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Excerpt from The Balkan League
Lord Strangford did not live to see how I followed his advice. Four years after my return to Philippopolis, the Bulgarian in surrection of 1876 broke out. And I did my best to enlighten those who brought about or took part in Mr. Earing's inquiry into the Bulgarian Atrocities, made famous by Mr. W. E. Gladstone's pamphlet. On the eve of the russo-turkish war of 1877, I wrote in The Times a series of seven letters, in which I voiced the sufferings and hopes of my people and for which I was imprisoned by the Turks and sentenced to death. In 1879, after the Treaty of Berlin, again in 1885, after the Union between Bulgaria and East Roumelia, I was sent to England to plead the cause of my country. And after Speaking up stoutly for Bulgaria in different capacities, I was appointed in 1911 to the post of its Prime Minister. And it fell to my lot to inaugurate that Balkan Alliance which was to solve the Balkan problem. Events having given in 1913 a wrong solution to that problem, I trust the English public will not find fault with me if, in the present crisis of the Near East, I venture to raise again my voice and tell the truth in a matter of supreme moment to my people, more sinned against than sinning, and to the Balkan Peninsula, more distracted than ever.
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Lord Strangford did not live to see how I followed his advice. Four years after my return to Philippopolis, the Bulgarian in surrection of 1876 broke out. And I did my best to enlighten those who brought about or took part in Mr. Earing's inquiry into the Bulgarian Atrocities, made famous by Mr. W. E. Gladstone's pamphlet. On the eve of the russo-turkish war of 1877, I wrote in The Times a series of seven letters, in which I voiced the sufferings and hopes of my people and for which I was imprisoned by the Turks and sentenced to death. In 1879, after the Treaty of Berlin, again in 1885, after the Union between Bulgaria and East Roumelia, I was sent to England to plead the cause of my country. And after Speaking up stoutly for Bulgaria in different capacities, I was appointed in 1911 to the post of its Prime Minister. And it fell to my lot to inaugurate that Balkan Alliance which was to solve the Balkan problem. Events having given in 1913 a wrong solution to that problem, I trust the English public will not find fault with me if, in the present crisis of the Near East, I venture to raise again my voice and tell the truth in a matter of supreme moment to my people, more sinned against than sinning, and to the Balkan Peninsula, more distracted than ever.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - I. E. Gueshoff
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ISBN - 9780260042309
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
Page Count - 159
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ISBN - 9781331886358
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 161
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