. Bulgaria and the powers. Being a series of letters written from Sofia . urable to the objects which theyhave in view, and to intercede with His Majesty theEmperor for the acceptance and approval of those 56 functions which are marked out for Him and His Govern-ment in the articles of these two acts. 4. Every difference which may arise in relation to theinterpretation, or the carrying into effect of any articleof the Treaty, the present Secret Annex, and the Mili-tary Convention shall be referred to the final decision ofRussia from the moment when one of the parties declaresthat it considers
. Bulgaria and the powers. Being a series of letters written from Sofia . urable to the objects which theyhave in view, and to intercede with His Majesty theEmperor for the acceptance and approval of those 56 functions which are marked out for Him and His Govern-ment in the articles of these two acts. 4. Every difference which may arise in relation to theinterpretation, or the carrying into effect of any articleof the Treaty, the present Secret Annex, and the Mili-tary Convention shall be referred to the final decision ofRussia from the moment when one of the parties declaresthat it considers it to be impossible to come to an agree-ment by means of direct negotiations. 5. No term of the present secret annex may be madepublic, or communicated to another State, without theprevious consent of both parties, and the consent ofRussia. Drawn up at Sofia, 29th February, 1912. Bulgaria andthe Powers. A SIXTH LETTER In continuation of the Series already publishedon the Balkans and written from Sofia. BY THE OMAHONY. 1915. DUBLIN:Sealy, Brybrs and Walker,abbey A SIXTH LETTER ON THE BALKANS. St. Patricks Orphanage,23 Rue Gladstone,Sofia, 25th February, 1915. Speaking in Dublin, the Capital of Ireland, on Septem-ber 25th, 1914, the British Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith,alluded to a statement which his former leader, Mr. Glad-stone, made in 1870. Mr. Gladstone then said : Thegreatest triumph of our time would be the enthronementof the idea of public right as a governing factor ofEuropean policy. Mr. Asquith said that ought to be our main policy inthe present war. Then he asked, what does the idea ofpublic right mean ? He said : It means first and fore-most a clear, but definite repudiation of militarism as agoverning factor in the relations of states, and in thefuture moulding of the European world. It means thatroom must be found and kept for the independentexistence and free development of smaller nationalities,each with a life, a history, and a corporate conscious-ness
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