Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Hint That Balkans Will Defy Powers.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 31, 1912:
Bulgarian Semi-Official Paper Says They Had Better Forget the Status Quo.
BLAMES THEM FOR THE WAR
Austrian-Russian Understanding Reached — G. H. Moses Says Turkey Is Likely Soon to Sue for Peace.    SOFIA, Oct. 30.—The Mir, a semi-official newspaper, declares that if European diplomacy is honestly desirous of establishing a lasting peace after the war its duty is to forget the "status quo" formula.
    "After the bloody sacrifice's and glorious victories," says the paper, "this formula deals a blow at the brave allied armies and is unworthy of diplomacy, which was responsible for unloosing the war when everything could have been gained by the execution of the treaties elaborated by that very diplomacy.
    "We must also protest against the word 'reforms.' The war has radically modified the situation, and changes must ensue which can be nothing if not radical. Everything must be in proportion to the success of the allied armies and to the sacrifices they have made by the blood they have shed."

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