BULGARIA: 30 Quakes

From him that hath not shall be taken away. Matthew: XXV, 29

Bulgaria is a hath not nation. No other suffered such cruel losses of territory after defeat in the World War. Her currency is still debased, her people impoverished. She is disarmed, and yet her public peace is menaced by the organized brigands of Macedonia. Therefore when 30 earthquake shocks smote Bulgaria, last week, the phenomena seemed like the act of a malignant and relentless God.

The City of Philipopolis, onetime capital of the ancient independent country of Rumelia, was laid utterly in ruins. Some 80,000 families have now no...

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