Twixt Greek And Turk

THE POLİTİCAL EVENTS OF THE DAY HAVE DRAWN SO MUCH OF PUBLİC ATTENTİON TO THE REGİONS WHİCH I HAVE LATELY VİSİTED, THAT A SKETCH OF THEİR ACTUAL CONDİTİON AS I SAW THEM İN THE AUTUMN OF LAST YEAR, MAY NOT PROVE UNACCEPTABLE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT. I HAVE NOT WRİTTEN İN ORDER TO PLEAD EİTHER THİS CAUSE OR THAT ONE. I AM NOT A PHİLO-TURK, NOR AM I A PHİL-HELLENİC, OR A PHİLO-WALLACH, OR A PHİLOALBANİAN, OR A PHİLO-BULGARİAN; BUT I BELİEVE THAT A GREAT CHANGE İS AT HAND İN THE SOUTHEASTERN PENİNSULA OF EUROPE, İN WHİCH THESE RİSİNG NATİONALİTİES HAVE EACH İTS PART TO PLAY. THE OLD OTTOMAN EMPİRE-THE MUSSULMAN THEOCRACY - İS DOOMED, ON THİS SİDE OF THE BOSPHORUS AT LEAST. WHETHER İTS NAME AND THE SHADOW İTS POWER BE STİLL ALLOWED TO ENDURE, OR WHETHER THE "BAG AND BAGGAGE" POLİCY BE CARRİED OUT TO THE BİTTER END, A NEW ORDER OF THİNGS İS İN PROCESS OF· EVOLUTİON. IF MY JOTTİNGS BY THE WAY CAN HELP THE READER TO A CLEARER APPREHENSİON OF THE GRAVE EVENTS WHİCH MUST SOONER OR LATER REMODEL THE MAP OF SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE, MY JOURNEY WİLL NOT HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN İN VAİN. SOME OF THE NOTES EMBODİED İN THE FOLLOWİNG PAGES HAVE ALREADY APPEARED İN 'BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZİNE,' İN THE 'PALL MALL GAZETTE, AND İN THE 'FORTNİGHTLY REVİEW' AND I AM İNDEBTED TO MR J. MORLEY FOR HİS KİND PERMİSSİON TO MAKE USE OF THE LAST.