The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1919-12-04
BULGARIA SIGNS
TREATY OF PEACE
Simple but Gloomy Ceremony in
the Little Town Hall of
Neuilly, France.
POLK SIGNS FOR AMERICA.
League of Nations Covenant Incorpo-
rated in Treaty of Neuilly-cloud-
ed Skies Attend Acceptance of
Strong Allied Terms.

Paris.-M. Stambuliwsky, premier of
Bulgaria, signed the treaty Of peace be-
tween his country and the allied pow
ers at the Neuilly town hall.
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 seat at the extreme cor
ner of the table nearest the outside
door, with n number of vacant seats
between him and the nelghboring dele
gates.
All the other delegates were in their
seats when NJ StambLliwsky was an
nounced at 10 40 o'clock a IN. He has
bushy black hair, sharp black eyes and
robust physique. He saluted with cold
fOrmality as he entered and took his
seat Premier Clemenceau, as presi-
dent of the peace conference, rose i'm
mediately and invited him to sign
Two minutes later the first signature
had been appended to the treaty of
Neuilly.
Frank L. Polk, American undersecre-
tary of state; Henry White and Gen
eral Tasker IL 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 II. Perley, Canadian high COM
missioner in London, for Canada An
drew Fisher, ..us tralian high commits
siOner in London, for Australia Regi-
nald a. BIenkenbergh, for South ART
ca; 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; Captain An
Dire Tardieu, minister of blockade and
the invaded regions, and Jules Cam
| bon, general secretary to the ministry
Of foreign affairs, for France Then
| followed Guglielmo Marconi and Sig
nor de Martino for Italv; Baron Keishi-
| rO Matsui, Japanese ambassador to
France; Baron Van Den Heuvel and
Nj. Rolin Jacquemyns for Belgium DR..
| V. X. Wellington KOo. Sac Re and S.
| Alfred SZe, Chinese minister in Lon
| don; Rafael Martinez-Ortiz, Cuban
minister to France Eleutherios VeneZ-
clos. the Greek premier, and Nicholas
| Poltis, the Greek foreign minister,
and Rustem Hadiar for the Kingdom
| Of lna
| lowed I'm alphabetical order, with the
exception of ROumania and Jugo- Sla-
via, whose signatures await previous
signing of the treaty with Austria
The ceremony was finished at II :O5,
and at II 10 A. NJ. Stambulwsky. ac-
companled by his attaches, left the
! building He was saluted by the guard
Of honor and remained uncovered as he
passed the line Of troops.
! His bearing throughout the ceremony
seemed to reflect consciousness on his
part of the distinction made between
! this event and the preceding ceremo-
MES. 1t was explained there was no
! intended slight i'm the selection of the
modest mayors office for the ceremony,
! but that it was thought necessary TO
give the treaty a different name than
! the others. Hence as no convenient
place was available within easy dis
| tance of Paris II was decided the docu-
ment should he called the "Treaty Of
! Neuily," and the mayors Office was
! selected as the best available place for
| the signing.
The covenant Of the League of Ma
| tions is Incorporated in the treaty.