THE BALKAN STATES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 143, 19 June 1913, Page 5

THE BALKAN STATES.

RATIFICATION OF PEACE

TREATY.

SERVIA THE FIRST TO SIGN

[Press Association.] LONDON, June ,18. Servia is the first.of the Balkan .' States to ratify the Peace Treaty.

BULGARIA'S REPLY TO SERVIA

DEMOBILISATION CONSENTED

(Received June 18, 11.55 p.m.) SOFIA. June 18. Bulgaria's reply to Servia's pronasal for partial demobilisation complains of the concentration of tne , jrhole of the Servian army on the Bulgarian frontier in a greater proportion than against Turkey on the outbreak of war. It also complains ■of the simultaneous concentration of . the Greeks on the Bulgarian frontier, and emphasises that the dispatch _ of the Bulgarian forces to the Servian frontier was intended to reassure the border population. . The reply adds that Bulgaria's appeal to the Tsar's arbitration in April did not meet with a sympathetic response from Servia, who proposed a postponement of Servian demobilisation until their differences with Bulgaria were settled. Nevertheless; Bulgaria is still animated with the sentiments of fraternity and friendship which were the basis of the treaty between the two countries, and now consents to a simultaneous reduction of the effectives to one-fourth, while retaining the right to a ■ SerboBulgarian Condominium in the disputed zone by virtue of the secret annexes of the treaty. >. Bulgaria proposes that respective troops of equal numbers remain until the arbitration award is made. The reply concludes by suggesting that both parties forthwith beg the Tsar to exercise his right of arbitration on the basis of the treaty annexes, and also on memoranda which both will submit with, a week.