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Crisis in the Balkan Peninsula

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 10, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 41.

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Crisis in the Balkan Peninsula

The usual unsettled condition of affairs in the Balkan Peninsula has assumed an alarming outlook by the events of the last few days. For some weeks trouble has been brewing between the states of Bulgaria, Servia, Greece, and Montenegro on one side and Turkey on the other. Mobilization of troops on both sides has gone steadily forward, till now the delicate condition exists of nearly one million armed men face to face on the frontier lines. Already, before the presentation of any ultimatum, open hostilities have begun, resulting in a battle near Adrianople, with a casualty list of four hundred. The Balkan States have presented a collective note to Turkey demanding the autonomy of Macedonia, old Servia, and Albania, equal to that enjoyed by Crete. The Porte has officially notified the powers of the situation, reserving to itself full liberty of action. The several ministries of Europe are seriously concerned over the situation, and are considering means by which the conflict may be localized, and, if possible, further bloodshed averted.