5 JUNE 1915, Page 2

We feel equally sure that the Bulgarians are not going

to yield to German pressure and ally themselves with the Turks. They know that if the Quadruple Alliance is beaten the "scrape of paper" in regard to rearrangements in the Balkan which have been offered them so freely by the Germans would prove of no 'value. Equally useless will it be for the

Bulgarians to point to an army "fresh and unworn by war." Victorious German, Austrian, and Turkish troops, with the whole of Europe at their feet, would think very little of crushing the Bulgarians if they attempted to defend their rights against German world-policy. It is quite possible that Bulgaria may remain neutral. What she will not do is to join Germany.