Evening star., 1917-06-03
Slavs or Mongolians?

Referring to a letter of Mr.. Panare-
toff. minister of Bulgaria, published in
your esteemed paper of the 1st instant,
In which he says that he is both sur
prised and grieved to see in The Even
ing Star of yesterday the statement
that the Bulgarians are classed for reg
istration as belonging to the 'Mongo-
liam race" and then claims that the
Bulgarians belong to the Caucasian
race. because they belong to the
group of southern Slavs to which the
Slovenes and the Serbo-Croats belong"
I will appreciate if you publish in your
paper my following remarks:
The Bulgarians are correctly classified
as belonging to the Mongolian race, be-
cause they are 'Mongolians," and this
is recognized by the most prominent
Bulgarians themselves. That the Bull
EarianS consider themselves Mongo-
1ians Is shown. among many others, by
the following declarations Of Bulgarian
politicians and professors. and by the
Bulgarian press.
b The Bulgarian professor Ca Bulgarian
army officer), Panov, in his lecture held
in the hall of the Prussian legislature,
at Berlin. in April. 1916. said: "A Bull
garlan is man who does not feel any
enthusiasm for anything which is abb
stract and ideal; he only lives for what
Is concrete and real. Because of the
fact that the Slavs are idealists. and
have poetic Imagination, 1t cannot be
assumed that the Bulgarian people are
the evening edition of the Frankfurter
Zeitung. No. 118, of April 90, 1915
The semi-oficial organ of the Bulga-
ran government. Kambana, of Sofia. in
ing of the fights in Dobruza, says:
What foolish legend, What a holy
naivetei There is nothing more in
sulting. more contempting. for Bulga-
ran than when he is told that he is a
brother of that illiterate mass. that
nerd OF slaves and desperate country
people who compose the Russian regi-
ments. which We are beating in Do
bruza."
1t is universally known that the Hun
garians tMagyars) are of Mongolian
race: that they have never denied it
put. On the contrary. that they are even
proud OF IT. Let US see now what the
Bulgarians say about the Magyars
The official organ of the Bulgarian gov
ernment. Narooni Prava. in its issue OF
April II. 1916. speaking of the Mag
A&ars, says: History proves that we
er brothers; that we have left our old
firesides ahead of them, and came here
TO settle down on the Balkan" An
otner Balkan paper. Baikanska Posta
speaking about the visit the deputies a,
the Bulgarian parliament paid to the
Magyars at Budapest, says that tho
visit of the Bulgarians is an act OF
their heart and 'brotherly' love"
FOR the purpose of consolidating tbs
blood Relationship, new publication
the Touran. has been started in Buda
pest in the beginning of this year, ant
1t Is written in the Magyar, Bulgarian
ana Turkish languages tAlkotmany, o,
Budapest. January, 191D. The Creates
Bulgarian poet of the present day. Cy.
I'll Hristoy. says in his poems that il
his veins flows a rich and wild Moneo
han blood. and not dreamy and ideal
1stfc Sfav blood.
1t Is necessary to class the Bulga.
rians. IN connection with the regis,ra
fion Of June 5, as Mongoi,ans, becaus.
they are one and the same blood. not
withstanding the protest of Mr.. Pana
Teton.. JOHN J. GRGUEEyICH,
Secretary OF the South Slavic Nationa
CounMl