The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-20
Much Strife IS Found
In Bll1gQria's History

Vo1ga basin for new homes in 1Eu-
rope. .. AZ @ t5
The Bulgars, Of Finnic stock, be-
gan to make their appearance In
southeastern Europe around $50 A.
d., and. by the end Of the 7th cen
tury they had crossed tina Danube
and taken up their IN lkan home.
They merged with the Slavonic pop
ulations. whom they conquered, and
adopted a Slavonfc tongue and culz
ture. At the beginning or the 1 9th
century unde lit their first Tsar, ST.
neon, Bulg arian glory was at Its zen
It's; and It's territory stretched from
the Black Sea to the Adriatic. from
Thessaly to the Carpathians. This
strong, young nation. with its lux
urious cities and "a bu1ous1y rich cap
lt q was finally ruined by Greek cum
MN 81 and its men and women were
slain by the tens Of thousands. The
natred OF the Bulgar and the Greek
began In the Middle Ages, when the
sBulgar and the Byzantian clashed
q In the fourteenth century. the
turks VI began their conquests and ar
ter l8s5 the Bulgarian peopl fell
completely E under Ottoman subj
ceastng to have history of their own
until 1875. The GROWING event Of
these 800 years. the Bull garian hor-
5rorss. gave Russia her main excuse for
going to war with Turkey IN 1877
After tho war, Great Bulgaria was
created by the treaty OF San Stefano.
but English fear of Russia led to
tearing up of this treaty at the Con-
fEress Of eBrlin in 1878, an undoing OF
the stablishmentso Of a Bulgaria alons
Je &c lines, and q perpetuation OF
Bd1scord and atrocities within the Bal
5kans. Without outside help, the Bull
tgarlans have had to defend their%in indie
5pendence against all Corners, and they
paid for the sturdy assertion 81 Their
nationality in the second Balkan war.
1913.
Despite their difficulties and their
many overpowerins opponents. the
Rulgarians have builded vel lin these.
latter years OF comparative peace: Il
SO Well that in the first Balkan war.
they were able to bear the brunt Of
the struggle with the Turkish en-
pire, and to win the decisive battles
that brought triumph to the Balkan
allies. The advent OF Bulgaria ito
the present3wa would bring an army
of 900, 900 into the struggle, most Of
them veterans of two wars.
following the adjustments at. the
conclusion of the second Balkan war
Bulgaria found herself occupying
300 square les, or q gain Of six
teen per cent az the result OF two
of the country, with the ablishment
Of peace. was 1000, 600 The public
debt was high, but fair harvests left
the people in a solid financial condl-
ltton. Bulgaria Is, like the othersBal-
kan countries. mainly an agr!cul tural
land. The valleys of the Danube and
THE Martha are the most fertile anarts
Eof the peninsula NJ There are vast for
ests over the numerous n ountain
ranges or oak. ash. beech and pine IN
these same mountain IA re- ITCH min
ileral lands belonging to the state,
which roduces iron, coal. copper, gold.
ports of the country are grain, animal
products, tobacco, fruits cl 9TH and
aattar Of roses. Bulgaria produces the
world supply OF altar or roses,
manufacturing about 5000 pounds a
year. This product sells at about
| $500 a pound s.ss ~
ulsaria Is q cons tituti onal hered-
titary monarchy. tt was proclaimed
as such by Prince IA rd1nand on oc-
E5tober 5. 90S. Bul garfan repres en-
tircs are elected By universal suf-
!. - 49, 14lA pulALlis7 - SL-tkbH
and their nstituents with great ser
hiousness. The#event Simm edaate1y lead
ling up to- the proclamation OF the
EkinEdom is OF interest, as showing the
proud character OF the Bulgars. IN
|september OF 1908. the Turkish gov
lsernment held a reception I'll for diplo-
mats IN Constantinoplea at which it
was neglected to invite the Bulgarian
minister. on the grounds that he 5was
merely the business agent OF al ribu-
tary princip ality. Out OF the popular
fury which swept Bulgaria at this
slight Prince Ferd inand was able to
find more than the needed support for
EdiscardinE the remaining semblance of
Turkish sway and for the declaration
tof sthe Kingdom He took the III tie, So
proudly tgnif cantt IN earl BulEar
Ian history. .czar 90 the 3llEars's'r..,
sSff