Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
BULGARIA, A BALKAN FRATRICIDE


dull Hamid. ex-sultan. monster as he was,
was right, for he wrote
in his recent memoirs:
r,. Thanks to Allah! The
0cAioASC. Bulgarians and Greeks
hate each other, as fire and water The
deception In the outcome Of this Balkan
trouble Il the more complete when we
discover to our special wonder that Bull
garia Is the culprit, the faithless men,
fratricide. Our wonder is spe-
ciaI because we had great faith in Bull
garia's king and army We could not be-
lieve that ethical conditions had not
been completely adjusted and that the
adopted in the ninth century
had entirely dominated the barbarian
blood of the Scythian and Sarmathian OF
the Baltic regions whence he came. The
Turk. however. has been the Blu. garian
master since the seventeenth century. II
should be borne in mind, and the Turk
could add nothing to the Bulgarians NOR
ais. Race and religious hatreds were cui-
tivated as q policy by the TURK. and al
Turkish domination was built upon the
race hatred OF Bulgar and Greek he should
have confessed that these hatreds were
cultivated by the Turk as a policy 10
divide the Balkan people In order to
govern them.
All the same IT is an affecting spectacle.
King George of England receatly dec. ar
ed that THE Serbo- bulgarian conflict was
a crime against humanity" And the Lon
don Times writes: christianity and VII
ization are alike Inundated by the spec
tacle which offers itself now. The Bal
kanic states fall into a barbarism more
profound and shameful than that which
has ever been known under the Turkish
regime"
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general. and 1t is manifest injustice to
include the Balkanic
Bulgaria Alone states of Monte
Is Responsible. Greece to saw moth
ing of Roumania. Bulgaria alone is re-
sponsible and must bear the sodium OF
the treacherous attack upon Servia and
Greece. Bulgaria and Servia were in
vited to go to ST. Petersburg to adjust
their differences, as 1t was written in
their treaty of alliance they would do.
Bulgaria hesitated It is said In certain
diplomatic circles and elsewhere that
Bulgaria yielded to the secret pressure
Of a great power, Austria. But even
if this should prove true this does not
mitigate Bulgaria's crime, King Ferdf-
nand being fully equal to the Austrian
minister in point of diplomatic experience
and capacity.
King Ferdinand, it should be added.
has proposed to submit to the powers
a defense of Bulgaria's action, which he
claims has been misunderstood and mis-
represented by hostile press.
King Ferdinand, in q statement pub
Eshed Tuesday says, In brief. that the
stories Of outrages committed by his
troops upon the Greek and Servian pop
ulation are untrue. And the king adds:
come to an international inquiry which
will enlighten the world concerning the
stories of these excuses"
The Bulgarian government should lose
no time in asking for the investigation.
The reproach upon the Bulgarian name is
great. Many rumors have been circu-
lated. Among these that Sofia was IN
the hands Of revolutionarfes; that the
royal palace had been surrounded and
King Ferdinand assassinated. These ru-
mors have proved to be false. A Vienna
correspondent announced that Austria
had arranged a bargain between Bulgaria
and Roumania whereby Bulgaria will get
SaloniM in return for territorial con-
cessions." Joseph Prudhomme, who has
been made famous for announcements
that were extra ridiculous could not have
said anything more absurd.
The Greeks according to the latest dis
patches, have routed the Bulgarians in
every engagement. On the
Victorious 10th, after a serious battle
rl in which the Greeks defeat
0AeenS' ed the Bulgarians, the for
mer occupied Neurekop, on the Mesta
river, which flows into the Aegean sea OPP
posite the Island of Thasos. With Sa-
loniki, Kavals and Dedea ghatch seaports
in possession of the Greeks, Bulgaria,
beaten at her own game of possessing
everything in reach. can only appeal to
her judges arbiters for mercy.
The dispatches report additional mas
sacres by the Bulgarians. where they
have been accused of having slaughtered
10000 Mussulmans." Even il this number
should be reduced to three, there would
be three too many.
From London a dispatch is received
announcing the departure of Premier
Venizelos Of Greece from Dairan on his
way to Nish in Servia to meet NJ. Pasitch
in order to confer as to the terms on
which their governments are prepared TO
make peace with Bulgaria. An Athens
dispat declares that this means: Sign
peace on the battlefield or otherwise push
the war into Sofia ITSELF
Premier Venizelos, it is reported favors
the creation of three numerically equal
states as the only way to secure a lasting
peace in the Balkans Greece was pre-
viously prepared to admit that Bulgaria
might have a million more men than
Greece. But it is assumed that NJ.
Venizelos now maintains the principle of
parity. NJ. Venizelos will not oppose the
annexation of Thrace to Bulgaria with
adequate guarantees for the protection OF
Greeks in Thrace. King Constantine, il
is said, agrees with NJ. Venizelos on
these points.
The Temps of Paris telegraphed NJ
Venizelos to learn now the Greek gov
eminent viewed the solution of the diff
Guilty and what means would be taken
to safeguard the superior interests of the
alliance. and the premier replied, sub
stantially:
The situation was disquieting and re-
course to arbitration was necessary.
The war had been
Greek premier waged solidly by the
c4,4. 49,. allies and the terri
S tories had been liber-