| Show i r. r I I B Bulgaria F Formally Ee 1 i s' s Pact With n Allies S Sofia fia Says Germany Has Not ot Taken ken Ch Charge rge of Balkans Balkas Military Affairs s Nor or Is the 4 L Kaiser is r Su Supplying pl ng Fer Ferdinand in I. I WIth Funds J SOFIA Oct 2 via via- London Oct ayed in Transmission Trans mission mission Formal Formal denial that German officers have taken take control control con con- trot of the military affairs of Bulgaria and that G p Germany is supplying supplying sup sup- plying that country with funds are contained contained- inan n n official statement statement state state- statement ment issued through th the Bulgarian news news' agency The text of the the statement statement follows vs it In view of If and nci fr irne erron m n n 1 n circulated in inthe the foreign press regarding the situation in Bulgaria we are auth authOrized to deny in the most formal manner all aU these thes rumors First concerning the arrival in Sofia of f German officers wh who are alleged to be taking a hand in the administration of the railroads or the co command mand of the army Second concerning alleged statements of Premier Premier Premier Pre Pre- Pre Pre- S mier that as long Jong as the war lasts Bulgaria will receive regularly from Germany Germani f franks monthly Third concerning ng numerous which are r 5 sail id d' d Ji have b been caused internal Vv to ve en by disturbances Jo AS ort 0 f per tha sla of Ca cabinet i e will Vii not b be qualified fied to o the destinies es s of f But But- g garia na because bec use it will not ot have a majority we must observe erye that in a parliamentary country which Bulgaria undoubtedly is js the government which is said not to have supported the premier w with witha th tha a sufficient majority in the would not be able to remain in Dower Since the cabinet of M. M took over the affairs of the country over two years ago its position position po po- po never has been shaken After all there is nothing provocative in its policy for anyone and it is astonishing astonishing astonishing as as- to see the attacks made in part of the foreign press against th the attitude of ot the Bulgarian government govern govern- ment UDINE It Italy ly Via Paris Oct 3 Accor According ling to reports received here from Italian headquarters General Porro the Italian chief of staff is isnow isnow isnow now in Rome where whore he has had several several sev seve eral conferences with Premier Sa Sa- landra Minister 1 of ot Foreign Affairs Sonnino Minister of War Minister of Marine Corsi Coral and Minister Minis Mints t ter r of the Treasury Carcano concerning concerning con con- a possible Italian expedition to the Balkans Italy Is Ready In addition to the Italian troops who have gone already already gone to the Aegean sea and are now occupying Rhodes and other islands Italy has concentrated concen conceit in Brindisi and neighboring towns sufficient contingents to form forma a complete te expedition which can be besent besent besent sent anywhere It itis is needed PARIS Oct The S 3 The landing fal French Anglo expedition at pr preparatory to me meeting ting possible eventualities eventualities eventualities even even- in the Balkans is about to take place according to the usually well informed T Temp Tempes mp s which adds dds that Greece gave her approval last April to the use of this port al 1 though it t was not expected then th that t the present contingency would arise The Tempes also st states tes that the quadruple entente powers have notified notified no no- Greece that their Joint proposals proposals proposals pro pro- recently submitted to Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulga ria na have been heen withdrawn These proposals proposals pro pro- detailed concessions Serbia was as willing to make in iii Macedonia and Bulgaria was asked if these concessions con cessions would assure her cooperation cooperation opera co tion with other Balkan states Concessions Withdrawn Without replying the Tempes says Bulgaria mobilized and the allies now withdraw their proffered concessions concessions' of Macedonian terri tern tory ZURICH Switzerland Via London London London Lon Lon- don Oct 3 A A telegram from Sofia to the Munich Neuse says the latest Bulgarian cabinet council debated at length over new proposals made by the quadruple entente entente en tente to Bulgaria on condition that she remain neutral The Tle Bulgarian government the telegram adds is considering all its it moves with great care and is maintaining the utmost reserve in regard to the answer it will make S ATHENS Oct 3 Via London Oct 4 4 forty forty thousand Greek refugees refu from Thrace are reported to have page 3 k S BULGARIA IA DENIES Continued from page 1 I arrived arrived at Kavala Most of them were in in- ina a pitiable condition and large targe numbers of fugitives are said to have died of ot hunger on the way The Bulgarian government is said to be preventing the departure from its territory of French citizens I LONDON Oct 4 A A d dispatch to toRe Re Reuters Renters ter's Telegram company from tram Petrograd Petrograd Pe Pe- tr grad says Opinion in high quarters here is that the Bulgarian government nt is isso isso isso so tied hand and foot by Germany and Austria Autria that there is little or orno orno no no likelihood of Bulgaria's compliance an ance e with the demands of the allies The latest news received from Sofia Is that the German colonel von Tarlow Tarlow Tarlow Tar- Tar low has been appointed commandant command commando ant at the konak the royal residence residence resi real I dence with German and Austrian I aides Secret Agents on Scene Premier residence is under the surveillance of German secret agents with a view to the possibility of oC the premier vacillating at the last moment All the orders of the Bulgarian war ministry are submitted for the sanction of German German Ger Ger- man and Austrian officers The German German German Ger Ger- man and Austrian legations are are described described de do- scribed as having been transformed into fortresses as a precaution against p possible disorders by opponents opponents floats of the governments government's policy polley A new series serles of Turkish outrages against Christians is reported to have taken place in the zone which Turkey has Just ceded to Bulgaria and which wl Turkish officials and troops are now evacuating A dispatch din dis patch to Renters Renter's Telegram company from Athens says Women Maltreated Bands ot of Turkish irregulars have been organized expressly to pillage Christian shops and habitations All the women have been maltreated Four Christian villages outside the ceded zone have hare been forcibly evac evac- to make room for Turks who did not wish to remain under Bulgarian Bulgarian Bul Bul- garian rule The correspondent of or the Times al at in a dispatch dated Frid Friday y I says The Young Turks are exulting over Bulgaria's mobilization Enver Pasha presiding at a meeting of the Young Turks in jn Constantinople declared declared de de- de- de dared that now that that- Bulgaria's cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation has been secured Turco Turco- Bulgarian hegemony from the Baltic to the Persian er g gulf tt was assured T Tomb mb of the Allies At the first meeting of the reas reassembled reassembled reas Turkish chamber of deputies deputies deputies ties the vice president of the chamber cham charn- her ber in the course of oC a speech said events were te tending to Justify the prediction of ot the president of the chamber Ham HaIti Bey Bay that the Dardanelles Dardanelles Darda Darda- nelles neUes would be the tomb of oC the entente entente en en- tente powers It Is reported that as a consequence consequence consequence conse conse- quence of the discovery of a widespread widespread widespread wide wide- spread plot by the Macedonian com in Sofia SoCia numerous arrests o of Bulgarian secret service agents have been made during the last few days day by the Serbian authorities authorities- In Serbian Serbian Ser Ser- bian Macedonia The Bulgarians will willbe willbe be |
