The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-18

Iben Russia had the i;ui-3li1u
prince kidnapped. and forced him 10
ahdjca;e After further complications
and much aEitatiou ;hc present ruler.
Ferdinand OF -Coburc. wac brought
rs KING 10 sofia. For Ncurs. however.
nc WAS little moro than the Kin. in
name, Tor tho government VAS ruled
by the premier. Stambuloff. a remark
able and forccful statesman lie had
many OF the qualities OF Bismarck. with
q clear insight INTO tho tcrtuous in
tricacics Of balkan politics and n dc
termination that bulgaria should DO
come an independents uation. ~, Was
particularly the Zoe OF Russian fu-
nucncc. II WAS he who Succeeded i'm
turning cat the Russian ministers vino.
had controlled Bulgarian affairs and
the Russian officers in the Bulgarian
, army. Had he lived he might have
realized his ambitions for tho nation.
but he was sssaaSinatod. Il. is said. by
RUSSIAN SNmpathiHcrs In tho streets OF
Sois in 1879 The next year Prince
Ferdinand was fccos nizcd by IN pow
ers of Europe. which they heretofore
had not done.
Prince Ferdinand Developed consid-
cradle ability as a statcman aud mill
tarN leader, and only sin years ago he
felt strong enough 10 renounce Turkish
rule and assume the title OF King ami
car
Turkey had /" recognize Eoumanis's
Independence In So, after the Turkish
Russian war. ana four years later
Charles was made a King. Servia oh
IA ined tho same advantage after tho
Russian-T Turkish war. II did not sue
coed as well IS its neighbors. II has
been unlmcky with its rulers, one.
Milan hcinc forced tt resign, and his
successor aud son, Alexander, was MUIR
dered. with the queen, eleven wears
aSo There were two royal houses,
and King Peter tho present monarch.
shsa,C a - skN,.
der.
Greece. which. like the other Balkan
states. had never been satisfied with
the treaty Of Berlin, sirovc to aid the
Crctans IN \ rebellion against Turkey
and became involved in 1897 in a war
with the latter She was badly dc
fcatcd and lost part Of her territory,
besides not helping the Crete islanders.
They, however, later became self
governing. The triple entente and
Italy now have a protcctoratc over the
island. and Greece appoints the chief
officer with their assent.
End of Turkish KuIc in E;urope.
SIX years ago The world was startled
by liberal movement in Turkey. en-
cinccrcd by tho Young Turks. Il society
with headquarters in l'ayiS and
ranches elsewhere. IT succeeded III
rcNirinG Constitution calling for n
Parliament. which had been granted
many wears before. but never pat in
force. military revolt broke out
however; there were riots and assas-
sination. and the work Of the Young
TURKS almost fell to the ground
The counter revolution WAS put
down. and the Sultan had 10 ahdicatc
in favor of his brother. The latter pro-
fesscs To Inc IN sympathy with The re-
formers
-Four years after tho first appearance
Of tho Young Turks in power the gov
eminent had TO face the most momcn-
tous crisis the country had ever seen
The Balkan states deemed that the
moment had come in which To settle
tho question OF Turkish rule in Europe.
and in October. 1917. war was declared
on the Ottoman Empire ny Scrvia,
Greece. Bulgaria and Montcncgro
The last named principality opened
the war on October .. and il WAS fol-
lowed nine days later by Bulgaria and
Greece. On October 81 tho Eulcariana
won at Kirk Eclisseh and Lulc Bur
gas, both fought before The end of the