Show M I t M t t M t M H t 4 M t M tt t M It M 4 t M M H t M 4 t H I M t 4 t f 4 1 V BULGARIAN IMPUDENCE I. V 1 t. t t f M M f t. t V Tile The fact that Mr Dickinson American Consul General at Constantinople and our diplomatic representative rep rep- V res at Sofia has Ilas been declared persona non nou V grata by the Bulgarian government was announced V. V Jn jn The he le Telegram gram some time ago The action reV reI referred re re- re- re V I to naturally has excited comment ent in gov- gov r and diplomatic diploma ic circles in Washington likely likel may mar have produced a feeling o ol of irritation l' l in the tho State Stath Department It has resulted d m f the with withdrawal of Mr 11 Dickinson from Sofia and andl pr practically the suspension of our diplomatic relations relations rela rela- with Bugal Bulgaria a. a The trouble arose from the course pursued by our representative e during ing the negotiations in III Bulgaria Bul Bui garia for the release of Miss Stone the captive e missionary Circumstances es seemed to justify a suspicion in iu Mr Ir Dickinsons Dickinson's s mind that thit the Bulgarian Bul Bul- V g garian rian government or 01 persons connected with it were more or less Jess implicated in the abduction He did not nt con conceal eal this i idea idea from ea from the Bulgarian Foreign Foreign Foreign For For- eign Minister and he brought that gentleman sharply to book for the indifference nce shown by Y his i d department t in z with the efforts in iIi pro gress to rescue the missionary Thus he be gave th the little mountain State mortal o q and it has bas acted within its rights H in refusing longer to receive e him as the diplomatic agent of the United States The chief reason why wIly an inconsiderable country coun- coun oun- oun V try like ilke ke Bulgaria is able to flout a a. great power like the United United- States is that in ill this instance we should have no means of reaching the me place riace either with an arm army or navy To o O th the B t there is na access from froni the West Vest save swe by way of the tise Dardanelles-an Dardanelles d Hep na th the tise B tl l h i nd jt V That at Sultan of Turkey ever would open ui them li to 1 r war Jal ar v ve sT Even Een if the Sublime Porte lorte were anxious s th that t Bulgaria a should be punished pun pun- V a a not Slot unlikely thing considering their unfriendly un un- friendly relations it relations it would be a too dangerous precedent pre pre- to to establish establish to to allow an American squadron to pass the Golden Horn Other powers would seize upon and use it to back demands for the the- lik like privilege ge on an the first appropriate occasion In addition addition addition ad ad- to that Bulgaria Bugaria is in m the position o of af t the e V small small- boy with the big brother Prince Ferdinand that he ca can afford to be as cocky as he likes believing that the tile Czar will rill see him safely through any consequences s. s The tw two considerations m mentioned men n. n undoubtedly caused the Bulgarian garian authorities authorities ties to be not only ony but truculent in their attitude toward our people peaple during the Stone trouble and our Government was helpless to r re reV resent re- re V sent it We Ve can get along very well weB without t a diplomatist matist at the Bulgarian capital What might happen if the interesting brigands of af the country were to bag another American missionary or two or two i is isa a a different matter |