Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-29
In Forcing Bulgaria to Ask For a Separate Peace.
 Says General March.
POWER OF AMERICANS
 BACKED THE ALLIES
Concentrating of Americans On Western Front, Foch
 Will Hold Foe There.
Associated Press.

Washington, Sept. 28.-Backed by the concentrated power of the Ameri- can army, unified military action on the western front under Marshal FOch has forced Bulgaria to seek separ- ate peace in the opinion of General March, chief of staff; the defectiOn of Bulgaria carrying with it the only connecting link between Turkey and the ceAtral powers and foreshadowing the probable restoration of Rumania to the fighting ranks, the chief of staff said today in his weekly con- ference, is due directly to the massing of French, British and American forces on the western front.
 'I Told You So."
 ''Last week I told you that the news during the week had been con- tinuously good" said General March.
 "This week it is continuously better.
 "The defection of Bulgaria, their de- sire for sepa1te peace, is not only important toward the conduct of the war, from the stand point of diplo- macy and it's general effect upon the grand strategy of the far, but it also illustrates to striking degree the results of the present concentra- tion of forces on the western front.
 Previous to this time. whenever any part of the central empires front was threatened, it was possible for Germany to devote and divert some German divisions with German com manders to the threatened front, while they held the western front with a relatively smaller force.
 That day has gone past
 Enemy at Standstill.
 By concentrating tho entire Ameri- can force on the western front that force, together with the British and French armies under General Foch, ! holds the German army there, and we see the result in Bulgaria de- handing a separate peace.
 "The obvious importance of this move, which would foreshadow if it goes through, the isolation of Tur- key and the probable re-entrance of Rumania into the war, needs only to be mentioned.
 Turning to a map of the Balkan front, General March said the mili- tary situation in that region was too plain to need analysis.
 "It is perfectly clear to everybody "That is a tremendous drive" he continued, "and carried out by rela- i.tively small forces"
 Cut Main Line Supply. "In this quick advance the Serbs crossed two rivers, the Czerna and the Vardar rivers, and captured the rail- roads which follow the valleys of, the two rivers, and which have been the main line of supply for the Bulgar- lans on either side, as we'll as their chief lines of escape.
 "The result has been general dis organization of the retreating forces, rpaticuladly those caught between the Vardar river and the mountains of Albania which sought too late to get to Veles and Uskub. = BrittOns.Greeks on Hand. Y
 'The British and Greek forces are cooperating.
 East of the Vardar they have crossed the mountains leading into Bulgaria, and have captured Strum- nitza, the chief town of that region.
 The picturesque movement of the British in Palestine also has been a feature of the week, resulting in very large captures of troops and the whole movement being conspicuous, by the ;; flight of the German commander in chief, who apparently got out in ad- lvance."
 In referring to the event on the western front General Marche said the American forces in the offen- slve between Rheims and Verdun had taken 5000 prisoners while the