Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-07

to be expected from Bulgaria in any
other allied theater of war,
Made Some Stiff Bargains.
When Turkey joined Germany in
1914. Bulgaria had, as the price OF
her neutrality, demanded Turkish ter
ritory on the right bank of the Mar
itza, and a belt ten kilometers wide
on the left bank, from Adrianople TO
the sea. In return for her entry into
the war against Serbia, she lald claim
to Serbian territory. and. in the event
of Rumania joining in, she demanded
the whole of the so-called Bulgarian
Dobrudia, which had been ceded TO
Rumania by the peace of Bucharest
in 1913
Agreements made in the autumn
of 1916 regarding the cooperation OF
German and Austro- Hungarian troops
only applied to the Serbian campaign,
and no longer held good. The terri
tory conquered in that campaign had
been placed under the jurisdiction of
Austria Hungary and Bulgaria.
Even before the Rumanian storm
cloud broke, the Bulgarian general
| staff had decided to take the often
sive in the direction of Salonica. This
was quite a sound plan from a mill
| luTN point VI view. ilptuih6 Wv ii'AN
of the Struma, with one flank resting
on the sea, the Bulgarian left wing
would be considerably safer than If
| its positions along the frontier
The district east of the Strumf
was occupied on August 81 withou
, serious fighting, as the Greek Att
army corps. stationed there, Offered
no resistance. and quietly looked OF
while the Bulgarian troops marched
past (this surrender was due to TIL
| treachery of King Constantine, thu
kaiser's brother-in-law This corp
remained in the neighborhood o
! Drama and Kavala. The German G
H.Q. Immediately ordered our liaisol
officer to take charge of these troops
They soon placed themselves at on
disposal and, with their own consent
were taken to Gorlitz for internnlen
there. (These Greek troops were hel
as prisoners for the remainder OF tn
war; St #sg
Serbs Smash BulgarS
All danger to the rear of the Bul
garian army had now been removed
, Entente troops were on the line {
|, the Struma. The Bulgarians did ne
, advance any further. as their mai
thrust via Florina (south of Monas
TRY had meanwhile failed.
The Bulgarians had crossed tn
/ Greek frontier at this point on AT
, gust 10, with the massif of the Malk
: Nidze, east of Florina, which, Wa
E held by the Serbs. as their first oil
4 jective. The lower slopes we're ca
ried by surprise, but the main attac
: was repulsed by a violent Serbia
:, counter-attack.
t The Bulgarian losses were heav
: Their offensive and their spirit co
: lapsed together. The car of Blu
o garia and Radoslayoff who were
n Pless at the beginning of Septembe
j. were full of laments and demandt
n German troops Our governme
: strongly supported them in TIL
: against our wishes.
k 1t would have been contrary
sound conduct of the war to yield
a Bulgaria's demand for German rel
q forcements. From the point of vie
r of the war as a whole, more impor
if ant matters were at stake in Tran
10 sylvania. G. H. @. refused any assis
is ance. | found that the commune
N tions between the valley of the Va
$, dar and the plain of Monastir We're,
Is no way adequate to supply the nee