Edmond de Bushi Bell: It's obvious that the Macedonians are not Greeks
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Edmond de Bushi Bell, born on August 23, 1878 in Vezinje, France. Graduated high school in classical Condorcet, and then graduated from the Faculty of Law. As a doctor of law, he was a senior financial officer in Paris, an adviser at the Ministry of Finance, and during World War II occupied a prominent place at the Headquarters of the French Eastern Army in the Balkans.
Upon arrival at the Thessaloniki Front, Edmond de Bushi Bell was able to stay longer bend of Black River, where he remained for six months. Then followed the Army in Island Lake, Lerin, Bitola, Prilep and Skopje, where he ended his life time. He died in Skopje on 20 October 1918.
Edmond de Bell Bushi at that time wrote a book about Macedonia and Macedonians, which after his death was printed in Paris in 1922 under the title: "La Macedoine et Les Macedoniens", (1922 Raridz, 80, IV. 303). Book of Edmond Bushi de Bell, which appears in print, four years after his death, was awarded the French Academy of Sciences. Today, when Greece and Macedonia denied the right to use the name, the book of Edmond de Bushi Bell is interesting and important from several aspects.
Realizing that Macedonia for a long time will be subject to the attention of Europe, Edmond de Bushi Bell tries to give its decision on the Macedonian issue. Based on personal observations and experiences gained during his stay in Macedonia in their records, he concludes that, although the population is similar yet different from Bulgarians, Serbs, and that "Macedonian Slavs are not Greeks." Edmond Bushi not only distinguishes the population in Macedonia, but also as a solution indicates that "the population of Macedonia should be separate as a separate nation whose name would be shortened Macedonians." Such statements and its solution are particularly interesting so you transfer the excerpts from his book where he says:
"Neither yesterday nor today, dates back to the Macedonian question. Makedonija had a long history behind them, in the future will cease to deal Europe. That Macedonia became known to Europe is due mainly to two facts, namely: its geographical position as a crossroads of global routes: one from Belgrade and Novi Pazar through the Vardar Valley to Salonika and the other - the old Via Egnatia from the Durres of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, while as a port of Macedonia and in importance does not stand back from Constantinople and Suez. From Thessaloniki you can rule over the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia over the road.
Another cause is that the population is different by nationality, origin and above it still long implemented tactics of influence by the neighboring Balkan countries, supported by major powers, whose interests are related to the position of the Balkan countries ...
Macedonia has three sets of populated nations. One is the contested nationality of Macedonian Slavs, or, briefly speaking Macedonians who formed the core of the rural population. Then three other nations appear that seek to rule over the Macedonians; Bulgarians, Serbs and Greeks and three of the disputed distant nations: Vlachs, Turks and Jews. But none of these nations inhabit a particular territor, but occur here and there in the country. After all fields of Macedonia encountered a nation of peasants with a Slavic language istochnopravoslavna religion. The Bulgarians consider their own "language and heart," even invoking the Great Bulgaria, created by the Treaty of San Stefano and the name "Bulgarians", under which victims of the Berlin Treaty fought against Turkish slavery. Serbs consider "Serbia" - because the Dushanovata state is sometimes included "the whole of Macedonia", the monuments that have survived the Turkish language and that slavery was "starosrpski" and because the Macedonians worshiped the "glory". Finally come the Greeks, that no decisive importance origin or language, but only the "spirit" and culture, which was Greek, and as the French, for example, could not say that they are not Latin, and for Macedonians could not be said that they are "Greeks."
It's obvious that the Macedonian Slavs are not Greeks. But despite the fact that they have some similarities in nature, religion and language with Bulgarians and Serbs, they are characterized by both of the others. Ask a villager from Ile area, or from Bitola, how he feels, he will answer nine times out of ten: Macedonian! Therefore the Slavic population of Macedonia should be separate as a separate nation whose name would be Macedonian Slavs or part, Macedonians ... "
While French diplomacy has always been well acquainted with the situation in Macedonia, as a major force that played a visible role in the world and influenced historical trends, it played a constructive role in preserving the integrity of Macedonia. Starting from their own interests, often their "sympathy" guided to Serbia and Greece, i.e. those who had a big appetite for Macedonia. Unlike her, French intellectuals have always looked with sympathy towards the Macedonian people.
However, as in the past and today, the issue of any of the EU feel the citizens of Macedonia, they will respond to ten, ten times that they are Macedonians, and that will not change the name. So, as a leading country in the EU, France knows well that Macedonia should once and for all stand on their request nezasitnite Poulain Greece and to help Macedonia become an EU and NATO member.
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Edmond de Bushi Bell, born on August 23, 1878 in Vezinje, France. Graduated high school in classical Condorcet, and then graduated from the Faculty of Law. As a doctor of law, he was a senior financial officer in Paris, an adviser at the Ministry of Finance, and during World War II occupied a prominent place at the Headquarters of the French Eastern Army in the Balkans.
Upon arrival at the Thessaloniki Front, Edmond de Bushi Bell was able to stay longer bend of Black River, where he remained for six months. Then followed the Army in Island Lake, Lerin, Bitola, Prilep and Skopje, where he ended his life time. He died in Skopje on 20 October 1918.
Edmond de Bell Bushi at that time wrote a book about Macedonia and Macedonians, which after his death was printed in Paris in 1922 under the title: "La Macedoine et Les Macedoniens", (1922 Raridz, 80, IV. 303). Book of Edmond Bushi de Bell, which appears in print, four years after his death, was awarded the French Academy of Sciences. Today, when Greece and Macedonia denied the right to use the name, the book of Edmond de Bushi Bell is interesting and important from several aspects.
Realizing that Macedonia for a long time will be subject to the attention of Europe, Edmond de Bushi Bell tries to give its decision on the Macedonian issue. Based on personal observations and experiences gained during his stay in Macedonia in their records, he concludes that, although the population is similar yet different from Bulgarians, Serbs, and that "Macedonian Slavs are not Greeks." Edmond Bushi not only distinguishes the population in Macedonia, but also as a solution indicates that "the population of Macedonia should be separate as a separate nation whose name would be shortened Macedonians." Such statements and its solution are particularly interesting so you transfer the excerpts from his book where he says:
"Neither yesterday nor today, dates back to the Macedonian question. Makedonija had a long history behind them, in the future will cease to deal Europe. That Macedonia became known to Europe is due mainly to two facts, namely: its geographical position as a crossroads of global routes: one from Belgrade and Novi Pazar through the Vardar Valley to Salonika and the other - the old Via Egnatia from the Durres of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, while as a port of Macedonia and in importance does not stand back from Constantinople and Suez. From Thessaloniki you can rule over the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia over the road.
Another cause is that the population is different by nationality, origin and above it still long implemented tactics of influence by the neighboring Balkan countries, supported by major powers, whose interests are related to the position of the Balkan countries ...
Macedonia has three sets of populated nations. One is the contested nationality of Macedonian Slavs, or, briefly speaking Macedonians who formed the core of the rural population. Then three other nations appear that seek to rule over the Macedonians; Bulgarians, Serbs and Greeks and three of the disputed distant nations: Vlachs, Turks and Jews. But none of these nations inhabit a particular territor, but occur here and there in the country. After all fields of Macedonia encountered a nation of peasants with a Slavic language istochnopravoslavna religion. The Bulgarians consider their own "language and heart," even invoking the Great Bulgaria, created by the Treaty of San Stefano and the name "Bulgarians", under which victims of the Berlin Treaty fought against Turkish slavery. Serbs consider "Serbia" - because the Dushanovata state is sometimes included "the whole of Macedonia", the monuments that have survived the Turkish language and that slavery was "starosrpski" and because the Macedonians worshiped the "glory". Finally come the Greeks, that no decisive importance origin or language, but only the "spirit" and culture, which was Greek, and as the French, for example, could not say that they are not Latin, and for Macedonians could not be said that they are "Greeks."
It's obvious that the Macedonian Slavs are not Greeks. But despite the fact that they have some similarities in nature, religion and language with Bulgarians and Serbs, they are characterized by both of the others. Ask a villager from Ile area, or from Bitola, how he feels, he will answer nine times out of ten: Macedonian! Therefore the Slavic population of Macedonia should be separate as a separate nation whose name would be Macedonian Slavs or part, Macedonians ... "
While French diplomacy has always been well acquainted with the situation in Macedonia, as a major force that played a visible role in the world and influenced historical trends, it played a constructive role in preserving the integrity of Macedonia. Starting from their own interests, often their "sympathy" guided to Serbia and Greece, i.e. those who had a big appetite for Macedonia. Unlike her, French intellectuals have always looked with sympathy towards the Macedonian people.
However, as in the past and today, the issue of any of the EU feel the citizens of Macedonia, they will respond to ten, ten times that they are Macedonians, and that will not change the name. So, as a leading country in the EU, France knows well that Macedonia should once and for all stand on their request nezasitnite Poulain Greece and to help Macedonia become an EU and NATO member.
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