The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-01

ported intention OF Bulgaria to ask for
peace that German troops were being
withdrawn from Rumania and other
points ana were being hurried to Bull
garla. The main German attempt, II
was surmised, would be to hold the con.
troll OF the Orient railroad. which rum
throush Sofia and forms the connecting
link with constantinople. That the nem
situation places Turkey in a most peril
GUS position 10 generally conceded, to 80,
nothing of opening the possibility OF at.
tack through the Danube country against
those parts Of Hungary which have 80
recently given the dual empire so much
trouble.
There is a strong pro-Entente party In
Bulgaria, and the detection OF the coun-
try Is regarded as meaning more, per-
haps, than even the upheaval in Rus
sla, with the attendant possibility OF a
popular uprising against the Hohen-
zollern dynasty which Is represented by
the Gear Ferdinand.
A despatch from Paris quotes the
Temps as saying that Bulgaria capitu-
lated because she knew that Germany
could no longer help her and she did
not wish to become a Geld of revolution.
I'm 1919" the Temps continues
"Radoslavofr then Bulgarian Premicr)
avenged the ambush of Gen. SAVIOR
minister OF War I'm the Radoslavoff
CablneD, and now the Malinoff- Savoff
Cabinet avenges the ambush of Radios
lavoff.
Gives Austria an Excuse.
while II Is too soon to appreciate
the full political consequence of Bull
garia's abandonment OF the Central
Powers" the Newspaper concludes. yet
It il plain that Bulgaria's action gives
fatal blow to Turkey and perhaps rem
ders a service to Austria. as Austria
now possesses an excuse for capitula-
ton which previously It wanted"
Tho exploitation OF Bulgaria" says
the Journal des Debuts, also Of Paris, zig
the beginning Of the end for the Central
Powers. Germany will have the greatest
difficulty in concentrating forces upon
the Belgrade-Nish line in an attempt to
save her communications with the
Orient, and the Central Powers are In
capable of occupying Bulgaria or setting
up there government to resist the
Allies.
Ferdinand IL doomed. as his subjects
will never pardon this disaster. Formerly
the Central Powers threatened to DOM
mate the Balkans and the eastern Medi-
terranean. but the present Bulgarian
debacle finds the Central Powers mem
aced on all the Balkan fronts. The
feeble Austrian garrisons remaining In
Serbia after Bulgarias withdrawal will
be annihilated.
with the capitulatlon Of tho Bull
garians the Austrian Slavs will rise
against their despotic rulers and the fate
OF the Hapsburgs will be accomplished
An uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina
is a necessary sequel to the freeing Of
Serbia. Turkey must follow the exam
pie Of Bulgaria. and thus the Berlin
Bagdad dream disappears"
Sir Valentine Chirol. former foreign
editor of the London Times and a we'll
known publicist, in an article in the
Timss warns the Allies Of the necessity
Of dealing sternly with King Ferdinand
of Bulgaria
80 long as We remember that our
first duty is to our allies in tho Balkan
Peninsula" says Sir Valentine. I'VE can
treat the Bulgarian people leniently. but
in the interests OF the Bulgarians them
selves we cannot deal too sternly with
the ruler whose sinister influence and
example have bl'ghted the fair promises
Bulgaria held forth during the early
years OF her emancipation from the
Turkish yoke.
IF ever there has been a ruler per-
sonally and directly responsible for hav
ing plunged his country into disaster II
is Ferdinand OF Bulgaria. and II IL is
one Of the chief war aims of the Allies
TO make the world safe against mill
tarlsm and autocraCy Ferdinand who Is