The story of the map of Europe, its making and its changing . Bulgaria some Turkish map again territory and also the southern part of the present kingdom of Serbia, in case she entered the war on their side. Now the king of Bulgaria, or the czar, ashe prefers to call himself, is a German. (Asthese little countries won their independencefrom Turkey, they almost always called inforeign princes to be their kings. In this wayit had come about that the king of Greece wasa prince of Denmark, the king of Roumania wasa German of the Hohenzollern family, whilethe czar of Bulgaria was a German of the Ge
The story of the map of Europe, its making and its changing . Bulgaria some Turkish map again territory and also the southern part of the present kingdom of Serbia, in case she entered the war on their side. Now the king of Bulgaria, or the czar, ashe prefers to call himself, is a German. (Asthese little countries won their independencefrom Turkey, they almost always called inforeign princes to be their kings. In this wayit had come about that the king of Greece wasa prince of Denmark, the king of Roumania wasa German of the Hohenzollern family, whilethe czar of Bulgaria was a German of the GermanicCoburg family, the same family which has £^^^®® ®^furnished England and Belgium with their throneskings.) The Bulgarians themselves are members ofthe Greek Catholic Church, and they have avery high regard for the czar of Russia, as thehead of that church. Czar Ferdinand had nosuch feeling, however. He wanted to be themost powerful ruler in the Balkan states, andit made no difference to him which side helpedhim to gain his object. 238 The Story of. A BOMB-PROOP^ TRENCH IN THE WESTERN WAR FRONT The Map of Europe 239 About this time, the Russians had been forced to retreat to a hne running south from Riga, on the Baltic Sea, to the northern boundary of Roumania. The French and Enghsh had been pounding at the Dardanelles for some months, but the stubborn resistance of the Turks seemed hkely to hold them out of Con- The Allies arestantmople tor a long time to come. The checked Italians had not been able to make muchheadway against the Austrians through themountainous Alpine country where the fightingwas taking place. In the west, the Germanswere holding firmly against the attacks of theBritish and French. The czar of Bulgaria andhis ministers, thinking that the German-Austrian-Turkish alhance could win with their1 1 a 1 • • . Bulgaria help, tlung their nation into its third war plunges in within four years. This happened in Octo-ber, 1915. Now at the close of the secon
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