The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
BULGARS WERE
dashed INTO WAR.
King and Pro-Germans Sold
Out People, Correspond
ent Declares.
PRO.ALLIES ~TERRORIZED

ent who was at SOMA until about a fort
night ago. Inc managed to escape BY
means Of a forged passport. writes ar
Interesting account Of the events i'm
mediately preceding Bulgaria's inter-
vention in the war.
Toward the middle Of September, he
says. the Germans had already Bulgaria
In their power. All the newspapers were
In German hands. Under German au-
spices a petrol refinery was working day
and night and supplying German sub
marines in the ASgean Sea which had
their bases on the Bulgarian coasts as
we'll as those In the Black Sea. Large
shipments OF petrol were also sent to
Constantinople. Other Germans were In
charge OF ammunition factories.
Premier Radoslavoff. the correspondent
says. had established a rigid censorship.
Parliament had been closed. Guechon,
Malinoff and other prominent men who
openly sympathized with the Allies were
certain that the King had been In COM
plete agreement with Germany even as
early as August is. when the representa-
tives OF the Allies were negotiating with
Bulgaria regarding the cession OF Mace
donna Premier Radoslavon then adj
mitted that Bulgaria aimed at securing
the whole OF Macedonia, both Greek and
Serbian. including Kavalla, kupilt and
Drama as well as the DobrudJa- stolen
from Bulgaria by the Rumanian
traitors" He said that the hour OF Ser
bia had sounded M that the treason of
1918 was on the point Of being revenged.
Germans in Charge.
Mobilization was ordered from Ber-
lin." the correspondent declares. and the
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main neutral and kew Rumanla- A
few days before mobilization was or
dered two German Generals arrived at
Sofia and took charge of the War Office.
while a third was installed at the
Foreign Office. Mobilization was carried
out and directed by men from the Ger
man General STAFF consisting of twenty
eight officers purposely sent to Bulgaria
and who paraded the streets In their uni
forms. All Bulgarian officers suspected
Of pro-Russ!an tendencies were placed on
half pay at once.
"a veritable regin Of terror followed.
Pro-Russian reservists were publicly
cudgelled and some were shot. Owing to
lack Of enthusiasm among the men re-
called under arms the officers had orders
to sing national hymns IN which the
mel were ordered to Join. When the SOL
diers refused to sing they were punished.
During the first two days Of mobiliza-
ton more than 1000 soldiers. beside
numerous officers, deserted and crossed
the Ruman!an frontier. Many others de-
serted across the Greek and Serbian from
tiers. AS a result the Colonels OF the
regiments from which many men had
deserted were cashdered. while other off,
GERS. including a General. were court
martialled and shot. Gen. DenkeY. com-
handing the Fifth Army Corps. was i'm
prisoned because he expressed pro-Rus-
sian sentiments to the officers and men
under his command and thus indirectly
provoked a mutiny which was depressed
with bloodshed.
The opposition party repeatedly at
tempted TO provoke a revolt against the
Government. and even a revolution. in
the hope Of averting Bulgaria's interven-
ton. On the eve of mobilization printed
appeals signed by Malinof. Ghenadieff.
Gen. IvanofY and other administers IN
citing the people to ppose the policy of
the King and Government. which they
condemned as ~renouncing Bulgar!a's debt
her very independence-to Russia,
were posted up at every street corner.
state Of siege.
THE police tore up these appeals and
arrested many citizens suspected of pro-
Russian sympathies. But again other
appeals, this time addressed to the SOL
diers. melting them not to tight, were
posted up everywhere and distributed in
all the barracks, The result of this
second attempt was that demonstration
against the war were held everywhere,
especially at sofia, where the troops
Joined the demonstration and sang the
national hymns. Orders were Immediately
given to the police to dispense these
demonstrations. Horse police charged
the crowds, freely using swords and re-
volvers and many citizens were killed
and injured. A state of siege was i'm
mediately proclaimed and wholesale ar
rests were made.
"Ghenadien was called by Radosla-
voff. who warned him that he was de-
terniined to repress any attempt at re-
volt and gave him the option of either
closing himself w and remaining silent
or else risking arrest and execution.
Ghenadief realized that II was useless
to resist and gave up the struggle. and
Malinof, who had been in audience with
the King and similarly warned. followed
his example.
"When tho Russian fleet bombardcd
Narna the soldiers and citizens, assum-
ing that the Russians were going To
land, paraded the streets with Bulgarian
oilb ihtcfith ifobS pobkll lTbtE 1--we
Russia. Help us 10 punish the traitors =
Tho revolt assumed alarming proper
t!ons, but the police. acting under the
orders OF German officers and aided bv
all the employed in the sub
marine d~ockyard. fiercely charged the
crowds and succeeded in repressing any
attempt at revolution. At the same
Tina owing to the considerable num-
Der OF deserters who crossed over to
Rumania, the Government ordered all
the frontiers to be closed and detach-
ments OF troops were specially detailed
to shoot anybody trying to leave the
country. All the citizens of belligerent
countries we're arrested and those OF
military x were interned. They are
now digging trenches for the Bulgarians.
Only "A few managed to escape"
says Cruelty Was Taught.
When the writer left Bulgaria German
officers were drilling the soldiers and
instructing them how to advance in am
enemy country. Their object" he saws.
was to instll into the minds Of the Bull
Sars the necessity Of not being weak by
showing kindness to their enemies. Vic
tory. the German instructors insisted,
would never be complete unless the
enemy was crushed and women, chill.
dren and old men are a part of the
enemy, hence their suppression hastens
victory"
Bulgaria is now full of spies, the cor.
respondent says, and the system of
espionage organized by the Germans
long before mobilization is so complete
and Derfect that eyents hunnanip.