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Show iLGARiS NEGOTIATE FDR BE5TBEAII. Ul Macedonia Their De mand, and They Want to Get It Without Going to War. 'EUTONIC PROPOSALS REQUIRE NO FIGHTINC Bulgaria Is Merely Askec to Permit Passage of Materials Needed by Turkey. - SOFIA. Bulgaria, Sept. t, via London, ept. 3. Despite the fact that a de-sion de-sion of the Bulgarian government reading re-ading the Macedonian question is cn ally considered imminent, there are no gns of excitement here, the capital re-aining re-aining in its usua! quiet state. At the foreign office this afternoon -le following statement was made to the asociated Press correspondent: The Bulgarian government is engaged en-gaged in formulating its reply to the Serbian government, although Serbia 's statement has not yet been received, being guided in this by an a intimation recently given by the quadruple entente. Meanwhile, the Bulgarian government is continuing its negotiations with the Turkish government concerning the cession of the Lypimetz-Adriarjople-Dedea-gatcb railToad line and certain adjacent adja-cent territories or grea; strategic importance. The prospects of a quick and satisfactory settlement are good, although hitherto the Turkish government has required - much time, in reaching decisions on . matters contributory to the main issue. is-sue. Tarit to Play Safe. The Bulgarian government is not inclined to embark upon an adventurous adven-turous career. Statements to the "; contrary purporting to come from Bulgarian sources are made by political po-litical opponents of the government ;. who are using "hem among the people peo-ple for internal political purposes. Now, as heretofore, the Bulgarian government is guided by three factors: fac-tors: First Non-acceptance of the treaty of Bucharest, which was not ratified by the national assembly as-sembly and which is not accep-' accep-' table to Bulgaria so long as it remains re-mains nnrevived. Second The unwillingness of the Bulgarian people to engage In a war the outcome of which is at all doubtful Third The absolute necessity of convincing the Bulgarian people that whatever action is undertaken under-taken for a result to be achieved will be such that no betrayal afterwards aft-erwards will be possible. - From other governmental sources it ' as learned that the Bulgarian govern- -. ent and, it is declared, the Bulgarian ;ople, have in no wise modified the )licy toward Macedonia outlined in - ebruary last, in a statement to the . ssociated Press by Premier Radosla-off, Radosla-off, when he declared that the domina- " on of Macedonia by Serbia and Greece id produced results diametrically op-jsed op-jsed to the principles for which Bul-irians Bul-irians had stood for many centuries id that Bulgaria could not afford to re-ain re-ain heedless of the appeals of the acedooians. .sk All Macedonia. Bulgaria, it is learned, wants all of . iacedonia, and not only those parts ade the subject of recent notes by the uadruplc entente. Meanwhile the en-:nte en-:nte powers insist that Bulgaria earn ;?iesc parts by making war upon Turkey, hile the proposals of the central pow-never pow-never went further than to assure le free passage through Bulgaria of J laterials needed by Turkey. Tt is argued ar-gued here that while the proposals of he entente would, if accepted, involve le shedding of Bulgarian blood against arkey, those coming from the other side 0 not necessarily demand this from a ation still keenly mindful of its losses 1 the recent Balkan war. "AH Macedonia" is the slogan now f all articles in Bulgaria, although the ountry is still divided into two camps s to the best method by which the goal lay be reached. The ability of the 'urkish army in beating off "attacks on be GaUipoli peninsula has meanwhile Mde a deep impression here. A hieh ulitarv officer said todav: J- Evidently the Turkish army of to- (Continued on Page Two.) BULGARIANS PARLEY FOR BEST BARGAIN (Continued from Page One.) day is altogether nnliUe'thc army we fouglit two rears ago.'' Dnke .Toh'ann Albrecht of Mccklen-burg-Scliwerin, former regent of Brims-wick, Brims-wick, who recently was in' Constantinople Constantino-ple on a diplomatii' mission, is now in Sofia, accompanied by a Berlin foreign office expert on Balkan affairs. From a reliable source it is learned that no change in the present situation is likelv during the next eight days. |