The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
BALKAN ~RIVALRIES.


n uIgeTieu AskS IOr 6uorBoto0 U
serbia's Good Faith.
To THE EDITOR or THE sUN-Sir: II
THE Sun Of October 8 IN editorial arti'
Gle headed Bulgaria" says that "tt
Bulgaria has already been offered mos
of Macedonia by Serbia and Greece
Allow me to tell you that you are mis-
taken. Greece has positively declined
to make n concession. The reply O,
Serbia, though not known In all it,
details, Is known to be evasive. 1t II
accompanied by so many conditions
that its promises are made nugator,
and hence Unacceptable to Bulgaria
While declaring her willingness TO cedl
"A part Of what Bulgaria demands
Serbia makes the reservation to exc.
cute her promise after the war IL oves
and in view Of what territorial COM
%pensations she will get elsewhere.
According to the information of an
Athens newspaper she also makes the
cession contingent upon the approval
of it by Greece. her ally. In addition
to this Serbia insists upon retaining q
large strip Of territory, cutting right
across the one coded to Bulgaria, "a
that Serbia and Greece might havs
coterminous frontiers. The object ol
the latter demand IL evident, namely,
that at some future time, when It suits
these two countries. they may act con
jointly against Bulgaria and wrest
from her her territory. 1t Is a clear
proof Of Serbia's insincerity toward
Bulgaria.
Nor can Bulgaria accept Serbia
promise to cede Macedonian territory
after the war Is yer. Serbian perfidy
in violating the solemn treaty of 1912
by the terms of which the greater part
of Macedonia vas recognized by Ser
bia to belong to Bulgaria, IL too recent
and too vivid in the minds Of the Bull
g~arians to inspire them with any on
ndence in Serbian promises. II is well
known to all who are acquainted with
the internal political condition Of Ser
b!a that the real government there IL
the military league. The King and his
Ministers are mere puppets in tn,
which stands the heir to the throne
the virtual ruler Of Serbia.
IT was this league which during the
Balkan war W years ago opposed
the carrying out OF the above men
toned Serbo-Bulgarian treaty d
1912 and refused to evacuats that
part Of Macedonia which was neon.
testably adjudsed by the treaty Il
Bulgaria. This opposition Of the mill
tary league was the real cause Of the
second Balkan war. What guaran.
t.A h.g p,,I,a,,. sbas uftAr thA nrnS.
cnt war is over the Serbian Govern.
ment will not declare itself powerless
to carry out it's promises against this
opposition of the all powerful mill.
tary league? All the world knows
what Serbian officers are capable Of
against those Wit displease them
as they proved II by their treatment
of the late King Alexander and his
wife. The Serbian offers In Maced0.
mia to Bulgaria are mere tricks that
may deceive only those who are un'
acquainted with the wiles Of Serbian
diplomacy.
1t is superfluous for THE Sun or any
body else to remind the Bulgarians of
what they " to the United State,
or Ia Americans like MacGahan and
others. There is no country In the
Balkan peninsula where the United
States is more appreciated. IGNORED
and beloved than In Bulgaria. Thu
spirit If American Institutions. Amer.
lean ideas and ideals has permeated
"A large part OF Bulgarla's educated and
intelligent class. An American gen
tleman who has recently returned from
a visit to the Balkan States declared
that II was in Bulgaria that he felt
most AT home, for he found there psO-
pie who in thought and social habiti
resembled the Americans.
American missionaries in Bulgaris
enjoy perfect liberty and federation II
the prosecution Of their religious ant
educational work, such as denied Il
them in the other Balkan States. Onl!
a few months ago the Bulgarian Gov
eminent granted to W American
schools in Bulgaria q recognition
equal to hat OF the State schools, and
the Ministry OF National Education
IN making the fact known expressed
officially and in unstinted terms thu
gratitude Of the Bulgarian people fol
the intellectual. moral and sptr1tua
training that American schools have
afforded to Bulgarian boys and girls
such a declaration IL unknown II
any other Balkan State.
II is not Bulgaria that 10 guilty o.
evident greed and treachery," a.
your article suggests. II would have
been more appropriate to address thai
reproach to Serbia and Greece. whicf
by treachery and out Of greed robbed
bulgaria OF territory rightfully be
longing to her. rule over II now by
tyranny, terror and murder. hopins
thus TO d~enationalize a population
which is Bulgarian in heart n sou
and hates with a bitter hatred It's
present masters as aliens and Uppres
sors, A BUL0ARIAN.
NEW York, october 4.