BULGARIA AND TURKEY.
The promise of Bulgaria to disband her reserves and to try to arrive at a direct understanding with Turkey appears to have put an end to a dangerous situation. Bulgaria has fallen short of independence only through its liability to pay tribute. If this liability is settled by an agreement with Turkey, to be sanctioned by the Powers, no one can complain, and the Bulgarians will have satisfied one of their main ambitions without an appeal to arms. Their second great ambition, the acquisition of territory, with a port in the iEgean, could only be satisfied at the expense of Turkey. But at present in any such enterprise they would meet with opposition from the Powers strong enough to restrain even their well-equipped and enthusiastic army. Their aims would certainly clash with those of the Austrians, who are said to look upon the port of Salonica as the goal of all their efforts in the Near East. It is, therefore, not to be wondered at that Bulgaria should come to an agreement with Turkey, since a war could give her very little, and might end in the aggrandisement of a third Power at the expense of them both.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3036, 5 November 1908, Page 4
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