The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-01
ISSUE IN BULGARIA
is PURELY BALKAN
People Negard Lost Territory ms
the Vital Problem.
Ivy SV-ErOZA Ar TONJOROFF.

The statement by vassil Ra%doslavoY.
Premier of bulgaria. that 'the present
war must right the RON which were
imposed upon Bulgaria in the second
Balkan war" furnishes the key both
to the foreign policy and the Internal
problem Of The small hut Independent
kingdom which destiny has placed on
the road from Berlin to ConstantinOple.
And The road to Constantinople. accord
ing to the we'll established dictum OF
German diplomacy. is also the road to
London.
Therefore Bulgaria. a. this stage OF
world events. finds herself under in
creasing pressure from two opposite di-
rections. The activities OF German di-
plomacy at Sofia are the expression Of
the operations Of one of these forces.
The other force was defined in concrete
terms by Sir Edward Grey, who. speak
ing amid the historic setting OF the
House Of Commons, the other day IN
formed Bulgaria that Great Britain Is
prepared to give 20 her friends in the
Balkans all the support in her power
in the event Bulgaria assumes an ag-
gressive attitude on the side Of Great
Britain's mi
Bulgaria's problem. now brought to
an acute phase by the declaration Of
the Entente policy In the Balkans, Is
complicated BY domestic considerations
which in the eyes OF the bulgarian
people put the larger international is
sues completely in the shade. seldom
has a more difficult problem. a greater
conflict between owe and resentment,
confronted IA nation AT so decisive n mo-
r, begin with. Dulg,ri, is the most
democratic country e,st of Switzerl,nd
70 iud,e nv nar c,rst,,utlon and nv m.
organiy,,inr az her nationaI no In a
oanato ha,n..an ,,i,i.ar,.,n ara a.,,o,-
80. ,ha s,.,,na,hia, -, ,ho pul,, ri,n
'"u f".,ino, t"a,' "a mnh.si
.eop.- "u an..a.
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And vet at this very point-if it be
assumed that the allies of the Entente
are the cha mpions OF mocracy-t
local issues hinted at by Premier Ra-
doslayoff completely blot out the general
aforementioned causa in tho y,cvv ~ RuI-
sar,a's Leaders a. weu as % her neopje
Thnso ,oc,, issvas .ro sur,mod mn in
- - - -, p,,.o,.
a,ad -. w. go I,,irar w.
sisntn al'ei ~ I'm. ""',
my i.n'"" W." t".m r,u,.G.h
10 Serpla an" nIes'e ~ n'i 49,
territory 'nhaol..u v"Hs LUIS
rians' ana 'he SURRENDER ~ hu'''i'a vi
2.ooo square miles oil the origlhai Ter
r!tory or bulgaria py way Oh co'hpeh'
sation FOR Runania S neutraiity IN the
first Balkan war
All his territory is de'er'
mined TO recover primarily upon me
ground that IT Is Inhabited by bui'
garians, ana TOR the additionai reason
bors in BOSNIA Herzegovina. Asia Minor
uaan ~ ra,aga,,on ~ the Ru,go ria ,
Kingdom 10 n second rate place anon
w. TaiL,n S,ot.s
THIS lion NJ he ruture. how.
syar ,s nniv s.conda ~ NJ sofia Tn.
Nrst ,nd urgsnt reason for the r.stora
,ion ~ w.. .Ios, rroyincas In tha yieu
NJ Rul,ar,ans az a unit is The desir,
to unite ali tho Rulearian people unde,
n common Gae and I'm a common des,
tiny. And inasmuch as a convenient
and adeo,at. outlet IN an omen sea /,
essential to the commercial develop,
ment of an intensely Industrious peopl.
bulgaria demands Kayala and %alonica
although she admits that I'm those tw,
centres Themselves the clinical char
acter of the population Is debatable.
To the legitimacy of the Bulgarian
demand for territorial cessions from al
her neighbors on the west, south ant
north the Entente W assented II
principle when. several months ago., the!
began to exert pressure at Nish, Athens
and Bucharest with a view to obtain
ing such concessions to Bulgaria al
would 80 tisfy her legitimate asplratlon'
and ma ke possibie her entrance 'ht'
a new l'alkan League designed 10 as
sist the Entente IN barring "erh'ahy