Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-08-30

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Bulgaria. where democracy has adj
vBnced 20 such an extent that the
peasant premier Is reported 70 have
publicly discussed the ACCESSIBILITY OF
declaring a republic and electing the
young king president. has developed
60 rapidly since Turkish rulers were
ousted little more than a generation
ego that this suggested world record
in peaceably dethroning kings hardly
seems an impOssihility.
Bulgaria might be termed ''the most
Balkan 81 the Balkan countries" both
geographically and characteristlcally.
The country bulks large In Balkan his
tory. In one generation Of freedom
she has made incredible progress and
. crowned her achievements with ex-
. ceeding prowess In the first Balkan
war From this growing pinnacle a
hIteUus mistake brought her 10 a sad
repute Ca no wise due 20 the qualities
= ~ her people. but rather 20 one head
strong and chauNinistic statesman
whose fateful counsel undid In a single
month all that the founders OF the
Balkan alliance had worked for two
years 60 accomplish. and whose mad
folly destroyed. for the majority 81
the world. an Impression Of Bulgarian
wisdom and capacity which had been
tollsomely built up from such meager
beginnings. A second error. entailing
even greater disaster. was made when
the Bulgar king cast the lot OF his
PEOPLE with the Teutonic allies In the
World war.
The history OF Bulgaria differs lit
tie from that Of her sister Balkan
states: the successive chapters are
written In blood Herodotus. the IA
Their q history. was the first 70 notice
the Wild Thracian and nlyrian tribes
who Inhabited that portion Of the
peninsula. and what be said OF them
centuries ago has a poignant emphasis
IN these last sad days Of Bulgarian eX-
perlence: II they were only ruled by
one man. and could only agree among
themselves. they would be the great
est OF all nations"
Modern Bulpzrs Are slava
These ancient Bulgars. however,
were doubtless OF another strain than
those who now claim the name and
who are purely Slav-more character
istIcally 50 than the Russians even.
Just when the Slay first set his
mark In this region Is difficult 20 say,
but there he has been FOR more than
a thousand years. spreading out from
the parent center in a brood which az
length has covered much OF the terri
tory from the Euxine 10 the Adrlauc.
He early embraced Christianity, and
from the first Boris down 10 the last.
religion has highly colored the politics
q Bulgaria.
Gibbun. In q famous passage, has
remarked that ~the glory Of the Bul-
rarians was confined TO a narrow scope
both ftime and place; and true
n is. whether one speaks Of that
remOter era when the Emperor Simeon
gave 20 the Bulgars their golden
are or 20 the present cay-when less
than 30 years sufiiced TO mark the
passage Of the country frem a state
n awful servltude 20 a place Of power
and prosperity. And now. ten years
after the triumphal conclusion Of the
first Balkan war. Il Is again a shorn
and shattered nation
BY reason % their closer proximity
20 TIE on-marching forces Of the proph-
o.. the Bulgarians fel earlier cap
tive 10 the Turk than the other Chris
tan peoples az the Balkans; and the
Turkish supremacy In Bulgaria. which
began IN the Fifteenth century and
lasted well into the Nineteenth. Is the
gloomleSt epoch In the national an
nails.
There. as ever where the Turkish
foot had trod IN triumph. freedom van
ished. learning languished and the
memories Of past glOries all but dis