The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-20
E1lIch Strife is Found
IN Bulqaria's History

It has been tested by suffering ever
since leaving its home within the
#Folga basin for new homes in Eu-
rope.
The Bulgars, of Finnic stock. be-
gan to make their appearance In
Europe around $50 al.
-. and, by the end of the It'll cen
tury. they had crossed the Danube
and taken up their Et7kan home.
They merged with the Slavonic pop
ulations, whom they conquered. and
adopted a Slayontc tongue and Gull
lture. AT the beginning of the 10th
century, under their first Tsar, ST.
neon. Bulgarian glory was at7its zen
It's; and its territory stretched from
the Black Sea to the Adriatic. from
'Thessaly to the Carpathfans. This
strong, young nation, with Its lux
aurious cities and fabu1ously rich cap
1tal was finally ruined by Greek cum
ming. and its men and women were
slain by the tens of thousands. The
hatred Of the Bulgar and the Greek
began II the Middle Ages, when the
sugar and the Byzantian clashed.
In the fourteenth century. the
turks began their conquests. and. at
ter 1888. the Bulgarian people fell
completely under Ottoman: subsection
sceaSlng to have history of their own
until 1875. The GROWING event Of
these 500 years. the Bulgarian hor-
5rors' gave Russia her main excuse for
going TO war with Turkey in 1877.
After the war, Great Bulgaria was
created by the treaty OF San stefano,
but English fear OF Russia led to a
tearing up of this treaty at the Con-.
gress of eBrlin in 1878, an undoing OF
the establ 1shm ent5 of a Bulgaria along
ethnic lines. and a perpezuation oil
idiscord and atrocitie s within the Bal
lkans. Without outside help, the sBul-
sgarians have had to defend their in de-
'pendence against all corners, and they
paid for the sturdy assertion of Their
nationality in the second Balkan war.
1913 IN @
Despite their difficulties and their
many overpowe ring opponents. the
latter years of comparative peace y
so we'll that IN the first Balkan war.
they were able to bear the brunt Of
the struggle with the Turkish en-
5pire, and to win the decisive battles
that brought triumph to the Balkan
allies. The advent OF Bulgaria into
the preSentEWar would bring an army
of 500, 900 into the struggle, most Of
them veterans Of two wars. wy
'olloWing the adjustments at lie
conclusion Of the second Balkan war.
Bulgar found herself occupying
1890 square miles, or. a gain Of six
teen per cent as the result Of two
years of hostilities. The population
OF the country, with the establishme emf
of peace. was 500, 900. The public
debt was high, but fair harvests left
the people in a solid financial condi-
ton. ulgaria is, like the other Bal
kan countries, mainly an agricultural
land. The valleys of the Danube and
the Martha are the most fertile parts
Enf the peninsula. There are vast for
tests over the numerous mountain
ranges OF oak. ash, beech and pine. IN
these same mounta ms are rich min
Eeral lands. belonging to the state
which produce iron, coal. copper. gold
silver lead and salt The chief ex-
ports Of the country are grain. animal
iproducts. tobacco. fruits cloth and
altar of roses. Bulgaria produces the
worlds supply or altar Of roses.
manufacturing about 5000 pounds a
year. This product sells at about
4 5000 a pound.
Bulgaria is a constitutional hered-
tsitary monarchy. 1T was proclaimed
as such by Prince Ferdinand on Sc
tFtober ., 1903. Bulgarian represen-
i4tatfves arc elected by universal SUI
: frage. and politics are taken by them
1 and their constituents with great ser
4 ionsness. The event Immediately lead
1 ing up to the proclamation OF the
i Kingdom is OF interest. as showing tn
I proud .charact ter OF the Bulgars IN
1 September OF 1905 the Turkish gov
/ eminent held a reception for diplo-
mats In sConstantinop1e at which IL
was neglected to invite the Bulgarian
~ ? 40 ~ II.