New-York tribune., 1918-09-28

range the conditions Of the arn,istice
and eventually the terms of the peacc.
The French commander reports tina.
the Bulgarian request reached him
through an intermediary. the general
commanding the British army in the
East. forming part OF the Allied com
nand. General d'Esperey's reply there
lore asked the Bulgarian delegates to
present themselves to the British lines
Rnse Guarded Against
General dEsperey says chat as the
bulgariaR request might be a military
yuse to allow the regrouping of forces
and the arrival Of reinforcements. he
made reply declining to grant an
arAistlce, but promising to receive
duly qualified government dclcgates.
The text Of the French commanders
rsp'y TO 2 letter brought by the Rulra-
!-ian officer rcad:
My response, that send through
the Bulgarian Officer bearing the letter
IN question, cannot be, by reason Of
the military situation, other than The
following:
Il can accord neither an arn1igtice
nor suspension Of hostilities tending
TO interrupt the operations in course
On the other hand, will receive with
All due courtesy the delegates, duiv
qua 'lied, Of the royal Bulgarian gov
rrnmcnt' 70 which your cxccllencv al
ludHs IN the letter. these delegates 10
present themselves In tho British
imes, accompanied by parla,ncntsjrc
signed FEANCHET D'ESpEREY."
Operations to Continue
1t Is understood thai no instruct on
regarding the Bulgarian application
Tor an nrmistice will be gwen the mill
tary commanders in Macedonia until
there Is opportunity for consultation
between France, Great Britain, the
United States, Italy and the other Az
lies, and that meantime the military
operations will continue.
Rulgaria's request for an aruistlce
and an eventual peace was prominently
displayed in the Paris afternoon nevs
papers, and aroused widespread inter
est and discussion.
General dEsperey's report was re-
celved this morning at the Ministry OF
Nar, where Premier Clemenceau and
several other Cabinet ministers were
gathered. II was received there az an
other notable evidence of Entente sue
cess
Tho communication Of the French
commander in chief in Macedonia
speedily was given publicity and soon
became the absorbing topic in all pub
lie meeting places. The evening news.
papers treat the Bulgarian reoucs. as
'oroscen, III view Of the present tend
cncy or the military operations. LA
LbortG" says:
Car Ferdinand resigns himself TO
the inevitable and seeks to stop the
victorious Allied troops en- route to
Sofa. Ferdinand's move is natural
result of the German defeat on the
" estern front whereby Field Marshal
'och's strategy has imposed Allied
masttry on all the fields Of battle"
Unofficial comment was divcded on
the Bulgarian request was
sincere proposition for peace or merely
so'nding Of the Entente powers on
what might be done. 1t was a stem
which some regarded as supplcmenting
The recent Austro- Hungarian proposal
and carrying it 3 little further
Involved with the subject was the
aynnstic question of King Ferdinand
and his family remaining on the
-hrone. Some indications had reached
inc outside world from Bulgaria Of a
movement of considerable proportions
'or republic. l. was even predicted
hat one might hear Of the proclama-
ion of rcpUhhc in Bulgsris almost
WY dny
Ono of tho chief purposes Of me re-
'uohean movement 10 Bulgaria has
'c"n 10 rcnounce tho war policy Of the
'pt"crnilc monarch, SO as TO be in
position TO say to the Entente Allies