Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-04
BULGAR DEMANDS
FOR LAND REVEALED
Territorial Issues Cause of
Conference With Central
Powers at Nish.

PETROGRAD. Thursday. November
29.-The demands of Bulgaria for ter
ritorial gains, for the consideration of
ers was called at Nish. are outlined in
"a secret telegram from the charge
d affaires at Bern to the foreign office.
The telegram Is dated September %,
1917. and Is based on Information re-
just arrived in Bern.
Bulgaria, the telegram said. de-
manded that her boundary be from
Moravia to the junction of the DAN
line from Nish to Prishtina and along
the Upper vardar river to the Albanian
and Greek frontiers: also Monastir.
Saloniki. Seres, Drama. Kavala, with
whole OF Dobrudja (Rumania) also
was demanded.
Claims from n Bulgarian source cor
roborate the foregoing, with an addi-
t!onal demand for the valley of the
Timoka tseparating Serbia and Bull
garia). together with the towns Of Prot
and Vrania (Serbia).
Allies and Bulgaria.
A dispatch from the charge d'affaires
at Bern dated September %. 1917, re-
lates a conversation between the
Archimandrite stephen and a British
diplomat to whom he was introduced.
but who refused to give his name. The
Britain is quoted as having spoken
e making use of japanese and Greek
forces and as declaring that the allies
had decided again to show their good
intentions toward Bulgaria. whose ma
tfonal aims. he said. could be fulfilled
by the entente. The Archimandrite
was given to understand that the en-
tente would not insist on the removal
of King Ferdinand.
1.-THE diplomat intimated." the tele-
gram Of the charge continued. that Bull
\
spoke OF the independence Of Macedonia
Stephen answered that he would like to
see the Russian representative. as Bull
garia's sympathy has increased since the
revolution. and Russia,s participation was
necessary in view Of her interest in the
Dardanelles and Dobrudja. Archimandrite
expressed the opinion that a Bulgarian
Dobrudja would necessitate a Rumaniar
Bessarabia, which would hardly be COM
patible with Russia's interests.
1.-THE Briton exclaimed: Russia does
not exist any more and tried to explain
his statement by saying that Russia was
so busy with internal troubles that she
had no time for an international policy.
He added that Great Britain was acting
in the interests of all the allies and asked
Stephen to name as soon as possible the
minimum demands of Bulgaria.
A telegram from the same source.
dated September rs. said the Germans
were seeking persons in Switzerland to
issue Russian newspaper. with the
idea of increasing the disaffection in
Russia The telegram said the Ger
mans were willing to spend large sums
for distribution of the newspaper on
the Russian front.
There also was published today a
telegram from the then foreign min
lister, NJ. Terestchenko. to the Russian
ambassador at Madrid instructing him
in the event of the king or the Spanish
government approaching him with re-
gard to the Austro- German proposition
hot hn hoo
inform them that 1.-The decision of the
Russians to carry on the war remains
fixed, as was clearly emphasized at the
Moscow conference" The ambassador
also was to say that it was great
mistake "for neutral powers to think
Russias interest in peace wouIa ag-ae
with any conditions they might at.
tempt to thrust upon he