Allen Upward, “The East Europe..” 1908, pages 25-27 Points of Interest: It was possibly with a view to some such result that Gladstone threw out the phrase “Macedonia for the Macedonians”, a phrase which, be it said with all respect, could not have been used by any man of impartiality and intelligence who possesed a first hand knowledge of the country. […]

Allen Upward, “The East Europe..” 1908 Points of Interest: - In order to justify the annexation of the entire territory between Bulgaria and the sea, therefore, it became necessary to create a fictitious country with a fictitious nationality.To return to the former illustration, we must imagine an independant Irish Republic desirous of adding the whole of Scottland to its dominion. […]

After Alexander’s two years campaign in India, the Greek power, thus established, gave place in less than 10 years’ time to Indian under the headship of Chandragupta, and later the dynasty of Asoka. Greek influence found its stronghold in Bactria, the modern Balkh, and it is from there that most of the coins of the earlier kings come. About […]

Quote: Tagepost 15 August 1903: “The Bitola pashalik has been took over by general common movement. Krushevo has saluted the BULGARIAN banner and wants temporary to proclaim a republic”. Quote: Istambul, August 15, 1903: SIR, The political situation in Macedonia continues to grow worse each week.[…] The real foundation for all the trouble is the desire of the BULGARIAN population […]

Quote: It should be remembered, to begin with, that there is NO Macedonian race, as a distinct type. Macedonians may belong to any of the races of Eastern Europe or Western Asia, as, indeed, they do. A Macedonian Bulgar is just the same as a Bulgar of Bulgaria proper, the old principality, that in October, 1908, at Tirnova, was proclaimed […]

Quote: In order to pave the way to the annexation of Rumelia, the task before the Bulgarian imperialists was twofold. In the first place they had to detach the Slav-speaking inhabitants from the Patriarcate, and attach them to the Exarchate. But that in itself would not have been enough, because of the local distribution of the different races. The Hellenes, […]