The Washington herald., 1917-09-22
BULGARIA MAY
STOP FIGHTING
Ample Justification Of This
Belief Is Seen
Here.

Washington received the repor. of
The Kaiser's hurried trip to Bulgaria
yesterday with knowing smiles. The
Russian revolution, Washington Dip
lomats know. gives the Kaiser ample
field for worry with regard to his
Bulgar allies.
Bulgaria. it is believed here. may
stop fighting at any time. II she
does IL will shatter the Saiser's dream
of an expansion of German empire
to the east Blocked in the west.
the shattering of this dream may mean
the breakdown of the war party in
Germany
The International News learned last
night from an unquestionable source
that the one factor that drove Bull
garia into this war has now been re-
moved. That factor was Gar Nicho-
las. of Russia. Russia was respon-
sible for Bulgaria's freedom forty
years ago. But the late Gar was
always a rabid anti-Bulgar. It was
because Bulgaria feared his machina-
tions that she Joined finally with the
Teutons when neutrality became i'm
possible
Bulgaria entered the war with a
declaration only against Serbia. She
fought for purely Bulgarian objects.
Those objects have now been attain
ed.
Stephen Panaretoff. Bulgarian Min
lister to the United States, said yes
terday that he had received no COM
mUniCatiOn from his country in over
two years. Since Bulgaria entered the
war he has been. denied the use of
the cables and mail. He refused to
discuss the peace rumor.
TIe consented, however, to discuss
the status of his country as he knows
of it from the general news.
In the first place." he said, "Bul-
garia never entered the war because
she wanted to fight for militarism or
autocracy. My country is an agri-
cultural country. And it is the most
democratic in the world. Our great
men all come from the little villages.
1t is a frequent thing to see a gorge
ously uniformed general chatterinG
with a shocked farmer in a Sofia
cafe. They probably came from the
same farm We have a King but no
nobility. Everyone else is plain mis-
ter
War Absorbed Bulgaria.
Bulgaria entered the war because
neutrality was no longer possible. Ser
bia refused our just demands and we
were faced with the onrushing Teu-
ton war machine. bulgaria might
have been another Belgium.
But not a single Bulgarian soldier
is fighting any place but on the Bull
a.arian lines. Turks have been sent
to the East, to the West, to the 1son-
20 and into the Dobrudja- But not the
BulSarianS-
I'VE asked of Serbia the Bulgarian
territory up to Monastir. Servia quali-
hei her answer with a request for
Macedonian territory. Now we have
conquered all we demand We have
conquered the Dobrudja- from Ru-
mania. Our border is now the Danube
to the Black Sea. That is where 1t
ought to be. The whole population
of the Dobrudja is Bulgar.
The whole rural population OF
Macedonia is BUlSar-and we have
conquered it.
We have always been friendly with
the Russian people. When Russia
became a republic / know there was
the greatest rejoicing in my country
l have no doubt that the BulGaI
armies clashed regretfully with the
Russian armies in the Dobrudja."
The United States is officially without
interest in the Bulgarian situation.
1t is nevertheless of great importance
rs it affects Germany. The state
ments of N. Panaretoff are regarded
as of the most extreme significance.