The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
jULGARS SEEK
SERB ALLIANCE
Plea to Join Jugoslav State
Under King Peter-Met
with Scon.

Proposal to settle the Bulgarian
5 roblem by electins the King Of
; erbia to the Bulgarian throne and
: y forming a personal union OF their
..sate with the new Jugo-Slav king
F. ON, is advocated by the influential
Bulgarian newspaper, Mir" accord
" to a cable from Belgrade, just
eceived here by Professor Voyslav
Z Yoyanovitch, chief of the official
lformation bureau Of the Kingdom
7, the Serbs. Croats and Slovenes
a Washington.
Mir is the organ of the Ma
onalist party in Bulgaria, whose
lief is DR.. Ivan f. Geshoff,
ormerIy premier and minister of
lreign affairs, and the editorial in
uestion is signed by Stephan Bopt-
len, member in DR.. Geshofr's cab
Iet, and a former minister OF King
erdinand to Russia.
Serb Reviews BuIgar Acts
With respect to this proposal, the
unofficial Serbian journal ''Samou-
ava" published in Belgrade, eN-
-esses the following opinion:
p In the beginning of the world war,
when Austria-Hungary attacked Ser
sla- everything, even the impossible,
vas made by Serbia to meet the Bull
Lrian ambitions. Faithful to her
sry duties Of young State, Serbia
fered to Bulgaria the most impor
mt territorial advantages in Mace
mia almost all Of what was attrib
ed TO Bulgaria by the Treaty OF
T. the city Of MOnastir included.
e - - ~
ls entente allies TO Bulgaria to ex-
nd her frontiers in Thrace and else
, here. But all this was insufficient
> the HulEarians. They preferred
ne offers of Germany, and the help
.f Z Eaiscr's army. who was promis-
lg them the whole of Macedonia, an
nportant part OF Old Serbia (the
st being reserved for Austria Hun
aryl and the whole Morava valley;
n all. mone than twO-thirds OF the
antire territory of our State.
By their behavior. following the
lvasiOn Of SeTbIa. by the sacrileges,
1assaCr.s. violations. plunderings,
he BulsarilHs aimed to destroy
verything Serb in the territories un-
er their occupation. The worst and
he most sOrTOwfUl part Of il is the
1t AAlAL Jul lil6 AAAESG lllltt ld->L
ears Of savage orgies. not a single
;ulgariaH voice protested against
hose criminal acts. At that time all
rowing the policy Of DIR. Radosla
eff's cabinet
Even BOptche6 HeartIeSS.
Stephen BOptchef himself had not =.
Jingle word o. pity for the surerings
Il the Serbian people. not a word or
1rotestatiOn against the terrible mas
acres committed on the Serbian race
y his Bulgarian Countrymcn. not a
5ord Of condemnation of the muir
-'erers covered with blood The uu-
Ithomable depth and the terrible
5yss which eparate the Serbians
nd the Bulgarians, have been hoI-
owed not only by the Bulgarian poll
icians, but by the Bulgarian people.
90. The Bulgarian Parliament and
he Bulgarian public opinion were ap-
rowing the acts which created that
Jepth and that abyss.
To-day, the BuI-arians declare to
. ready to punish the criminals who
ave committed such atrocities, bot
MS does not suffice completely for the
eparatiOn Of all wrongs done by them.
The rcparation is even not rcaIiZable
a full measure. because the wounds
made by Bulgaria in Serbia's back by
tabbinE her sIyIy and treacherously.
till are aching. the more so as Ser
Jia was fighting not exclusively Tor
Fer own freedom, but also for that
Il all Serbs. Croats and SIovenes.
The BUlgaTians wished that the
Balkan problem should he solved by
he brutal forces of the Germans. the
Hagyars. tn" Turks and the Bulgars.
But that brutal force is actually
crushed and awaits its punishment
Ghe Balkan problem Is going to be
solved by other powers. by other