Treaty of Neuilly/Preamble

Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Bulgaria

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-CROAT-SLOVENE STATE, SIAM, and CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 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 29 September 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 28 July 1914 by Austria-Hungary, and in the hostilities opened by Bulgaria against Serbia on 11 October 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, by:
 * The Honorable Frank Lyon Polk, Under Secretary of State;
 * The Honorable 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, by:
 * Mr Cecil Harmsworth MP, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
 * Sir Eyre Crowe KCB, KCMG, Minister Plenipotentiary, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;
 * And for the Dominion of Canada, by:
 * The Honourable Sir George Halsey Perley KCMG, High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom;
 * for the Commonwealth of Australia, by:
 * The Right Honourable Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom;
 * for the Union of South Africa, by:
 * Mr Reginald Andrew Blankenberg OBE, Acting High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa in the United Kingdom;
 * for the Dominion of New Zealand, by:
 * The Honourable Sir Thomas Mackenzie KCMG, High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom;
 * for India, by:
 * Sir Eyre Crowe KCB, KCMG;
 * The President of the French Republic, by:
 * Mr Georges Clemenceau, President of the Council, Minister of War;
 * Mr Stephen Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs;
 * Mr Louis-Lucien Klotz, Minister of Finance;
 * Mr André Tardieu, Commissary General for Franco-American Military Affairs;
 * Mr Jules Cambon, Ambassador of France;
 * His Majesty the King of Italy, by:
 * The Honourable Maggiorino Ferraris, Senator of the Kingdom;
 * The Honourable Guglielmo Marconi, Senator of the Kingdom;
 * Sir Giacomo de Martino, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary;
 * His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, by:
 * Mr K. Matsui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of HM the Emperor of Japan at Paris;
 * His Majesty the King of the Belgians, by:
 * Mr Jules van den Heuvel, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Minister of State;
 * Mr Rolin-Jaequemyns, Member of the Institute of Private International Law, Secretary-General of the Belgian Delegation;
 * The President of the Chinese Republic, by:
 * Mr Vikyuin Wellington Koo;
 * Mr Sao-Ke Alfred Sze;
 * The President of the Cuban Republic, by:
 * Dr Rafael Martinez Ortiz, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Cuban Republic at Paris;
 * His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, by:
 * Mr Elefthérios Venisélos, President of the Council of Ministers;
 * Mr Nicholas Politis, Minister for Foreign Affairs;
 * His Majesty the King of the Hedjaz, by:
 * Mr Rustem Haidar;
 * Mr Abdul Hadi Aouni;
 * The President of the Polish Republic, by:
 * Mr Ladislas Grabski;
 * Mr Stanislas Patek, Minister Plenipotentiary;
 * The President of the Portuguese Republic, by:
 * Dr Affonso da Costa, formerly President of the Council of Ministers;
 * Mr Jayme Batalha Reis, Minister Plenipotentiary;
 * His Majesty the King of Roumania, by:
 * Mr Victor Antonesco, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of HM the King of Roumania at Paris;
 * General Constantin Coanda, Corps Commander, ADC to the King, formerly President of the Council of Ministers;
 * His Majesty the King of the Serbs, the Croats, and the Slovenes, by:
 * Mr Nicholas P. Pachitch, formerly President of the Council of Ministers;
 * Mr Ante Trumbic, Minister for Foreign Affairs;
 * Mr Ivan Zolger, Doctor of Law;
 * His Majesty the King of Siam, by:
 * His Highness Prince Charoon, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of HM the King of Siam at Paris;
 * The President of the Czeco-Slovak Republic, by:
 * Mr Eduard Beneš, Minister for Foreign Affairs;
 * Mr Stephen Osusky, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Czecho-Slovak Republic at London;


 * Bulgaria:
 * Mr Alexander Stamboliiski, 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 this Treaty, official relations will exist between the Allied and Associated Powers and Bulgaria.