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Show THE BALKAN NATIONS AFTER THE WAR. The powers arc lashing the Halltan j nllles into an acceptance, of the terms j of peace as proposed by the larger I nations- Turkey, once more. Is to be i savod the extreme humiliation of' I being driven to the narrow fringe of the peninsula on which Constantinople Constanti-nople is situated. Had the nllles been allowed to wflke tbdir own term with the Turks, the victorious nations would have i made the following territorial gains the area being given in square miles. Bulgaria 22.000 Greece 18,000 Servia 13.000 Montenegro 3,000 Total , 60,000 Albania '. 11,0011 Turkey would have lost 01,000 square rrJlps of territory The difference in population would have been: Gain. n-ilgarh ...1,760,000 t;rPeco 1,000,000 Servia ! 1,250,000 Montenegro 250.000 Total ...4,250,000 Albania ... 750.000 Turkev would have lost 5,000,000.1 j lit population. j i Ot the cities still Included in lha j coitoucred terrltorv. Greece is to ob- j I tain the largest Salonlki, with s pop- I lul.ition of 126,000; Bulgaria gets j lAririanople with 100,000 and Nfonaatfrll vi.h 00,000; Servia, I'skub and Prls-jj none!, each with 60,000. Losing Scu- I j tari, Montenegro will gain no large town Were Ihe Balkap nations to unite they would have a combined area Igrger linn ltah. evep within the I lines drawn by the powers, and approach ap-proach Spain in population. |