Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-24
BULGARIA HOOKING.
T0u.S.F0RH HELP
But Peace Delegate Believes
Lack of Succor 'yyM Not
Bring BoIshevism.
BIZ GORDON STILES. |
BY Cable to The Stnr ana Chlcag0
Daiiy Nevs, G0RyraGht, 10ID.

ny CUDle TO The Staf ana lineage
Daaiy News, Ge9y1aght, 1oID.
LONDON. England. August IA
refreshing break In the monotony Of
the statements made by representa-
tives of the former enemy countries
occurred to-day in the course of an
interview with n. Guechoff. who is
member in an advisory capacity OF the
Bulgarian peace delegation in Paris.
When I asked him If Bulgaria In
common with the other central pow
ers was looking to America to ex-
tricate her from the difficult situaz
ton she got into by going to war he
said:
'Of course, we look to America.
There is no other place to look to
not going to say that II such help is
not forthcoming Bulgaria win be
overwhelmed by boyshevism, for moth
ing of the kind will happen. You
see. the biggest class Of workers IN
Bulgaria is made up OF peasants.
cultural nature. The Bulgarian peas
ant Is as q rule a land owner. He
is also in the happy position OF be-
ing able as the result of hts own in
dustry to increase his holdings to an
unlimited extent He has no use for
Of labor there are no great classes to be
swayed by hotheads"
Cannot Tell His Mission.
What is your mission In London
I asked.
That cannot tell you At present"
he replied; but / have no objection
to telling you that it is of financial
nature"
rs the rumor true that it concerns
100000 pounds (s2o;o0o,ooO. for
nand, but now declared forfeited to
the British crown. and that you are
to present a claim for some Of these
funds as rightfuily belonging to the
Bulgarian slater" I inquired.
NO" he replied. smiling. That
money was a personal matter. Have
a Bulgarian cigarette?-
Thanks. Have a Virginia? Is
there plenty of tobacco in Bulgaria ?'
M. Guechoff replied that there was
and that he had been talking about
it with an American tobacco magnate
would pull herself together quickly
IL she received the materials needed,
Her commercial enterprises, he said,
would furnish sound fields for the in
vestment of foreign capital because
they had not been SO impaired by
WIZ AS NOT TO IdIufSn aIuple security
for the investor.
In business matters the Bulgarians
are notably honorable. With the re-
strictions removed. he pointed out,
1t would be possible to export one
product obtained only in Bulgaria,
namely, oil of roses, a by-product of
rose water worth $500 per kflogram
(2.2 pounds). The government was
sound, he assured me, and was ready
to carry out the peace terms in good
faith. He said that his people nat
urally chafed at the delay in Paris
They had been summoned to come
there July Is to hear the peace
terms and now on August 10 they
had received no official intimation az
to what those terms were.
He had heard. he said, that the
American delegation was opposed to
the proposal OF the other delegates
that Bulgarian Thrace be given to
Greece. 1t would be q terrible blow
to Bulgaria, as she would lose her
Aegean seaports. and he feared it
would lead to a strike. NJ. Gueehon
said he had had a conference with
Viscount Bryce and hoped for q sue
cessful outcome Of his mission.