THE BALKAN PROBLEM.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sin,—Last summer you printed some correspondence on the position of the Vlachs (Macedo-Roumanians) in Macedonia. The following may therefore perhaps be of interest. Early last spring a portion of the Athenian Press renewed its old campaign against the Macedonian Vlachs and denounced them and their schools as traitors to Hellenism. This agita- tion has now been followed by the appearance of a number of Greek bands in Southern Macedonia and Epirus. It is not certain yet whether these bands are intended solely to harass the Vlach communities, but the majority are out in the Vlach districts, and in particular in the neighbourhood of Ardella and Perivoli. Both these villages a few years ago were partially destroyed by similar bands, and have only recently begun to recover their former prosperity. The reappearance
of Greek bands in force is naturally causing the greatest anxiety throughout the Vlach population. The Turkish authorities are taking active measures, but their task is a difficult one. The country is wooded, and the Greek frontier but a short distance off.—I am, Sir, &c., Perivoli. M. S, Tsomrsonf,
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