Most of the Albanians forsook Christianity and are among the most fanatical and warlike upholders of Islam; but in their turbulent clan-life they often defy the authority of the Sultan, and uphold it only in order to keep their supremacy over the hated and despised Greeks and Bulgars on their outskirts.

Last among the non-Turkish races of the Balkan Peninsula are a few Wallachs in Central Macedonia, and Greeks; these last inhabit Thessaly and the seaboard of Macedonia and of part of Roumelia.

It is well said that Greek influence in the Balkans extends no further inland than that of the sea breezes.
Such is the medley of races that complicates the Eastern Question.

It may be said that Turkish rule in Europe survives owing to the racial divisions and jealousies of the Christians.

The Sultan puts in force the old Roman motto, _Divide et impera_, and has hitherto done so, in the main, with success.