TREATY OF NEUILLY, AND PROTOCOL THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FRANCE, ITALY and JAPAN. These Powers being described in the present Treaty as the Principal Allied and Associated Powers; BELGIUM, CHINA, CUBA, GREECE, THE HEDJAZ, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROUMANIA, THE SERB-CROATSLOVENE STATE, SIAM and CZECHO-SLOVAKIA, These Powers constituting, with the Principal Powers mentioned above, the Allied and Associated Powers, of the one part; And BULGARIA, of the other part; Whereas on the request of the Royal Government of Bulgaria an Armistice was granted to Bulgaria on September 29, 1918, by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers in order that a Treaty of Peace might be concluded, and Whereas the Allied and Associated Powers are equally desirous that the war in which certain among them were successively involved, directly or indirectly, against Bulgaria, and which originated in the declaration of war against Serbia on July 28, 1914, by Austria-Hungary, and in the hostilities opened by Bulgaria against Serbia on October 11, 1915, and conducted by Germany in alliance with Austria-Hungary, with Turkey and with Bulgaria, should be replaced by a firm, just and durable Peace, For this purpose the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The Honourable Frank Lyon POLK, Under-Secretary of The Honourable Henry WHITE, formerly Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States at Rome and Paris; General Tasker H. BLISS, Military Representative of the United States on the Supreme War Council; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND OF THE BRITISH DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS, EMPEROR OF INDIA: And Mr. Cecil HARMSWORTH, M.P., Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Sir Eyre CROWE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; for the DOMINION of CANADA: The Honourable Sir George Halsey PERLEY, K.C.M.G., for the COMMONWEALTH of AUSTRALIA: The Right Honourable Andrew FISHER, High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom; for the UNION of SOUTH AFRICA: Mr. Reginald Andrew BLANKENBERG, O.B.E., Acting High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in the United Kingdom; for the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND: The Honourable Sir Thomas MACKENZIE, K.C.M.G., for INDIA: Sir Eyre CROWE, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC: Mr. Georges CLEMENCEAU, President of the Council, Mr. Stephen PICHON, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Louis-Lucien KLOTZ, Minister of Finance; Mr. André TARDIEU, Commissary General for Franco- Mr. Jules CAMBON, Ambassador of France; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY: The Honourable Maggiorino FERRARIS, Senator of the The Honourable Guglielmo MARCONI, Senator of the Sir Giacomo de MARTINO, Envoy Extraordinary and HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN: Mr. K. MATSUI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of H.M. the Emperor of Japan at Paris; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS: Mr. Jules van den HEUVEL, Envoy Extraordinary and Mr. ROLIN-JAEQUEMYNS, Member of the Institute of THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC: THE PRESIDENT OF THE CUBAN REPUBLIC: Dr. Rafael Martinez ORTIZ, Envoy Extraordinary and HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HELLENES; Mr. Eleftherios VENISÉLOS, President of the Council of Mr. Nicolas POLITIS, Minister for Foreign Affairs; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE HEDJAZ: Mr. Rustem HAIDAR; Mr. Abdul Hadi AOUNI; THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLISH REPUBLIC: Mr. Ladislas GRABSKI; Mr. Stanislas PATEK, Minister Plenipotentiary; THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC: Dr. Affonso DA COSTA, formerly President of the Council of Ministers; Mr. Jayme BATALHA REIS, Minister Plenipotentiary; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ROUMANIA: Mr. Victor ANTONESCO, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of H.M. the King of Roumania at Paris; General Constantin COANDA, Corps Commander, A.D.C. to the King, formerly President of the Council of Ministers; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE SERBS, THE CROATS, Mr. Nicolas P. PACHITCH, formerly President of the Mr. Ante TRUMBIĆ, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. IVAN ZOLGER, Doctor of Law; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SIAM: His Highness Prince CHAROON, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of H.M. the King of Siam at Paris; THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECHO-SLOVAK REPUBLIC: Mr. Stephen OSUSKY, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister BULGARIA: Mr. Alexander STAMBOLISKI, President of the Council of Ministers, Minister of War; WHO, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have AGREED AS FOLLOWS: From the coming into force of the present Treaty the state of war will terminate. From that moment, and subject to the provisions of the present Treaty, official relations will exist between the Allied and Associated Powers and Bulgaria. |