The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-12-30

faith. and incidentally their alphabet
tor II was from Saluniki hat 81. Cyril
aud 81 Methodius went forth To- con-
vert aud to civilize the hardy noun
taiuecrs % the Balkans. The hardy
muuutaineers. however. lost no OPP
.p~Criunity 10 lake more merchandise
loot from %Saloniki. though the city
Itself they never took for long
After the conquest Of Constant.
nople IN i20g by the Franks and We
netisns OF the fourth crusade salon
ikl fell tu the lot Of Bonitsce. Marquis
Of Mouferrat. who made II the cepi-
tai 81 an imaginary kingdom In
lace Klng Demetrius, son Of Honiince.
was driven out with his Lombard no
bics by a byzantine prince ~ Epirus.
The ensuing zoe years we're the most
unhappy In the troubled history OF
the Thessaionians. who were fought
over and banded about By Greeks
Bulgars. Serbs. Galatians, N%enctians,
and Turks.
"1he Turks arst appeared upon the
scene In i3S0. They did not dennitely
take possession, however. until lA10.
Then sultan Mourad ~. father OF the
conqueror of Constantinoplc, captured
the town from the Nenstians. gave IL
over 10 sack and massacre. carried on
1000 OF the inhabitants into slavery.
aud changed many of the churches
into mosques OF tore them down for
use IN his own construction. some ~
the marbles Of Saloniki were carried
a. Tar away a. A~drianOpie.
For nearly 500 years the Turks re-
maincd I'm uudlsturbed possession. Yet
10 b. perhaps not quite accurate to de-
scribe their possession a. undisturhed;
for during the latter part uf b a pc
rlnd the frontiers Of the empire drew
steadily nearer. while toward the end
OF ID Macedonia became the scene 81
incessant revolutionary outbreaks,
I'm 1904 IA European PAYERS at
tempted to solve the situation ny maxi
ing salunikl the seat Of an interna-
tional board that administered the
finances Of Macedonia and organized
Ia w~ell-drilled aud Wcll-equtpped
Ee~udarmeric. This foreign surveil-
lance. which threatened 20 become
loser after The historic Reyal con-
ference ~ 1905. prccipitated IN"
Turkish revolution OF the same year.
THE revolution was organized in
Saloniki and proclaimed there. the Of
nciai ug.leaders OF the movement
being N,ati BE, and Enyer hey. now
Enver pasha. minister Of war and
guiding spirit Of the Young Turks In
1893 the progress ~ the revolution
: brought about the dcthronem.nt of
Abdul Hamid a. who was t%hereupou
eNlled 10 SaionikI Nowhere else In
the empire would u have been more
dimcuit for him 10 corrupt his keep
ers or 10 escape. me he spent three
and a half years ~ 4 prisoner In the
suburb Of Kalamaria.
The outbreak OF the Balkan war.
n the autumn Of lsi2 made u advis.
able for the cx-sulihr 20 he removed
to Constantinople. lie was most un-
willing io return. however. n was
only persuaded TO do 40 by an ennis.
sary of the German ambassador. who
took him through the Greek blockade
In the dispatch boat 81 the embassy
- feN weeks later the a. eek arm,
entered the city. followed clos sly by a
smaller detachment Of Bul9srians
The hnat treaty of peace. gned al
bucharest In 1913. adiudicatcd Saion.
Xxi, with the remainder of the Chalet.
dice, and their strategic hinterland a
Greece.
"Rut Il h. apparently written thai
Salonlki shall never long enjoy the
blessings 81 peace. ~ an events, an
army Of the allies, as we know. IL O
-entrenched there. And he IN a boll
prophet who will f~oretell what may
yet lie In store for tho people 81 IN
historic city,