The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913: Second EditionSchurman, Jacob Gould
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The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913: Second Edition
Schurman, Jacob Gould
Balkan Peninsula -- History -- War of 1912-1913
Greece, becomes independent, 7; ecclesiastical domination of Slavs, 16;
Greek millet, 17; ascendancy in Bulgaria, 18; influence in Turkish
Empire, 19; war of independence, 21; Powers make her independent, 22;
boundaries, 28; area and population, 29; causes of war with Turkey, 32;
declares war, 34; alliance with Bulgaria, 35; reorganizes army, 37;
near alliance with Turkey, 40; Cretan question, 42; mobilization, 48;
enters Macedonia, 49; conquers at Sarandaporon, Serfidje, Elassona,
Veria, and Jenitsa, 50; blockades Turkey, 51; captures Janina, 57;
rivalry with Bulgaria, 65; favors Servian egress to Aegean, 71;
question of division of Macedonia, 74; propaganda in Macedonia, 83;
position of division of territory, 104; conciliatory methods, 105;
alliance against Bulgaria, 108; treaty of peace and extension of
territory, 110; annexation of Crete, 124; attitude toward Italy, 128.
Gueshoff, agrees to conference of Allies, 95; statesman, 96; resigns,
97.
Hellenism, cause of, 36.
Hellespont, Turks cross, 4.
Herzegovina, conquered by Stephen Nemanyo, 11; delegated to Austria, 27.
"Internal Organization" in Macedonia, 32.
Ipek, Archbishop of, 12.
Islam, millet of, 16.
Ismail Kemal Bey on Albania's future, 130.
Italy holds Rhodes, 52; demands independent Albania, 67, 118; desires
control of Adriatic, 69; protests against Greece at Corfu, 120.
Janina, holds out, 56; falls, 57.
Janissaries, 13; revolt, 14.
Jenitsa, Turks defeated at, 50.
Kara-George, leads Servians, 20; dynasty, 21.
Kiamil Pasha, Grand Vizier, 48; driven out, 58.
Kilkis, battle of, 109.
Kirk Kilisse, Bulgarian victory, 55.
Kossovo, field of, 4; avenged, 53.
Kochana, massacre at, 36.
Kumanovo, Servians defeat Turks at, 53.
Lazar, the Serb, 4.
Literary revival in Bulgaria, 23.
London, see Treaty of, and Peace Conference.
Lule Burgas, Bulgarian victory, 55.
Macedonia, ruled by Murad I, 4; cause of first Balkan war, 30; question
of its division, 72; racial problem, 79, 89; religion in, 81; alleged
Bulgarian majority in, 88; claims to central portion of, 89.
Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Grand Vizier, 58.
Massacre, in 1876, 25; at Kochana and Berane, 36; inflames Slavs, 47.
Mehemet Ali, fights against Greece, 22.
Meluna Pass, Greeks enter, 49.
Millet, a Turkish term, 16.
Mohammed II, conquers Constantinople, 5.
Mohammedan, intolerance, 8; Balkan peninsula under, 13; incapacity, 31.
Monastir, captured by Serbs, 53.
Montenegro, remembers Kossovo, 5; conquered by Nemanyo, 11; independent
by Treaty of Berlin, 27; area and population, 29; declares war against
Turkey, 34; fires first shot of war, 53; captures Scutari, 57; work and
reward, 116; inclination toward Servia, 118.
Moslem, see Mohammedan.
Murad I, captures Adrianople, 4.
Navarino, Battle of, 22.
Nazim Pasha, murdered, 58.
Near Eastern Question, Macedonia, 30.
Nemanyo, Stephen, unites Servia, 11.
Nicaea, surrender of, 3.
Nicholas, King of Montenegro, 53; Homeric Father, 118.
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