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The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 - Third Edition by Jacob Gould Schurman
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oceans of the globe, spreads to the Balkans, one may hazard the
guess that Greece, Montenegro, Servia, and Roumania will stand
together on the side of the Allies and that Bulgaria if she is
not carried away by marked Austro-German victories will remain
neutral."

J. G. S.

September 1, 1916.


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Caption: The Balkan Peninsula before the Wars of 1912-1913.]




I

TURKEY AND THE BALKAN STATES

The expulsion of the Turks from Europe was long ago written in the
book of fate. There was nothing uncertain about it except the date
and the agency of destiny.


THE TURKISH EMPIRE IN EUROPE

A little clan of oriental shepherds, the Turks had in two
generations gained possession of the whole of the northwest corner
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