The sun., 1919-09-03
WILSON KNOCKS
THRACE OUT OF
BULGAR TREATY
His Withdrawal of Gift to
Greece Stirs Clemenceau
to Resentment.
REOPENS BALKAN ROW
President Now Wills Bulk
of Territory to New State
of Constantinople.
HAD MISLED VENIZEL0S
United States Participation in
Settling Boundaries Again
Is Disapproved.
HAD MIsLED vENIZELOs
~ LAURENCE HILLS.
stor Correspondent of THp Sun.

CopvIoht. 1919, all rights reserued.
PARIS. Sept. 2.-The participation OF
the United States in the Bulgarian
treaty was marked yesterday by the
presentation Of an entirely new pro-
posal of President Wilson for the divi-
sion Of Thrace, which not only caused
general amusement. but, it would
seem, instantly evoked the emphatic
disapproval Of Premier Clemenceau.
AS a result the Thracian matter
now will be left for future settlement
either by this or some future confer
ence, while feelings of resentment
have been aroused and the whole Bal
kan matter is left in dispute. Little is
obtainable from American sources
concerning what happened yesterday.
but information from other delega-
tons indicates that the Presidents
latest proposal in regard to Thrace
was presented not merely as a sug-
gestion. but as something the Presi-
dent would like very much to have the
conference do. In some quarters II
was described as virtually an order.
but that 1t quite deserved such a char
acterization is doubtful.
The substance OF the proposal was
that small triangular piece of western
Thrace should be given TO Greece and
all the rest Of Thrace should be incor-
porated with the new State OF constan-
tinopie.
Two Plans Put Up to Wilson.
In making this proposal. it appeared.
the President had both the plan for an
international state and the alternative
of internationalizing the Bulgarian rail-
road and the port of Dedeagatch. These
two plans had been put UP to President
Wilson by the council with a view of
getting him to support one or the other,
although, from what developed to-day,
It appears that the President was in
formed that the other members of the
council did not look with much favor
on the creations of any more interna-
tional states.
President Wilson sent a long cable
message yesterday which, when COM
municated to the council by Under Sec
retary Polk, caused a stir. Premier
Clemenceau announced Immediately that
France never could subscribe to any
such idea and seemed to resent the form
in which it was made. The proposal
seemed to At in with the idea which
some of the European nations persist
in holding, that the United States really
is desirious of getting the Constantincple
mandate. With Greek hopes centred
upon Thrace. the Presidents plan by
which virtually all of Thrace would be
turned over to the new State of Con-
stantinople seems to have excited many
suspicious of Americas designs.
The Presidents cable made 1t clear
that he never would consent to any of
the other plans suggested as a compro-
mise, 80 that virtually 1t was agreed to
draw up the Bulgarian treaty without
respect to Thrace.
Allied Troops for Thrace.
Meanwhile the Bulsarians have been
ordered to withdraw their troops from
northwestern Thraoe, while the Greeks
will be allowed to occupy only a small
corner adjoining Greece, the rest of
Thrace to be occupied Immediately by
one battalion each of British, French and
Italian troops.
In Greek circles last night President
Wilson was denounced for having pre-
vented a settlement OF the entire dis
pute and also WAS accused of having
misled Premier Venizelos in regard to
his attitude toward Greek aspirations
After having informed the Greek Pre-
mier in personal interview two days
before he left France that he saw no
objection to the report of the commits
sion, then unanimous, which would give
Thrace TO Greece, the President, accord
ing to members Of the Greek delegation,
cabled his disapproval two weeks after
he landed in America
The Greeks also accuse the President
OF suocuunbing to the influence of the
hackers Of Roberts College. among whom
Cleveland II. Dodge, close friend of
the President, is a leading factor.
The council may finish the Bulgarian
treaty by the time that the agreement
with Austria is signed and possibly will
take a short vacation while the Bulgari-
ans are considering their pact and TO
wait for a stable government to appear
in Hungary