New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-19
Bulgarian Wheedling
Plausible Attempts to Mislead Public
Opinion in America

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: viii you kindly publish the following
lines as an answer to the letter Of Bull
garan correspondent signed "Kotcho,' pub
lished in your esteemed issue of to-day:
Were it not tragic it would be amusing to
follow the cynical Bulgarian attempts, ac-
companied with some success, to mislead
public opinion in the Allied countries.
Thanks to Bulgara's periidious game in
negotiating with the Allies during the sum-
mer of 1915 while perfecting her arrange
ments with Germany, she has temporarily
succeeded in conquering and dividing Ser
bian territory.
II it should be the i'll fortune of humanity
TO acquiesce in a German victory Serbia de-
mands nothing of future in which Bull
garia would be 'the oyerseer of German
slaves" as fifty said in your leader of the
18th inst. Serbia, to be worthy of her past
and of her present martyrdom would proudly
lie in the same shroud in which the liberties
OF the world would be laid TO rest Let Bull
garia and her German and Magyar accom-
plices gloat over the victim Of their hate
and share the spoils as it seems good TO
IneUl. DuJ We CeIps AGhh iOi anu bt'AN'N
in Germany's defeat Then the day of rcck-
oning will come, and the outraged right will
call Bulgaria to account for the foul deeds
committed in Serbia in order to bring about
the determination of whole nation.
The "Prussians of the Balkans" as stated
By their Premier, Radoslavoff, in August,
1915, and as repeated so many times by po-
litical men in Bulgaria, offered their services
to the highest bidder. Now, while they are
desperately fighting on the side Of Germany
they try 70 sound the other side to let them
alone with the spois they have obtained from
the bloody hand of Germany as a reward for
their treachery and help.
For long time, and particularly since the
entry of America into the war, they feel I'M
easy, because slowly but surely truth and
victory Of the Allies marching toward
the Balkans The Germans have paid them
royalty with the goods of other people, but
even in Germany the Socialists have pro-
tested against Bulgarian attempts TO dstort
the facts concerning the Balkans and Mace
donia in particular Herr Wendell, Social
list member in the German Reichstag fully
exposed the falacy of the Bulgarian preten-
sions in Macedonia, 10 say nothing of their
claims over two-thirds of Serbia, which they
claim in order never to be separated from
their dear allies-the Germans and the
Magyars.
Your Bulgarian correspondent. Kotcho, de-
sires TO convince US that Bulgaria is unjustly
accused of being in harmony with German
dreams Of Mtteleuropa, but the Bulgarian
Minister in Berlin, Mr.. Rizov, in answer TO
Herr Wendell said in the "Vorwaerts" of
August 8. 1917. that Bulgaria could not real
ize her ambitions in the company of Serbia,
Rumania or the Greece of Venizelos. there
fore Bulgaria allied herself sincerely and
Loyalty 10 her present allies.
What are Bulgaria's ambitions is authori-
tatively stated in your leader of the 18th
irst. Rizovs words have been splenGidy
proved By Bulgaria's action, but in the same
article. in order to make his nations cause
good in German eyes, he declared that "Bul-
garia did not enter the war for the defence
Of her former possessions, which we're
mensced by nobody. To the contrary, the
Entente powers had offered to Bulgaria ter