Re: Francis Seymour Stevenson, 1914, pages 144-145

"Krater Makedonski" <jordan.apost@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Krater Makedonski" <jordan.apost@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> The material shown does not say that the word "Macedonians" was used
in 
>>>> 1711. The mention of "Macedonians" here is by the author Francis 
>>>> Seymour Stevenson and the date is 1914.
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>>>> SN
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>>> Correct, but the author says that in 1711 "proclamations" were sent to

>>> the Macedonians, Albanians, ...., as opposed to "Bulgar(ian)s", Greeks

>>> ....
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>> Nothing "opposed" - It is clear that Stevenson was using the notions of

>> his day when writing about events from the 18th c.
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> "Clear"? The only thing that is clear here is your "notion" (read
"bulgar" 
> bias).
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>> And yes, in 1914, the term "Macedonians" has been used to describe all 
>> the inhabitants of what then was called Macedonia:
>> have you ever heard of IMRO ?
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> IMRO stands for Internal MACEDONIAN Revolutionary Organisation. Have you

> read the interview of Niola Karev, by a greek journalist in May 2003?
:-)

:)
"We talked a long time about the goal of this organization and at last we 
fixed it on autonomy of Macedonia with the priority of the Bulgarian 
element. We couldn't accept the position for "direct joining to Bulgaria" 
because we saw that it would meet big difficulties by reason of 
confrontation of the Great powers and the aspirations of the neighbouring 
small countries and Turkey. It passed through our thoughts that one 
autonomous Macedonia could easier unite with Bulgaria subsequently and if 
the worst comes to the worst, that it could play a role as a unificating 
link of a federation of Balkan people. The region of Adrianople, as far as
I 
remember, didn't take part in our program, and I think the idea to add it
to 
the autonomous Macedonia came later.We talked a long time about the goal
of 
this organization and at last we fixed it on autonomy of Macedonia with
the 
priority of the Bulgarian element. We couldn't accept the position for 
"direct joining to Bulgaria" because we saw that it would meet big 
difficulties by reason of confrontation of the Great powers and the 
aspirations of the neighbouring small countries and Turkey. It passed 
through our thoughts that one autonomous Macedonia could easier unite with

Bulgaria subsequently and if the worst comes to the worst, that it could 
play a role as a unificating link of a federation of Balkan people. The 
region of Adrianople, as far as I remember, didn't take part in our
program, 
and I think the idea to add it to the autonomous Macedonia came later. " 
Christo Tatarchev.

You should read karev's interview within these lines of understanding ....