New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
Bulgars Split
With Turkey
Over Spoils
DR.. Kuchlmann Tells of Diff
ferences in Address
to Reichstag

Kuehlmann, Foreign Secretary, said in
yesterday he would not go into the
| question of the punishment of the per.
sons guilty of "the highly regrettable
prisoner horrors" but that "in more
! intimate circles" he would make com
munications which would completely
satisfy all just claims. His address
was made on the first reading of the
Rumanian peace treaty.
DR.. Kuehlmann's reference to
prisoner horrors" is not clear, owing
to the fact that two sections of the
dispatch bearing on this phase of his
speech were delayed in transit, and
have not been received. 1t is pre-
sumed, however, that the Foreign Min
lister referred to war prisoners in Ger
many.
Differences have arisen between Bull
garia and Turkey over the division of
lands taken from Rumania under the
peace agreement with the Central Pow
ers; DR.. Won Kuehlmann indicated.
"We will take the standpoint" said
the Foreign Secretary, Chat the pro-
visional arrangement, which we desire
shall continue as short time as pos
sible, must find it's rational solution in
the union of the Northern Dobrudja
with Bulgaria, in accordance with the
desires Of the Bulgarian people.
"As, in the present case, it is mat
ter of difference of opinion between
two of our allies, which will be bridged,
we must, bound as we are by exactly
equal ties to Bulgaria and Turkey,
avoid everything which could evoke the
impression abroad that the German
policy favored the claims of the one at
the expense of the other.
Both Nations Highly Excited
"The question of Dobrudja or of the
compensation due to Turkey, if this
question be solved in the Bulgarian
sense, has in high degree excited pub
lie opinion in both countries, which are
looking with keen attention for every
of the Central Powers"
DR.. Won Kuehlmann alluded to &
speech preceding his own, made by DR..
Gustav Stresemann, who, the Foreig,
Secretary said, had used a phrase
sion that there was an inclination on
our part to favor Bulgarian wishes-to
lay less weight upon the claims of
Turkey"
There is nothing further from the
minds of the government and the en-
tire public" the Foreign Secretary as
serted, Especially the leading parties
of this House"
Distrust of Rumania
Referring to a certain mistrust of
Rumania expressed in some of the
speeches, DR.. Won Kuehlmann said:
"Certainly, after the experiences of
this war, complete and undivided trust
cannot return Immediately. A waiting
attitude toward that country will neces-
sarily have to be adopted as regards
policy and public opinion, but this
judgment must not be marked by open
mistrust."
The speaker expressed the opinion
manian people was driven into the war
by "a small number Of politicians and
business men, some of them selfish,
some light-minded and some criminal"
Georg Ledebour, Independent Social
ist. interjected:
"Just as in other countries" while
another member added, ain America,
perhaps" DR.. Won Kuehlmann con-
tinued:
"The attitude so far taken by the
Rumanian Cabinet with which we con-
cluded peace is the governments guar
antee that those persons whose guilt
can be shown will be brought to ac-
count. The fact that it comes from the
Rumanian people without any pressure
from outside shows this act of national