Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
BULGARIA. mercy
\ PLEA IS REJECTED
Allies Decline to Change Ma
teriaIIy Peace Terms as
First Drawn
\ DENY IDEA OF VENGEANCE
by the Associnted Press

Paris, Nov. Tn the covering letter
Of the allied reply to thc bulgarian
delegations representation regarding
the peace terms presented to Bulgaria.
Il Is pointed ont that decisions of the
Peace Conference which have been made
upon mature reflection cannot be, ma
terially chanrcG.
The conditions of ncace as they were
handed to the Bulgarian delegation the
letter sets forth. were not inspired nv
any idea of vengeance and the Allies
do not intend to make bulgaria pay for
all her past mistakes.
They wish only. it is declared. to cs-
tablish peace lust lasting and fertile.
and they remind Bulgaria in this con
nection that thpv guarantee her an out
let to the Aegean sea.
Ten Days for Reply
The letter informs the Bulgarians that
II some of their questions are not an
swered this must not he taken as as
sent on the noints raised. 1t is added
that the notifications made by the re
ply are binding in the treaty, the text
of the original document remaining un
changed in other respects, and that the
text as it now stands must either be
accepted or rejected. Bulgaria is given
ten DAYS for reply.
As has been indicated the allied rc-
My refuses to grant any changes in the
Territorial clauses of the treaty as
originally presented.
Bulgaria asked that the clause for the
protection of racial mnorities. which
she accepted be modified so that Otto
man subjects who left Dobrudja, Thrace
or Macedonia to seek refuge in Bul-
garia be granted facilities to choose
with regard to their nationality. The
reply says this point has been noted by
the allied powers and that measures
will be taken to better the status of this
refugee population.
Naval Terms Lightened
Bulgaria S proposal for the creation
of corps of frontier guards is ac.
cepted, but the men are to be recruited
by voluntary enlistments only and their
number must not exceed 5000.
A slight change is made in the naval
terms, Bulgaria being allowed to re-
tain a certain number of small vessels
for the patrol of fisheries, etc. all
manned on purely nonmilitary basis.
The Allies assure Bulgaria that the
reparations commission will have the
power to facilitate, if necessary. the
conditions for the payment for the sums
due on reparatiOn.
Payment may be made by means OF
property, real estate, concessions, etc.
instead of by currency, if the repara
tiOns commission so decides.
Inventory of Conference
The Supreme Council is now taking
inventory of the remnants of the Peace
Conference, endeavoring to decide what
questions probably will be unsettled
when the Supreme Council Comes to its
close and how these shall be disposed of.
A number of unsettled problems will
be left in the hands of an ambassa-
dorial co ordination commission. Inc
reparations commission, which will be
the most important of the Peace Con
ference arrangements remaining IN
Paris. will have a very considerable
personnel and great amount OF work
incidental to execution of the German
peace treaty, which cannot be trans
ferred to the various foreign offices.
A great mass of matters which have
been under discussion by the Supreme
Council are not, strictly speaking, part
Of the peace negotiations. Consequently
all these matters which came before
the peace body because the heads of
the governments were here, but which
were not properly part of the peace set
Element work, will revert to the various
foreign offices.
Fiume Negotiations Continue
There has been a tendency for the
most part to shunt such questions to
the various capitals, but certain powers
chung to the theory that the Supreme
Council had as much power as the body
it succeeded.
1t is still hoped the Fiume and
Adriatic coast controversy may be set
tied by the Supreme Council. Nego
tiations to this end are going on in
formally Tomasso Tittoni. the Italian
foreign minister, who represents Italy
on the Supreme Council, is at present
ill. but other members of the Italian
delegation are carrying on discussions
with American and other delegations.
1t now seems generally agreed tha
the Supreme Council cannot take an!
definite action looking to the settlemen
OF the future of Russia and Turkey
but the opinion is held that specia
conference will be called later to dis
pose of the Turkish question.
The Austrian delegation has hande'
over the ratification document of tn
treaty of st. German.