Troubles in the Balkans (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Troubles in the Balkans In six years the Russians had built and trained an armv out of the Bulgarian peasantry, and the higher ranks including company commanders - were filled by Russian officers. Owing to a huff about the union of Rumelia, these were now recalled and the young tr00ps and their subalterns left to fight the Servians. But they soon showed themselves able to stand upon their feet and play the game. They drove the Servians headlong out of Bulgaria, followed them into their own country, and chased them to death. Nowadays there are no Russian officers in that little army, and in the twenty years since its baptism it has developed at a most amazing pace. And so has the country. Parliament, courts of justice, schools, national and municipal institutions - like infant prodigies - are marvels for their age. The peasant-farmer is still a long way behind the times, but he is a hard worker and improves his position year by year. The Bulgarians have an abundance of energy that, turned in the right direction, will take them far, but they are also immense talkers, and are filled mostly with an amount of dramatic feeling that impels them rather to declamation than execution. Still, by the light of what they have done one sees a prosperous future for their country. 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.