The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-26
FRENCH EDITORS
/. Defend BULGARS
AS AID TO PEACE
SAY THREATS WILL DRIVE THEM
TO DESPERATION AND DELAY
THE END OF THE WAR.
Now Rumored That Separate Terms
Of Peace Are Being Considered
French Believe the War
Will Soon End.
BY CAROLYN WILSON

Way correspondent at Tho lnt"Iligencer
FAIRS, Sclt. 3--For the last week.
due 10 the d!slnclluall"n nt Bulgaria 20
come into the new Batkun dispute by
declaring war against Eoumanta there
has been growing belief that bulgaria
is ready TO make Il separate peace.
Those who pretend To know say over
lures have been made, nat that Rus
Sia'S demands were impoSSlblc. .Nm"nE
them il is reported that the abdlcatiOn
Of Ferdinand was demanded. Whatever
the truth of these rumurS. the Partisan
I'rcSS has occupied itself exclusively
with the Balkan situati"n lauding Ruu-
mania, harrying Greece. and roasting
Bulgaria more than usual.
This was the occasion for long de-
Tense of the Bulgari.ns by Hervc. i'll La
Nictoirc. When one considers the bitter
cnmity cnEcndercd all over tho world
by this war-an cnmtty perhaps deeper
here in France which has suffered
mcnt and anger OF the French at read
ing a defense Of their enemy can be
imagined.
TWO Papers Join Defense
The defense was not only in the VIC
toirc. but the Journal des nchats. a
ScIni-official and literary evening paper
noted for its conservatism, also took the
side Of the Rulgarians. These two ar
ticlcs have provoked an avalanche OIL
editorials, letters from subscribers,
special articles by members Of the aca-
denny, and retorts from military men.
The theory Of the Two papers Is that
If the BulgariaDs have any idea OF max
ing a separate peace and read All these
haraugueS against them in French
papers calling for reprisals. for severity
without mercy, promising 10 exact an
eye for an eye, il Will necessarily re-
tard peace operations.
Hcrvc is perhaps the clearer on the
subject. Under the title l. Epinc Bull
garc"-the Bulgarian thorn-hc says:
Today the campaign OF BulSarphohla
Is worse than ever. Loud and clear
through all the big Paris newspapers
We Shou, 10 the Bulgarians that we've
got EN- and that we will give no quar-
ter; thar they'll ray dear for what thcJ
did to Serbia.
Threats win Increase Strength
NO one seems TO perceive that by
away any idea they may have OF re-
penting when they lind themselves mil
itary inferior. We are exciting them 70
make the resistance of WIG amman
which has been wounded.
Il say. No. no, no.
Go ahead and beat thcnl--no one con-
tradictS the sense OF thal--So much lnat
they will not be tempted TO rise again.
And also see to 1t that they set no
territorial aggrandizcmcnt-whi VIII
be- l rcpca>. L big enough punishment
for their pride and ambition when thry
see all the other Bankan countries dUu-
Bile their territory and their population.
Bur for heavens sake don't let thcm
hclirve that We will be- without mercy
toward them. shat we are going 10 uC-
liver them owed TO the rage OF their
Balkan ne!Shhnrs: and Go not push them
70 a desperate resistance when Woutu
n.rhat,s cost US 10000 men and would
proIong the war By perhaps three
"Thr triumph Of triumphs would be
TO succeed in extracting from out lool
deliberately. without too much PAIN
that wrctched Bulgarian thorn. Who
is the genius who will succeed in this
opcratiOn"'
The calm way III which HerNc spoke
Of mot giving Them territorial aSsranu-
OF some of his Compatrlots. Louis Haf-
thou in particular was out Tor gem
cruu5 slice Of territory and rectllica-
ton OF thr frontiers. D.,
kan states Of which HeEvc speaks is
undoubtedly one of the terms or the
agree .ncnt with Roumunin. These are
not generally known, but l think | may
state with 4 certain degree OF poSieiseI
ness, dut to the authority on which l
have them. that they call TOR the de-
livery Of BukOwina. pennsylvania ana
Rcssara ba, the last to DO paid by Rus
sin II is considered here that Russia
is paying all Of the Roumanian de-
mands. for under other circumstances
nresuminr the allies TO be victorious.
Russia would have had these three
provinces herself.
French Feel End is Near.
The French feel that The end Is now
in sight For two years | have been
moving constantly back and forth. not
ONLY between. countries. but between
The bclligcrcnt sets. and nave seen the
strength of both sides.
7 never could feel in Germany. IN
snite Of their thousands Of square miles
Of conquered territory. that they would
win. Here In France, knowing inc re-
sources Of Germany. | could not agree
with those inultitudos OF trcnch VINO
proDhcsieI from month 10 Hlon'h 'hc
end Of the war.
Rut this time with Roumania in the
war, Greece totterinE on the verge. the
Russian army forming itself. and inc
idle Salnniki throngs ready tor action:
i, seems to me that. in the words OF
\ badly wounded poilu just back from
that particular hell -. Ncrdun INC
show is about over. tn" curtain VII!
he Going up in n minute on the tourth
act. don't know. what the miSe-cn-
scene will be. but lis sure t" nave
happy ending"
British Sure of victory.
An English lieutenant colonel on
leave from the Somme, who icclS the
same way about ii. said TO me TINS ak
ernoon; IT isn't that one can say when
the end will be. 1t might he three
months or il might he eighteen. Eut the
nnint is that for tho first time IN TWO
wears VIC are sure that there is an cnd,
and that we've started down mat par
ticular bit OF the road