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Show jBelieves Bulgaria Still Bargaining By GEORGES CLEMENCEAU, j: Former Premier of France. J) ARIS. Sept. 23 Nobody believes after (he signature of I the Turoo-Bulgarian agreement that King Ferdinand will ; be free to attack Turkey. Everybody, too, knows that Ferdi-j Ferdi-j nand would risk his crown if he failed to attempt to regain!: ij Macedonia. The king knows that Premier Radoslavoff has not a ma- j: ! jority of parliament and when the opposition leaders the other d:lv hind that the king should summon the chamber he was ;! aware that a refusal would entail the risk of internal disturb-' disturb-' ances. The whole situation is this: The quadruple entente has induced Serbia to yield fully j jj Bulgaria's Macedonia claims. The Austro-Germans offer Bul-j Bul-j garia the same advantages conditionally on Germany crushing jj Serbia. But the allies have also offered Adrianople to Bul-I Bul-I garia. It costs them nothing to be more generous in dis-' I tributing Turkish territory than Germany. Ferdinand must now choose between the two offers. He: ji will undoubtedly throw in his lot with the side which he ; thinks will ultimately be victorious. This question would not have arisen for a single moment j if the Russian army had not been in full retreat, because the ; ; Bulgarians would never fight the Russians. But even with j the Germans at Vilna, Ferdinand must know that the invad-jj invad-jj er's advance becomes difficult and that France and England; j: will see that Russia gets sufficient time for her offensive re-; j sources. The Russian retreat certainly lengthens the war. but it i j cannot change the issue, which will be decided by us in France ; j when our increasing resources overtop Germany's decreasing ; j resources. |