Show I COMMON PERIL MAY UNITE l BALKANS AGAINST 1 German Austro-German stio Advance M 1 Would Destroy Destroy De De- DeI De- De I 1 stroy Independence i of States I B By By FR FRANK H. H SIMONDS R flea n Injustice lt 11 be bo done dona the Bulgarian Bul flu garian garlans arlan if Ie r the frank statement of ot the premier Is 18 accepted ns as a n. mere proposal proposal proposal sal to put Bulgarian military re resources re- re sources on the auction block bock and antI sell Bulgarian soldiery in a n Hessian fashIon fash- fash Ion Lone What Bulgaria seeks I Is the reunion with the Bul Bulgarian kingdom of ot something some some- something thing more more than a n million of oC other her race brothers separated from the f fatherland father father- therland ther- ther land b by the tho treaty t of ot Bucharest It is purely and simp simply a question which of oC the t two o conflicting alliances can and will this For the tho loas of ot the larger part of fraction traction of ot tho the Bulgar people Bulgarian statesmanship Is sible It was th the decision on of C Czar Ferdl- Ferdl I nand and nd his n advisers l ers to attack Greece and Serbia in 1913 which provoked provoked pro pro- yoked the second Balkan war and the ruin min of ot Bul Bulgarian hopes hopet The attack Its Itself was waa a Sl piece of treachery which takes es honorable dishonorable lI r rank b beside beside s de q Germanys Germany's rm ny Belgian exploit exploit ex exploit ex- ex and belongs to the same school of morals But the consequences of the attack are are arenow now borne b by something like 1110 n a million Bulga who were innocent of all complicity In the crime Toda Today Macedonia the portion of Macedonia which has e ever er r been recognized as Bulgar In race racer lan language but above all aU in the desire of its population is is' subject to Greek and Serb masters When Bulgaria ia Blundered Go back to the Serbo Serbo-Bulgar treaty I which preceded the tho first Balkan Ballan war I and It will bo be recalled that Serbia agreed to recognize Bulgaria's claim to all aU of ot Macedonia east and south of ot a n. line drawn from Lake I to the point of 01 contact of ot Serbia Bulgaria But Bul garia Karla and the Turkish t of Kos- Kos soya 80 This gave to Bulgaria Monastir Mona- Mona stir sUr and At the close of or the w war r Greece was wa wast t prepared rep rel to Burren surrender er her claim to the portion of or Macedonia east of the river including Drama Kavala Kavala laala Ka- Ka vala ala and Seres But the Serbian agreement wa was based on the pre su presupposition po that Ser Ser- bIn bia should have Albania J north of ot tho the river z When Au Austria vetoed this Serbia claimed as as' as comp compensation compe the portion portion por por- tion of or Macedonia her arms had hind coti- coti con con- including and Bulgaria declined to make such a 8 cession holding Ser Ser- bia bla bound b by her agreement and naturally refusing to give Ive up terri tern tory Inhabited by a a. population which desired to join Bulgaria While the question was still sUIl being debated Bulgaria struck Serbia and and Greece GLe r v. who o h had d m made nad ll a common cause But this treacherous attack failed Bulgarian troops were driven I ou ou of ra l Macedonia by the combined Serb and Greek armies At the tho same sarno time Turkey retook and Rumania invaded Bulgaria from the north and seized a wide wille district about and between the Danube and the Bl Black cl sea At Bucharest the victors divided dl tho the spoils Serbia kept kepl all of of f Macedonia west of the mountains mountains' including as well as Monastir and Greece took Kayala Kavala and Drama push- push big her frontier east to the Kara Turkey retook all of or Thrace save a small mall distrIct between the Aegean and the west of or the Rumania annexed the redon re re- re don gion ion between the Danube and th the Black sea B By these annexations annexation there was faken aken ken from tram Bulgaria people who Inhabited d regions Bulgarian I troops had c conquered r n yer d or districts were Tv tT Bulgarian before the toe war In addition her claim on JOO people In Macedonia about Monastir Monastir Mon Mon- astir was waR forfeited to Serbia Out of ot the two wars Bulgaria came with a gain of ot less than in population while whilo not lees less than 1000 were placed place 1 under Greek Ruma Rumanian lan PI or r Serbian rule This Is the Hie Bulgarian arlan situation She now asks Serbia to return upward of people In In I Macedonia a large majority of or whom desire to become Bulgarians ans SerUla can do this now because the enemies store of or Germany are arc able to restore re restore re- re I Serbia tho the old situation and permit to annex the Albanian regions which she ha has reoccupied now Austria being out of or tho thio reckoning Italian consent will tion restore the tho condition condition condi condi- on ott which the Serbo Serbo Bulgarian treaty of ot- 1912 W waa was 8 based and this Bulgaria as asks s In addition niles mies of or the ene ene- Germany German are prepared to promise Serbia Bosnia Herzegovina and south bouth of or the mouth of the Narenta These regions inhabited in in- in habited arc are by Serbs S th saVe eave for tor the Al Alba Albanian Al- Al ba banian lan district Serbia wo would l thus gain people and lose Jose to Bulgaria Bul Bul- arla garia some She render lender would sur- sur sur- sur surrender for tor Serbs Serb The Greek Creek situation i is less simple The districts of ot Kavala and nna Drama Dma are the natural seaports of ot Bulgaria But Kavala Kaval western and its environs environs rons are purel purely Greek and the Bul Bul- garian garlan population Is Js a 0 cle clear r minority G Gree Greece e declines to Jo yield though these al at- at Venizelos once agreed to make mako this cession If it the allies would guarantee the integrity of ot Gre Greece oCe and pledge themselves to give her Smyrna a and anid d. d the west coast cout of ot Asia Minor at the close of ot the war Rumanian willingness to give lve back h her r between tl tile the e Danube tho Black and sea has been generally accepted ac accepted is a small price to pay for tor security In th the rear while Ruma Ruma- nian armies s. s n are e invading Transylvania vania and As Aa for tor Adrian Adrian- thi l can be retaken by Bulgarian It they enter the tho war nr Such are ro th the conditions in the p present sent Bal- Bal k rigi rie ie But it must be recognized that Aus Aus- German tro-German success has new now conal considerations to to the fore tore Bulgaria has haa grievances against both Greece and Serbia but German Austro-German ad all all- vance to th the l IB lit a a. deadly pen peril to her ton forshe h he would be caught b be tween Turkey an and the sultAns sultAn's ns n's great allies allie Gre Greece by the Fame ame token would toe low Rumania would cease to be the tho dominant power ft In Inthe I wio the Balkans It IB Is Is' Is common common peril which js is movIng moving ing lag all the B Balkan states toward an accommodation of ot their separate 1 grievance tn there ther in the t t pow powerful ur In influence 9 o of aL allied diplo nancy macy which Is endeavoring to enlist ti a ml million llo new sot soldiers lers and by by bringing bring bring- In log ing In the Bl Bulgarian ga 1 army seal the fate tate of Constantinople Comp Complex x as B Is the situation and co conflicting as are ate the Ue issues it is well to recall that thal what Bulgaria now demands de mands s is the realization of a legitimate mate ambition to free Cree from alien rul rule It If this Is is a war of ot liberation libera tion then no people better deserve freedom than the Macedonian But But- gars and the statesmen of oC Sofia are aro thoroughly justified in placing a condition upon their participation tion in the struggle Kisses Kisst-a have been valued at 11 each b by a n Hammond Ind md court and a n anoman woman noman can dress on 3 O a weak week ac- ac tr tn n Af 1 ul II Vo ITALIAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE DE ROME Aug 16 Bec 7 Because ause use th the mili tar tary authorities refused to accept him for fOl service again 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