Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-24
BULGARIAN lREAIY
IS LESS Stringent.
u. S. Expected to. Join
League in Guaranteeing
Territorial Adjustments.
NATIONS MANY CLAIMS
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.
Special Cable to The Star and the
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1919.
tons are that the Bulgarian treaty will
be less stringent than was expected.
Bulgaria was trimmed down by Tur-
key, Greece, Serbia and Rumania, fol-
lowing the second Balkan war, and it
was chiefly in order to emancipate the
bulgarian regions thus lost that Bull
garia committed the criminal mistake of
entering the great war on the side of
the Germans. She has again been de-
feated, and while her delegates are
pleading for the restoration of the terri
tories taken from her after the second
Balkan war the Greek, Serbian and
Rumanian delegates are all asking the
peace conference to take still further
territories from her on the pretext that
she is the Prussia of the Balkans"
Cite Statistics in Proof.
They furthermore cite statistics to
prove their claims on the principle of
nationality, but to any one familiar
with Balkan politics most of these
statistics are quickly recognized as
ganda."
Serbia Is asking frontier rectifications
on strategic grounds, and it seems prob
able that she will get them, although
the question Of Strumnitza is still being
discussed.
Greece wants both eastern and west
ern Thrace. thus cutting off Bulgaria
from the Aegean sea and imposing a
strip Of Greek territory between Bull
garia and Constantinople.
These particular claims have been
placed in the hands of Foreign Min,
lister Tittoni, and indications are that
the Italian diplomat will reject them.
leaving to Bulgaria her Aegean coast
with the point at Dedeagatch, and even
extending her territory at Turkish ex-
pense to the old Enos-Midia line, which
was the frontier accorded to her after
the first Balkan war.
Rumania's Aims.
Rumania wants to keep and rectify
the frontier of the Bulgarian Dobrogea,
after tho second Balkan war, but there
is movement led by the Italian and
American delegates to give at least part
of this region back to Bulgaria.
Al the issues are still unsettled. Two
months ago 1t looked as If all the claims
hostile to Bulgaria would be granted,
and. although at present there is a tend
ency to view Bulgaria's case more IA
vorab1y. there Ii no certainty that the
conference may not again change its
policy before tho treaty is finally drafted.
Blame q. s. In Part.
Tho Greeks arc protesting strongly
against any attempt to modify their de-
mands, feeling that the United States is
partly responsible for the kindlier atti-
tude toward Bulgaria M. Venizelos has
asked fatty whether the United States
intends to sign the Bulgarian treaty.
Nobody here knows.
The original attitude Of the Ameri-
can delegates was that they would
not sign because we had never been
at war with Bulgaria. Then it be-
came obvious that since the United
States would be expected under the
league Of nations to guarantee the
territorial settlements made In the
Balkans and as we must, therefore. in
self-protection take part in the dis
cussion Of the Balkan treaty, the
opinion grew that our delegates
might just as well sign the Bulgarian
treaty.