The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1913-01-02
From the New YORK Herald.

From the New York Herald.
The quick ascendency OF Bulgaria
into the society OF powerful nations Is
the third evolution which has elevated
he Bulgars from non the opposed
and the lowly masses. Twice before
Bulgaria has existed as q free and i'm
dependent nation, and each time she
has known the glories OF worldwide
influence. In the past her territory
was far greater than the present Bull
garia and perhaps greater than will
be the new Bulgaria recreated from
the tumbling ruins OF the Ottoman
Empire.
Bulgarian traditions extend to A. d.
67S, when q tribe called Bulgarians APP
peared from the direction OF the Dam
hbe, under the leadership OF Asparuch.
They We're not Slav and history has
not determined IL they were Uralhans,
Finnish, Tartars or Turks.
But these Bulgarians who settled
south OF h Danube were a powerful
tribe, and their desire to conquer was
backed by q strong system Of state
organization. Asparuch knew how to
organize his forces into a government,
and It was under him that the first
Remittance Of government appeared
among the Bulgarians. His people be-
came military and accustomed to dis
cipline and to leadership. Those fac
tors We're absent from the Balkan Sla-
Vonic tribes and were necessary for
a single tribal, territorial and politi-
whole found In the Bulgarians un-
der Asparuch. Y
This state organization was effected
on the ruins of numerous tribes which
had lived In the Balkan peninsula for
generations. History says the Slavs
reached and settled that country first
IN b third century, and that wen
then they found the ruins Of towns and
roads left by the Romans, But those
no descendants, and the first tradi-
tions OF the land really sprahg from
the Bulgarians under Asparuch.
Adopt Christianity.
An epoch in the early career OF the
Bulgars. was marked when they and
the Slavs, in the reign of Boris.
adopted Christianity, in S64. This faith
was adopted for purely political rea-
sons, and 1t had a great influence in
ternally and externally.
Internally, 1t brought about a close
union between the Bulgars and the
Slays and by means of a common lit
erature 1t placed on an equality the
habits, customs and language Of both.
EXTERNALLY Bulgaria appears as an EN-
ptre In he congress of nations. On
the geographical maps of that day Bull
garia Is shown as an empire extending
across the Balkan peninsula and down
nearly to the Bosphorus. 4 E .ah.N|.
Following the adoption Of Christian
tty there is no mention in historical
records of tribal or racial division be-
tween the invaders and the conQuerors.
The conquerors contented themselves
with establishing a great Bulgarian
state, and they adopted the language
Of q mixed mass Of people and assim-
alated the races
Simeon the Great, son OF Boris, be-
came the first tsar of Bulgaria, and
with him cur the first mention OF
such a title. At the same time the
first Bulgarian archbishop was created
a patriarch, and there history records
the division between and cooperation
OF the ptate and church. These titles
however, were not recognized by the
byzantine Empire. then the greatest
on the earth, until the reign OF Peter
o of Simeon. During Peters reigr
the Bulgarians prospered, but there
was q weakness in its external affairs
1t failed to make allies. It became ar
rogant in Its success and in the sue
ceeding reign, of Boris H., 1t antagon.
lied the Byzantine Empire, and the