Item 89 - Letter from George Macaulay Trevelyan to R. C. Trevelyan

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Robin Ghyll, Langdale, Ambleside. - Agrees with what Bob says about the 'present situation', but is very worried that 'the Greeks and Servians will [emphasized] behave foolishly and brutally', making 'the Turkish difficulty' very great. Venizelos [the Greek Prime Minister] is 'sensible, but his Greeks are maddened by the idea of leaving their "brothers" in Thrace under Bulgarian rule'. Has written to [Aubrey?] Herbert and encloses his reply, which 'amounts to nothing' since Herbert's information was 'apparently about Prizrend [Prizren] not Kumanovo [Komanovo]': there was only one Servian [Serbian] division at Prizrend and 'hardly more than a big skirmish'; expects there were no Turks there, and the Servians themselves always poke of it as against Albanians. Does not think he should try to write a 'contemporary history', as he knows nothing of the Balkans and their languages, and 'the Balkan peoples all lie like [the] Devil'. Janet is well again. Encloses a "Contemporary Review" article.