Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-28

NSOnlluutO HUH Edbc NtAsJ
  ed crumbling of Germany's lesser al lies is at hand.
 Collapse of Bulgarian resistance would be of tremendous military ad- vantage to the entente and might quickly affect the attitude of Turkey. Neutral diplomats in Washington ap- peared. if possible. even more impress ed by this prospect than the represen. tatives of the allies. They spoke of the Turkish debacle in Palestine and predicted that overtures from the Ot. toman government might be expected. Some even went so far as to express the opinion that since Bulgaria has dared to defy her master, Germany s more powerful colleague, Austria, may gather courage to disregard German pressure and come out with an unqual- flied proposal for cessation of hostili- ties. The United States is not at war with Bulgaria and the Bulgarian min ister occupies his legation here. There fore directly and formally the Ameri- can government has nothing to do with the proposal made to the French general commanding the allies in lhdGGuOllid= ACludlAgs noMtNGIs tiN Bulgarian affair must be considered as an important phase of the world war situation so the announcement from Paris that not only the entente governments, but the United States must be consulted before Bulgarian proposals are considered, was not sur prising.
 If the Bulgarians really are ready to quit the war on the entente's terms there is little doubt that her offers will be entertained. There will be no round table" peace discussions, how ever, with opportunities for secret German machinations to confuse the issue and bring about such a situation as it was hoped to create through the recent proposal from Austria. The al lies all along have indicated a deter imitation to deal separately and inde- pendently with each of the countries with which they are at war when it came to peace negotiations and if Bull garia can meet the test of sincerity the time has come when she may find safety in dropping out of the alliance with the central powers. The Berlin version describing the request for an armistice as a coup by Premier Malin- noff without support from king, cabi- net or army, apparently was complete ly disposed of by the report of the French general commanding in Mace donia that the peace envoys were the Bulgarian minister of finance and the general commanding the second army.
 Military men already are thinking of what might be done with both Bull garia and Turkey out of the war and under allied surveillance.
 Entente forces might open the Oar denelles and the Black sea to their warships and transports, and prepare the way for the re-establishment of the armies on the eastern front. thus surrounding the Germanic powers with an iron ring comparable to that through which they broke when Rus sia collapsed. It is hoped that Ruma- mia may again take a hand with a re- organized army, thousands of JugO Slavs may be counted upon to desert Austria and join the entente forces and these clements with additions from the disaffected Ukraine and Oth- CT sources, may furnish material for a vast force.
 At the Bulgarian legation it was said that no official news regarding the armistice had been received from Sofia.