The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-10-03
THE -BULGARIANS SURRENDER
UNCONDITIONALLY
Armistice Signed Which Means the
( Disintegration Of Gear Ferdi-
nand's Forces. Bulgaria's With
drawal Seals the Fate of the
: Turkish Empire and Brings the
End of the War Nearer.

Paris, Sept. 3o.-An armistice has
been concluded between the Allies
and Bulgaria on the Allies own
terms. The announcement was made
officially today. A.
The armistice between Bulgaria
and the Allies was signed last night
at Saloniki, dispatches state. -
Gen. Franchet D'Esperey, the Al
lied Commander in Chief in Mace
donia, signed for the allies and the
Bulgarian delegates for their Gov
ernment. Instructions have been
given by the Government to Gen.
D'Espercy to proceed Immediately to
the execution of the conditions OF the
armistice.
The armistice, La Lioerte declares
editorially, was signed with the full
consent of King Ferdinand. 1t prints
a denial of report that he had taken
refuge in Vienna. The King, it de-
clares, has not left Sofia.
The Paris Bourse quickly showed
the effect of the announcement of the
armistice Balkan securities were
generally sought after.
Bulgarian representatives agreed to
an armistice, probably the first step
in Bulgaria's withdrawal from the al
lance with the. Central Powers-a
few days less than three years after
she entered the war on the side or
Germany. 1t was on October =, 1915,
that Bulgaria issued manifesto an
nouncinr her decision to. cast her lot
against the Entente Alliance.
In that manifesto Bulgaria declared
that her trade interests and economic
rights were inseparably bound up
with Turkey and Austria" 1t was
added that GERMANY had offered Bull
Raria in return for her neutrality the
whole of Macedonia, including
Uskub, Monastir and Ochrida. "A
still greater territorial expansion at
the expense Of SerDia was said to
have been offered as condition OF
active military assistance. During
the period of Bulgarian neutrality
both the Entente Alliance and the
Central Powers had made offers to
Bulgaria, and Russia, who for years
had protected Bulgarian interests,
sent an ultimattim to Bulgaria early
in October, 1918. Bulgaria refused
the Russian demands. 'ss'- -'sg
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Bulgaria did not believe in the prom
ises of the Entente, and that "Bul.
gaxia must fight at the victor's side. .
It was reported at that time and
never denied >authoritatively that a
secret treaty had been signed be-
tween Bulgaria and Germany con-
cerning Bulgarian participation in the
war on July II, 1915.
Bmgaria's withdrawal from the
Teutonic alliance not only would
place Turkey in perilous position,
but would free Serbia and the south
ern bank of the Danube, from which
the Allied troops could advance into
Austria Hungary, where the political
and economic situation has been
causing the Government much
trouble. From the Allied standpoint
the occupation of Bulgaria by Allied
soldiers probably would mean more
than the detection of Russia has
meant.
There is a strong pro- Entente party
in Bulgaria, and its leaders seemingly
would seize the present opportunity
to oppose more strongly the German
party there. probably leading a revolt
against the Hohenzoalern dynasty
headed by King Ferdinand.