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Show - J ; pT x j STERN I Deep Satisfaction in Lon- I don Over Bulgaria!! ' I Situation. I TURKEY WILL FALL ; I Germany is in State of I Greatest Excite- I ment. ! ' LONDON, Monday Sept. '3D--With Bulgaria out of the war, through tho armistice convention signed on Sun- day, involving her complete military surrender, interest in the Near Eastern Eas-tern situation is being focused on Turkey. Tur-key. It 4s noted that Andrew Bonai Law, the chancellor of the exchequer in his Guild hall speech today made a, remark referring to the defeat of tho Turkish .Palestine army at General Allcnby's hands adding "and - something some-thing more is going to follow." Later in his speech he said also cryptically, touching on the control oC Bulgaria which the control of her railways rail-ways will give: "In thai there was something in connection with Turkey which I can- not say but which we can all think." j Mr. Bonar Law's words were almost ' drowned in cheering but the impres- i sion created was that Turkey would . follow Bulgaria's lead. There was deep satisfaction in Lon- I don over the Bulgarian developments but no excitement and no demonstrations. demonstra-tions. The editorial comment o the people is the keynote not to think the war is ended. The German army, it i is pointed out, is yet a great army and as yet undefeated. There is stem ' work ahead, the commentators generally gener-ally agree and any relaxation of ef,- i fort should not take place. .: , Emperor Charles is to issue a mani- j festo to the people tomorrow and It- is felt that this must be an utterance -oC I great historic importance. j Greatest Excitement in Germany i LONDON, Oct. 1. (Bulgaria) Thero is the greatest excitement in Germany over the defection of Bulgaria, judging judg-ing from special dispatches received here fromfHoIland. On Saturday the-excitement the-excitement amounted to a panic. Tha alarm brought forth the instant dc- (Continued on Page 4) I I Stern Work Ahead (Continued from Page 1) mand that "something be done." A dispatch to the Dally Mail from The Hague says the demand is for somebody possessing the confidence of the Germans and their allies to replace re-place the present military oligarchy. Break Between Parties All reports indicate a decided cleavage cleav-age between the Junker and Conservative Conserv-ative classes and the class reported by the Socialist and radicals who have the support of some Centrists" and even National Liberals. Emperor William's belated anxiety for the people to co-operate in the government evidently will be distasteful distaste-ful to the Junkers, one of whose foremost fore-most newspapers, the Kreuz Zeitung. declares that a dictatorship is the only possible alternative. On the other hand the demand of the popular parties par-ties is for a popularly elective cabinet The efrect of the resignations of Chancellor von Herlllng and Foreign Secretary von Ilintze on the public agitation is not yet reported and nothing noth-ing is known as to how the terms of the Bulgarian surrender have affected the German people, if they have been permitted to know the terms. oo |