Show BULGAR ONG 1 HAS J tr P Y s sMove sw NS TO SI H tn w aJ 1 E Move Iove for Peace Thought to CoVer Scheme for Constantinople Constantinople Con Con- HV nl JOHN JOliN I J. J Ti Correspondent nt of Universal Service London Sept 29 ICing 9 King Fox the czar of ot Bulgaria has been called a traitor and a coward and various other things but he has never been accused of or lack of or Intelligence I understand tonight his present game Is this His Ills armies are arc shattered Ills his countr country country coun coun- tr try is invaded The Germans and Aus- Aus aro arc unable to send end c effective aid ald lie He realizes the game Is up He desires to got het whatever er advantage antage It Is 19 pos- pos Continued on Page Pago 2 2 I BUlGAR KING HAS PlANS TO SEIZE EMPIRE Continued from page 1 1 sible to get got out of ot being the first rat ratto ratto ratto to desert the sinking sinking- ship The Tho allied terms already alread have gone sone to Sofia SoCia They The Theare are these I That Bulgaria must give ghe up all S Serbian Ser Ser- r- r bian hian and Rumanian territory during the present war var Also that she sho must either cither demobilize her army allowing allied d troops to march through to the Danube or else como into the war oil our side against her present allies Ferdinand realizes this and Is willing willingto to agree But he desires to start a n now war against his present allies tho the Turks lurks in the hope of or taking Constan Constan- of or Empire In the tho plain plebeian palace at Sofia Ferdinand has lon long treasured the I purple robe and the Jeweled diadem jT nade for tor his coronation at Sofia and andIn andin nd In Constantinople as emperor of ot of the I east reviving revl tho the ancient Byzantine cm empire p Ire I lIe He has always held this plan up his sleeve In case the Germans Germana lost the war var hoping to turn over o to our side In that case Heads Heas I win tails you ou lose that Is the motto If It the thc Germans v. v won on he lie wanted most of ot Serbia and of or Do- Do the thc rich Rumanian province pro U M the tho allies won he planned to change chane aides and grab Constantinople as a reward for or his hb to Berlin Tile The Russian revolution re in his mind removed the obstacle to the fulfillment of ot the this latt latter hatter r hone hoie as Russia no longer would object to Bulgarian 1 possession o of the thc city I plan was and possibly still atilt Is to propose to neutralize the Dardanelles admitting the the- straits t tp- tp I the commerce of all nations n Accordingly According tho present negotiations are aro of or the greatest interest The Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans and arid Austrians are aro frantic with roge an and despair They realize Ferdinand Ferdinand Ferdi Ferdi- nand has tricked them as at tUnes tithes he has tricked all Europe German Gernian Aid Bluff It Is believed here that the German claim to have sent lar largo large o numbers of or troops to Bulgaria to retrieve the rout routis is pure bluff blurt The Germans as King ICing Fox well welt knows have havo no troops able to io fight i ht In tile the east cast as all their thell real fighting men inca long ago were sent to the tho western west west- western ern era front Berlins Berlin's attempt therefore Io to terrorize the Sofia SoCia government into remaining faithful will not work I understand tho the allied attitude Is likely to bo be this An armistice will be refused e Tho The Serbians French and British will go goon goon goon on advancing ad and mopping up tho the Bulgar armies until It hatters hatters' crl to their own o legitimate territories Is accomplished Then If It Ferdinand is willing to talk business on our terms the first power of or the tho Germanic league will vilI likely el have to quit the tile war Concessions may have to bo be ma made e Inus by In byus us us more moro than Bulgaria's conduct warranted war war var- ranted because of or the great effect such sucha a surrender would woul be bound to have primarily on Vienna an and Constantinople Constantinople Constantinople Constanti Constanti- nople an and secondarily upon Berlin Itt it- it self t a |