Secrets of the Balkans . Charles J. Vopicka SECRETSOF THE BALKANS SEVEN YEARS OF A DIPLOMATISTS LIFEIN THE STORM CENTRE OF EUROPE ByCHARLES J. VOPICKA UNITED STATES ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARYTO ROUMANIA, SERBIA AND BULGARIA, 1913-1920 CHICAGO RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY 1921 Copyright, 1921, byCharles J. Vopicka Made in U. S. of Rand McNally. Chicago FOREWORD A BLOW struck in the Balkans, as of steel upon flint; aspark, a flame—and then, the holocaust of the world! But the blow came from without; the hand of tyranny wasraised against a people whose freedom had been bou
Secrets of the Balkans . Charles J. Vopicka SECRETSOF THE BALKANS SEVEN YEARS OF A DIPLOMATISTS LIFEIN THE STORM CENTRE OF EUROPE ByCHARLES J. VOPICKA UNITED STATES ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARYTO ROUMANIA, SERBIA AND BULGARIA, 1913-1920 CHICAGO RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY 1921 Copyright, 1921, byCharles J. Vopicka Made in U. S. of Rand McNally. Chicago FOREWORD A BLOW struck in the Balkans, as of steel upon flint; aspark, a flame—and then, the holocaust of the world! But the blow came from without; the hand of tyranny wasraised against a people whose freedom had been bought withtheir own blood. The World War began in the Balkans, yet its origin was inthe hearts of the unscrupulous autocrats whose ruthless ambi-tion knew neither justice nor limit; who counted the subjectionof a free people merely as the first move in the game to wincommercial and political supremacy, and in the end, to dominatethe world. Serbia was only a pawn, to be swept aside as thefirst obstacle in the path ofsecretsofbalkans00vopi
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