Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-01
GERMANS BLAME
POLITICAL STRIFE
Leaders Criticised for AL.
lowing Bulgarian Dis.
satisfaction to Grow
DEMAND r F o
Trouble at Sofia Declared to
Have Been Brewing Since
Malinoff's Selection
By GEORGE RENwICK
Special Gable TO Erening Public Ledger

Special Cable TO ErpHtng PubHc Ledgc.'
Copyright, 1918, ~ Ncr rork Times Go.
Amsterdam, oct. l,
Last week was perhaps more crowded
than any war week before with It's
important and startling events. Its cul-
minating feature, Bulgaria's request for
atmistice and peace, stunned Germany
which was living in an atmosphere of
political crisis and military misfortune
For a while 1t seemed as IL the thun-
derbolt from the Balkans would clear
away all thoughts of political strife, hut
a little reflection showed that Malinoff's
action really threw Germany's domestic
\ confusion into higher relief.
' The press is uttering its views with
unwonted freedom, and II is generally
insisted that very serious political rea-
sons forced Malinoff to move some time
before the Salonica offensive began.
Maiinon L. Blamed
The Taglische Rundschau, like nu-
merous other journals. points out that
the mischief really began when Malinoff
became Prime Minister.
For a long time it has been an open
secret in Vienna. Budapest and Berlin"
says the Journal mentioned, that since
the Malinoff ministry came into power
Bulgaria's relations. with her allies have
suffered.
In Bulgaria" the Rundschau goes
on, the desperate economic conditions
have been made worse by political strife,
Democracy, as in Germany, has made
strides there and party warfare has 50
demoralized the troops that they are
not able to withstand the Entente often
sivs."
The Berliner Tageblatt, too. holds
that the root of evil is of no recent
growth. Even all the wisdom Of car
Ferdinand it declares, could not hold
back the rising stream of opposition
TO a continuance of the war. In June
he was not able to prevent the forma
ton of the Malinoff cabinet, though his
shrewd eye could not have failed tt
sec the danger
Privations Endured
The German press lays emphasis OF
ne Div lloIS lndl IulEdIld lltu q
endure for months.
The Norwaerts says that the pcopl'
had been living on maize bread whicl
crumblcs easily and is difficult t.
digest"
ITO hold out for n long while AM
endure privations at the time is not,
says the Cologne Gazette, the char
aoter of the Bulgarian people"
There is also in Germany a very gen
avail a1rcTt,ant IN thn naint tlAt NllIn
off began to throw out his feelers befor
the opening of the Entente offensive.
The Frankfurter Zeitung is certai1
that there were preliminary suggestion
to the Entente from the Bulgarian sid
about a fortnight ago Some weeks age
II states, Bulgaria altered her diplomati
code and "it is now clear for what rea
son that was done. while from that fac
can also be calculated the time whe
the feelers first were thrown out
Berlin Not surprised
From information which | have re
ceived myself | have every reason I
believe that the Berlin Government wa
not so ignorant as il makes itself OF
TO be, but that it had pretty accurat
knowledge. as early as the heginnin
of last spring. regarding the direction
which Bulgarian events were. tending
The German press In its anger turr
nercely upon Bulgaria and even mo
ssyageIy on the German Government
while IT recognizes to the full the dead
seriousness of the situation.
The Cologne Nolks Zeituug open
charges Malinoff with having indulg'
i'm a week-long agitation in order to a
eompIish his treation. 1t sternly co
dennis TIE German Government for n
eee,ns thu he would do mischief al
bitterly lan,4nts that Germanys AIN
are losing heart, while England kno'
how to keep her allies and bind the
close to her" Malinof. II shouts.
stabbing the German army in the bac
Diplomats Robbed
II II be true, says the Frankfurt
Zeitung, that the German Governme
was surprised, theng"why on earth ha
wa a Foreign Offict I'd diplomatic +,
resentatives abroad,
1t utters a warning that no hor
should be quilt on the impossibility
an agreement between Bulgaria a
the Entente, for a government VIII
takes such a step can only with gr'
difficulty retract IT,"
The journal thinks that the eve
on the west front had a great inf1uel
on Bulgaria, and Malinef seeks
leave the ship he believes to be sinkin
So serious is the situation. the sa
paper says that Germany is now for
10 gather all her strength for the Il
of national defense and to create p
teal conditions for that action.