AN ANGRY DELEGATE

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 186, 6 August 1913, Page 5

AN ANGRY DELEGATE

AT THE PEACE CONGRESS. BULGARIA'S FARCE, PKO3PEOTS 1E33 HOPEFUL. (lij- cafalc— Pigu Association.—Cipyrlglit. (Receive! 0.15 a.m.) LONDON', August 5. The "Evening Standard's" war corrc Epoaclcf.t reports that at the jjucharcs Oonfeicnco JU, Jiajorcsqu, tlic pcrviai delegate, hotly necutsi the Bttlgiirians o plajinp a farco. ■ 'I'll;. , Eulsaiinna retorted, "Can't «■■ rcnkc propositions t" if. Mnjc-reeeUi Don't Jorgct you or defeated ami have coma suing for pence It yon can't ilo better tliun piny a. fare you linil letter go home. There is n mpre pessimistic feeling to day villi regard to a settlement of tin war, Tlic firmneijE of Kervia. irjakes tt:e out come oi ihn conference unpromising f" Bulgaria. The "Dnily Telcjrrapli" pifblislies nl unconflmiod report from Belgrade tin Jf, niinefr (ex-I'rcT.iier of llulfpiria) has ticcii flTreaied for inipropcr use of seen serried funds, The Unlgnrian denies tin trnlli of ilil*. Tho Tu'rklsll Grand Vlaler linn tvnrnci JI. Nnlchoviln, tlio Biilg«rlmi toprcecrifa live nt Coiistnntiiioplc, Uiat tilt lUily.ir lan ntrocities on Tmkinli prisoners is ex Hip troops, ami iinlefi!! tlicso cq:<»: it will lie iiiiposuilile to pievciit mi nd voncn nernsf) tlio iinrdcr. Tlio iLimisticc lins litsn OxtonJcil fo: ttiTcn dii.vß. No further cxleniiion will b: poSoiblc, A GREEK VIEW OJ? VHB BAIiKJU4 SETTLEMENT, (Dy TcleKrniili.T-Owii CoEKtpendtlttJ CIiniSTCIIUHCII, tlita day. IMr. Jolin Sfnvltehonoe, tlic reprint-., five of Hie NaLioual f.Jreel: Sotiniy, wh« in at present in Clirtatoburelii w«fl, seer. hy n icpuricr ye.-.lerday with crga™ tc tlio present position in tlie J!nlk;in3 nn:i t!ie [iroblonw of t!ie future. Itcccnt !i»P' peninga in Eulgnria, he naiO, h«d pr:ie ticaHy liroujrlit about the. downfall ol King I'crdiiiiiud, and nt projeoi a plol was a [not to dnllirone lli.it ißtffliinfli anJ place n Slav prince nn tlic throne 'J'Sie of iv federated Balkan empire iviit; never more tliau :i Jrcani. Greek Cliristians in tlie Turkiiili 'provincw luid siiirereil for liundrcda of jear-j un:ler Turkleh opprawlon and tyranny, and the Greeks hated ihc lurk*, but it wu on open qm.-jtioii -nlictlier tliey dill not li.it(> the Clirinlbn Dulgariana even more fiercely. In the next five ye.-irj lie jwophetled tfraote and liuig.irii would coiiio to liloud over tbc question of which should poejMl Macedonl*. Tlio ISulgariaiH wer* iwing every effort to foroo tlie Greeks in Macedonia into calling tlicmaclvcn Bulgari, but these ednrlii wen not suefceding. The Kcllfititamaa had bad itn throughout" Macedonia for year.!, and when t!io (■'reel: .trniv crossed into Jlacwlonia during the ferent vrar (ifI.OCIO JlacedonUn Qreoka prudiiced hidden rifles anil omraunltion, nnd by their accession made the oninll nnd weak GTeek army into a large, well-trained nnd effective fi?htins force. Those- Greeks would never niJn with Uulgnria against their mvn countrymen. T!)e Jtulgarinn?, Recording to .Mr. Zavitclianes, were a really bad lot. In the matter of outrages, they outdid the Tiirlcs, They had adopted a Rueaian policy and BlMeiaa prop.iq.inda, and the Mnecdouiiin Grcelis would linve nono of (hem. The Servian Greeks, however, might be dspended to stand by Bulgaria In c.mo of trouble. The fiaeiety of which 3lr. Zavitchanoa ia a representative had .spent as niutli an .C10.000.00D in M.-.cedonia, and hail Dent armeil banda to protect tlio neliooLs and churdicij.