The Balkan Entente The new arrangement concluded between Bulgaria and
the four members of the Balkan Entente, Rumania and Jugoslavia, Turkey and Greece, marks one further stage in the strange but satisfactory evolution of one of the most dangerous areas in Europe into one of the most peaceful. Bulgaria is actually coterminous with every one of the Balkan Entente States and she has hitherto declined to join t Entente partly out of resentment at the territorial les!c, inflicted on her by the Peace settlement and partly beck_ the armaments clauses of the Treaty of Neuilly placed i - at a serious disadvantage in relation to her neighboLi - The new arrangement ends that disability by removal of I restrictions on Bulgarian armaments and it reaffirms regionz. - the pledge taken ten years ago by all the five countries wh they signed the Kellogg Pact never to employ arms as zri instrument of national policy. In addition the demilitarise: zones established by the Treaty of Lausanne along the borde-, of Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria disappear. The agreement as a whole is an admirable example of peaceful change in the spirit of Article XIX of the League Covenant. At the same time the abolition of the demilitarised zones is to be regretted rather than welcomed. Even between the best of neighbours an unfortified frontier plays a valuable part as a visible guarantee of peaceful intention.
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