File No. 763.72119/1039
The Consul General at Sofia ( Murphy) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 21.]
Sir: I have the honor to state that in the Bulgarian National Assembly on the 10th instant, the Prime Minister announced the objects for which Bulgaria is fighting. In the official journal, Narodni Prava, of the 15th instant, there appeared a verbatim report of the Prime Minister’s speech, translation of which is as follows:
In my answer to the interpellation concerning the question of alimentation, I touched on our aims in the war. Mr. Kirkoff, however, appears not to have heard me. Well! I shall repeat them. Our war aims are fixed: we want the unification of the Bulgarian nation, of the Bulgarian tribe in boundaries which are exactly fixed; we want the annulment of the treaty of Bucharest; a correction of our frontier with Serbia, including in the territory of Bulgaria all of those lands which are populated by Bulgarians, all along the Morava River to the Danube; we want Macedonia with that part which by the treaty of Bucharest was cut off from Bulgaria.
Not only in the National Sobranjé have I underscored the war aims of Bulgaria, I have done the same in Vienna and Berlin. Our war aims are known to the neutrals, they are known even to the countries warring against us, all know that Bulgaria is fighting for her own unification within the historic boundaries of our nation. We are happy to declare that we are masters of that for which we have fought. The treaty of Bucharest no longer exists; that which was taken away from us has been returned. It is even returned to us with an addition, which is demanded by the people and the Government. True, this addition is still in dispute with our allies. The corridor in Dobrudja is in dispute, but I am firmly convinced, that by peaceful and diplomatic means, its solution will be in our favor. We have historic rights over the whole of Dobrudja, which by the treaty of Berlin was given to Roumania by the Russians as a compensation for Bessarabia. Now, Bulgaria wants all of it returned. On this question the whole Bulgarian nation is unanimous, and before our allies, all will sustain the Government.
[Page 478]Yes, the whole Dobrudja must be returned! I think after all that has been said, there will be no necessity to enter any special interpellation concerning our war aims. Our claims are well-known. We are not worried by the formula, “without annexation and without indemnity.” Our formula is, “the unification of the Bulgarian nation.”
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