New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
BULGARIAN TREACHERY


1.-THE balkans the connection OF Berlin win
Begdnd has already become proverbisl-the
pulgarians n Balkan nation, are hghtng Dy
the side Of the invaders anxious only 20 nave
large frontiers and careless OF tnc iutui'
They forget that Germany feels sate ohi5
among German speaking people ana Were
/ fore created some years ago inc CRUZ,
"Zwangsenteignungsgcs which enaDled
her 10 appropriate any Polish properly WIN
out the consent Of it's owner and thus 70 cum
pel the poor Poles to emigration. why shouIo
the Bulgnrans. in the case Of German VIC.
tory, be treated with more considerhtioh
/ And vet the Bulgarians are fighting oy the
side OF Germany, are fighting against inc az
Tenders Of Balkan liberty. Nay, they are
doing more than that. When they happen
10 be i'm a neutral country Ike the United
States they write long articles in defence OF
such a behavior. inventing for that purpos.
all sorts Of things and calling them facts.
Such "fact" Is, for instance, the ASSERTION
Of Mr.. Tsanof that after the second Balkan
war bulgarian Macedonia and Thrace wen'
TO Serbia" Leaving aside the conscious or
unconscious Bulgarian error that Macedonia
ia bulgarian, from which only time can
cure them. we point out that not loot o.
Thrace went TO Serbia. Why should Mr
Tsanof use such an untruth? The second
"fact" Of that sort is contained in the sen
tence: an the second Balkan war Bulgaria
got the better of her enemies at hrst' and II
Russia. Rumania and Turkey had not come u
from behind she probably would have come
out victorious in that war, too
II Mr.. Tsanof means 70 say that Bulgaria
got the better Of her enemy during the hrs'
two days, he is perfectly right; the bulgarian
attack was so unexpected on the Serbian sld.
very many Serbian officers having been in
vited to "have drink" with their Bulgarian
brothers" on the very eve Of tnat attack
that the Serbans we're compelled TO retreat
during the first two days. But already on
the third day they began their victorious on
slaught without either Rumsnis's or Turkey
help. AT the Bregalnitsa the Serb had over
whelmed the Bugar and sent the mass OF the
armies of Ferdinand across the bulgarian
frontier" says Mr.. Frank II. Simonds IN MS
book 1.-THE Great War;" the second phase
D. 14S), and Mr.. Simonds is an American
Yet the most striking fact" In the quoted
sentence Of Mr.. Tsanof is the assertion that
Russia had taken part in the second Balkan
war. attacking Bulgaria from behind
Everybody knows that not single Russian
soldier fought against Bulgaria in that war,
and Mr.. u anOr KNOWS lu&Ls TOO DIs tFfig
body knows also that Russia liberated Bull
garia from the Turk in 1877. and that Bulgaria
is now fighting against Russia. her liberator
and creator And as Mr.. Tsanoff knows that
such an action on the part of Bulgaria de-
serves anything but praise, he is anxious to
represent Russia old enemy of his
country.
Such are the facts" Of Mr.. Tsanof. And
as he is conscious OF their unrelisbility he
does not want the American people TO believe
them for nothing he pays them in advance
by the compliment expressed in the following
sentence: Bulgaria wants 20 be rightly un-
derstood By the American people. after whose
ideas and ideals she is largely building her
life" But as American people might, in spite
Of this not desired compliment, be rather in
clined to distrust Mr.. TsanoT's letter, a coun-
TRUMAN Of his named Dimitrof sent five days
later another letter 20 The Tribune TO as
sert that the letter Of Mr.. Tsanoff contains
bare facts
All these proceedings are not only amusing
but also very Characteristic Of the Bulgarian
mentality. Bulgarians themselves call that
sometimes cleverness, sometimes, like Mr..
Tsanof. "wholesomeness," but are always
very proud of quality which other people
would simply call lack of every scruple.
DR. MILOCHE TRIVUNATZ.
Editor Of "Srbobran'
New York, Jan. 10. 1917.