Show THE HISTORY 8 OF or IT f r joiy tion A f f W we anticipate areas u of A some excia em ena iff europe cyrin cc alex alexanders an am der 1 a depoll depositions likely like lylo to be the cause of considerable diplomatic bluffing even if actual war i ti abot avot avoided deil very few people a are re acquainted with the history of bulgaria rs u under eland just chy russia should desire to io Int interfere erferd with the fatten burg prince A sketch pf bulgarian affif its from 1878 to all the aup coup d betat will help the average averaged read reader er to understand th the e situation we condense con denso from the chicago news by the treaty of belin in 1878 eastern loumella Rou mella was made a province under the direct military and political authority of the sultan subject however to td the control of the powers baig bulgaria aria was left trill tributary stary to the sultan only in name it was constituted as a it hereditary and constitutional principality and prince alexander of battenburg was elected its soye sovereign reign in april 1879 by an assembly embly of notables at Tir nova on the of last september the people I 1 of Philip s ahe the capital of eastern roumelia rebelled toja to a man deposed aed the turk ish ieh governer general and his 0 government and decreed a un union ion with Bul bulgaria it haa has been made cigar that this uprising waa was planned in bulgaria andaas tho the pre premature matura execution with a nationalist object of a echeme scheme fomented by russian influence to create a big bulgaria bulgara I 1 under the russian segis to depose prince alexander and to place pice upon his hii throne a ruler who would voul b be servile to the czar cpr the union union of eastern bourne loumella Rou mella lia and bulgaria waa was an infract infraction i on of the berlin treaty the porte protested at once to the powers and made fins haste te to I 1 ac its troop troops with the declared blared intention of reestablishing establishing re its rights greece and servia on their eide side claimed that they were injured by the increase in in power and importance of their neighbor ii 4 and that they must have compensation in territory unless the elate state of aff affairs A irs before the Te rebellion bellion was restored at t once in the offend ing provinces to TX enforce their demand demands greece and servia began at once mili military tiry preparations u upon poa an extended extend ecale prince alex 1 S aa y i rf macal u to the sultan asking him to recognize tv the e union union the ambassadors of the the power era which h signed 8 ened the treaty of berlin met 1 at it con citan dinople on oct 1 and several timea times thereafter for an exchange upon the bulgarian quee tion this inform in forma aj conference re bulted in nothing servia there UP upon on mobilized her who whole 6 army with m th the 1 of Au austria and u grew houry more menacing prince alexander made overtures to king milan of serbia for a peaceful settlement tl ement but these received no at and the servian ki king g declined to hecei receive ive the bulgarian bulgaria n etley the sultan then issued a circular to the powers 1 inviting them to a formal confere conference ilce at konstan constantinople dinople to consider the difficulty this conference held its first meeting on noy nor 6 5 with accord between the powers on the basis thattie that the treaty of berlin should be bo nom chally maintained that eastern roum Roun xelia and bulgaria should be kept separate but permitted a personal union under prince alexander that th the states should have a common code of law laws tn tip be fixed by an international commission but that their military budgets budget should be separate and that the he t Rou aelian melian militia organization should be maintained and the bulgarian troops forbidden to pass the Ko amelian border the conference met several times since but made but little advance J on nov ath the czar str struck prince alexanders name ignominy ign onlin from the rolls of the russian army ATM V thus aus bowing showing hia his personal vexation t that hat the bul bulgarian garian union which he is is f believed to have con templates tem plated bad faken taken place t in a manner different dif terent from bie hij ivis hes from this time on reports came daily of desultory akl be tween the outposts out poeta of the servian army massed at pirot and those of the bulgarians Bulge rians in echelon along the frontier of the district on noy servia declared war for form mally malls against bulgaria upon the pretext that bulgaria had attacked king xing troops at f a servian territory Terri torye that bulgarian bulga ilan custom customs duties were eutivi do uble that costly servian servia n ere rendered useless by bel bul eg tay eject lect to construct connecting lines and th abal a algaria extended aid and sir iain traitors trai tora the tr tras 4 re reabon n 0 of faa tee attack lay jay in servia anje eg sf the increased importance given to bulgaria by the Rou Rout mellan nelian union and in the servian eagerness to annex abe important port and g position of giddin widdin on the danube and band sofia the capital of baigar 9 aria ia with the alie adjacent districts on the day that hostilities began the serviano ians after a sharp feht established their headquarters at pa on bulgarian territory on the line between nissa and agofia 13 ofia the serviano ians promptly occupied a li number timber of pf yil lagee lages in the district and began siege tiona in force against the place 1 A battle was fought at Rap tells the bulgarian forces forc falling wiling back on nitza there holmeyer hoWe holme the servi serviano ians met with their first check nt at the bands hands of prince alexander who led his troops in person and who drove back king milan A few daye days later tb the defeated milan wag was notified by bi the great pow powers ers that he must fight them or discontinue bis his hostility against bulgaria bu agaria he pretended to obey this peremptory mandale mandate but difficulties having arisen between the the belligerents as to the conditions of an armistice fighting was renewed with the result that the serviano ians were driven out of pirot and their country invaded by the bulgarians Bulga rians once more through the efforts of the austrian minister an armistice ormie tico was concluded austria informing prince alexander that should be he move this forces forward one eingle single lil kilometer ometer austrian forces would assist servia this move was checked by a protest from england once more did the contending parties aly at each vach othere throats the Balg bulgarians arians invariably petting getting the better of it early in february ry the bulgarian union waa was signed and in march a treaty of peace be tween Bulgaria aad and servia prince alexander fought sought as an outcome e of the war to get himself proclaimed king but in the end contented himself with accepting the tb five year ye rr governorship of eastern roumelia Ru umelia as a vassal of turkey last lut month at abe opening of the servian ar u nou bounced ed that there existed a status quo ante with bulgaria agarla abil all ota 01 a edua compelled abdicate td to and to heftye h his u principality this is clearly work russia has been all along desi rousi of uniting into one pro province yince macedonia bulgaria roumelia and old serbia but waa was checked by prince alexander alexanders coup of the of septem bei ber 1885 today to day he pays the penalty of having obstructed d russia and once more the eastern E astern question looms up tip |