Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1918 — TURKEY CUT OFF; BULGARIA QUITS UNCONDITIONALLY [ARTICLE]

TURKEY CUT OFF; BULGARIA QUITS UNCONDITIONALLY

King Ferdinand's Peace Envoys Yield to All the Allied Terms. TURKS ARE NEXT TO SUE » Bulgars Give Up Railways and Permit Entente to Pass Through Their Country*—Also Surrender Control of Danube. The Hague, Oct. I.—The New York Times correspondent learns from a highly authoritative source that the Turkish government has already asked for an armistice. London, Oct. I.—The armistice concluded with Bulgaria by the entente allies IS a purely military convention and contains no provisions of a political character. Bulgaria agrees to evacuate all the territory she now occupies In Greece and Serbia, to demobilize her army Immediately, and surrender all means of transport to the allies. Bulgaria also will surrender her boats and control of navigation on the Danube and concede to the allies free passage through Bulgaria for the development of military operations. All Bulgarian arms and ammunition are to be stored under the control of the allies, to whom is conceded the right to occupy all important strategic points. ; The jnilltary occupation of Bulgaria 'will be intrusted to British, French and Italian forces and the evacuated portions of Greece and Serbia, respectively to Greek and Serbian troops. Surrender Is Complete. ■ The armistice means a complete military surrender and Bulgaria ceases to be a belligerent. All question of territorial rearrangements in the Balkans was purposely omitted from the convention. The allies made no stipulation concerning King Ferdinand, his position being considered an internal matter, one for the Bulgarians themselves to deal with. The armistice will remain in operation until a final general peace Is concluded; To Move Against Turkey. Washington, Oct. 1. —Bulgaria will be friendly to any allied moves against Turkey and will be practically on the side of the allies for the remainder of the war, Bulgarian Minister Panarstoff said. ♦ Quits Unconditionally. Paris, Oct. 1. —Bulgarin hus surrendered unconditionally to the allies and signed an armistice accepting the allies’ terms, it was announced. The armistiCM between Bulgaria find the allies was signed Sunday night, a Saloniki dispatch states. Gen. D’Espcrey Signs. General Franchet d’Esperey, the allied commander in chief in Macedonia, . signed for the allies and the Bulgarian delegates for their gov-wniftent.

Instructions have been given by the government to General d’Esperey to proceed immediately to the execution of the conditions of the armistice. The announcement that an armistice had been sighed with Bulgaria after that countryi had accepted dll the conditions of the allies aroused the keenest interest in Paris and the statement was widely commented upon as soon as It became generally known. . The announcement followed the return of Premier Clemenceau from the front, where he inspected the troops and had an opportunity of talking with General Petain and General Pershing on the military situation. Won’t Halt Push at Austria. The actual suspension of hostilities immediately followed the signing of the armistice, but it is noted that this suspension applies only to Macedonian hostilities against Bulgaria and that it in no way affects Macedonian hostilities against Austria-Hungary, Turkey and the German contingents sent to that locality. x The armistice, La Liberte declares editorially, was signed with the full consent of King Ferdinand. It prints a denial of a report that he had taken refuge in Vienna. The king, it declares, has not left Sofia. The Paris bourse quickly showedthe effect of the announcement of the armistice. Balkan securities were generally sought after. ' 1 Turk? Ask German Loan. Geneva, Oct. 1. —That Turkey has demanded money from Germany,” 1 threatening to break relations if it Is | not forthcoming, was reported here. It was said that at a recent diploe matlc conference In Berlin the Turk-i Ish grand vilzer, Mezler, requested a I loan, demanding cancellation of pre-i ,ylous Turkish debts to Germany. I