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Show III IHEfi J MIES The Allies Will Dictate Their Own Terms Of Peace Under The Armistice Bulgaria Entered The War October 8, 1915 Turkey Is Expected To Follow Bulgaria In The Near Future, And This Will Open The Way To Austria Through The Danube River. Paris, Sept. 30. An armistice has been concluded between the Allies and (Bulgaria on the Allies own terms. The announcement was made officially official-ly today. Bulgarian representatives agreed to an armistice probably the firs step In Bulgaria's withdrawal . from the alliance with the central powers a few days less than three years after she entered the war on the side of Germany. It was on October 8, 1915 that Bulgaria issued a manifesto announcing an-nouncing her decision to cast her lot against the entente alliance. She had been fifteeu months in deciding ,, her course. : Paris, Sept. 30. The progress in breaking the hold of the German invader in-vader on French soil is shown by the fact that no. longer is any of the French departments entirely occupied by the enemy. The situation was es tablished by the recapture of four communes of the department of the Ardennes The Bulgarian manifesto declaring war said that '"Bulgaria must fight at the victor' side." Bulgarian troops invaded Serbia October 13,' 1915. Jler entrance into the war led to the overrunning of Serbia, Ser-bia, Montenegro and Albania by the armies of the Central Powers. Bulgaria's Joining the Central Powers Pow-ers was one of the reasons that led Rumania to enter the war on the side , of the Entente late in August, 1916. The population of Bulgaria was not unanimously in favor of Bulgaria Joining the Teutonic alliance. The government took harsh measures . against those opposed to the war. Late in 1917 reports were current that the military party in Bulgaria was being faced by increasing opposition. |