The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-03
Bulgarian Move Provokes
CONSERVATION in Berlin

London, Sept. 30.--The publication
in Berlin emi-official OF
Bulgaria's armistice requests was the
cause of the greatest panic in the Ger
man capital, according to advices re-
ceived at Copenhagen and forwarded
by the Exchange Telegraph CORE
%spondent there.
Admiral von Hintze, the German.
foreign secretary, according to the ad-
vices, In a speech before the main
committee Of the reichstag said that
the difficulties between the Yardar
and the Cerna evidently had not been
favorably explained by Premier
Mahnoff and The Bulgarian govern.
ment, because on Thursday Bulgaria
proposed to the entente commander to
open peace negotiations.
Admiral o HintZe said that ii was
not yet clear whether the Bulgarian,
government had acted In accordance
with the army's desires or on its own
initiative. There were Indications. he
said, that Premier MaIinoff's move
would be disa" owed by later develop.
ments.
He added that there was great ex-.
element in Bulgaria and in ~influen-
tial circles, the people were against
an armistice on any appea, for peace.
He added that the peace delegation,
which 1t was reported had left for
Saloniki on Wednesday was still in
Sofia on Thursday and there evidently,
was some counteraction coming.
The German high command, Admiral
Won Hintze said, Immediately threw
all reserves at it's disposal into Bull
garla when. the BAD news came from
Macedonia. The Austrians also sent
forces and these reserves. he said, were
sufficient to restore the military posi-
ton.
THE situation must, however, be
characterized as critical" Admiral Won
Hintze is reported to have said, 'but
1t VIII be clearer ina few days and
there is no reason TO give up the game
in Bulgaria"
The Bulgarian plea for an armistice
was i'm response 10 anti-war agitation
among the people,, the correspondent.
says i'm his dispatch from Copenhagen.
The correspondent also hears that
King Ferdinand himself played an ac-
tive role in the peace move until Ger
many countered his move.
According to his report the king
took initiative some time ago i'm in
trigues for peace, hoping to save his
throne and Save off a revolution. II
was for this reason hat he went to
Germany and the correspondent adds
that ii was a curious fact hat his
whereabouts and actions since he re-
turned have been a mystery.
Solution of the mystery Is said to
be that the Germans in Bulgaria real
ICED that the king WAS turning against
them and they virtually kept him a
prisoner at any rate to an extent OF
preventing him from taking q hand In
peace o~vertures. The Germans. how
ever. were powerIess against the popu-
larity OF Premier Malinoff, who, 1t lie
recalled while Bulgaria's policy wal
undecided, had opposed an alliance
with the central powers.
Copenhagen, Sept. 28.-"There is nc
reason to give up the game In Bull
garia," declared Admiral Won Hintze,
German foreign minister, in an address
to the main committee Of the reich
stag. according to dispatches received
here today.
German Foreign Minister Won
Hintze declared that the Bulgarian
delegates were still in Sofia on Thurs
day, despite press reports they had left
for Saloniki on Wednesday,