The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-27


has been selected with an eye to his
special qualifications either for win
ming over some special Individual or
for welding some especial influence
on the bulgarian government as a
whole.
Both camps have now made more
or less concrete propositions to Bu,-
lgaria Germany. Austria and Turkey
have told her hat if she will re-
main neutral till the end of the war
they will give her all Of Serbian
Macedonia, which after all is the one
thing Bulgaria most desires. This
offer prcsumes a final victory for
Germany in which event Serbia
would become an Austrian province
and would have nothing to say as to
the disposition of her territory.
Minor inducements also have been
Included in the German offer.
The allies on their part in ex-
change for Bulgaria's participation
in the war and her capture of Con-
stantinople from the rear have Of
fered:
/. The bulk of what remains OF
the Turkish empire in Europe inclu.l-
ing the city of Adrianople which the
~Bulgarians captured in the first Bal
kan war but lost in the second.
2. Portions of Serbian Macedonia
which Serbia, il is hoped, at the re-
quest of the allies will cede.
}. The best efforts of the allies
to secure from Greece and Rou-
mania the concession of those ter
ritories which were taken from Bui-
garia at the close of the second Bal
kan war.
In response to these offers Bull
garia has frankly admitted she is in
the market not necessarily to the
higher bidder but to the one who
will give her the most solid guaran-
tees that the promises made will he
carried out; or, rather, she demands.
that in as far as possible, her COM
pensation be given her i'll advance
in order that there be no short
change operations after the war
such as she alleges were perpetrat-
ed at the close of the Balkan wars.
She has expressed her readiness TO
treat with both sides and it is this
open, receptive attitude that has re-
suited in ,he massing here of the
great lobby.
In the meantime the activities CT
these lobbyists would be an eye open
er to the most hardened Washington
veteran. To all of the well known
American methods have beer added
all the fine ones perfected during
the last half century by European
diplomacy.
Naturally that of the press plays
one of the most important, if some
times ridiculous parts. Every day
the English and French lobbyists
come out with a bunch of official
communications telling of smashing
advances by the allies troops in the
campaign al Gallipon. With equal
hurrahs the Turkish lobby comes
out with equally as flamboyant an
nouncements showing that the al
lied army at Gallipoli is in exactly
the same position ii was the day 4
d~isembarked and equally as power
1 laar - 80 - 90. : t. - AtuA, A.l
be taken off by the ships. II can be
safely said hat no one at Sophia
has the remotest idea of the actual
status OF the present operations
against the Dardanelles. On the
day / arrived here direct from the
D~ardanelles / tancied | knew how
my arrival the lobbyists had got ia
their fine work and | haven't the
least idea.
Naturally the decision of Bulgaria
is OF the most supreme Importance
90 Turkey. In order to carry on her
present effective resistance at the
Dardanelles Turkey has denuded the
rest of her territory OF cannon and
troops. Bulgaria's decision 10 at
tack her from the rea would be tan
tamount TO the end of Turkey in
Europe. Not content with sending
here his best diplomats and lobbyists.
Talaat Bey. the minister of the in
fprfnr and the most noNarfui man IN
an Turkey today, has recently visit
ed sophia in person in an effort 10
solidifg an understanding.
On an sides the German lobby is
admitted 10 have one great thing in
it's favor. Ii is not necessary 90
persuade bulgaria 10 remain neutral.
The end cnn be attained By merely
Keeping Bulgaria lie such d state of