New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
To tho Editor OF Tho Tribune.

To tho Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: The letter OF tho Bulgarian. Mr..
Stoyan V. Tsanor Tribune. January 81 Is
far from being impartial and reliable, IN
spite OF tho assertion Of his countryman Mr..
DimitrofY Tribune, January ~ that 1t con
tains "bare facts"
/ IL IL. Of course, true that Bulgaria was
"bailed" as liberator during the hrst baikan
war: she had declared that the liberation o.
| her co-pationals was the aim Of the war; ana
people believed IL. But already the peace
NEGOTIATIONS in London proved that Bulgaria
! had other aims The Bulgarian representatives
AT the peace conference rejected, namely Vhe
| frontier offered b. the representatives OF
/ Turkey. which gave to Bulgaria even one Phr'
of the not conquered Turkish town OF ADRIAN
ople. and wanted the line Enos-Midia. Ihat
such a frontier had nothing 20 do with the
liberation. but was simply intended TO bring
Rulgnria nearer 10 COnstantnople, 10 Cd
yious.
When Bulgaria, after a serious defeat NJ
Chataldja. learned wisdom, and the peace win
Turkey was concluded, Serbia, when mao
carefully avoided every dissenslon among the
allies as long as the common foe was on the
battlefield. proclaimed openly and loyaly
her claims: she declared. namely to have done
much more than she had 70 according 70 the
/ treaty and suggested a revision OF me same
The Russian Emperor, not King Peter OF MI
Pashitch had TO decide whether serbia was
right or wrong. But Bulgaria, conscious OIL
the righteousness of the Serbian claim, pre-
cipitated the events by a sudden and genera
attack on the Goth Of June 1913. That Is Just
what Mr. Tsanof carefully avoids to MENTION
saving simply that the second Balkan war
spontaneously broke out" And that is at
the same time the reason why the Bulgarians
"vere at once proclaimed as the most bar
barrie, murderous, treacherous and what NOT
to use the words Of Mr.. Tsanof
But even after such criminal attack Bul-
garia. according to the treaty of Bucharest, re
NAMED greater than either Serbia or Greece
alone. Serbia and her allies in the second
Balkan war were only anxious to secure peace
for the future. and. though victorious, took
only measures which would safeguard 1t,
leaving 10 Bulgaria a very considerable part
Of the Turkish territory. with an outlet TO
the Fgean Sea at Dedeagatch, while the VIC
torious Serbia remained without any outlet
either 10 the Adriatc or any other sea. But
Bulgaria was not satisfied; her dream OF an
beremony Of the Balkans was annihlated in
spite of all those gains, and that is what
she never pardoned.
SO all efforts Of Serbia's allies in the pres
ent war 20 win Bulgaria for a cooperation
against Germany and Austria, the common foe
of all Balkan nations were in advance con
demned to a failure, though very serious con
cessions were offered Bulgaria always gave
cvasive answers or made impossible condi-
/ tions. It is now known why she did so, as
n is almost sure that she had an agreement
with Germany and Austria even before this
war broke out
And so it came TO pass that Bulgaria
stabbed the knife in the. back Of Serbia az
the very moment when this one was fighting
against the combined forces of Germany and
Austria, attacking her from the north, which
does not prevent Mr.. Tsanof from saying
that his country. !. q. Bulgaria, Stands on
the highest moral ground Of self-defence.'
Now, that the King OF Bulgaria. who is a
German not only by birth bat also by educa-
ton and his entire life up TO his twenty-siXth
wear (when the Bulgarian throne was offered
TO him), joined Germany is quite natural; this
war is on one side essentially German. Be
sides. King Ferdinand was an Austrian army
officer before he got on the throne OF Bull
garia. and that was a reason more for him to
ioin the Emperor of Austria, who, a German
himself. fought also for the German cause.
But the Bulgarans? In a war the main
point Of which is the German conquest o.