El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-28

7 ONDON. Eng, Sept. 2s.-The city
Il and fortress Of Veles. one OF the
important bases OF the Bulgarian
forces IN southern Servia, on the Var
dar river, has been captured by Serv-
ian troops. the Servian VIZ office an
nounces IN n statement, dated Friday.
The Servian forces are pushing
on from VeIes toward Usl<ub. The
troops defending veIes were
taken prisoner.
Servian troops have reached Rata
vista, Is miles north Of Isktib. and
have advanced a considerable distance
beyond Kochana, toward the Bulgar-
ian border.
The text OF the statement follows:
Text OF The Statement.
Our advance continued Thursday
with excellent results Our troops
reached Ratavista and have gone con-
siderably beyond kOchana.
'On the same day. about noon. out
troops entered Neles and captured
the troops defending. the fortress
They Immediately continued their ao-
vance toward Uskub.
AN enormous number OF prisoners,
mostly Germans, a huge quantity OF
war material, including several ma
chine guns and three mountain guns,
and other supplies, have fallen into
our hands"
An official Bulgarian statement
dnter sept. -, announces that
bulgaria has Initiated n prOpO-
sitiOn for obtaining an armistiee
The text Of the offociaI announce
ment reads;
- o HHHrs Of AZ -
cumstances, which have recently
arisen. and after the position had
been Jointly discussed with all com
petent authorities, the Bulgarian gov
eminent, desiring to put an end 10
the bloodshed. authorized the com
mander in CHIEF OF the army TO pro
pose 10 the generalissimO Of the
armies OF the entente, at Salonikt. a
cessation OF hostilities and the enter
ing into OF negotiations for obtaining
an armistice and peace
Peace ENJOYS Leave.
'eThe members Of the Bulgarian
delegation left yesterday evening in
order TO get into touch with the pleni-
potentiaries Of the entente belliger-
The statement was transmitted
through the German semiofficial
Wolff bureau. which added 70 the
text the following:
Inc report OF the QEhieAA =aAA g u A--N
BuIgarians in incorrect"
(The Wolff bureaus note apparently
was appended prior 10 the develop
ments reported yesterday or the Bull
garfan move. which showed that ennis
saries from the Bulgarian government
were in touch with the commander
Of the entente armies in the Macedon-
ian war theater.)
Causes Panic In Berlin.
Publication in Berlin semiofficial
newspapers OF Bulgaria's armistiee
request caused the greatest panic in
the German capital according 70 ad-
vices received at Copenhagen and for
warded by Exchange Telegraph cor
respondent
Admiral Won Hintze. the German
foreign secretary. according TO the
advices. in a speech before the main
committee Of the reichstag. said that
the difficulties Of the Bulgarians be-
tween the Vardar and the Cerna
evidently had not been favOrably ex-
planned By the Bulgarian government
because on Thursday Bulgaria pro
posed TO the entente commander 10
open peace negotiations.
situation Is asNOt Clear
Admiral Won HintZe said It was not
vet clear whether the Bulgarian gov
eminent had acted IN accordance with
the army's desires OF on its own inl-
tiative. There were indications. he
said. that premier Malinoffs move
would be disavOwed.
He added that there was great eT-
element in Bulgaria and In n
fluentiaI quarters the people were
against an armistice-
He added that the peace delegation
was still IN Sofia on THURSDAY anu