Although we cannot believe in the probability of war on
a serious scale among the Balkan Allies, there has unquestion- ably been an ugly tension during the week. It was reported from Salonika on Monday that in the Pangeon district fighting continued between the Greeks and Bulgarians, both sides employing infantry, cavalry, and guns. The Bulgarians wisely sent a representative to speak softly with the Greek Government at Athens. The concentration of Servian and Bulgarian troops close together in Macedonia, moreover, caused much anxiety. Both sides were breathing threats and reinforcing their numbers as quickly as possible. Fortunately over this Macedonian tangle brooded the beneficent offer of Russian arbitration. On Monday the Bulgarian Government instructed its representative in London to sign the preliminary Peace Treaty. It also advised its Allies to follow suit. As for Turkey, she has placed herself completely in the hands of the Powers.
