Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-27
BULGARIA SIGNS
TREATY Of PEACE
|NMAY0R'S OFFICE
Gloom Attends Ceremony
Staged in the NeuiIly Town
Hall, U. S. Party to Pact.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 27.-M. Stambu-
liwsky, premier of Bulgaria, signed the
treaty of peace between his country
and the allied powers at the Neullly
town hall at 1910 o'clock this morn
ing.
The covenant of the league of ma
tions is incorporated in the treaty.
The simple staging of the ceremony
and the clouded skies. combined with
the probable inadvertent but complete
isolation of Bulgaria's delegate at the
peace table, spread a sort OF gloom
over the proceedings. NJ. Stambuliw-
sky occupied a seat at the extreme
corner of the table nearest the outside
door, with number of vacant seats
between him and the neSghboring DEL
egateS.
All the other delegates were in their
seats when NJ. StambuliWsky was an
nounced at 1910 o'clock He has
bushy black hair sharp black >syes
and robust physique. He saluted with
cold formality as he entered and took
his seat. Premier Clemenceau, as
president of the peace conference,
rose Immediately and invited him to
sign. Two minutes later the first sig
nature had been appended to the
treaty of Neuilly.
Frank l.. Polk, American under
secretary of State. Henry White and
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss signed for the
United States. followed by Cecil b.
Harmsworth, British undersecretary
for foreign affairs. and Sir Eyre
Grove, assistant undersecretary of
state for foreign affairs. for Great
Britain: Sir George H. Perley. Cana
dian high commissioner in London,
for Canada; Andrew Fisher, Australian
high commissioner in London, for
Australia: Reginald A. Blankenburgh.
for South Africa: Thomas Mckenzie,
New Zealand's high commissioner in
London. for New Zealand; Sir Eyre
Grove also signed for India.
Premier Clemenceau, who was in fine
form and high spirits after his rest
at the seashore, signed with Louis
Lucien KlotZ, minister of finance;
Capt. Andre Tardieu, minister of
| blockade. and the invaded regions.
and Jules Cambon, general secretary
to the ministry of foreign affairs, for
France. \.
Then followed Guglielmo Marconi
and Signor de MARITIME for Italy. Baron
Keishire Matsui. Japanese ambas-
| sador to France; Baron Van Den
Heuvel and M: Rolin Jacquemyns for
Sac Ke and S. Alfred SEE. Chinese
minister in London: Rafael Martinez
| Ortiz Cuban minister to France;
Eliptherios Venizelos, the Greek
premier. and Nicholas Politis, the
Hadjar for the kingdom of Hedjaz.
The other powers followed in alpha
beticaI order, with the exception OF
Rumania and Jugoslavia- whose sig
natnres await previous signing OF the
| The ceremony was finished at HOS
O'Clock. and at 10 O'clock M. SIAM
ta5tsisy, eeeomPanied by MS at
saltted BY the guard Of honor. and
remained uncovered as he passed the
| line Of troops. His bearing through
! out the ceremony seemed to reflect
| consciousness on his part of the dis
ttnction made by this event and the
preceding ceremonies. 1t was eX
planned there was no intended slight
| in the selection of the mayors nodes
Office for the ceremony. but that it
was thought necessary to give the
| treaty 4 different name than the
others. Hence as no convenient place
Of Paris, it was decided the document
should be called the Treaty of Neu-
lily" and the mayors office was
| selected as the best available place
for the signing.
BY conditions of the treaty which
was signed this morning at the Neullly
town hall, Bulgaria is called upon to
| surrender all works OF art and val
uables taken from allied countries dur
| ing the war and to pay an Indemnity
of approximately 100000. Bulgaria
is deprived Of Thrace and also loses
| Strumitza, a small triangular section Of
territory, the latter being assigned to
Serbia Proposals which would give
Bulgaria corridor through Thrace to
| the Aegean are left to the future dis
position of the allied governments. The
boundary between Rumania and Bull
garia is changed in only minor de-
| tails.
Compulsory military service in Bull
garia is abolished by the treaty terms,
the Bulgarian army being limited to
10000 men with a gendarmerie' or po-
lice force not exceeding 10000. All
arms and ammunition exceeding the
amounts laid down by the treaty shall
be turned over to the allies A commits
sion composed of allied representatives
is given power to punish crimes COM
mitted by Bulgarians during the war
and also deal with the repatriation of
prisoners.