The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-19
BLAMED KING
FERDINAND AND
FOREIGN MINISTER
Gen. Theodoroff Admitted
That Bulgaria Had Com
mitted Faults and Was
Ready to Bear the Conse-
quences Within Bounds
of Equity - Has 25 Days
to Make Protest.

Paris, Sept. 10 (By the Associated
Press The treaty of peace between the
allied and associated powers and Bull
garian was presented TO the Bulgarian
mission at the French foreign Office this
morning at l0;40 o'clock.
After the delegates had assembled,
Georges Clemeneeau, president of the
peace conference, spoke briefly in opening
the session. He was followed by Cen
eral Theodoroff, head of the Bulgarian
mission M. Theodoroff spoke for 10
minutes, 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 feel that in no way have they com
mitted such a crime as will compel them
to accept servitude."
King Ferdinand and Vaseil Radoslav-
off, Bulgarian foreign minister in 1914,
were blamed for Bulgaria's entry into
the war by M. Theodoroff. He said the
Bulgarian people did not approve of the
German alliance, which, he declared
"came to them as a cataclysm," but
they realized they must accept part of
the responsibility
1--WE have committed faults" he said
"and we shall bear their consequences
within the bounds of equity, but there
is punishment no crime can Justify
and that is servitude."
Each of the 81 governments partici.
pating in the conference including Ru.
mania, was present. Frank L. Polk. head
OF the United States delegation, sat on
M. Clemenceau's right, and Sir Eyri
Grove, the new British plentipotentiary
to the peace conference, sat on the pres
ident's left
The Bulgarian delegates, NJ. Theodor-
off, M Ganeff, NJ Sakessof NJ. Siam
buliwsky and NJ. Harzoff, entered after
the other delegates, who rose when the
enemy representatives appeared. The
Bulgarians showed courteous confidence.
Twenty-Five days are allowed Bulpa.
ria to present observations on the treaty
terms.
The ceremony ended at II O'clock.
Many delays have marked considera.
tion of the Bulgarian treaty. which was
presented to the representatives of that
government to-day. Work on the pact
was begun on May 26, but the negotia-
Aions with Germany and Austria pre-
vented the peace conference from com.
pleting to convention until late this
week
Although the United States was not at
war at any time with Bulgaria. she will
be a signatory 10 the treaty for the pur.
pose of adding her influence in securing
Observance by Bulgaria of the covenant
of the league of nations, which is an in
fegral part Of the pact. This country.
however, will not be represented on the
inter-allied commission charged with the
enforcement OF the financial clauses Of
the treaty.
Disposition of Thrace was the sub
ject on which the peace conference was
forced to spend the most time in the
preparation of the treaty. As it devel-
ops, this question has not been finally
adjusted, but Thrace is to be excised
from Bulgarian territory and left un-
der the supervision of the principal al
lied and associated powers, which will
later announce their decision as to the
future status of the country. A plan by
which the port of Dedeagateh. ON the
Aegean sea, would be given to Bulga- !
ria, with corridor leading to it sim. |
liar to that provided for in the. German
treaty by which Poland was given access
to Danzig on the Baltic, has been con
sidered but it has never been formally |
adopted. Bulgaria, under the treaty |
terms, however, is assured an economic
outlet to the Aegean.