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INDEX
A.
Abdul Hamid, Sultan, as a ruler, 152, 156
Adrianople,
Description of, 111;
its population and history, 113;
great fire of 1905, 114;
a city of terror, 114;
celebrates anniversary of accession of Sultan, 116;
exhibition at, 118;
Vali of, 120;
unsatisfactory state of Bulgarians in, 134
Albania,
Mountains of, 233;
Roman remains in, 241;
roads in, 243;
its present condition, 246;
its language, 257;
lack of trading in, 259;
outrages in, 260
Albanians,
Dress of, 185, 222;
description of, 234, 236;
their hatred of Turks, 245;
mixture of races, 246, 258;
clan feuds, 247;
Turks' dread of, 249;
their ferocity and chivalry, 256;
their religions, 258
Alexander, King of Servia,
Assassination of, 20, 26;
character of, 22
Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria, 70
Archimandrite of Studenitza monastery, 49
Army, Bulgarian, 74
Attar of Roses,
Best, 93;
its adulteration, 97;
quality and price, 98
Austrian trade in Servia, 61
B.
Banitsa, Turkish outrages at, 201
Bashi-Bazouks, Massacre by, 133
Belgrade,
Appearance of, 18;
Servian officers in, 20, 32;
its picture gallery, 33;
its Parliament House and Parliament, 37-46
Berat,
Description of, 264;
filth of, 265
Biliotti, Sir A., on massacres of Bulgarian Christians, 177
Bonham, Major, and Macedonian gendarmerie, 199
British Consulate in Turkey, Description of a, 143-150
British trade in Servia, 61
294
Buchanan, Sir George, on Turco-Bulgarian agreement (1904), 215
Bulgaria,
History of, 69;
rival factions in, 73;
its army, 74;
conscription in, 75;
education in, 76;
Old, 77;
lack of capital in, 103;
foreign trade in, 104;
agriculture in, 104;
revolutionary feeling in, 212;
risings of 1903, 213;
preparing her armaments, 290
Bulgarian and Turkish Governments, Relations between, 215
Bulgarian "bands" in Macedonia, 204, 211
Bulgarian insurrection of 1903, 132, 209
Bulgarian language, 69
Bulgarian Mahommedans, 105
Bulgarians:
sturdiest of Balkan races, 7;
methods pursued by "bands" of, 8;
character of, 69, 71, 75, 106
Burghas, Bulgarian refugees at, 133
C.
Cafa Sane range, 235
Christians, Oppression under Ottoman rule of, 155
Church of Forty Martyrs, 83
Cigarettes, Egyptian, 169
Coffee drinking in Turkey, 140
Conscription in Servia, 64
Consulate, Description of a British in Turkey, 143-150
Convicts, Servian, 36 D.
Deunmeh class at Salonika, 187
Dolan, Village of, 138
Draga, Queen,
Assassination of, 20, 26;
her character, 23
Drama,
Description of, 160;
description of Murzsteg Mansion at, 161;
espionage at, 164
E.
Egyptian cigarettes, 169
Elbasan, 245;
murders in, 248;
ducks act as its scavengers, 250;
its bazaars, 250;
its silk manufacture, 251;
its hotel, 252
Elections, Irregular, in Servia, 40
European Concert a futility, 182
F.
Ferdinand, Prince of Bulgaria, 71, 73
Fontana, Mr., on Bulgarian risings of 1903, 213
G.
Gabrova, Description of, 88
Galib Pasha, Governor of Kirk Kilise, 126
Gendarmerie School at Salonika, 198
George, Black, of Servia, 21
Germany, Attitude of, 290
Girchista, Bulgarian outrage at, 204
Gjuritch, Archpriest, 44
Gore-Alney, Major, at Drama, 161
Graves, Mr. R. W., British Consul-General, 197, 202, 203
Greek "bands" in Macedonia, 11, 204, 211
295
Greek movement in Macedonia, 180
Greeks disliked in Macedonia, 164
H.
Hamilton, Captain, at Kavala, 169, 170
Hermanli station, 110
Hilmi Pasha, Viceroy of Macedonia, 197, 289
I.
Insurrection, Bulgarian, in 1903, 132
Isvor, 285;
disused harem at, 286;
midnight visit from a "band," 287
J.
Jewish dress at Salonika, 186
K.
Karageorge (Black George), 21
Karageorgovitch (see Peter, King of Servia)
Kasanlik, 93;
rose plantations at, 95;
rose culture at, 97;
time to visit, 99
Kastoria, Raid by Turkish troops on, 210
Kathe, Dame, at Kavala, 169
Kavala, 165;
description of, 168;
tobacco grown at, 169;
its poorhouse, 170;
its monastery, 170;
its history, 172;
strike at, 173
Kazanihu, Inhabitants of, 219
Keuprulu, Description of, 288
Kirk Kilise, 123;
description of 125;
Governor of, 126; circus at, 130
Kjuks, Description of, 238
Konski, Turkish outrages at, 202
Koritza, 266, 278;
Bulgarian revolutionary bands near, 279
Krushevo, Turkish outrage at, 209
L.
Lansdowne, Lord, on Bulgarian insurrection of 1903, 132
Liaskovik, Sunday at, 275;
wedding at, 276
M.
Macedonia,
Barbarities in, 2;
tract of Turkish territory, 5;
race animosity.in, 6;
Turks in, 9;
Greek "bands" in, 11, 202, 211;
Servian and Macedonian "bands" in, 14, 204;
espionage in, 163;
Greeks disliked in, 164;
condition of, 174;
nationality in, 176;
hotbed of intrigue, 177;
revolutionary movements in, 179;
Greek movement in, 180;
its gendarmerie, 198;
Bulgarian "bands" in, 204, 211;
number of Turkish troops in, 207;
Bulgarian insurrection of 1903, 209;
complicated mass of disorder, 210;
malnutrition of children in, 224
Macedonia, Viceroy of, 198
Macedonian Committees, Work of, 178
Macedonians,
Kinds of, 5;
unfit for self-government. 16
296
McGregor, Mr. James, Reports by, 208, 210
Macova, Outrage at, 284
Mahomet Ali Pasha, 170, 173
Mahomet Arif Pasha, Vali of Adrianople, 119
Massy, Colonel, on Bulgarian refugees at Burghas, 134
Melons in Balkans, Abundance of, 223
Moghila, Turkish outrages at, 207
Monastery at Kavala, 171
Monastery of St. Petka, 106, 108
Monastery of the Transfiguration, 84
Monastir,
Children sold at, 175;
its situation, 205;
its inhabitants, 206;
prevalence of murder at, 207;
refugees refused entrance to, 210;
author's difficulties in hiring horses at, 281
Mount Olympus at sunrise, 183
Mourad Bey on Turkish oppression of Christians, 155
Mustapha Pasha station, 110
N.
Nimeretchka mountains, 273, 274
O.
Obrenovitch dynasty, 21
Obrenovitch, Milan, 22
Ochrida,
Situation of, 228;
its Chief of Police, 229;
description of, 230;
Church of St. Clement, 231
Ochrida, Lake, 232, 233
O'Conor, Sir Nicholas, on Turco-Bulgarian Agreement, 216
Olympus, Mount, at sunrise, 183
Orovsji,
An affray at, 1;
outrage at, 284
Osnitsani, Outrage at, 202
P.
Parliament House, Servian, 37;
debate in, 39;
appearance of, 40;
payment of its members, 42;
gestures and speeches in, 43
Pasha, Galib, Governor of Kirk Kilise, 126 P
asha Mahomet Ali, 170
Pasha Mahomet Arif, Vali of Adrianople, 119
Pasha Hilmi, Viceroy of Macedonia, 197, 289
Pashitch, M. Nicholas, 44
Pass of Shipka, 87, 90
Pavichevitch, M., Servian Minister of Interior, 45
Peasant, Turkish, Condition of, 157
Pepenka, Bombardment and pillage of, 132
Permet, Situation of, 273;
description of, 274
Petchitch, M., Servian Minister of Justice, 44
Peter, King of Servia, 20, 25, 30
Petroff, General,
on Turkish treatment of Bulgaria, 215;
on Turco-Bulgarian Agreement, 216
Philippi,
Remains of, 165;
its history, 166;
St. Paul's visits to, 167
297
Philippopolis,
Sunday night in, 100;
its Alexander Gymnasium, 103;
its heat, 106;
revolutionary theatrical troupe at, 214
Pig-rearing in Servia, 61
Pomaks, or Bulgarian Mahommedans, 105
Presba, Lake, 279
Prilip,
Outrages at, 207, 211;
description of, 284
R.
Regie cigarettes, 169
Resna, Saturday in, 222
Roads:
in Turkey, 123;
in Albania, 243
Rose garden of Europe, 93
Roses,
Distilling of, 94, 96;
plantations of, 95
Roumanian "bands" in Macedonia, 14
Russia and Bulgaria, Relations between, 70
S.
St. Sofia, Church of, at Sofia, 68
Salonika, 183;
description of, 184;
its population, 185;
dress at, 186;
Deunmeh class, 187;
business at, 189;
its trade, 191;
its bazaar, 192;
Gendarmerie School, 198;
bomb-throwing at, 201
Sarafoff, Boris,
Bulgarian insurgent leader, 207, 212;
enthusiastically received in Sofia, 214
Seres, Outrages at, 202
Servia,
History of, 21;
irregular elections in, 110;
real peasant state, 59;
an agricultural country, 60;
foreign trade in, 61;
village life in, 62;
taxes in, 63;
conscription, 64;
travelling in, 65
Servian " bands " in Macedonia, 14
Servian convicts, 36
Servian officers, Personal appearance of, 20
Servian soldiers, Personal appearance of, 35
Servians,
Character of, 32, 59, 64;
their dress, 34;
a democratic people, 63
Shipka, Pass of, 87, 90
Shipka village, 91
Sileohlu, Village of, 139
Skoupshtina, The Servian, 37
Skumbi River, 242, 244
Smilevo, Turkish outrage at, 208
Smyly, Captain, at Drama, 161
Smyrdesh, Turkish outrage at, 208
Sobranje, The Bulgarian, 72
Sofia, Albanian bandit, 260
Sofia, Description of, 66
Stanimika village, 107
Stephen, King of Servia, Remains of, 50
Stoyanovitch, M., Servian Prime Minister, 45
Struga, 233;
its population, 234
Studenitza monastery, 47-58
Sultan Abdul Hamid as a ruler, 152, 156
T.
Tax-gatherer in Turkey, 156
Teofani, Mr., of cigarette fame, 169
Thrace, Plain of, 93, 100
298
Tirnova,
Description of, 77;
lodgings in, 79;
its streets, 81;
famocus for lawsuits, 81;
its history, 82
Tobacco,
Best grown, 169;
smuggling, 170;
monopoly in Turkey, 249
Turco-Bulgarian Agreement (1904), 215
Turkey,
First exhibition in, 118;
time in, 119;
roads in, 123;
coffee-drinking in, 140;
a British Consulate in, 143-150;
corruption of official classes, 154;
growing reform party in, 155;
tax-gatherer in, 156;
condition of peasant in, 157;
its policy to do nothing, 159;
how business is done in, 196;
tobacco monopoly in, 249;
scavenging in towns of, 250;
expects war with Bulgaria, 290
Turkish and Bulgarian Governments, Relations between, 215
Turks,
Massacre by, 133;
in Macedonia, 9;
virtues of, 151;
incompetent to rule, 158;
their dread of Albanian outbreak, 249
U.
Uskup,
Albanian outrage at, 260;
Hilmi Pasha at, 289
V.
Village life in Servia, 62
Y.
Young, Mr. Wilkie, British Consul at Monastir, 282
Z.
Zadruga, or Servian communal village, 62