Minister Riddle to the Secretary of State.
Bucharest, March 1, 1906.
Sir: Referring to Mr. Moore’s Nos. 11,a of August 21, and 16,a of September 20, 1905, and to my No. 2,a of October 16, 1905, relative to the Greco-Roumanian conflict in Macedonia, I have the honor to forward in a separate parcel by book-post the “Green Book” containing the diplomatic correspondence (in French) between the two governments up to the time of the breaking off of official relations by the withdrawal of the respective diplomatic representatives.
The acrimony already existing between the two governments has been further intensified by the recent expulsion of seven prominent and wealthy Greek residents of this country, who were accused of belonging to a Greek patriotic society, the Hellenismos, which was said to have held secret meetings and raised money in Roumania to further the Greek propaganda in Macedonia. To celebrate these expulsions and to avenge past grievances in Macedonia, a street mob forcibly entered the Greek church in Bucharest and there read the liturgy in the Roumanian language on the night after the expulsions were voted by the council of ministers.
I have, etc.,