Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15

has taken the southern DObrudia. when
was assigned 70 Bulgaria AZ Berlin. reT
bin has Macedonia, ~ which Buigar agents
I'VE worked for more than thirty yeaFH
r ,e Greeks have SalOnica and all me fiN
an coast eastward 10 fIsllipoii they nave
al If Thrace and AdrianOple.' hey naFr
If the international system now prOppssf
for Cons tantinoDle fails the best chance "i
obtaining that city itself.
But what il most interesting, after all
IL the fashion in which tho ctbnic iraR-
ments have reappearod "a the Turkish
wave has receded The Turk has con
auered, he hiss not asgimila'ed h'
advanced ~ the walls ~ Vienna where
Polish army halted him, but year ~
year, 8s his power Wsned, another e'hnh
/ group re-ernerged, as land reappear-1
/ when a food begins u cbh Hc ia-
I camped in Europe and his stay has lpr
/ more than sIT centuries interrupted fnf
/ development % The Balkan people Bui
for the Turk, the Serb and the Bulgar
might have kept pace with the English
man aud the Frenchman, In national
+ development Five ceuturies agO- lndrr
/ Dushan Serbia was progressive nation.
Nearly thousand years ago, Bulgaria
gave promise of far shining future. A-
for the Greek, he has best survived NE
long night because he knew be-t ho~ -
adapt himself 70 the tyranf
OF all tire European wars which extend
from the fall Of Napoleon - thc mZn'
OF William II most have had their oriEiA
or their occasion in the B8lkang and Z hs
last and mghtiest is no exception, lhf
Eastern question has wrecked the RoWan-
off and Hapsburg Empires, i fas drag2fa
the Hohenzollern down with the other
And the odd and ironical crclHnsianr'
is that while the Great Powcrs have rinr1
themselves and each other hr Their rvaii-
ries. II has been the little people, tm
Balkan races which have .n the end uHh
the prize Austria pushed BulRsri
against Serbia, ~ move against liEssla
Russia c0untered by supporting @"Lnia
Rumania was 3 soldier first of the M
against the sultan and then n the h.lsnr-
against the Czar, but Czar, kalser@, ever
! the Sultan have ceased n ne force whif
the Serb the Greek, the kumaniant tn'
Bulgar remain
The curious may take down their hi-
torical aliases turn N maps showing ih'
Near East 4 thousand years ago an'
! find suggestions 0f the frontiers when ar
/ now being laid down again ln sen
: the eastern question has reverted 4" z
older stage The Balkans have cease1 x
2 be the battle-ground of great powers. tnF
: have become aGalu. tDe IieftA ~ t'Ibi'.-
, the inhabitants themselves. Guarf'
between the Bulgar and the Greek, &"
. tween the Serb and Rumanian. wlli Il
! morrow have far less evil significance
. Paris. London and Rome than decad
1 ago II will have none whatever 4
I Vienna. Berlin or Petrograd ~ nuch
' clear again. to this degree the World " z
= has localized" the Balkans.
K To he sure Constantlnopie remains,
a Il has been from the VERY dawn of hlstor
o problem for world politics Internatinn'
r control win score its first gIccess aff'
i many failures, il it achieves anything ias
ing at the Golden Horn But granted tf
a limitations ri the method, there y htt
. real danger that Britain and France
) italy and France will fight each other 4
.e possession Of the straits and Greek soi'
4 ton remains always aC hand.
! In anv event the departure q the llI
.e from Europe. save az he fingers political
n irnpotent under the guns Of allied warshll
q IN the Golden Horn marks the end q
a. long period IL history. AZ means n
D. extinction 81 one of the most dangero
l. perlls threatening world peace; lt may 2
Of Impossiblv herald the opening ot an are
IN which the melting OF the SHOWS III 4
q Balkans will not bring apprehension
ia . every European chancei!erle.