Evening star., 1914-10-04
TRUTH ABOUT BULGARIA SHOWN

Bulgarian troops to Constantinopis. cp-
posed the idea of claiming the Rodostc-
Media frontier opposed the ruptare or
negotiations at London and the re-
newal of hostilitieA
After the renewal Of hostilitaes ths
Young Turks were defeated at Galip-
poll. and Adrianople fell. week
later april ., lp1Sp a council OF
war was held at Adrianople. presided
over by King Ferdinand ard 4en. Sa
von. In that meeting N. Guechon pro-
posed to conclude a treaty with Turkey
as quickly as possible and TO submit to
arbitration all questions In dispute be-
tween Servia and Greece.
NJ Daneff was at st. Petersburg. ana
on his return he opposed arbitration.
and his opinion was upheld in the coun-
ell Of minister's II NJ. Guechon was
with him tNarodniaks). while N. Dancer
had hve (Zankovists). and thus he con-
trolled. NJ. Guechoff's moderate and
wise policy was frustrated. Besides.
marked indifference by Gen. Savoff. who
refused to reply to important dis
patches communicated to him by the
minister.
May 81. 1913. King Ferdinand received
all the chiefs of parties who declared
against the moderate policy OF NJ Cue
choff. The latter thereupon rendered
his rssSnatiSn to the sns r..
return Of NJ. Daneff. then in London.
for the signing OF the treaty. When
NJ. DaneR returned NJ. Guechon again
rendered his resignation.
NJ. Daneff formed ministry. promts-
ing that he would do all In his power
to avert conflict with the allies.
Finally, June .. the Dsnen cabinet ae-
cepted the proposed arbitration OF Rus.
sia, and to that end NJ Daneff visited
St. Petersburg.
At that moment there was a chance
that the Gear of Russia could have
controlled the situation. But esvtn
coup detat was enacted Unknown TO
the cabinet at Sofia. Servians and
Greeks were attacked by Bulgarian
troops on a formal order issued BY Gen
Savoff signed as 'adjutant OF the COM
chief.
Who was the commander r-fn-chfef:
Manifestly, King Ferdinand!
Cen Savon issued the order June 2s
Greeks. along the whole line. This or
der has remained concealed until now.
and some doubt was thrown upon Its
existence.
follows: I'm order that our silence I'm
face of Servian attacks
Order to may not depress the
spirit Of our troops and
s@cA' that our adversaries
may not be encouraged. / order that
you attack the enemy with the greatest
energy along the entire line without
uncoverinE entirely your troops and
without engaging a long combat. You
will hasten to take ground solidly near
Krivolak. on the right bank of the Bre-
galnitxa. 1t Is well to open fire at
nightfall, and at day dawn attack Wig
orously along the entire line.
This operation should commence the
1929 of this month at nightfalL"
The above order was followed by an
other the next day. 1880:
The commander of the two armies
will bear in mind that our operations
against the Greeks and servians are
undertaken without formal declaration
of war; First. for the reason the morale
of our troops should be strength
ened that they may regard our former
allies as enemies. Second. 1t 10 neces-
sary that a war between allies should
be quickly terminated and not per-
mitted to linger. Third, a war with
vigorous blows. Fourth. we claim as
cupies. We must seise this new ter
ritory. This policy win succeed % long
as the powers Of Europe do not intar-
yene to stop our military aetssn- A.
moment it is indispensable to act
promptly.
1t is necessary, adds q note. that the
fourth army attempt to se1Re a& al
hazards veles (Kuprulu), which win be
of the greatest possible poiiticai i'm
portance. 1t will be necessary to oc-
cupy the Sultan Tapo Kratovo-K Klisali
line. As soon as the second army
shall have arrived in position Of the
it will receive orders to attack Saloniki.
when the army will be reinforced by
two or three brigades.
Gen. Fiteheff was the brains of the
frss the folly Of the undertaking. He
predicted defeat. and refused to partici-
pate. He said: "If you attack the
Greeks you must have 200.0o0 men.
must attack the Servians, and after tn.
Servians the Roumanians. You will
fail"
There were other reasons that iniu-
enced the action of Gen. Fitehen. II
was abhorrent to him
Further War to turn his arms against
unnorulsr an ally who had SO
onpoP"AeA' valiantly sustained the
cause of the Balkans against the
urAS BESIDES. q great part OF tho
Bulgarian army. aside from the extreme
fatigue and suffering consequent upon
the war, looked with extreme disfavor
upon the idea of fighting their recent
allies. They preferred. in fact. to
march to Sofia and crush the conspira-
tors who had imposed upon Bulgaria a
war in which there was no glory, only
shame.
&, = 1lAA
in his proclamation to his people said:
The Bulgars, forgetful of the Ser
vians' brotherly help and the blood of
the heroes who fell on the Thracian
battlefields. have given the Slavonic
ma ations and the civilized world an
a bominable example of ingratitude and
greedineSs.