The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-27

Bulgarian delegates to present them
Iselves to the British lines
General d 'Esperey says that as the
Bulgarian request might be a mill
tary rpse TO allow the regrouping of
! forces and the arrival of reinforce-
ments, he made a reply declining to
grant an armistice but promisingto
receive duly qualified governmept
delegates.
London, Sept. s7.-Premier Mali
nof OF Bulgaria has made an offer
of an aEzristice to the allies, accord
ing to a Berlin message transmitted
by the Exchange Telegraph. cores
pondent at Copenhagen. The mes
sage states that the premier's offer
was made without the support of
other members of the cabinet of King
Ferdinand.
The Berlin message says that Nell
noff's offer has created great dissat-
isfaction in Bulgaria and that strong
military measures have been taken
to support the Bulgarian front.
According to statements from Sofia
by way Of Jassy, it is added, a coun-
ter movement against the action OF
the premier has already been set ON
foot, This would seem to indicate
that a. revolution is in progress in
Bulgaria.
The Berlin message to Copenhagen
gives the first indication OF any
move made by Bulgaria to- approach
her enemies with coneiliatory pro-
| posals. The message in it's bare out
lines, would seem to indicate that
| the premier had taken matters into
his own hands and attempted to
initiate q peace movement for Bull
garia independent Of the dynasty.
May Mean Revolution.
A move so made might ordinarily
be considered in broad way to
amount to revolutionary act and
possibly points to the execution OF
a coup d'etat in Sofia.
The indications in the news from
| Bulgaria recently have been that the
country was in a somewhat disorgan-
| lied state with widespread discon-
tent manifest over the prolongation
of the war;, in the further prosecution
of which the Bulgarian people were
able to see little advantage to them.
There can be no doubt that the
:
| in progress in Macedonia has accen%
tuated this tendency.
1t is known that M. MalinotI, who
| took the premiership in June last,
was friendly to the entente in the
earlier stages of the war before BnI-
garia's entrance and there have not
been wanting predictions that he
might in some way seek to use his
influence toward extricating Bulgaria
she would occupy in the event of a
German defeat in the war, which
doubtless appears to him to be inn
pending.
king Ferdinand has not been above
the suspicion of entertaining a like
desire, although nominaly he has
been loyal to his Teutonic allies in
act and utterance. In this connection
the wording of the Bulgarian reply
to the Austrian peace note with the
readiness it expressed to accept
President Wilson'S principles of the
settlement OF the war was held not
to be without significance.
From German Source.
It will be noted that the newssof
| the Bulgarian act comes from GerI
man sources, and while its accuracy
ais to the main fact of the offering
of the armistice cannot be doubted,
it may be questioned if it reflects ac-
curateIy the state Of affairs in Bul.
garia, which accompanied and fol-
lowed the offering. The fact that
counter measures have been found
necessary would appear to indicate
that the premier was supported IN
his act by internal affairs. 1t would
seem that what amounts to a reYo-
lutionary movement is in progress in
| the Bulgarian kingdom. Whether
this will necessarily affect the dy-
nasty may be doubtful but the
meagre advices so far received do
mot warrant the drawing Of definite
/ conclusions.