5 OCTOBER 1918, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE dramatic surprise of the week has been the capitulation of Bulgaria. At noon on Monday the Bulgarian envoys at Salonika met General Franchet d'Esperey, the Conunander-in- Chief of the Allied Army of the Orient, and signed an armistice by which Bulgaria put herself at the mercy of the Allies. The Bulgarian Army is to demobilize at once and give up its arms, while evacuating all the Serbian and Greek territory which it has occupied. The Allies may occupy Bulgaria as a military base with British, French, or Italian troops, and are to have full use of the railways, shipping, and river craft. Bulgaria is to have no further dealings with the Central Empires and Turkey. Her surrender is complete.
