Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-01-27 | Page 13 | Allied Clemency Asked by Bulgaria

ALLIED CLEMENCY ASKED BY BULGARIA SOFIA. Jan 37. King- Boris of Bulgaria Bul-garia annealed to the allies to postpone the payment of soma "f Bulgaria's rena-r-tk n- in Mi i 'hrijunut" ine-sa-,. sent to the United States through tl Assoi lateJ Press. "Standing here in the midst of a people peo-ple who are bowed Jn sorrow and Buffering", Buffer-ing", my country that is prostrat, intl dismembered. '' the king said i should like, at thin season of peace and good ! will to mankind to appeal to the g nations of the earth to arrant Bulgaria some reward and compensation for her exemplary conduct during the pai threi years and for her faithful discharge of treaty obligations. "I know my people may lock with hope and confidence to the ever sympathetic sympa-thetic and fair-minded American government gov-ernment to raise lis voice In our behalf In European eoun--lis when f,, i - Of existing treaties is considered. aro especially anxious that oui sitUatipn should be taken up at the forlhcoii, n, Kurjii-an conference in w hich wo hop the United States will participate. "Unless Bulgaria Is afforded some relief re-lief fiom lur present Intolerable burdens bur-dens and unless the allies see fit to postpone post-pone Home of our reparation payments I am afraid the country may reach a state of economic, financial and moral exhaustion. exhaus-tion. Also, it is vital to our eoonomlc existence that wc- have free access to the sea."' King Borlri adderl in a subsequent chat with the correspondent that he hoped his country had passed thc crisis but. he went on. we are Still in a p-rlod of convalescence. con-valescence. We aro still struggling to j catch our brcat', li will be a long time1 before wo arc out of danger." Thc king declared thut Bulgaria would endeavor by the policy of peace, labor and forbearance to merit continuance of the support and sj mjnuhy of the United States ami to deserye tbe approval of the allies.