Charge of Bad Faith

Before the War Bulgaria had a large sea frontage on the Aegean. But the Treaty of Neuilly gave this to Greece. Thus the Bulgarian seaboard was confined exclusively to the Black Sea. At the same time, however, the Allies promised Bulgaria an outlet on the Aegean; it being recognized that such an outlet was an economic necessity. In 1921 the Allies made Bulgaria an offer of an enclave on the Aegean coast; this was unacceptable to her without a corridor through Western Thrace to the Bulgarian border. Last week, Professor Zankov, new Bulgarian Premier, accused the Powers of bad faith, thus: "Bulgaria made many promises in the Treaty of Neuilly (November, 1919) and has fulfilled them all. The Powers made only one concrete promise, and the fulfillment of that is further off than ever. Our delegate at Lausanne has been instructed not to consent to any arrangement for a Bulgarian route to the Aegean through foreign territory. "The Bulgarian people appeal to the Powers to carry out their one promise to Bulgaria!" Premier Zankov's words referred to the recent Greek agreement with the Turks at Lausanne, whereby Karagatch, railway junction immediately south of Adrianople, and the Karagatch-Luli Burgas railway section was transferred to Turkey. Thus Bulgaria is dependent on Greece and Turkey instead of on Greece for a trade route to the Aegean.