The New Balkan War.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 4, 1913:
    The dream of a great Balkan Empire, covering a vast expanse of territory in Southeastern Europe, to take its place among the Powers, seems to be rudely dispelled by the news of conflict and slaughter. The recent allies in the overthrow of the Turk and the suppression of Moslem rule in Europe have been fighting among themselves with so great ferocity that the recent hope of peace is shattered. Bulgaria is to blame, of course, for refusing to keep its promises and endeavoring to intimidate its allies. The Greeks and Servians, however, are affected with the war spirit as our neighbors in Mexico are affected by the spirit of revolution. We must assume that they are not wholly blameless.
    The recent engagements have been as bloody and disastrous as the battles in the war with the Turks. Thousands of lives have been sacrificed, and the end is not in sight. The rumors of a conflict involving other European nations are inevitably revived, and the period of harmony and recuperation which was looked for to restore the financial equilibrium throughout the world seems to be indefinitely postponed.