BULGARIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1918, Page 5

BULGARIA.

I THE BULGARIAN SURRENDER. MOST COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY.! ' VERY FAR-REACHING RESULTS. > Received Oct.. 2, 7.35 p.m.. * London,, Oct.. 1. Reuter learns that the Bulgarian armistice operates immediately.. It provides for the immediate evacuation of such parts of Greece and Serbia as are in the hands of the enemy, the immediate demobilisation of the army, and the handing over to the Allies of ail kinds of transport, boats, and railways. Moreover, the Allies will control the amis, 1 which will be collected, as well as stores, i The Allies will have a free passage ! through Bulgaria, and will occupy points ; of strategic importance. This occupation in Bulgaria will be carried out by ' British, French, or Italian troops, while j the Greek districts will be occupied by : Greeks, and the Serbian districts by ; Serbians. The agreement made is the most complete military surrender of Bulgaria, and the results will be very far-reaching. Political questions are referral to the ultimate general peace conference. It is thus hoped to secure a permanent peace to the Balkans, and the Allies can now hold out a better prospect of an ultimate friendly solution of the Balkan problems than by any other scheme. — Reuter. OFF WITH THE BOOTY. FERDINAND AND HIS DAUGHTERS, j Received Oct. 2, 7.35 p.m. London, Oct. 1. The Daily Express Geneva correspondent states that King Ferdinand's two daughters, with enormous quantities of luggage, have arrived in Vienna. It is reported they carried the Crown jewels and important papers—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Washington, Oct. 1. King Ferdinand has readied Vienna. It is believed that j;his means his virtual abdication—Aus.-N.Z. Caible Assoc., FERDINAND'S VAIN APPEAL FOR AI'STRO-GERMAN HELP. SLEEPLESS FROM FEAR OF REVOLUTION. Received Oct. 2, 5.45 p.m. Paris, Oct. 1. The United States' Consul-General at Sofia has arrived at Salonika. He states that King Ferdinand, on called a Grand Council, which made formal requests to Berlin and Vienna for immediate assistance. Despite the dramatic tone of the messages, Austria and Germany replied that nothing could be done at present. Ferdinand immediately decided to place the destinies of Bulgaria in the hands of the Entente. The assassination of the Czar of Russia has been preying on his mind, and he could not sleep for fear of a revolution.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. BULGARIA'S COLLAPSE. AMERICAN PRESS COMMENT. New York, Sept. 30. There is tremendous interest in the Bulgarian situation. Enthusiastic crowds rapidly bought up the special editions of the evening newspapers. The news was reflected in Wall Street, where there was an upward movement in stocks, especially shaies. The general opinion was that the news brought peace measurably nearer. The Washington correspondent of tho New York Times says that M. Panaretoff, Bulgarian Ambassador, said that the Bulgarian people hud confidence in the just decision of the United States and the associated Governments. The correspondent adds that Amerlcan and Allied officials regard the capitulation of Bulgaria as the most important international political development in the war since the collapse of Russia and the elimination of Roumania. Military officials think that Bulgaria's acceptance of the Allied terms will produce far-reaching effects an the military situation in the Near EastThe New York Times says editorially:—lt matters not if Ferdinand has secretly pledged his loyalty to the Cchtral Powers. His people have decided that Bulgaria has had enough of the war. Regarding Ferdinand's fidelity to principle, he is notoriously a falsehearted djssembler and trickster, and he will bear watching, but in the present : temper of the people he is impotent to ; betray them aga ; n. With Turkey out of the war. which seems only a question of days, the Sea of Marmora will be open to the fleets of the Western ■ Allies, thus enabling the arming ofßoumania against the Bolsheviks. It is obvious that Germany's military power is crumbling. Germany now knows what it is to have the whole civilised 1 world in battle array against her. Germany's doom as an insatiate military power has sounded, and her policy oE dominating the world is collapsing, like a 1 house of cards. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc.