Author: Allen UpwardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781330665336
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Excerpt from The East End of Europe, 1908: The Report of an Unofficial Mission to the European Provinces of Turkey on the Eve of the Revolution At a moment such as this, when, owing to the action of Austria and Bulgaria, the Near Eastern Question has once more reached a critical stage, thanks are due to any competent writer who may make an honest attempt to throw light on what is taking place in South-Eastern Europe, in what direction soever his personal sympathies may lie. My own views on the Macedonian Question have been expressed in a letter published in The Times of January 22, 1907, and elsewhere. They do not at all points coincide with those set forth in the present volume. Mr. Upward's somewhat idyllic view of Yildiz Kiosk, for instance, is one I am, unfortunately, unable to share. His impartiality, too, may be called in question by some, for his sympathies, are avowedly Greek. But absolute impartiality is hardly to be looked for in a matter so replete with controversial issues, so pre-eminently calculated to excite passion and prejudice. In his own words - "A visitor in Rumelia may be Philhellenic or Bulgarophile, but he cannot be both. If he possesses the friendship and confidence of one side he will never gain that of the other." 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.