New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
Award of Dobrudja to Bull
garia Aroused Ire of
Constantinople
Porte Also Wanted
Black Sea Control
Berlin Said to Have Opposed
Proposed Domination
Of Caucasus

If. as reported, there has been a
break in the relations between Ger
many and Turkey, disputes over the
distribution of the spoils Of war doubt
less form the basis of it, For a long
time there have been rumors that Tur-
key was opposed to the share of Ru-
mania that Bulgaria was to receive and
that Turkey also was looking with jeal-
Gus eyes toward the Black Sea littoral,
the Caucasus and the Balkans.
Announcement was made in the
Reichstag on June 81 that differences
had arisen between Bulgaria and Tur-
key over the division of lands taken
from Ruman!a under the peace agree
ment with the Central Powers. The
announcement was made by DR.. Won
Kuehlmann, the former German For
heign Secretary, who said that the pro-
vlsional arrangement, which it was de-
sired should continue as short a time
as possible, must find it's rational solu-
tion in the union of northern Dobrudja
with Bulgaria in accordance with the
desires of the Bulgarian people.
Germany Feared Trouble
The former Foreign Secretary added
that the question was difference Of
opinion between two of Germany's al
les, to whom Germany was bound by
exactly equal ties, and that everything
must be avoided which would cause the
impression to prevail abroad that Ger
many's policy favored the claims of
one ally at the expense Of the other.
col, s,.4p -
the Foreign Secretary, chat the pro-
visional arrangement, which we desire
shall continue as short time as pos
slble, must find its rational solution in
the union of the northern Dobrudja
with Bulgaria, in accordance with the
desires of the Bulgarian people.
AS, in the present case, it is mat
ter Of a difference of opinion between
two of our allies, which will be bridged,
We must, bound as we are by exactly
equal ties to Bulgaria and Turkey,
impression abroad that the German
policy favored the claims of the one at
the expense Of the other.
"The question of Dobrudja or of the
compensation due to Turkey, if this
question be solved in the Bulgarian
sense, has in a high degree excited
public opinion in both countries, which
are looking with keen attention for
every expression of the Central
Powers"
Dr., Won Kuehlmann alluded to a
Liberal leader, DR.. Gustav Stresemann,
who, the Foreign Secretary said, had
used a phrase which might have
caused an impression that there was an
Incl cllnatlon on our part to favor Bul-
garlan wlshes-to lay less weight on the
claims of Turkey"
There is nothing further from the
minds of the government and the en-
tire public" the Foreign Secretary as
serted, Especially the leading parties
of this House."
members of the alliance of Central
Powers, particularly Bulgaria, are of
long standing. The difference of the
turks and Bulgars which brought on
the First Balkan War in 1912 were not
settled by the conclusion of that strug-
gle. which resulted in the defeat Of
Turkey and the falling of Turkish ter
rltory in Macedonia into Bulgarian
hands.
Smarted Under Defeat
Turkey made an ATTEMPT to regain
part of this conquered ground from
Bulgaria in the Second Balkan War,
but was unsuccessful and a great part
OF what was formerly European Turkey
was In Bulgarian hands at the out
break of the Great War.
When the cesson of the Dobrudia
area was secured from Rumania, part
going to Bulgaria and part to all the
Central Powers for later more definite
disposal, Turkey once more opened
negotiations to regain part of her lost
f0C 1f,,ri iol
She demanded that she be recompensed
by getting back part of Macedonia
from Bulgaria.
The friction between the Turks and
Bulgarans was reported to have led
to an open clash between armed forces
in April in the streets of Adrianople
in which many soldiers were killed on
both sides.
The Cologne Gazette" early in June
asserted that the differences between
Turkey and Bulgaria involved Ger
tam danger that the "work of harmony
achieved by the Central Powers at
Bucharest may suffer"
The newspaper added that both Bull
garla and Turkey were claiming Ger
many's full support in their respective
interests The "Norddeutsche Allge-
meine zeitung," the semi-official Ger
man government organ, however, de-
clared that the dispute over Dobrudia
was one on which Turkey and Bulgaria
would have to come to an agreement
and that Germany would only express
herself reservedly on the matter if
Germany was not to assume heavy re-
sponsibilities for the future.
A few days later, the Berlin "Vos-
slsche Zcltung" printed an article by
IT'S Constantlnople correspondent de-
clarlng that the political censorship in
turkey had been abolished in order to
permit Turkish newspapers to attack
Bulgaria.
Turkeys opposition to the German
mllitary party was most clearly mani
tested IN the treaty sessions at Brest-
Lltovsk, IN which the Turkish delegates
openly opposed the German demands in
the parley.
Following the success of the British
campai gns in Palestine and Mesopo-
tama. which resulted in the defeat Of
a large part Of the Turkish army and
The capture OF a considerable quantity
ot Turkish war materials, Turkey is
finding 1t increasingly difficult to main
tam her armies. The German General
Won fal lkenhayn was sent to Turkey
carly tais year to undertake a complete
reorganization of the army, but when
10000 out of his army of 100000
Turks deserted Won Falkenhayn was
reported to have returned to Berlin in
disgust.
The hope of obtaining an alienation
OF Turkey from the Teutonic alliance is
believed to have been factor which
prevented the United States from de-
claring war on the Ottoman Empire.
About year ago Henry Morgenthau,