Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-04
BULGARIA ASKS
AN ARMISTICE
French Chief Refuses Request as
British Capture Strum-
nitZa.
RUSE SUSPECTED BY ALLIES
Premier Sends ENJOYS to Discuss Peace
Terms, but Entente Armies Con-
tinue Drive-1o,ooo Prison
ers Taken.

London, Sept. 30.-The British forces |
ON the Macedonian front have cap
tured the Bulgarian city of Strumnitza.
Announcement of the capture was
officially made here.
The text of the statement reads:
British troops, preceded by yeo-
manry, entered Strumnitza while An
glo-Greek troops stormed the heights
of the Belaschnitza mountains north
OF Lake Doiran. The British have
taken more than 80 guns and much am
munition."
Foreign Secretary Balfour and An
drew Bonar Law, the chancellor of the
exchequer, have gone for a conference
with Premier Lloyd George regarding
Bulgaria's quest for an armistice.
Washington, Sept. 30.-Military men
here say the capture of the Bulgarian
city of Strumnitza by allied forces on
the Macedonian front breaks the
strongest link in the Bulgarian de-
fense and leaves no serious obstacle to
the allied march into the country.
Pnris. Sept 30.-Gen. Francis De Es-
percy. commanding the allied armies
I'm Macedonia, has telegraphed the
French government that high Bulgar-
ian officer has presented himself in be-
half of General Torodow, commanding
the Bulgarian army, asking suspension
of arms for 48 hours to permit the ar-
rival of two authorized delegates from
the Bulgarian government.
The minister Of finance, Liaptchef,
and General Loukoff, commanding the
Bulgarian second army, are on their
way to the French headquarters with
the assent Of King Ferdinand to ar
range the conditions of the armistice
and eventually the terms of peace.
The French commander reports that
the Bulgarian request reached him
through an Intermediary, the general
commanding the British army in the
east, forming part of the allied COM
mand. General D'Esperey's reply
therefore asked the Bulgarian dele
gates TO present themselves to the Brit
ish lines.
General D'Esperey says that as the
Bulgarian request might be military
ruse 70 allow the regrouping of forces
and the arrival of re-enforcements, he
made n reply declining to grant an
nrmistice but promising to receive
duly qualified government delegates.
The allied troops in Macedonia have
captured more than 10000 prisoners,
says a statement from the French war
office. More than 200 guns also have
been taken.
The text of the French commander's
reply to a letter brought by the Bull
garian officer read:
my response, that send through
the Bulgarian officer bearing the letter
I'm question. cannot be, by reason of
the military situation, other than the
following;
II can accord neither an armistice
nor q suspension of hostilities tending
TO interrupt the operations in course
On the other hand, will receive Will
all the courtesy the delegates. duly
qualified. of the royal Bulgarian gov
ernment. to which your excellency al
ludes in the letter. These delegates
TO present themselves In the British
lines. accompanied by a parliamen
taire.
"FRANCHET D'ESPEREY."
The hope that there will be no ques
tion Of peace with the central powers
until they have been brought to admi
their guilt was expressed by Nikoli
Pachltch, the Serbian premier. II,
voiced this hope after having pointet
out that the allied successes on all tn,
battlefelds had opened up q prospec
of the end Of a struggle that had beel
imposed upon the world by the Ger
manic powers.
Premier Pachitch said he was gla,
that the great allied powers had pre-
claimed their sympathies with the iii
erntion Of the Czecho-Slovaks and tn
Poles.
London. Sept. 2S.-Premier Malinoi
of Bulgaria has made an offer of q
armisticc to the allies, according to
Berlin message transmitted by the E,
change Telegraph correspondent at c.
penhagen. The message states this
the premler's offer was made withoJ
the support of other members of th
cabinet or of King Ferdinand.
According to statements from Sof
by way of Jassy, 1t is added, counte
movement against the action of tf
premier has already been set on foo
(This would seem to indicate that
revolution is In progress in Bulgaria