Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-01
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Accepting every allied condition, Dull garia, without reservation, delay or mur- mur, has internationally surrendered and will henceforth be, out of the war entirely except as a most benevolent neutral. In fact, if Germany and Austria take the de Hection too hard, she may well be forced to fight in defense against her former friends as an entente ally It Is declared that both German and Austrian troops in, considerable numbers have just reached Sofia. This may result in complications But in the meantime Bulgaria has surren- dered She has stopped fighting. She has agreed to surrender her armies outside of her territory and to demobilize those within her borders. She has agreed further that her territory may be used by the allies for transportation of troops and that 1t may not be used by the troops of the central powers or of Turkey, nor by their transport mails, food or munitions She has agreed that all her arms, guns, munitions and mili- tary supplies are to be under allied guard and control and that certain strategic points within her borders may be used by allied armies.
 The effect of such a surrender upon the near eastern situation will be tremendous It will be past calm contemplation. It will be instant and far reaching In the first place 1t will paralyze Turkeys resistance to the allies It may well soon bring Ru- mania back into the war. It will be a blow at the Bolshevik that may well make them tremble this day. It means Austria down fall as soon and as sure as the spring cam paign opens next year And it may well mean the end of Austria before that time It means the looping off of some three hundred and fifty thousand hard hitting, fierce skillful soldiers from the German cause in one day.
 These are its most vital and immediate military aspects, the political and moral side of the Bulgarian surrender are greater still As to the extent of their effect and bear ing upon the great war, it Is impossible to tell at this time They may well be i'm mediate and vital, or they may merely bring gloom and intense depression and very considerable loss of morale. And they will correspondingly hearten and cheer and strengthen the allies in the work they have yet to do.
 For nearly three years these fierce and fiery Bulgars have acted as a buckler and shield to Austria from any allied attack from the back door via Greece and Serbia and they have furnished as the connecting link between Berlin and Constantinople. It was Bulgar aid that put Rumania out of the war. This talk of Germany opposing the world is all very well, but without little but strong Bulgaria she might well have sue cumbed at about the time Rumania en- tered the war Division after division of Austrians and Germans have been taken from the Greek front and then Bulgaria troops were brought to the aid of the bat tered German lines in the west. The Bull gars stood practically deserted and alone before the allied hosts on the Greek border, and when the great blow came he could not stand its impact He will be missed by the houses of Hapsburg and Hohenzole-n more than tongue CT pen can tell,
 The Bulgar had to accept hard, stern, un- conditional terms, but this was no more than his. due His perfidy, his selfishness and his greed were such that he could ex- poet nothing else. In fact, his sudden and complete surrender was the very best thing he could have done for his threatened coun- try. It will save him from conquest and the horrors of invasion. He knows full well. does the astute and mercenary Bulgar, That the allies will not dismember his coun- try nor seek to rule it or mulct 1t or place upon it the heavy hand of oppression The German way is not their way. They were stern and summary in their conditions but