Friday, August 2, 2013

Peace Offer Hits Bulgaria.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 2, 1913:
Would Give Her Little More Territory Than When War Began.
    LONDON, Aug. 1.— The allies in their demands presented to the Bucharest conference to-day proposed the establishment of a frontier, starting east from Struma River, running midway through Rumelia, and reaching the Aegean Sea fifteen miles west of Dedeagatch. This would leave Bulgaria a coast line on the Aegean Sea of less than thirty miles. If these drastic terms are accepted, Bulgaria will issue from two wars a little larger than when she entered into them, but she will have to abandon a large amount of territory to Rumania. In addition, the allies maintain their demand for an indemnity.
    It is probable that the negotiations will be protracted and that the armistice of five days will be renewed. No objection is likely to be raised to its renewal, for it seems evident that both the Servians and the Greeks have fought themselves to a standstill.
    A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Belgrade asserts that the casualties of the Servian Army in the past month of fighting aggregate nearly 35,000.

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