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Show TREACHERY OF IE BULGARIANS Serbia Made Every Possible Overture to Prevent a Stab in the Back. WASHINGTON. April 13. News of Bulgaria's recent "peace feelers" drew a statement tonight from Professor Pro-fessor Michael I. Pupin.-professor of electro-mechanics In Columbia university uni-versity and honorary consul-general of Serbia in the United States, which disclosed details of concessions offered of-fered by Serbia in 1915 during the unsuccessful secret negotiations, to prevent Bulgaria from joining the Teutonic allies. "The present alleged peace efforts of the humble and obedient Bulgarian Bulgar-ian servant." said Professor Pupin, "are nothing more nor le6S than maneuvers man-euvers of his Teuton master. "As far as Bulgaria is concerned, it Is not clear what terms the entente could expect from her which are not obvious today to the whole world. "When this war started Serbia requested re-quested Greece and Rumania to declare de-clare themselves agreeable to a modification modi-fication in faor of Bulgaria of the treaty of Bucharest. At the same time Serbia offered to Russia to make, independently of Greece and Rumania, territorial concessions to Bulgaria in order to win her for a united action against the Teutonic invasion of the Balkans. Bulgaria refused re-fused to listen. When Turkey joined i the Teutons, Serbia offered to Bui- j garla all of Macedonia east of the Vardar river in order to win her as an I again. j "When, finally, In tho autumn of i 1915, the Teuton invasion of Serbia I was Impending and Bulgaria began to mobilize, Serbia made her final efforts I to stay the impending blow from Bulgaria by offering her the whole of Macedonia ever claimed by Bulgaria including Monastir, and Bulgaria an-1 swered this final effort of Serbia by stabbing Serbia in the back at the I very moment when Serbia was defend-inK defend-inK her northern frontier against the ' Teutons. This treacherous blow of j Bulgaria is responsible for tho de-1 struction of Serbia, the very destruc-! tion aimed by the Teutons. J "Territorial concessions could not satisfy Bulgaria, nothing short of Serbia's destruction could satisfy her, because that was the decree of Ger. many and Austria-Hungary. The Teuton master and the Bulgarian servant cannot be considered separately separ-ately by the entente allies." oo |