Secrets of the Balkans . Trenches Occupied by Rus-sian Troops in Roumania 282 View of Kishenev in Bessarabia 286 SiBiu, or Hermannstadt, in Transylvania 286 General Grigorescu 290 King and Queen of Roumania, with Generals andMinisters, in Transylvania 294 Members of American Food Commission in Roumania 294 Czecho-Slovak War Prisoners Who Came to Roumania. from Russia, Waiting for a Chance to Fight for the Allies 299 Petroleum Wells in the Valley of Campina, Roumania 302 Petroleum Refinery at Campina 302 T. G. Masaryk, President of Czecho-Slovakia . 306 Visit of the President of the Czecho-Slov
Secrets of the Balkans . Trenches Occupied by Rus-sian Troops in Roumania 282 View of Kishenev in Bessarabia 286 SiBiu, or Hermannstadt, in Transylvania 286 General Grigorescu 290 King and Queen of Roumania, with Generals andMinisters, in Transylvania 294 Members of American Food Commission in Roumania 294 Czecho-Slovak War Prisoners Who Came to Roumania. from Russia, Waiting for a Chance to Fight for the Allies 299 Petroleum Wells in the Valley of Campina, Roumania 302 Petroleum Refinery at Campina 302 T. G. Masaryk, President of Czecho-Slovakia . 306 Visit of the President of the Czecho-Slovak RepublicTO Roumania 306 Queen Marie and Princess Illiana among the Orphans 310 Princess Illiana of Roumania 310 On the Diplomatic Platform, at the Celebration ofMay 10 IN Bucharest 315 On the Reviewing Stand on May 10 in Bucharest . 319 Queen Marie of Roumania 322 Woodrow Wilson 326 Decorations Accorded Mr. Vopicka—Serbian OrderOF the White Eagle 1st Class—Roumanian Orderof Mare Cruce 330 SECRETS OP^ THE BALKANS. King Peter of Serbia SECRETS OF THE BALKANS T CHAPTER I EARLY HISTORY OF THE BALKAN NATIONS O understand fully the Balkan situation at the outset of the World War, it is necessary to knowthe history of the several states through their manycenturies of almost continual bloody strife. The Balkans have been termed The Hotbed ofEuropean Politics. To one not conversant with thefacts, this might seem to imply that the inhabitants ofthis area were natural trouble makers; that all the strifeoriginated here, and kept the peaceful nations outside ina constant state of anxiety. But the truth is that, owing to its natural resourcesand its geographical position, the Balkan Peninsula hasever been a tempting prize, to be won by conquest, andit has been the victim of more invasions, and consequentdevastation, than any other civilized region on earth. The peoples of the different states have at timesquarrelled and fought with each other, and occasionallyone took a slice of the o
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