The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-26
ny WILLIAM L. MCPHERSON.

Downright 1915 New York Trbuni> Inc
bulgaria accepted Baron Burian's IN
vita,ion TO. Il peace conference with this
declaration: We seek neither con-
quests nor the establishment Of neg
mony over our neghbors. IT Is the cry
of q frightened burglar intercepted Win
stolen goods
Bulgaria Joined the central powers
with the express purpose NJ makiiIE
'>con1 ucsts" She was determined al all
costs TO get possession OF Serbian AHce-
donna Ii had been pledged 10 hcr py
the terms of tn" Bulgar-Scrb-GreeN al
lance against Turkey. Eut she lost h'r
moral claim TO il when she refused 10
revise those terms i'll accordance with
tho iudp,ncnt of the conference Of Lon
don and troacherously attacked tho Ser
bans and the Greeks.
In 1915 Germany promised her mace
donia and delivered the goods. hut she
is unable to hold them any longer. lie
Soouia reuunciai ion. whether sincere or
insincere, follows on the heels OF az
feat which must terminate the bull
garian occupation of southern Sern'a.
Thus one Of the signal triuinphS OF Ger
manys diplomacy in the RalEanS - an
nulled and one more prop is knocked
from under the lettering quadruple Al
lance.
The Bulgarian rntrcat on the whole
Macedonian front continues. with man;
Of the aspects Of rout- The hold OIL
the enemy on the Fardar valley. tho
main artery Of communication between
Greece and central Serbia has been
shaken loose. The British and Greek
forces TO the east Of the Fardar-he-
tween the river and Lake Doiran-havc
moved forward ten miles. They are
pursuinE the Second bulgarian army,
whose former supply lines down the
Eardar valley have been cut This army
must now find new base either across
the Bulgarian border nj StrumitGa or
further northwest. In Serbia. at lStln.
The allied troops cast OF Inc 'aTuaF
have reached a line running from >tn"H-
vitsa. on The river. to Razarli. about lnur
miles north Of Lake Dorian. They arc
only five miles from the Bulgarian boun-
Diary.
The Second Bulgarian army has not
been bndly defeated. II was merely CON
tanned by the allies while tho real hI"w
was struck further west. between the
Eardar and the Ccrna. II is making "a
painful and cuStly enforced retreat. But
its flight is nothing compared 10 that at
above Munastir This army has retired
ON prilcp. hotly pursued Icy Italian
forces. From rrifep there ar" two roads
northeast to the Vardar and the Bul-
rarian border. The first runs to GrudS-
ko, Al the junction Of the cerna and IN"
Var,Iar. fifteen miles south Of Webs
IkupruluD. But this road hnS already
been cut by the Frnnch and the ScrhIanS
The second road runs III il NOR"
uorthcrly direct ron 70 FcIcS 20 nll"S
away. II passes through Ha0unH i'tSS.
which the Serblans and tn" allied 'N-
Evolutionary fore vOnly tried I" hold
against the RulgarianS ihr"" years
nro. Rahuna Pass is about 10 miles
vast Of C,rodsiiu. II the French AMI
Serbians push across to 1t, or II they Au-
vance further north to Nclcs! III" iiui-
carian first arrny'S lin" Of retreat Will
be cut. Then it will hav" to make
long dc:our 10 tn" west over rough
mountain trails II it hopes IN reach
l.ssub. in the Yardar valley - miles
north Of Eelcs. Failing IN This. IN"
trappcd Bulgars will haT" 1" follow
tho example Of III" Serbs IN 1915 ana
head for the wlds OF ALBANIA.
Ono bulgarian army has therefore
heen nearly destroyed as n Tshtin=
force. And the Gcr,nanl%,'d BULGARIAN
hiph command will h" hard put IN
cxiriratr its remnants or !" r"rla"" II
ne an obstacle 10 an allied ndvan"" to-
ward Iiskuh and NiSh. NiSh ~ til"
junction point. Of III" Sal"ni"a ranr"nd
with tho main trunk lin" from f"Icrnd"
which turns last th"r" :" Sofia ana
Constantinnpi-. One" NiSh is reached
Sofia Is in peril.
This Belgrade Sofia f'"nSIhniIn"pi"
rink line was formerly tn" sol"
,brourb connection hctWrrn G.. rinHnT
and Turkey. 1t has ceased /" II" 50
whom Ruman& was CnnGu"rr".
Tho Grrrnans hav" other lines :"
Constnniinorl" through bucharest and
down tho Slack sea coaS, Eu' tn"
loss Of the NArdar valley 'in' would
thrown western Bulgaria "n'n :" M
vasion II might ais" STAR hugo
SIov uprisinc in tuStria- Hungary
Balkan and Adriaiir pro. in'rS.
The remnants Of III" Turkish arm