Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-09-26
BULGARIA GIVEN
PEACE TREATY
Pact Presented to Mission at the
French Foreign Office
in Paris.
HAVE Is DAYS TO CONSIDER
Thrace Excised, to Be Left Under Rule
of Allies Until Decision Is Made
Defeated Country to Have
Seaport.

Paris, Sept. 22.-The treaty of peace
between the allied and associated pow
ers and Bulgaria was presented to the
Bulgarian mission at the French for
eign Office.
After the delegates had assembled
Georges Clemenceau, president of the
peace conference, spoke briefly in open
ing the session. He was followed by
General Theodoroff, head of the Bull
garian mission.
pleading that the Bulgarian people
were not responsible for the war, but
that the Bulgarian government had
thrown the country into the struggle
He realized, however, he said, that the
people must share the responsibility.
"They are willing to do So he said,
"but they feel that in no way have
they committed such a crime as will
compel them to accept servitude.'
King Ferdinand and Vasell RADIO
slavoff, Bulgarian foreign minister in
1914, were blamed for Bulgaria's en-
try into the war by M. Theodoroff. He
said the Bulgarian people did not ap-
prove of the German alliance, which
he declared, "came to them as
cataclysm," but they realized they
must accept part of the respon-
sibility.
.'We have committed faults" he said,
land we shall bear their consequences
within the bounds of equity, but there
is a punishment no crime can justify,
and that is servitude.
Representatives of all the q gov
ernments participating in the confer
ence, including Roumania, were pres
ent. Frank L. Polk, head of the United
States delegation, sat on M. .Clemen-
ceau's right and Sir Eye Grove, the
new British plenipotentiary to the
peace conference, sat on the presi-
dents left
The Bulgarian delegates, M. Theo-
doroff. M. Ganeff, NJ. Sakessof, M.
Stambuliwsky and M Harzoff, entered
after the other delegates, who rose
when the enemy representatives ap-
peared. The Bulgarians were courte-
ously confident in their demeanor.
Twenty-Five days are allowed Bull
garia to present observations on the
treaty terms.
Many delays have marked consider
alton of the Bulgarian treaty which
was presented to the representatives
of that government today. Work on
the pact was begun May &c, but the
negotiations with Germany and Aus
tria prevented the peace conference
from completing the convention until
late this week.
Although the United States was not
at war at any time with Bulgaria, it
will be signatory to the treaty for
the purpose of adding its influence in
securing observance by Bulgaria OF
the covenant of the League of Nations,
which is an integral part of the pact.
The United States, however, will not
be represented on the iaterallied COM
mission charged with the enforcement
of the financial clauses of the
treaty.
Disposition of Thrace was a subject
on which the peace conference was
forced to pass the most time in the
preparation Of the treaty. AS it de-
velops, this question has not been final
ly adjusted, but Thrace is to be ex-
cised from Bulgarian territory and left
under the supervision of the principal
allied and associated powers, which
later will announce their decision as
to the future status of the country A
plar by which the port of Dedeagatch,
on the Aegean sea, would be given to
Bulgaria with a corridor leading to it
similar to that provided for in the
German treaty, by which Poland was
given access to Danzig, on the Baltic,
has been considered. but it has never
been formally adopted. Bulgaria, IN
der the treaty terms, however, is as
sured an economic outlet to the
Aegean.