The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-20
BULGARS MAKE BID FOR
SEPARATE PEACE TERMS
Fear German Treachery at Final Conference
Agent Sent to Entente to State Sofas Aims
Breach Widening Between King Ferdinand
and Teutons, Who, He Fears, Will Not Back
Him.

Copenhagen, Oct. 19-While EN-
peror William and King Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria have been exchanging 5aaS
surances at Sofia Of the unshakable
loyalty Of Bulgaria and Germany to
each other, and of the permanent ma
ture of the alliance of the two coun-
tries, Bulgarian agents abroad have
been endeavoring to get into touch
with the Entente powers on the sub
ject of peace and subsequent relat-
ions.
Their efforts are declared to be- in
spired by apprehension that Germany
and Austria-Hungary, particularly
the latter. may not be over-zealous in
defending Bulgaria's interest at the
peace conference, as well as by a de-
sire on Bulgaria's part to escape from
revolving to an exclusively German
orbit after the war.
Bulgaria Outlines Aim.
The Associated Press correspondent
is able to report that a Bulgarian rep
resentative recently sought and OBJ
tanned an opportunity in a neutral
European capital to lay before the En-
tente governments the special desires
of his country with regard to peace
sentiment, and in a one-sided CONVEX
sation explained BuIgaria's aspirations
to regain an independent political
status as soon as the war was con-
cluded, and resume cordial relations
with the Entente powers. AS the case
| was presented in short, the Central
Europe idea of an economic league in
which Bulgaria would play a COM
| paratively minor role does not appeal
| to the Bulgarian mind.
| Attempts also are being made to
get before the public in America and
| in the Entente. countries a, defense OF
Bulgarian pretensions to Macedonia
and the Dobrudja, the suggestion
| even being openly made from the
Bulgarian side that Serbia should be
/ compensated with Austrian territory,
| from Bosnia and Herzegovina. a sug-
] gestion which is pointed-to as Illus
trative of the attitude of many Bull
garians toward their own allies.
1 The correspondent recently has
heard of considerable i'll feeling be-
i tween the Bulgarians and their allies
Complaints are made that Bulgarian
divisions were. compelled to march
long distances on foot while favored
German troops rolled past them il
trains, this favoritism exciting Isar.
ilect Bulgarian division from the cap.
tall
4 The German attempt to maintain
control of Bulgaria's single coal field
has excited much unfriendly common
also in Bulgaria Field Marshal vol
Mackensen is charged with favorins
the Rumanians at Bulgarian expense
Furthermore, the press controversy
In certain German and Austrian news
papers, in which the Serbian claim,
to parts of Macedonia were defended
apparently has left an indelible i'm,
preston of distrust on Bulgarian pub
/ lie opinion, an impression which the
public declarations of the German
minister and the Interchange of cor
dial kilograms between German ant
Bulgarian statesmen seems to have
been unable to efface.
i 1T remains to be seen whether En-
peror Williams trip, declared to have
been undertaken with this purpose il
view, will prove any more successful
The Neueste Nachrichten, of Munich
REGARDS the Kaiser's journey as ar
auguTy of peace. It says:
The journey of Emperor William
and Foreign Secretary Won Kuehl
mann should be regarded in a GER
tain sense as preliminary step to-
ward peace. The Emperor's CONVEX
satfons at Sofia and Constantinopl.
certainly mean the examination of ev.
cry possibility in that direction. al
though it would be a mistake to con