A PLOT THAT FAILED.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 22, 12 September 1914, Page 4

A PLOT THAT FAILED.

Four months before war was declared William l,e Qucux, in an article on "The Spit's of Ku.-ope," which appeared in Cassell's Journal, wrote:—"lt was a British agent who, just at the opening of the Balkan war, exposed a

dastardly secret agreement existing between Bulgaria and Austria, whereby Scrvia had been misled by the former country to fight side by side with her, the plot being that Bulgaria should suddenly turn and rend Scrvia, which, with Austria on her other Hank, was to be completely wiped out. For sheer diplomatic treachery nothing has ("[.mailed that secret agreement for some time. Had it not been for the watchfulness of a British agent. Bulgaria in the second Balkan war would have been the means of wiping out Servia. But Austria, with the knowledge that England had discovered the truth, dared not move and assist her ally Bulgaria, which, as is well known, was quickly subjected. Had Downing street remained in ignorance of what was intended the map of Europe would have been considerably altered. The Austro-Hungarian authorities discovered the identity of the clever secret agent I'rom London the very day after he had left Vienna. He has very wisely given Austria a wide berth since.