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Show BULGARIA SHOWS NO OUTWARD SIGNS OF WAR SOFIA, Nov. 7. (By the Associated Associ-ated Tress.) Bulgaria gives now no outward sign of a country having been at war A large part of the army has been demobilized, commercial activity ac-tivity has been resumed, the crops are excellent, there Is an ahundnnee of food in the county, the health of the population is good, and everybrxh Ifl devoting himself to the activo pursuits pur-suits of pence. The war has become only a memor) in the minds f the thriit ami phtlo BOphical Bulgarian peasants, who are so absorbed in their agricultural and household pursuits that they have lit tlo time to think of the past. But all eyes are naturally turned to Tarls, where the destinies of Bulgaria pre being weighed The attitude 'f mind of the people might b described as one of 'hoping for the best, but e peeling tho worst " Bulgaria suffered no property dam age by hostile invasion or bombard ment, and lost comparatively few lives by wounds or disease. It may I be many years, however, before Bui-i garia regains her former financial position. The war cost her more than $1,000,000,000. If .she is r.-quired to pay the allies the indemnity of $500, (MiO.tiOo and is called upon to return the billion dollars she borrowed from! Germany, her financial position will bo the more serious. Her present war liabilities total more than half her national wealth. The Italians, whoso friendship the Bulgarians have been assiduously cultivating, have sent large quantities of goods into the country. The French have likewise sent a considerable amount The British have an economic mission hore. but little merchandise has come into Bulgaria from England The Bulgarian government and peo-! pie are extremely anxious the United ! States should establish active trade! relations with them There is great need of farm implements, machinery, fabrics, and manufactured articles of all kinds. The United States appoint ed a consul to Bulgaria in May. ,w he has not yet arrived in Sofia. Thei Bulgarians are hopeful he may be I able to bring the two countries into closer commercial relationship. There is an immense accumulation of tobacco to-bacco and attar of roses which the government Js anxious to dispose of. There has been so little demand for attar of roses, due ot the war, that a number of peasants have turned their rose gardens Into vegetable farms. The stores of Sofia gradually are filling up. Goods are filtering through from Italy, France and Greece, The low rate of exchange, however, has placed heavy burdens on the local m I chants Th.- Bulgarian franc, which at par Is worth 20 cents, Is now equlva lent to only 4 cents. The American dollar and the Greek drachma (franc) are the only moneys that sell at their faco value Until peace Is signed by all the Balkan states, the French and Italian armies may continue to occupy Bulgaria. Bul-garia. The Greeks now are massed in lar' numbers in Macedonia and along the Bulgarian frontier The Italians by their moderation and deportment have won the favor of the Bulgarians, but the French are extremely unpopular. unpopu-lar. The French army has a large force of colored and other colonial troops here. The Bulgarians complain of frequent attacks on women and other oth-er disorders by these colored soldiers. |