The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-10-05
News of The World
BULGARIA sURRENDERs TO ALLIES
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1t is officially reported that an armistice has
been concluded between the allies and Bulgaria
On September II, a high Bulgarian officer
presented himself at the quarters of General
Franchet d 'Esperey, commander-in-ch chief of the
allied armies In Macedonia, and asked for a
meeting to arrange the conditions of an armis-
tlce and eventual peace. The French comman-
der immediately replied, refusing to suspend
operations, but saying he would receive duly
qualified delegates of the Bulgarian govern
ment. After advising with the French govern
ment, a meeting of this kind was arranged, as
result OF which an armiStice of a purely military
character was concluded.
According TO reports which have every ap-
pearance OF being authentic, Bulgaria agrees to
evacuate all the territory she now occupies in
Greece and Serbia, to demobilize her army i'm
medlately, and to surrender all means of trans
port to the allies She also will surrender her
boats and control of navigation on the Danube,
and concede to the allies free passage through
Bulgaria, either in the direction of Turkey on
the one side or Austria on the other All Bull
garlan arms and ammunition are to be stored
under the control of the allies. to whom is con-
ceded the right to occupy all important strategic
points
An Associated Press correspondent sums up
the situation by saying that the armistice means
complete military surrender, and Bulgaria
JnefeDy ceases TO be belngerent. No political
terms, however, have been arranged and all
question OF territorial arrangements in the Bal
kans has been purposely omitted from the con-
vention. 1t is claimed that the armistice will
remain in operation until final general peace
is concluded
Thus, it appears that the first break in the
quadruple alliance of the central powers has
come. The elimination of Bulgaria isolates
Turkey which is suffering just now from a
severe defeat in the Holy Land German domi-
nation OF the great oriental railway line pass
ing southeastward from Berlin through Austria,
Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey to Constantinople,
and connecting the central powers with the far
east, is broken.
The editorial writer of the Chicago Tribune
says:
Bulgaria was necessary part in the phys
ical structure of this forbidding alliance 1t
was the necessary gateway from Germany to
the Tar east. 1t was the essential factor in the
alliance OF Germany, Austria Hungary and Tur-
key. With Bulgaria gone, the great
German idea OF an empire driving into the far
east is gone. With Bulgaria gone Turkey is
isolated and deprived Of the sustaining German
strength -
That Germany will not submit to the elimi-
nation OF Bulgaria without making strong eff
forts to retain this gateway to the far east, is
expected. Reports from Germany indicate that
reinforcements are being hurried to Bulgaria
and it would not be surprising if desperate
effort is made to hold the railway line, running
through to Constantinople, by force Her abil-
1ty to do so, however, is questioned
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