The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-10
WATCH FOR BULGARIAN PROPAGANDA
Drive" for Sympathy Here Expected as Peace Confer
ence Prepares to Draw Up Her Treaty
By CAPTAIN GORDON GORDON SMITH So.
Noted War Correspondent in tch Royal Serbian Army

2Oth juno. 1913. tn" bulgarian TROOPS
| without thu slightest warning. mao II
! sudden attack on their SERBIAN anu
| Greek allies Fortunately for Serbia h'r
! soldiers come Of a sturdy rae" ana lW'n-
! ty-four hours later both they ana inc
| Greeks took the offensive. Their lhulE
! nation so fired their courage that inc
! Rulyarians were driven from position 10
| position. Bulgaria's difficulties became
| her enemies opportunity. RoumaniA.
which mad long demanded the ccSSi"n ~
! IN" pnhrudja prOvin"". TOOK auNa"'afH
| OF Bulgaria'S cmharrasSmcntS 10 press
| her CLAIMS and when these were rcSiStcu
! She toe mohiliz"d her army, l"rC''hE
: seized that province and mhrCh'd ".
! Sofia Turkey. too, saw Chancc OIL
! avcnging at least IA part of her dcfca''
! and invaded the territory *hc hau just
! lost and rcCHptur"d Adrln"pl".
Threatened thus from all sides, ana
! with the ROumanian army fcw mics
from the gates OF Sofia. Bulgaria was
| forced ~ sue for peace.
As soon as hostlIlICS in tho war just
, ended began. Bulgaria saw her chance
! for revenge on Roumania by entering
/ into secret treaty with ArStrla%o AZ ,
tack Knumania # thaL/COuntry Should
70 70 war with thc>rual Monarchy In
/ the SprInC Of l9f5 tho Sofia government
came To an UNDERSTANDING with Germany
to aid her in her advance on Constanti-
noplc.
In order 10 conceal her game. Bulgaria
began active negotiations with France
England and Russia for coming IN on
their side and attacking Turkey. untor-
| tunatcly tho foreign ministers OF inc
Entente. in spite of earnest warnings
fell into tho. tran set for them. Count
ing on Bulgaria becoming their ally ana
marching on ConstantinoPlc they re-
fused IT, send Serbia tho rcinforccmcnts
necessary To defend the Danube front
with the result that when in OCTOBER
1915, Bulgaria threw off the mask ana
joined Germany. Serbia, with her 25V.9VO
men found herself single handed against
10000 Germans, Austrians and 6uISaF-
ians.
As reward for her treachery. Bull
garia was given a free hand IN Serbia
Greece and Eoumanla. inc aclS OF
ficndish cruelty she pcrpctratcd on inc
unfortunate people in the occupied terri
tory would fl volumes. Now her gov
eminent is trying 10 escape from th'
consequences Of It's crimes by plcadihG
that the whole policy II the country was
the work Of its wicked Gcrman-ooru
king who had deceived his trusting
people.
For two long years l was on the S"rh'
| ian front and can CcFtIlF N'a' 'lo' VIZ >
has the kings policy tho support ano
approval OF tho whole Bulgarian nation
but was carried out with enthusiasm
II would therefore he a shame II TINS
people should benefit on" lola ny thci'
treason Bulgaria must he expelled IRON
every inch Of territory belonging &c
/, Serbia and Greece seized by her anc
must b st"rnly confined within her from
tiers OF 1917.
As she will now as tho result Of th'
diSmCmbrrmCnt of the Austrian Emplr'
b" face to face with the whole Scrhian
speaking race inhabitng JugoslaNia o.
thirteen million souls. greater Rou
mania of twelve million and greater
Greece Of seven million. sh" is. of course
| now niiitarily helpless. What she pa:
! to do Is 10 SIT in saCkcloth and asAc:
for years - come and perhaps when hcI
:. heart is rurgcd and she has domonstra'
cd her repentanc, she may he admItt"c
TO III JugCslav Confederation. But tina
, tilno is not yet. TIL" hatred "nE"1d"ref
nv her trrachcrics and her cruclucs /!
sun too lively.
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