Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-14
BULGARIANS BEG
SEPARATE PEACE,
LONDON REPORT
Report Is Confirmed in En-
tente Circles, Says Athens
Correspondent
RUMAN1A NOW Modified
Bifgars in Albania Take FL
bassan and Move To-
ward Valona

Dispatches to London from Athens
state that definite political negotiations
have been opened for a change OF poll
icy on the part of Bulgaria that will
make Il favor the Entente. one re-
port has 1t that the Bulgarians have
asked for "A separate peace. The Sofia
envoy to the United states dscredits
the report, but admits that no pact
binds Bulgarian not to seek separate
peace.
Rumanian's mobilization is now COM
plete, said an official statement given
out in Paris today. The Carpathian
and Danublan defenses have been COM
pleted
Bulgarian troops have occupied the
Albanian city Of Elbassan and are NOV
ing westward to join the Austrians in
cutting off the Italian retreat from Du-
razzo. The Sofia War Office reported
today that the people of Elbassan gave
the Bulgarian troops a cordial welcome
The army is now headed for Valona,
the Allies base on the Adriatc.
Ex-Premer Venizelos, the Greek pro-
Ally statesman. who was ousted from
office by King Constantine because of
his anti-neutral policy, has entered poll
itics again. His candidacy for the
Chamber of Deputies is believed to
foreshad Nv sensational activity for the
Hellenic war party.
LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from its
correspondent in Athens says that it is
confirmed in Entente circles that Bulgaria
has made overtures TO the Entente Allies
for separate peace.
Belief that Rumana is drifting into
the war on the side of the Allies was
strengthened today by official dispatches
from Paris reporting the Rumanian mobi-
ization completed
Paris also reports that the construction
of Rumanian works along the Danube and
on the Hungarian frontier. to guard
against possible invasions by the Bulgars
or Austro-Hungarians have been finished
Work on these Notifications. according to
recent Rome reports. has been in progress
throughout the winter
Thus far no word has reached London
of an order for the mobilization of the en-.
tire Rumanlan army. The Paris state.
ment that mobilization has been COM
pleted is assumed to refer to the recent
concentration on the Bulgarian and
Daunbe lines
A Daily News dispatch from Milan
quotes the Aedverul, a Bucharest paper,
as stating that the Kaiser in reply to q
question by King Ferdinand on the SUBJ
ject of Rumania, said:
"If Rumania does not appreciate the
fate of Belgium because that country is
far away, hope that she is not blind to
the spectacle of Serbia on her own front.
But II this fsils, TO awaken her from
hnFz IFan nN0a9 Am A tNaTNW Il..I- -
gars and Turks have enough troops to
throw across the DanVSe-and Bucharest
is only 81 miles from the Danube"
MORE ALLIES AT sALoNICA.
Large additional French and British
forces have been landed at Salonlc9, ac-
cording to dispatches from, athens.
The French troops have beer sent for
ward along the railway TO the C-Sco- Bull |
gar frontier.
The Journal of Paris by Its Athens
corr respondent says that former Premier |
venizelos has decided to return to ac- |
tive political life, becoming a candi- |
date for vacancy In the Chamber of |
Deputies from Mytilene.
NJ. Venizelos resigned the Premier |
ship twice during the war owing to |
the opposition of King Constantine Ia
his policy in favor of the entrance OF |
Greece into the war on the side of the |
Entente Allies
The former Premier has not been ac- |
tive politically since the recent gem |
eral elections, when he urged his fol- |
lowers to refrain from voting, on the |
ground that the election, under exist |
ing conditions, would not be a fair |
representation of popular will. a par
hamentary majority in favor of the |
neutrality policy of King Constantine |
was returned,
BULGARS MOVE IN ALBANIA.
Bulgarian troops have advanced from
Elbassan and are nearing Valona, the AL |
banian seaport occupied by Italian troops. |
Word reached here today from Athens |
that the Bulgars, on Saturday evening, |
occupied the town of Fieri. 81 miles north |
OF valona, but halted there TO await the |
arrival of artillery before attacking the |
defenses of Valona.
bulgarian vanguards are now less than |
20 miles from the Austrian army ap- |
preaching DuraZzo from the country west |
of Tirana. and the two forces are in con- |
slant communication. BY marching west |
ward 30 miles to the Adriatic seacoast the |
Bulgarians will complete the development |
OF the Italian and Albanian forces at Du-
razzo unless they eyacuate and retreat |
hurriedly to the southward.
An Austrian official statement Saturday |
night reported that the Italians had at |
tackled Austrian positions west of Tirana, |
Durazzo.
Elbassan Is city OF 1900, the second
largest In Albania. Ii Is the seat OF |
Greek bishop, and was capital of a Sanjak
Of the Turkish Empire when under the
rule Of the Sultan.
WASHINGTON, Feb l,-M Stephan
Panaretof. the Bulgarian Minister In
Washington. said last night that he knew
nothing OF reports, coming from Athens,
10 the eiteet that Bulgaria was seeking
a separate peace. The Minister added.
however that he did not believe the re-
port,
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