Evening star., 1915-10-03

4uO WfO80ut1Ilou OF Iu0 JOINT hOVS ot
the entente alliss has had the effect Of
provoking . declAra-
Bulgarian ton, according to dis
n.,r.., patches Of the 26th
""AAsssson. ultimo. from Bull
saria that Bulgarian mobilization was
not directed against Greece and Serbia,
but was . preventive measure, taken
In case Of an advance by the Austro-
German troops a. far A. vidin." Greece
promptly issued . decree for general
mobilization. Serbia followed imme-
diately by moving two divisions Of
troops to within striking distance. In
connection with the foregoing the Ber-
hner Tageblatt b quoted ~ saying:
The fact that, a. quoted by the Ber-
lin papers, the Bulgarian premier made
no mention Of Serbia among the coun-
tries against which Bulgaria has no
aggressive designs caused comment
here. as It 10 supposed that in case Bull
garia throws in her lot with the Teu-
tonic allies she would first Of all assist
In the invasion Of her old enemy, Ser
mania and Greece would be brought
about, not by an attack directly upon
either Of them. but in order that the
equilibrium OF the Balkans might not
De disturbed by q Bulgaria grown too
Serbia"
It must be confessed that the opinion
OF the Tageblatt does not clear the sit
uation greatly, but the Balkan question
remains as. indeed. 1t was summed up
most pushing problem OF the war"
A dispatch from Paris says: '"The
Bulgarian situation 10 absorbing at.
tention to the exclusion Of all other
topics. An authority on foreign poll
tics says: For months the quadruple
entente has been talking to Bulgaria
without acting. During the same period
bulgaria has been preparing to act
without talking. The time has come
when Bulgaria 10 acting. Most mill
tary writer's. 1t is stated, are of the
opinion that Bulgaria will hurl troops
INTO the upper Moravo and valdar
valleys into Serbia and then cut the
Saioniki-Nish SALON. railroad near Uskub.
communication with her allies except
through Archangel'"
The Giornale dItalia Of Rome makes
the following comment on the situa-
tion:
IF Bulgarian mobilization does NOT
mean an immediate invasion of Mace
donia or an attack on Serbia in the
rear In the case Of an Austro German
rush through the Balkans. the most
optimistic explanation is that 1t is an
Serbia to make further territorial con-
cessione. as the Bulgarian ideal is to
OBTAIN Macedonia and Thrace without
going to war"
The journals in Europe have made a
resume Of an interview by a corre-
spondent Of the United Press at Sofa
with M. Radoslavoff. premier of Bull
garia.
The major part of these aspirations"
sarh,.n sa,1 the r.. premier, premier, are contained in
garian population Of 100000 inha bit
ants, has been formally recognised and
attributed to Bulgaria after the first
war OF the Balkans and Is still ours
ny virtue Of the principle Of nationali-
ties. When the powers Of the entente
Civ. us the assurance that this terri
Tory, VIII be gwen back to Bulgaria
and that our claims Of less Importance
In Grecian Macedonia shall be realized
sns .. VIII nnd us ready to fight with her
The quadruple entente demands of
US to participate with her in the war
with our army. whose value is known
20 the world. Germany, Austria and
Turkey ask US only to continue to OBJ
serve .rvs neutrality to the end Of the war.
That Serbian Macedonia be given
back to us. that is all we demand. and
we will fight our best for the entente
allies"
The Douma writes: I'VE understand
the difficulties that surround the en- :
".
is for Macedonia that we have made
war twice In a year, sacr ficing 100. 900
men and millions Of francs. Making war
a third time without realizing our ma
that present and future generations
would not pardon any government"
M. Schopon of the Academy Of
Sc ences of Bulgaria takes NJ. Andrea
des, professor at the
Claims In University of Athens,
Moo.d..;. to task on the subject
SS"""' of Bulgaria's claims in
Macedonia. ". Schopoff commences the
discussion by stating that the peoples Of
the Balkans have from the time long ago
warred among themselves. yet none Of
them has disappeared from the pe-
litical stage. On the other hand his
tory is there to tell US that none OF
the Balkans peoples has recovered its
liberty of itself. All have been de-
livered of the Ottoman yoke as the re-
suit of a war or as the result or dip
lomatic action undertaken principals
by the great powers which consti-
Is,s Rassia .0'ay Il ras sas s ineontestabie. had
played the most important part. 1t
served as a lesson and that of their
own will or the will Of certain inter-
ested powers the Balkan states con-
tinued to fight among themselves and
to mutually exterminate themselves.
The lesson VIII ch has oeen ea.red
from the foregoing is that in the fu-
ture the Balkans should practice
mutual concessions. concoid anu
tract the sympathy and good will OF
the great powers, all of which would
contribute to their progress and we'll
being.
It is consequently in the interest OF
the Balkanic peoples to finally bring
to a close, once for all, the bloody con-
fiicts between them, and to have re-
course to a system of relations winch
would be profitable to all. That politi-
was the renewal of the Balkanic en-
tente, which was stage OF the future
Balkanic confederation. That COM
bination could not be against the IN
terests OF the Quadruple entente, when
placed as the fundamental basis OF the
future peace of Europe the principle
of nationalities. The educated of Bull
garia accepted that principle
These declarations of M. Schopoff are
summed up in a pamphlet entitled,
The Balkanic States and the Conted-
erative System" thus: First. the proto-
col of the congress OF Bulgarian not
a bles held at Bucharest In 1857, and
which eulogized the formation of a
confederation even before |
the deliverance of Bulgaria; second. |
the secret Serbo- Bulgarian treaty of
Petroff- -Petkoff- -Guenadieff: third, the |
between Greece and Bull |
gar'a in 1903 and 1910. during the |
iemocratic cabinet Of M. Alex Malfnoff, |