. Nationality & the war . omestrategical necessity more pressing than Bulgariaseconomic need for an outlet on the ^gean, Turkeymust evacuate Adrianople altogether. Till now shehas been able to allege the defence of the Dardanellesand Constantinople, but when we have relieved her ofthat duty by placing these positions in the keeping of apower, and under the sanction of a concert of powers,that neither Bulgaria nor the united Balkan Leaguewould venture to impugn, the case for her presence atAdrianople falls to the ground, and nothing remainsbut to rescue Thrace at once from that misgovernmentwhi
. Nationality & the war . omestrategical necessity more pressing than Bulgariaseconomic need for an outlet on the ^gean, Turkeymust evacuate Adrianople altogether. Till now shehas been able to allege the defence of the Dardanellesand Constantinople, but when we have relieved her ofthat duty by placing these positions in the keeping of apower, and under the sanction of a concert of powers,that neither Bulgaria nor the united Balkan Leaguewould venture to impugn, the case for her presence atAdrianople falls to the ground, and nothing remainsbut to rescue Thrace at once from that misgovernmentwhich Turkish chauvinism has aggravated during thepast year in its impotent thirst for revenge. The incorporation of Thrace in Bulgaria will notbenefit the latter country only; it will vastly improvethe condition of the whole population of Thrace. TheGreek elements will have to abandon their dream ofnational reunion, which, in the bitterness of the SecondBalkan War, made them prefer the return of Turkish VI. The Nearer PROPOSED FRONTIERSEXISTING FRONTIERS \ TO BE ABANDONED j :::z^- BRITISH THRACE 383 anarchy, because it is by nature transitory, to Bulgariangovernment that is too efficient not to strike roots. Butmeanwhile the Turk has made them suffer for theirfine-drawn policy of possessing their souls m has goaded them beyond human endurance, andgiven such a foil to the Bulgar that they may actuallyhail him once more as a deliverer, as they hailed himfirst in the Autumn of 1913. Certainly if we can install Bulgarian government inThrace again with the good-will of the Greek population,it will make the future easier for all parties concerned,but after their atrocious behaviour in the Second BalkanWar, this is almost more than the Bulgarians must not rely on good feeling alone to settle theThracian question, but must safeguard the Greeksin the province by the strictest guarantees for theirnational individuality. In fact, this is the least wecan do to s
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