Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-18
BULGARIA MAYAiD Z
KAISER; GREECE No
CONTINUE NEUTRAL.
Athens Reported to BE Neo~
Agreement With Sofia as
to Course in European
War
ALLIED DIPLOMATS f6sr.
Berlin Now Bringing Pressure :.
Bear Upon Hellenic
Government

LONDON, Sept IA
The future attitude of Buiaar,a, -.
tinues to be the most important op..,,.-
in the Balkan situation The pos,Ih,,,.
Of Bulgarian intervention on the s,al !,
the Entente Powers seems to a..
passed. in view OF the territoriai co.
cesions made by Turkey and the. ste.
tude Of King Ferdinand. but there an,
remains the problem of whether shk WIN
maintain an attitude of benevolent. non
trality or enter the war as an ally Of m.
Austro- German Turkish group. a
The Stampa, of Turin, understanea thar
Bulgaria's part In the agreementn with
Turkey is one of benevolent neutraItv
rather than of actual help. This News.
paper says that II has learned from
diplomatic source that Germans has
made extensive promises to King Ferdi-
nand through the Grand Duke OF Meek.
lenburg, including a-promise Of the Drown
Of Byzantium. Whether or nots this
means that the Kaiser is planning a res
toration of the old Byzantine enpira
taking in European Turkey and the Bal.
kans, under the rule of King Ferdinand
is not explained in the dispatch. y
A wireless dispatch received this after
noon from Berlin would seem TO indicate
Nndl lHe 1tTIldHS are lOOklnk mora
than benevolent neutrality on the part
of the Bulgars. The dispatch quotes
Premier Radoslavon as. saying to a dele
cation from the bulgarian Parliament
that 'if we fight 1t will be only on one
frontier" This is taken to mean the
Servian frontier.
BULGARIANS DIVIDED.
The Balkan agency received a dispatch
from its correspondent at Bucharest to-
day saying that the leaders Of all the
opposition parties in Bulgaria have de-
cided to publish an appeal to the coun-
try explaining the position OF Bulgaria
in the international situation and hold
ing that under present circumstances
the Governments attitude is perlous
A Berlin dispatch quotes the Independ-
ence Romaine, of Bucharest, as saying.
THE Allies know that in no case may
they count on Bulgaria's help on the
tiallipoli Peninsula. They. have lost that
part of their diplomatic contest in the
Balkans. 1t remains to be seen how the
other part will come out.
king Ferdinand will leave tomorrow
for a weeks vacation on the Danube.
This fact completely disposes of reports
concerning the activities of Rumanian
troops on the frontier. which in reality
are nothing more than the annual ma
neuvers."
Germany and her allies are now turn.
ing their attention to Greece. A dis
patch from Athens says the relations be-
tween Greece and Bulgaria are improv-
ing. and adds that in the "most iniuen-
tial circles of Athens the conviction Is
held that Greece's only policy is one Of
neutrality
According to the dispatch a deep im-
preston was caused In Athens by Pre-
mier Radoslavoff's expression of hope
for more cordial relations with Greece
and his declaration that the future OF the
Balkans depends on a better understand
ing between Greece and Bulgaria. The
dispatch adds that the pro-Russian news
paper Mir of Sofia has been suppressed.