Signs of Bulgarian war weariness are to be noted. A
Bulgarian soldier, who deserted to the Serbian lines, stated recently that M. Malinoff became Premier on condition that all German units should be withdrawn from Old Bulgaria, where since 1916 they have established themselves in control, incidentally sending fool parcels copiously into Germany, and thus making life harder for the poorer Bulgarians. The same witness gave an account of an incipient mutiny among soldiers of the 48th, 31st and 7th regiments. A Budapest journal has published an interview with M. Malinoff, in which he is said to have declared that the Dobrudja settlement has caused dissatisfaction, " depressed " the Bulgarian people; and also that " the Maritza question no longer exists for us. It was finally settled in 1915." Accepting this interview as authentic, we have the Bulgarian Prime Minister grumbling in public against Germany and against Turkey because Bulgaria is dissatisfied with her share of territorial loot, while Turkey thinks that Bulgaria was overpaid ; and that is what one might reasonably expect to be Bulgaria's attitude towards Allies who have used her for their own ends.
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