Especially severe will be the strain imposed on the Bulgarians
of occupying Serbia and holding the country down in the winter. The military systems of small States like those of the Balkans are not made to stand the burden of prolonged wars. In the first place, they use up so large a proportion of the male population that thorn is literally no one left to do the work at home. After three or four months of war the demand for the return of a large proportion of the troops to their homes becomes almost irre- sistible. Next, small States, oven when financed by big ones, find the pressure in regard to munitions and equipment very hard to bear. We venture to say that by the middle of January, if not before, the Bulgarians will bo in a very rueful condition, and will make demands upon Germany which will be highly embarrassing.
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