Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-09-08

friends in New York in which he de-
tends Bulgaria from the allegations
freely made against her that she was
the aggressor in the latest Balkan
war, and that Bulgarian troops have
committed series Of atrocities in
southeastern Europe.
The letter is dated Sofia, where
Professor Stephanove resides, and |
was written in August, shortly after |
the conclusion of peace at Bucha |
rest. The writer begins by describ
ing the isolation in which Bulgaria
had found herself for several weeks
past. Her enemies, Seryia, Rouma
MIA, Greece and Montenegro conspir
ed to make it practically impossible
for Bulgaria to communicate with
the outside world during the first
months of the fighting taking ad
vantage of this condition to circulate
abroad a number of misleading and
even mendacious statements concerr-
| ing the progress of the war, all re.
/ flecting on Bulgaria. He then out
lines the secret treaty concluded
last May between Turkey AMI Greece
by which Greece guaranteed Turkey
armed assistance for the reoccupa-
ton Of Adrianople, Turkey in re-
turn pledging her support to Greece
for the seizure Of Thrace The con
spiracy Of Servia. Roumania, Greece,
Montenegro and Turkey against Dul.
) garia is characterized as one Of the
most complete recorded in history
and a distinct and notable phase OF
this concerted action was the circu.
lation of baseless and lying reports,
all destined to iniure Bulgaria in the
eyes of the world, and which Bull
garia was at the time powerless to
) refute or deny. Continuing his in
teresting presentation Of Bulgaria's
side Of the case. Professor Stephan
owe writes as follows
"The charge that Bulgaria was the
aggressor in this warfare in which
her former allies were arrayet
against her, is unjust and untrue
} Bulgaria did her utmost to persuade
0 Servia to fulfill the stipulations o
ID the Bulgarian treaty for tn
protection Of Macedonia but withou
success. II was for the freedom G
- Macedonia that Bulgaria engaged /
the Balkan war. With her army sti
= at schataldja and Gallipoli it wa
unthinkable that Bulgaria should d
clare war upon her former allies.
"Servia and Greece inaugurated
10 series Of cruel attacks, upon II
Bulgarian population of Macedoni
Thousands were imprisoned, maltre5
ed and many even suffered dealt
other thousands escaped into 81
garia. Then followed the Greek rio
at Series, Angista, Negritta, etc,
which many Bulgarian soldiers we
ne killed from ambush by Greek BAN
The Bulgarian outpost at Angista
sisted, and in revenge the Gre
. general staff planned the attack
the small Bulgarian garrison at
oniki.
There were other similar ski
ishes on the border. What could +
ate garia do? She appealed to Russ
the arbiter of the SerboBulgar
DA treaty, but Russia refused to ;
- She appealed also to the powers.
her cry was ignored. Servia
Greece, fortified by their secret
derstandings with Roumania and 7
key rapidly became unbearable
their attitude
Part of the Bulgarian troops
Adrianople and Tchataldia had b
brought across the border into NJ
donia by June 80 The burning
looting of the village of zleto,
a the Servians, was the first ser
8 incident to provoke war. A NJ
n DOMAIN leader named Arbeza re
ated on the Servians for this att
IE and the following day the Serv
advanced against the regular
that garian army The Bulgarian tr
re. retalated and drove their enei
this back for distance Of 20 miles
man THAT same day the fighting
came general all along the no
~ Bulgaria was attacked by Serv
out Greeks and Montenegrins, Agi
to the entire Greek army Of 100000
Bulgaria had barely 10000 men
der General Ivanoff. Nevertht
on the first and second days Of