Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28

Washiwges~, Sept. a. BsIsar-
IL 10 out Of the war, 10 the opinion
Of Stephan Panatsrof4, Bulgarian
minister hers, who believes that
his country definitely 10 deter
mined TO abandon its alliance with
Germany and Austria and it the s
entsnte allies refused 20 listen to
Z, peace evsrtures, will appeal te the
Tinted otatss to uss- ~ sosd ss-
fees.
London, Sept 2S.-An official Bull
sarian statement, dated Sept. "a, an
nounccs that Bulgaria has initiated .
proposition for obtaining an armistice
and peace. The official announcement
reads:
I'm view Of the circumstances which
have recently arisen and after the po-
sition had been Jointly discussed with
all competent authorities. the Bufga-
rian government, desiring to put an
end to the bloodshed. authorized the
commander in chief OF the army to pro-
pose to the generalissimo Of the en-
tente armies to proposed negotiations
for obtaining an armistice and peace.
THE members Of the Bulgarian dele
cation left yesterday evening in order
to get in touch with the plenipoten-
tiaries Of the entente belligerents."
Britain Replies.
Great Britain has replied to the Bull
garian request for an .armistice. The
reply. it 10 stated, is fully covered by
the answer given the Bulgarian rep
resentatives by the commander Of the
allied army on the Macedonia front.
BY this reply it is well defined that
no military operations can be sus-
pended.
At the same time the proposal that
duly accredited Bulgarian represent
atives could confer on peace it has
been made plain that the necessity
of complete rupture by Bulgaria
from the central powers and Turkey.
Two Interpretations Possible.
rEuisaTiA.o request Tor an aTn1;stice
to discuss peace appears to be the
leading event Of what seems the most
In, portant week OF the war since the
battle Of the Marne. a
There are two interpretations OF
Eulearia's action. Which Is the correct
one remains TO be seen. The first is
that the Bulgarian army, defeated
and scattered. resorts to familiar de-
vice to gain time in which to pull It
self together.
The other, ie that Bulgaria now sees
that she Is on sinking ship and
wishes to make the best terms she
may. There have been several indica-
tions recently that the latter theory
comes close to the Bulgarian state Of
mind. -
The aIlfes have made reply which
should enable them. " their proposal Is
accepted, to Judge which Of these is
the 1real purpose Of Bulgaria. A con-
fere knce without an aImiStice will really
pro'Ee what Bulgaria desires.
German Report Dioprovsd.
1the German report sAid the Bull
ga,kian premier had acted on his own
refkpondbihty but the fact \ that .
mkmber Of the cabinet had been nom-
I! aAted Al one nf the representatives on
NJ way to confer with allied COM
lSanders seems to disprove this -
port. =
"There b sresx excitement in Ger
tnany thru the report" nays = report
from Germany received from neutral
countries.
4 Almost I'll news from Bulgaria and
Turkey comes thru Germany and even
EtSerman papers have shown symptoms
sof keen anxiety over the loyalty Of
sGet1nany's allies.
59s Turks II Same Beat.
gians are not wanting that Bulgaria
and Turkey feel they are In the came
boat.