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

OCHRIDA. 22I questions to make them tell the tale themselves. The bitter sufferings of the people under the Sultan's Government.were nothing to them: better that they should continue to suffer than that Greece or Servia should gain an inch of territory. Both nations they abused freely. The European intervention which they demanded was to support only Bulgarian claims; 'autonomy for Macedonia' was to be a half-way house to Great Bulgaria. I wished Bulgaria a fair share of the Sultan's territories, but I did not admit the justice of all her claims, and I most strongly condemned her methods. Then it was the Bishop's turn, and he was equally outspoken. Christianity, he said, was the greatest power in the world, and would eventually triumph. England was not a Christian country, and would be wiped out by Holy Russia: the sooner the better. He had a piece of news for me: Russia had conquered Japan, and was occupying half of it. The other half was occupied by the English, who would shortly be forced to withdraw. We had dropped from tragedy to farce, and I laughed aloud. ' As England wishes to take Japan herself, you will be sorry to hear this!' he said. 'Also that Russia is going to occupy all the rest of India.' Here we had an excursus on geography, concerning which his ideas were suitably medieval. I explained that for the sake of the human race I always wanted the best man to win. When we were no longer able to defend ourselves we should go, and not before. 'You will,' said the Bishop, 'you will. All the

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Title: The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.
Author: Durham, Mary Edith, 1863-1944.
Canvas: Page 221
Publication: London :: Nelson,; [1905]
Subject terms: Eastern question (Balkan); Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel.

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