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1897
 
Following Greece's defeat at the hands of the Ottomans, the Porte began to favor the Hellenist cause in Macedonia, seeing a weaker threat from Greece than from Bulgarian and Serbian sympathizers.  1
 
1901
 
Arrest of Macedonian leaders, after the assassination of certain Romanians and acute tension between Bulgaria and Romania. They were tried, but acquitted.  2
 
1902
 
In return for a Russian loan, Bulgaria curtailed its support of Macedonian revolutionaries and accepted a Serbian priest as administrator of the Skopje diocese, a blow to the power of the exarch.  3
 
Oct. 8
 
Despite such hindrances, the Supreme Macedonian Committee launched a raid in Gorna Djumaya with little result in Macedonia itself. Russia, however, forced both Serbia and Bulgaria to disavow the rebels.  4
 
 
 
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