Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-07
8ULGARS SPURN
ALLIES TER MS;
HURL DEFIANCE
Sofia Rejects Russian Ultimatum
and Sends One to Serbia De-
handing an Immediate
Answer.
FRENCH TROOPS MARCHING ON
King Ferdinand Also Makes Per-
emptory Demands on Serbia Re-
garding Macedonia.
ONE DAY Is GIVEN FOR ANSWER


don. bulgaria has rejected the
Russian demands and has sent an ul-
timatum to Serbia concerning Mace
donia. according to information
which has reached the Serbian Ar.
chimandrite Michael, says a Moscow
telegram to the Bourse Gazette. Bull
garia demands that Serbia reply %
the ultimatum within twenty-four
hours.
BERLIN, oct G-(By Wireless to Say
yile.)--A dispatch from Sofia under yes
terdays date. as given out here today
by the Overseas News agency, says that
the Bulgarian government made reply
yesterday afternoon to the joint note
presented last month by the entente
powers The news agency also says thot
Bulgaria has made a reply to the JOINT
utimatum OF Great Britain. France and
Russit
A dispatch from Nish. dated October
4, said the quadruple entente would send
a collective ultlmatum to. Bulgaria ON
that day.
The Joint note to Bulgaria last month
was desisned 20 compel the government
to state Its position. IL was announced
in London yestei day that the offer OF
tho entente powers to Bulgaria. condl.
toned on her support OF the allies in tho
war. had been withdrawn.
Macedonia only n Mask.
PETRoGRAD, Oct. 6-Cvia London.l-
The correspondent at Nlsh OF the Novoe
Vremya sends the following interview
with Ljouba Jovanovltch. Serbian min
lister OF the interiors
ITO mask it's real aims IN mobilizing,
Bulgaria has again advanced the Mace
donLan question which Is essentially a
Slavic family affair OF secondary i'm
portanco at the time of a world war
During the last year we have twice Of
ficially offered Sofia 60 make any reas-
enable agreement concerning Macedonia,
in addition to which the entente allies
repeatedly have attempted to reach
peaceful solutiyn of this question In order
to avert the danger threatening Slavdom.
"hll these efforts were unsuccessful.
because there Is no critical Macedonian
question. The question is German In
flhence. the complete subordlnation OF
Bulgaria to German interests.
Germany Ia not interested In Slavic az
fairs II ls merely using the Macedonian
question TO promote its hegemony In the
Balkans and complete the conquest OF the
near east"
Roumania Active.
LONDON, oct. 6.-Reuters Athens cor
respondent states that Roumania is hur-
riedly dlspatching troops to the Bulgar-
ian frontier and otherwise taking extra
ordinary military measures.
The Roumanians are feverishly fortify-
ing Giurgevo on the Danube, forty miles
south OF bucharest across the river from
Bulgaria, according to advices reaching
Athens. Roumanian officers OF Bulgarian
origin are being transferred to interior
posts. Young reserve officers have been
called up and reserves who were to have
been dlsbanded, are being kept with the
colors.
Frenc Continue Move.
PARIS, oct. 6.-(6;15 p. m.)-The land
ing of French troops at Salonild and
their prompt dispatch northward across
Greek territory to the Serbian frontier,
will proceed without regard to the cabinet
crisis at Athens.
Tho downfall OF the Venizelos cabinet
Is considered here as relating 20 formali-
ties rather than to determined opposi-
tion to the landing of French troops.
| Statements evidently based on official
| information relate King Constantine re-
ceived the French minister at Athens
/ a ter the landing of French troops had
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