Review of Hciicws, l/illis. 



PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 



Siniiiliris.^iiii !(.-•.] [Munich. 



Russia to Bii.oaria: " I told you th.it you stu)ulcl 

 have been roiied to me." 



tions with the powers. Instead of a fron- 

 tier touching" Greece, Montenegro, Servia 

 and Austria, Turkey now lias a strong 

 strategic boundar_\-, witli only the unfor- 

 tunate Bulgaria as a neighbour. The 

 army, flushed with its bloodless success 

 in retaking Adrian<iple, and in re-occu- 

 pying the conquered territor)-, is full of 

 confidence, and dominates the situation. 

 The liu kless Bulgars, on the con- 

 trar\-, ha\e exhausted themsehes in 

 the war. After all, their country is 

 no bigger than Ireland ; they have 

 lost 44,oco men killed, and sj^ent 

 £^24,000,000. They have obtained 

 Thrace, without Adrianople, have had 

 to abandon the River Maritza, and give 

 up the seaports of the ALgemi. An al- 

 liance between them and their erstwhile 

 enemies against Greece would not be sur- 

 prising. Turke\- wants the JKgean 

 Islands back, and Bulgaria wants 

 Kavala. (jreece is isolated just now, and 

 the prospect of losing S^donika would 

 no doubt compel acquiescence in such 

 demands. The Great Powers have or- 

 dained it otherwise, but Turkey is not 



likely to take much notice of what they 

 sa\'. 



Albania and Servia. 



Austria's policy, all through the war, 

 has been directed against Servia becom- 

 ing too strong. The Albanian tribes in 

 the territor)' annexed by Servia are of 

 differing religions. To set them against 

 Servia would not be a difficult matter. 

 They are now up and King Peter's Gov- 

 ernment has its hands full. The people 

 of the newly-created state of Albania 

 also desire to take a hand in the 

 matter. To " quiet " them Servian troops 

 entered the country, but retired when 

 orderecJ out by Austria, which on one 

 excuse and another has dela\-ed the ap- 

 l)ointment of the boundary commission 

 until it is too late to do anything until 

 spring comes round again. The stories 

 from the occupied territories make grim 

 reading, the mixed population of 

 (ireeks, Serbs and Bulgars are fighting 

 amongst themselves, and the only 

 method of permanent settlement their 

 new masters seem to employ is to kill 

 out all but their own nationals. Albania, 

 the creation of which state was the bright 

 particular achievement of the Powers, is 

 rent with feud and strife. To rule over 

 such a distracted land with subjects who 

 refuse to pay taxes is not a cheerful 

 prospect. Many European princes ap- 

 pear willing to try. The war has weak- 

 ened the Balkan States for years to come. 

 Tney are more divided than ever, so that 

 both Austria and Turkey can congratu- 

 late themselves on the entire disappear- 

 ance of the threatened danger of a 

 powerful confederation, which could 

 have controlled the destinies of the Near 

 East. 



European Affairs. 



Over 5,000,000 men \\erc enfranchised 

 l)y the recent Italian election law. Not 

 many of these new voters seem to ha\e 

 gone to the ballot-box at the elections in 

 Oclol^er. Signor Giolitti, the man re- 



