Travels in Southeastern Europe

The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.

Io2 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. organism. It was a machine constructed in the Dark Ages, and is now a worn-out mediaeval affair -a museum specimen that cannot be adapted to the needs of to-day. If left to itself it will, in the natural order of events, fall to pieces. Nothing can be hoped for from it; nor can anything much be expected of the reform scheme. It set at liberty most of the imprisoned revolutionaries, and has failed to grapple with the results, and the Macedonian Committee has been very inadequately muzzled. The plan for the reorganization of the gendarmerie, if honestly worked, is the most reasonable scheme yet propounded; but the Sultan whittled most of it away to begin with, and, if only half of rumour be true, the Powers most interested are using what is left of it to work their own propaganda. Bulgarian Bishops, under Russian protection, are still able to plan brigand bands to raid Serb and Greek villages, under the noses of the reform officers, and Greek and Serb organize rival bands to defend themselves. And while Austria subsidizes Albanian Beys in Kosovo Vilayet, Russian officers ride round Greek villages and swear they shall have no help unless they say they are Bulgar. So runs the tale. Theoretically, the plan to maintain order with a well-organized police force is admirable. I fear it has been started twenty-five years too late. As for the alternative plan, which is favoured by some, and greatly disliked by others of the Christian peoples whose interests are concerned
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The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.
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Durham, Mary Edith, 1863-1944.
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London :: Nelson,
[1905]
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Eastern question (Balkan)
Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel.

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