The Washington herald., 1918-09-27
DRIVE AGAINST BULGARIANS
MENACES CENTRAL POWERS
Prof. Pupin Outlines Four Results of Often
sive by Entente Forces in Near East as
Armies Push Through Enemy Lines

New York, Sept. 2S-Four main re-
suits from the great offensive against
Bulgaria and Austria were predicted
today by Prof. NJ. I. Pupin, of Column
bia University. Serbian consul-generaI
and a recognized authority on Balkan
political conditions and probabilities.
They are:
L Iternecine devastation and strife
merging into anarchy within Bulgaria
which. he believes should be left for
a while Ito stew in its own juice"
Great expansion of Serbia as a
national union. to include the terri
tory in which dwell several millions
Of Serbian peoples virtually held in
fcudaI bondage by German-Austria.
?. DisintesratiOn and collapse of
what is known as the Austrian En-
pire.
l. a AaIrkinE drive to the Black
Sea. thereby cutting OF and compel
ling surrender Of Gems" ntinople with
utter defeat Of the r bulgarian
German armies in Asia Minor.
Big Victories Next Year.
The war will be won next year by
sweeping victories of the allies. Prof.
Pupin says. 1t will all be over before
a second Christmas comes, and peace
will be dictated in Berlin he believes.
Prof. Pupin has great faith in Field
Marshal Mishitch. the Serbian COM
mander who repulsed the Austrians
in November four years ago, and who
he says now is commanding a we'll
equipped and seasoned army of 5000
Serbians. These troops are not ex-
celled as mountain fighters. accord
ing to Prof. Pupin, and he is conf
dent that they know every inch Of
the terrain over which they are ad-
vancing into the heart of the Bull
garian forces. He intimated that in
addition to the known Italian ad-
vance on the left against the Austrians
there has been a greater forward
movement by British and Greeks on
the right
Then said Prof. Pupin:
The effect on the morale of the
Germans will be valuable. Two
months ago they were roaring lions.
Now they are mere rabbits
BY pushing further the wedge al
ready driven through by the Serbian
army the allies will command the
Berlin to Bagdad railroad and thereby
seal the fate of Turkey.
This new offensive will accomplish
the collapse of the entire German
scheme in Southeastern Europe. and
the deliverance Of 1900, 900 Serbs in
Austria. Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia
Corinthia. Montenegro. Serbia and
elsewhere.
"Prussians of Balkans
The BulGarians have boastod
that they are the 'Prussians of tho
Balkans" Before long they win
be wishing that the other peoples
Of the earth would forget they ever
said it.
'Bulgarians are more heinous
than Turks Bulgarians are bar
barous, treacherous and so deprav-
ed that words fail me. 1 cannot
adequately describe them.
There are eleven political mar
ties in Bulgaria and, there are per
sonal feuds between the rival
leaders.
1t would be a false political
move for the allies to help or
throw in with any OF those eleven
parties. But there is great dan
ger Of that happening. Let them
stew in their own Juice. Let them
nSht IL out among themselves. An
archy will reign in Bulgaria, but
that ultimately will be for the BEN
eft of the rest of Europe.
Those that talk about a union
of Balkan states do not under
stand. There cannot be a union
between Serbia and Bulgaria any
more than between France and
Prussia
The Austrian empire els doomed.
1t will fall apart 1t has been held
together only by the masses ie-
norantly bowling to the divine right
Of the house of Hapsburg to rule
as despots. As the enlightened
world no longer believes in such
divine right there is nothing left
but mere skeleton.
Outnank Austrian Army.
The splendid advance achieved by
Marshal Mishitch and his Serbian
army means that the Austrian-Ger-
man army opposed to the Italians
on Marshal Mishitch's left will be
outnanked. The Huns there will
have to give battle at a disadvan-
tage or retreat.
4 do not speak Of AQstrians be-
cause there are no such people-not
IN the sense in which the word is
used
The people OF Austria are many