The Turk And His Lost Provinces Greece Bulgaria Servia Bosnia By William Eleroy Curtis

Author : William Eleroy Curtis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528167659
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book The Turk and His Lost Provinces written by William Eleroy Curtis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Turk and His Lost Provinces: Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia Von Moltke, the great German soldier, predicted that a universal war would be fought under the walls of Constantinople. He had faith that the Christian Powers of Europe, sooner or later, would compel the Turks to respect their moral, political, and financial obligations. This would have been done years ago but for the jealousy of those Powers, and the thousands of innocent Macedonians who have been massacred and the hundreds of thousands who have suffered from Turkish cruelty are the victims of that jealousy. The Czar would intervene, but England, France, Austria, and Germany will not permit him to do so for fear Russia will obtain a port upon the Mediterranean. At intervals the uprisings in Macedonia have indicated the approach of hostilities. They have grown more fre quent and serious until, as this little book goes to press, Russia and Austria have demanded a better gov ernment for Macedonia, and the Sultan has responded by ordering Turkish troops into that province. Diplomatic negotiations and empty assurances may again avert war, but every sign indicates that-von Moltke's prophecy is soon to be fulfilled. The purpose of this publication is to give English readers a few facts about the several buffen states of the Balkan Peninsula which cannot be elsewhere obtained. It is the result of a journey through that peninsula as corre spondent of The Chicago record-herald, and although the author realizes that it is defective and incomplete, he is confident that the American public will appreciate his efforts to give them the timely information it contains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.