Spanish Fork Press | 1906-08-23 | Page 4 | Balkan Trouble Again Menacing

BALKAN TROUBLE AGAIN MENACING Old Question of Domination Between Greeks and Bulgarians Bul-garians Revived It Is Asserted That the Patriarchal Church at Constantinople Has Acted as Accomplice of Greek I Bands In Order to Strengthen Strength-en Church L Sofia DulKrirln Tho nntldreelt movement In Itoumnnln and especial ly I In Bulgnrln Is dally assuming greater proportions and threatens to becomo a serious danger to poaco The Bulgarian government It appears will bo forced to tako exceptional measures to terminate tho disturbances disturb-ances which arc duo to antiGreek feeling with which tho entlro population popu-lation of the principality Is Imbued The cause of this foellng IB tho historical his-torical competition between Greece and Bulgaria for domination in tho Dalknns which was recently reawakened reawak-ened and stimulated by their rivalry In Macedonia rivalry which It fs alleged al-leged has been artificially encouraged H by tho Turkish authorities and par tlcularly by tho atrocities of tho Greek bands i It Is asserted that tho patriarchal church at Constantinople has acted ns nn accomplice of these bands with the object of forcing tho peaceful population of Bulgaria to join the patriarchal pa-triarchal church which openly raised subscriptions for the benefit ot tho Greek patriotic societies and also sought to Inflame the Bulgarian national i na-tional spirit