The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-02
Detection of Bulgaria
Looks Up as Bug -a-boo
to Dual Monarchy.
OUTLOOK GLOOMY
Large Proportion Of Civil
Population Are Dis
posed to Make Real
Offer.

Washington, Oct. 1,--Scpuratc
military" peace with Austria,
forced nu her by the Bulgarian de-
fiction. looms today in high OIL
cial circles as ii bigger question
than the future OF Turkey.
Both diplomatic and military Of
ficial~ now are saying and prov
ing that Turkey has never been
fighting factor. but they admit
that her isolation makes for the
early capituiation of Austria to
the allied armies that are to be
turned loose on her eastern bor-
dcrs and ON the lines OF Il certain
new Italian offensive.
\ forced military peace with
the dual monarchy. ii il asserted,
can he predicted with reasonable
safety, for the prime reason that
The desire TOR peace has always
been with the Austrian people.
and that when the allied armic,
approach from the east. and Italy
bursts into AUSTRIAN tcrritor. in
force Austria, for the first time
will be able to take IA position OPP
posed to that of the German mill
tar{ staff.
From the purely strategic point
of view. Austria +. 10 find herself
attacked by Greek. French. Brit
ish. Serbian and possibly Bulga-
rian and Rounanian armies on
her boundaries. where political,
revolutionary and peace spirit is
rampant.
Easy for italy.
II hn diversion al t1ae allied afn1ir
cat af The Balkans for direct mas
attacks cains1 Austria Will make h
program of the Italians into AuStri
an easy military performance. Tn
she viii be- Obliged TO fac
is the hurting against her OF a ne'
army of one million or more Vict oriou
troops which have just. brought Blu
ga ria to terms and viii especially le
loose against her the vindicfiye Serb
an army. which has the greatest scor
Of all European nations 10 SETTLE wit
Austria
Briefly summarized, these are tn
views OF the important military an
diplomatic authorities referred TO;
! Il is known to the whole dlplo
matte corps in Washington that TO
TWO or three months previous to tn
bulgarian disaster to the Teuton pow
rs a very considerable proportion O
49, ~hh''' Atkii i'N' kdf' NN'lfi 'ttsa t'fSH'A {
offer real peace bat We're held i
check ostensibly by tho military part
IN Austria. hut actually ny the mill
-ary party IN Berlin eN"rtins prrssur
On the Austrian war lords
That there Mil he no repressio
If that feeling the moment Austria /
about To be invaded by two new pow
arful armies against whom the Aus
rians have no possible defense.
Flame of Revolution
3 The fame OF revolution and de
nand for an armistice, at least Wi
be- lighted close to the Austrian Dor
4er, whore the Jugo- Slavs will 500
get in touch with the allied armie
1urrying on from the Balkans Thi
Kill take place assurediy for the rea
SONS that impelled the thinking Rus
sian people 10 cooperate with III
Anglo E,rcnch= An1er-c-4u 4---noS
IN route from Archangei into the hear
II Russia proper.
l. In order 10 make show of re
distance Austria will he forced to dc
nand that her troops. cooperatin
with the Germans on the wester
front. be Withdrawn to her own east
arn border. This demand will an
must be refused by Germany. because
granting 1t would he suicide for tn