The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-09-06

on the border. What could Bulgaria do !
She appealed to Russia, the arbiter OF
the Serbo- Bulgarian treaty, but Russia
refused to act. She appealed also to
the powers, but her cry was ignored
Servia and Greece, fortified by their Sc
cret understanding with Roumania and
Turkey, rapidly became unbearable in
their attitude.
part of the Bulgarian troops at
Adrianople and Tchataldja had been
brought across the border into Mace
donia by June 80 The burning and loot
ing of the village of Zleto, by the Ser
vians, was the first serious incident to
provoke war A Macedonian leader
named Arbezo retaliated on the Servians
for this attack, and the following day
the Servians advanced against the regu-
lar Bulgarian army. The Bulgarian
troops retaIiated and drove their en-
emies back for a distance of 20 miles.
THAT same day the fighting became
general all along the border. Bulgaria
was attacked by Servians, Greeks and
Montenegrins. Against the entire Greek
army of 100000 men Bulgaria had bare
ly 10000 men under General Iyanoif.
Nevertheless on the first and second days
of the fighting, Bulgaria routed her en-
emies, inilieting tremendous losses.
The defeat of the Servians and the
Greeks was complete, when to the con
sternation of the Bulgarian soldiers there
came orders to stop fighting and return
to their original positions. The order
was a fatal one. The army cried bit
terly when called upon to obey it. But
Russia, who had promised to settle the
differences between Serbs and Bulgars,
had to be obeyed. Bulgaria did obey,
but not so Servia. The Bulgarian en-
VOWS sent to tell the Servians of the
order were murdered.
"Then came furious attack upon the
Servians, but Macedonian volunteers
saved the day. This WIS followed by
general fighting, with no decisive results.
General Ivanof made successful re-
treat, inficting awful losses on the
Greeks. The Bulgarians opposed to the
Servians held their own, and even cap
tured 5000 Servians. Bulgaria crossed
the Servian border and seized Knaije.
vatz, Zaitchar, etc, and cut the railroad
which connected Belgrade and Mace
donia.
",mst as Bulgaria was about to exc
cute brilliant man9uvre and admin
ister death blow TO her treacherous
enemies, Roumania attacked her from
the rear and seized northern Bulgaria.
At the same time Turkey sent troops
to retake Adrianople. Roumania de-
clared Bulgaria must stop her invasion
of Seryis. Shorn of her strength by
her war with Turkey, Bulgaria had to
concede.
'The powers then interviewed, and aft
er a preliminary meeting at Nish, an arm
istice was concluded at Bucharest. IL
is now believed that subsequent con-
ference of the great powers will revise
the Bucharest convention, and settle per-
manently all territorial differences be-
tween the Balkan states.
"A foreign diplomat has summed up
the situation Thus The Bulgarian army,
by its brilliant successes in Turkey, in
spired fear in Roumania, Servia and
Greece. They believed that another ten
years would see her the dominant pow
er in the Balkans, and one of the great
powers of Europe. Hence the conspiracy.
They reasoned it would be better to an
initiate Bulgaria now than be annihi-
lated by her in the near future
"As to the charges of atrocities for
which Bulgaria has been unjustly blamed
they are mquahfiedly false. The world
already is being informed as to the ac-
tual perpetrators of these horrible deeds.
Over 100000 refugees have fed TO Bull
garia from Macedonia. Hundreds and
thousands have met death at the hands
of Greek and Servian soldiers. The
stories of these refugees rend the heart.
Many Macedonian towns have been
burned by the Greeks, who killed every
Bulgarian who fell into their hands.
Few people know what Bulgaria has
really accomplished. We have many
faults, but we are conscious of the fact
that we have wronged no one. We
wanted to free Macedonia. Our neigh
bors, jealous of our might, are doing
all they can to balk us in our desire
TO gather all Bulgarians under one roof"