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Show uu Bulgaria's Future Depends m Balkan Problem Solution GENEVA, Nov. 19. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press) "The future of Bulgaria Bulgar-ia will depend mainly upon the solution solu-tion which will shortly be given to tho Balkan problem," said M. Guechoff, the former premier of Bulgaria, in an interview with the Associated Press today. "We, as tho Bulgarian opposition, in 1915 did our best to prevent King Ferdinand Fer-dinand from joining with Germany. However, we did not succeed because the allies took too long in landing forces at Salonika in order to impress the Bulgarians. "When wo gave extensive publicity to President Wilson's program on January Jan-uary S, 191S, our people, who before and during the war were with the opposition, op-position, saw that article eleven contained con-tained the basis on which a just and lasting settlement of our . questions could be secured." (The eleventh point in President Wilson's program declared that Rumania, Ru-mania, Serbia and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored re-stored and tho relations of the several sev-eral Balkan states to one another determined de-termined by friendly counsel along historically his-torically established lines of allegiance alleg-iance and nationality; and international internation-al guarantees of the political and economic eco-nomic independence and territorial integrity in-tegrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.) "Further, fully believing that Pres- ident Wilson would insist upon carrying carry-ing out his program, we came to the conclusion that to continue fighting Would be useless and refused last September Sep-tember to fight against the allies, and thereby brought about the Bulgarian armistice, which shortened the war. "The lines of nationality have been ! historically established, not only by International acts like the decision of the Constantinople conference in 1S76 by the European powers, but also by American missionary opinion arc accepted ac-cepted as guides in the determination of the boundaries of tho Balkan stales, Bulgaria will be content and will be ready to enter a Balkan confederation. "It may be submitted that the allies have conquered Macedonia. But is it might or right that will decide the question9 As our neighbors will receive re-ceive large compensations elsewhere, ! there is no reason why Bulgaria should be partitioned now as she was partitioned parti-tioned in 187S at the congress of Berlin, Ber-lin, and thereby tho industrious, thrifty, thrif-ty, sober Bulgarian people will become , members of a peaceful and prosperous country." M. Guechoff expressed the hope that the present minister of foreign affairs i would meet President Wilson in Eur-I Eur-I ope and explain to him the real situa-! situa-! tiou in Bulgaria, which, he was of the (opinion, was not known in America. I Only by the help of President Wilson, Wil-son, added the former minister, could Bulgaria hope in the future to arise a great nation. |