New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-21
they have taxed the resources OF the
authorities.
Rulgars Flee from Coast

they have taxed the resources OF the
authorities.
Bulgars Flee from Coast.
Thus practically the whole popuia-
.ion % che Bulgarian and lurk'sn
Frean Sea coasts are reported 20 nave
deserted their homes and moved 20
tho interior. In expectation OF the al
lied attack on Dedeaghatch, when inc
landing NJ Enos makes imminent
Large numbers OF Turkish troops are
reoorfcd as being rushed toward hnos
and Dedeaghatch 20 oppose the land
ing Of tho Allied troops The Bull
earians arc also taking energetic meas
ures 20 protect Dedesghatch. and are
planting guns and troops on the hills
behtnd tho town 20 prevent any AlIed
advance northward from the coast
While the extent OF ltaly's cO-opera-
ton I'm the Balkans has not yet been
announced. the renewal 81 her offensive
along the Tyrolean front has had It's
effect In preventing the dispatch OF any
further reinf0rcements, so urgently
called for by Field Marshal Won Mac
kcnsen. The capture Of Pregasina and
the storming Of the Brentonico Castle
Dosso, threatening Riva and Rovereto.
with Italian command Of the railway
20 Trent. means. according 20 experts
here. the tripliag Of Austrian forces
20 meet the increased pressure.
King Victor Emmanuel held a council
to-day with Lieutenant General Count
C0rdona. chief Of the General staff.
and General Porro. under chief Of the
General staff. and Admiral the Duke OF
the Ahruzzi, says Udine dispatcn.
Nothing has become known as 70 he
subtec discussed or the decisions ar
rived at, but 10 is inferred from the
presence Of the Duke Of the Abruzsi,
who is commander in-chief % the ltal-
ian feet. that ltalys participation IN
the Balkan campaign was talked over.
Gar Denounces Bulgars.
A supplementary communication 10
the imperial manifesto Of Yesterday
has been issued from Petrograd, -
viewing the friendly services Of Rus
STA for Bulgaria in the past and point
ing out the "treachery' Of King Ferdl-
nand This communication says:
when Turkey and Bulgaria were
threatened with war on account OF
financial relations the Russian govern
ment interviewed in an amicable man
ner Part OF the Turkish debt TO Rus
STA was transferred to Bulgaria
whereby the latter, on advantageous
conditions. was freed Of oil Obligations
to Turkey. o,
"Thus having realized for Bulgaria
its actual iudcpcrdcncc. Russia further
displayed magranimitv toward the buI
garian people by recognizing terdlnsnG
as the Bulgarian ruler. While wei
aware Of the real aims Of the Co0urg
rrince. Russia refrained from interior
81 Urr1r
firmly believing that sooner or later
the eyes OF the emancipated people
would be opened and that IT would find
way 10 save itself from the new
servitude threatening IT,
Ferdinand Wrecked Country.
"The victorious war of the united
Balkan people against their ancient en-
envy, Turkey. assured TO Bulgaria an
honorable place in the Slavic family.
But under Austro- German suggestion.
contrary TO the advice Of the Russian
Emperor and without the knowledge of
the Bulgarian government. the Coburg
prince on June %. 1918. moved Bul-
garian armies against the Serbians.
This treacherous act Of King Ferdinand
raised gulf between two fraterna'
allied peoples. On this day. a black
Gay for all Slavdom. Ferdinand wrecked
the country. bat rendered invaluable
service 20 Germany.
The defeat of Bulgaria and the pun
ishment imposed upon that unhappy
country by the Bucharest Treaty, which
deprived IL Of almost all the fruits OF
victory deeply wounded Ferdnand's
self .steem. He became In ent on re-
gaining Macedonia. which he had lost
by his own folly, and extending his
possessions az the cost OF other Balkan
states. Consequently he completely and
finally subordinated free country to
German influence. For an entire year
the Allies tried to free the unhappy
Bulgarian people from German hands,
but Ferdinand remained deaf TO all ad-
vice"
Washington. Oct. 2O.-The Bulgarian
coast on the Kgean and Black seas has
been mined, according to dispatch to-
day from American Minister Nopicka,
at Bucharest He also stated that the
Port of DedeaPhatch had been closed TO
nayi cation since October !. Bulgarian
lighthouses have ceased to operate.