The modern world, from Charlemagne to the present time; with a preliminary survey of ancient times . whose ad-ministration would be under the supervision of the GreatPowers. The southern third (* Macedonia ) was given backabsolutely to the Turk. d. Greece, at a staggering cost, had built up an army, and in1877 she wished to join in the attack on Turkey, to recover herancient teritories, Thessaly and Epirus. The Western Powersforbade such action, promising Greece that she should gain herend by keeping quiet. Accordingly, soon after the Congress,she was given most of these coveted districts (188
The modern world, from Charlemagne to the present time; with a preliminary survey of ancient times . whose ad-ministration would be under the supervision of the GreatPowers. The southern third (* Macedonia ) was given backabsolutely to the Turk. d. Greece, at a staggering cost, had built up an army, and in1877 she wished to join in the attack on Turkey, to recover herancient teritories, Thessaly and Epirus. The Western Powersforbade such action, promising Greece that she should gain herend by keeping quiet. Accordingly, soon after the Congress,she was given most of these coveted districts (1881). 849. The Second Eastern Question. — The selfish inter-ference of the Great Powers thus put off the solution of theEastern Question and gave rise to new complications. It mustbe admitted, however, that the satisfactory arrangement ofaffairs on the Balkan peninsula presents extremely difficultproblems. Apart from the fears and ambitions of England andAustria, the determination of the boundaries of the Balkanstates in accordance with the wishes of the people concernedis well-nigh §850] UNREST IN MACEDONIA 821 A glance at the map will show that the Berlin Congress leftof the European territory of Turkey a long narrow strip lessin area than the State of Missouri, extending from the BlackSea and the Sea of Marmora across the peninsula to the this strip the name Macedonia is frequently is broken everywhere by mountain ranges, and inhabitedby such a mixture of peoples that it has been aptly describedas a perfect museum of races. Along the coast of the yEgeanSea and the borders of Greece, the Greeks the north central regions are the Serbs, in the northeast theBulgars. Scattered through the central districts are the Turksand a considerable number of Jews. In the west, borderingon the Adriatic, are the Albanians, a wild people, primitivein their civilization and lawless in their habits. The racialboundaries are not well defined and
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