. bulgaria erns,ed the Scr.
Wan border aad srisrd Kslajststs,
xaiiehsr. etc. asd cut the railroad
which cosseei~d Relsrsds asd Mac.
~sionis.
Just - bulgaria was about 10
execute . brilliant mano~usr~ aud
administer . death hiow to her
ir-arh-sous enemies. Roumsnia ai.
tackled her from the rear and r-isri
northern bulgaria. Al tho same time
rurlr, s~ut troops tn r-tskr Adrian.
ori.. Roumsnis declared Huisssia
must stop her Invasion of Srr,is.
shoru Of her strength by her war
with Turkey. bulgaria had 10 con.
rcd-.
The powers then inirtscuci. and
after a preliminary meeting at Nish.
an afnstirc ~as concluded at iiurh.
arrest. II 10 now believed that sub.
scaucni conference Of tho srca, TOW.
~rs viii r-,i.r the tturhsr-., con.
rcntion. and settle permanently ali
territorial difference. between the
balkan s'at-s.
n foreign diplomat has summ-.I
up the situation thus: The tiuigar.
Ian army. by II. brilliant surrc..r,
in Turkey. Inspired fear In Rouman n ia
s-rria and Greece. They believed
that another ten y-ar. would see hcs
the dominant power Tn the Raikans
and one of the great POWERS Of Hu.
rope. Hence the conspiracy. Thcy
reasoned II would he better to ami.
hi'a'c Rulraris no wthan he ami.
hila'cd by her In the near future
As to the charge Of atrocitics. for
wh"ch bulgaria ha. bcen unju.siy
blamed. they are uagualificdiy false
The world already il bcins Informed
q. io the actual pcrpetrators of thcss
horrible deeds. Over i0o.o"o rcsu.
gees have fled tn bulgaria from Mac.
"''on'a. Hundreds and ihousa nd.
have mot death at the hands o,
Greek and Servian soldiers. The
stories Of these refugees rend the
heart. Many Macedonian towns have
hccn burned by the Creeks. who xiii.
81 evcry BULGARIAN who fell into
their hands.