Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

COPYRIGHT. Jois. by Nch YORK iimeS co.
n,,,,sh U.edouartcrs in Macedonia,
oct. Ia delayed. r,.
The manner in which the Bulgars
were dealt with by. the AH'ed Cou,,
mand was no less able than the ,Cu'
of the enemys armies IN .ne ~
All given nationalities that make up the
Aiiicd arn,,. here agree that General
Franchet d'Espcrey acted win cieai-
sightedness. decision and WISDOM In I'M
posing upon tho Bulgarian ENJOYS
purely military captulation. from "nlcn
all the delicate political questions tnat
must arise in connection with tne con-
clusion OF a FINAL treaty Of peace with
Bulgaria were riciS'Y excluded.
The Allied commander-ln-chtef was
confronted with the following positions
His troops and above all the oeros'
who had the strongest personal interest
in the defeat Of tho Bulgars, were ad-
,ancinu in an extraordinary burst OF
Irresistible enthusiasm II Franchet
d'Espercy had consented, as the Bul-
gars wished to a peace conference ana
II afterward these negotiations thus
began had had to be broken on. II
would have been hard again to. arouse
the Allied troops to such ardor. He
determined therefore. not TO stop ad-
yancing until he could give his armies
definite news that Bulgaria had surren-
dercd.
| have heard on good authority that
America whose consular representative
at sofia had done much to convince
/ the Bulgars Of the wisdom of recognizing
their inevitable defeat. would not have
/ been hostile to the suggestion Of peace
conference in Rome, but that the French
/ insistenco on military captulation first
! leaving political conditions of the Bull
/ garian submission to he settled later,
prevailed with the Allies as a whole.
There was allowed no discussion of the
terms Of surrender.
4. :. Consul with Enjoys
The Bulgars first sent parliamentaire
. 10 the British lines on Thursday, Sep
! tembcr &c. and ENJOYS presented them
selves in our Strumitza sectors on Sat
urday the 2Sth They were passed back
/ through bridge divisional corps and
1 general headquarters to the French gem
eral headquarters in Salonica. There
! were three Of them. accompanied by the
/ American consul in Sofia. one was
! General Loukof, the youngest Bulgarian
/ army commander. representing the mill
/ tary government the other plenipo-
! tentiary was Andre Laptcheff, finance
minister representing the civil govern
meut the third Bulgar. Radeff. came as
expert adviser. lie is considered the
most astute man in his country.
The envoys met General Franchet
d'Espcrey Sunday morning at Q o'clock.
They received simply a list of military
terms Of surrender. These. originally
three in number, We're afterward in
creased to seven They have been pub
lished. The Bulgars were told they
had till evening to accept them. They
were left alone with the schedule of
conditions and AT 3 o'clock met the
French commandcr-in-ch chief again. There
was a final meeting at 1O:30. and just
before midnight, on September 90. the
convention was signed. The Bulgarian
cnVoys left the next afternoon on the
return journey. II was significant that
Radeff. who was once a great figure in
the ranks of the revolutionary liberia
tion movement in Macedonia against the
Turk. was asked IL he would like to meet
one of his old Serbian colleagues in
that work. lie had no wish TO face
the meeting. ~"