In the Balkans by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 5, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 30.

In the Balkans

By Editor

In the Balkans. — One of the first thoughts that comes to one as he surveys the troubled territory of the Balkan peninsula is, "Poor Bulgaria!" If she had been willing to listen to reason and diplomacy, she would have saved much more than she is getting now. It would look as if she might lose all that she had won and more. Rumania is pressing in from the north, Servia and Greece and Turkey from the south and west. Even Sofia, her capital, is threatened. She is now to accept the terms of peace offered by Rumania, Servia, and Greece. The Turks entered Adrianople after a brief struggle, July 20. It is a strange turn of war that after Bulgaria had almost driven the Turk out of Europe, he should turn and recover quite a part of his lost realm, and especially one of his most ancient seats of government in Europe. The powers will not permit him to hold it. When, however, the little states have weakened themselves enough, the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente may come to an agreement and settle the affairs as may suit them best. Just now it is an interesting national chess-board. How the game will end it is impossible to say.