Bulgarian-Greek Friction.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 20, 1912:
Much Unpleasantness at Salonika — Use of Force Seemed Imminent.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Wednesday, Nov. 20.— According to a telegram from Salonika to The Times, the relations between the Bulgarian and Greek Armies are far from amicable, and the fact that more serious developments have not occurred is due to the pacific intervention of M. Standoff, the Bulgarian Minister at Paris, who is attached to the suite of Crown Prince Boris.
    The correspondent relates that when the Bulgarians on Nov. 9 sent an envoy to Salonika to demand the surrender of the city it was found that the Greeks were already in possession. The Greeks refused to allow the Bulgarians to enter the town, with the result that Crown Prince Boris and his brother, Prince Cyril, were obliged to sleep under the bridge at Aivali.
    An ultimatum was then sent to the Greeks, who were given to understand that the Bulgarians intended to enter the town by force, with the result that the Greeks abandoned their opposition. A contingent went in directly after King George, having been kept outside twenty-four hours.
    The Greeks express discontent with the actions of the Bulgarians in the town after the occupation by themselves, but the Bulgarians say they were on the spot and could have entered at the same time as their allies. They also complain of the actions of the Greeks in hoisting only the Greek flag, issuing proclamations in the name of King George only, ignoring the Bulgarian language in their proclamations, and not providing barrack accommodation — in short, in acting as if the town belonged to them.
    Relations were further complicated by the action of the Greek authorities in seizing a locomotive while it was being driven from Seres by a Bulgarian officer and in placing sentries to guard the railway to Seres, which town is occupied by the Bulgarians.
    In consequence of these proceedings the Bulgarians have addressed an official note to the Greeks demanding the release of the locomotive and the recall of the sentries under threats of disarming the sentries by force.
    Another incident arose from an attempt of the Greeks at the Mosque of St. Sophia, of which the Bulgarians have taken possession in order to provide accommodation for their troops.
    The Greeks interpreted this as indicating a desire on the part of their allies to dedicate the Mosque to the Bulgarian Church. The Bulgarians were forced on two occasions to drive Greek troops away.