Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-27
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Revolt Reported on as
Peace Proposal Is Made
to Entente Chiefs.

London. Sep. 27.-Premier
NalinOff OF Bulgaria has made
an offer Of an armiStice To the
allies. according ta Berlin
message, transmit ed by the
Exchange Telegraph coTre-
sp0Edent at Copenhagen. TIE
message states that The pre-
miers offer was made without
the support OF other members
Of the cabinet or of King Eerd-
inand.
The Berlin message says that
HainOfTs offer has created
great dissatis faction in Buiga-
ria and that strong military
measures have been taken to
support the Bulgarian front.
According 10 statements from
Sofia By way Of JGsSy, it is add
ed. g counter movement sgaaSt
the action of the premier has
already been set on loot.
This would seem 10 Indicate
that a reFof1f4vriy In progress
in Bulgaria..
The British government To-Day re
-eiTed from an Official authorized
source an application from Bull
saria for an aTmisUce.
Germany To Protest.
Germany intends 10 send a sol
I'm protest TO Bulgaria against
Premier NaInoh's request for an
according 10 Berlin re
PORTS received in Amsterdam and
0rvarded by the Exchange Tele-
,Taph company.
The news Of the Bulgarian devel-
pmeEts. including the offer OF an
.mistice. the Copenhagen c0rTe-
pOndent states was from German
.fciaI sources.
Plea to Halt Refused.
Paris. Sept 27.-The French COM
aaRder-in-chief in Macedonia off
tally reports today that the Bui-
.arians have asked for a meeting
o arrange the conditions Of an
and eventual peace
The French commander replied
sfusing TO suspend the operations.
'ut saying he would receive duly
lalified delegates OF the Bulgar-
an government
On Way to Confer.
General Frauchet D'Esperer.
Ommaudiug the allied armies in
iacedonia. has telegraphed to the
rench government that q high Bul-
arian officer has presented himself
q behalf OF General TorOdOw. com
landing the Bulgarian army. ask
n the susp pension Of arms for 4S
ours 10 permit the arrival Of TWO
1thOrized delegates from the Bull
@rian government. The minister
finance, Liaptcuef. and General
-oukOn, commanding the Bulgarian
econd army. are on their way 10
De French headquarters with the
ssent Of King Ferdinand TO ar
ange the conditions Of the armis-
Zee and eventually the terms Of
eace.
ne Berlin message 10 COpenhag-
2 gives the first indication Of any
loEe made by Bulgaria TO approach
ef enemies with conCiiiatOry pro-
osais- The mess age, in its bare
jtlines, would seem TO indicate
nat the premier had taken mat
RS into his own hands and at
.mpte1 TO initiate q peace move for
o igarla Independent Of the dyn-
stv.
a move 50 made might ordinarily
considered IN a broad way to
mount to a revolutionary act and
osslb.y points 70 the execution Of
coup q etat in Sofa.
People Want Peace.
The Indications 10 the news from
u-garian recently have been that
'e country was IN a somewhat dis
'gahized state with widespread
scontent manifest over the pro-
hgatioH of the war, in the further
'osecution Of which the Bulgarian
7ople were able 70 see little ad-
-htage 10 them There can be no
'4bt tnat the successful offensive
me allies now in progress in
s..ia sGeaonia has acoen1uaged this
Il is known that NJ MaIinoff who
o. The premiership in June last.
a friendly 10 the entente in the
fi5er stages Of the war before
llgaria's entrance and there have
y been wanting predictions that
might in some way seek TO use
S influence toward extricating
hgaria from the unenviabIe posi-