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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 88, 12 October 1915, Page 7

THE PERIL OF SERVIA

ALLIES MUST OVERWHELM THE ENEMY SERVIANS EAGER TO MEET TEUTONS FIGHTING AROUND BELGRADE THE PERFIDY OF BULGARIA

Belgrade is welcomed in Germany as a base for the future operations in the Balkans. The city has been damaged by the bombardment. There is much comment on the Balkan situation, in which it is urged in more than one quarter that the Allies must strike heavily in combination at once, if the enemy is to be stopped from reaching Turkey and stepping far on the road to Egypt arid India. The Allies' landing continues, and Servia is hopeful of the help of Rumania and Greece. .Bulgaria's action has been strongly condemned by the Bulgarian Minister at Petrograd, who has resigned on account of his feeling on the matter, and there have been further anti-war demonstrations in his country. There is not much news of the actual fighting; the enemy claims to be making progress, and the Servian reports state that very heavy losses were inflicted. THE FALL OF BELGRADE BASE FOR THE ENEMY'S OPERATIONS ENTHUSIASM IN GERMANY (By Telegraph. — Press Association. — Copyright.) AMSTERDAM, 11th October. The German press is enthusiastic over the fall of Belgrade, which is regarded as the best base for the coming great operations, and the beginning of a great Oriental campaign towards India. PARIS, 11th October. Since Wednesday the garrison defended Belgrade heroically, the forts firIng incessantly. The Austrians crossed the Save near Zabrez, where sanguinary fighting continues. / The Servians held up the Germans on the Danube near Ram, despite terrific artillery fire. The enemy's repeated attacks involved exceedingly heavy German losses. Twenty thousand Servians are guarding the railway, to ensure the safety of the Salonika-Nish communications. > (Received October 12, 9.15 a.m.) ATHENS, llth October. It is learnt that in the Austro-German bombardment 6000 shells ruined several quarters in Belgrade. Communication between Belgrade and Nish has been cut. AUSTRIAN REPORT OF PROGRESS. AMSTERDAM, llth October. An Austrian communique states : Our troops on the Servian front are successfully advancing northward of Obrenovac. German regiments cleared Belgrade of tha enemy after violent street fighting. Our allies lower down reached the south bank of the Danube and dislodged the enemy from several positions. (Received October 12, 9 a.m.) ' LONDON, llth October. Pans learas that over an army corps has crossed the Save at Semendria, including Bavarians and Prussians, with strong artillery. ATHENS, llth October. A Zeppelin has arrived at Sofia.. TO DEFEAT THE BULGARIANS ALLIES MUST COME IN OVERWHELMING NUMBERS (Received October 12, 9 a.m.) _, XT , " PETROGRAD, llth October. M. Nadeau, a French correspondent, interviewed an officer formerly in Bulgaria, who said that the Allies mtfst come in overwhelming numbers from Salonika and be prepared to meet four hundred thousand Bulgarians, as good fighters as the Germans. Many of these were born in Macedonia, and they are determined to reconquer it. He estimates that the Allies must send three hundred thousand men ; a small army would undergo the peril of being swamped. He recommends that the Allies should sicken the Bulgarians at the first blow by a plentiful shower of shells. (Received October 12, 9.15 a.m.) -. „ . . PARIS, llth October. The Servian Minister declares : "If the army we expect from the Allies allows us to devote ourselves against our assailant from the north, we'will fight .without uneasiness, and oppose the invaders again victoriously. A Servian officer says : "If the Allies look after the Bulgarians we will go into battle singing." (Received October 12, 9.15 a.m.) _, , „ . , . . ROME, llfch October. The landing of the Allies troops at Salonika continues. MACEDONIAN SERBS FLOCK TO THE ARMY. LONDON, llth October. The Daily Telegraph's Rome correspondent gtates that the whole of the population of Macedonian', Servia, including men certified to be physically unfit, women, and old men, are arriving. They are determined to give up their lives rather than see the AustroGermans and Bulgarians conquer their country. ALLIES MUST CO-ORDINATE THEIR EFFORTS. MILAN, 10th October. The Corrierre della Sera urges the adoption of new methods in dealing .with the Balkans. The paper advocates the constitution of an executive committee in one of the Allies capitals to facilitate a diplomatic agitation to co-ordinate the military efforts, even to the renunciation of separate commands in the collective interests. Only thus, says the paper, will we be able to counteract Austro-Germany's greatest advantage, that of a central position and organisation. SERVIA EXPECTS HELP FROM RUMANIA AND GREECE. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received October 12, 8 a.m.) LONDON, llth October. Interviewed by the Pall Mall Gazette, M. Boschkovitch, Servian Minister in London, said: — "We hope and expect Rumania and Greece to join us. The Servian army, owing to the liberal assistance sent by England, is in first rate condition.' 1 THIRTY THOUSAND ALLIED TROOPS LANDED ITALY TAKING PART (Received October 12, 11.30 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, llth October. The Frankfurter Zeit-ung states that the Allies are preparing to land at Dedeagatch. Russia is also preparing to attack Bulgaria. Salonika telegrams state that 30,000 Allied troops have landed, and are being used to assure the communications between Salonika- and Servia. ItaJy is now operating in tho transport and landing troops, and is likely to take an active part in the Balkan expedition.

THE PRESS AND THE BALKANS OUTBURST OF DISCUSSION. | STATESMEN "LUDICROUSLY SURPRISED." LONDON, 10th October. The Observer states: — "The rabid newspapers which saggest the fall of Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for i Foreign Affairs, in connection with the position in the Balkans, could not make a proposal that would be more acceptable to the enemy if they were paid by Berlin. Nevertheless, Ministers, irrespective of parties, have allowed themselves to be ludicrously surprised in the Balkans. "If Servia is quickly crushed, the enemy will have an army of a million men nearest to the Turks, with fresh supplies of munitions, and they will soon be twice as formidable as before ; but we may still retrieve the situation if we fight at ail costs for the mastery of the Balkans. "Meanwhile, there is no statesman more necessary to retain than Sir Edward Grey, who commands more respect than anyone else." BULGARIA HAD NO CHOICE TIED BODY AND SOUL TO THE ENEMY. j ' LONDON, 10th October. While the Daily Mail and The Times bitterly attack British diplomacy in the Balkans, Dr. Dillon, the Daily Telegraph's correspondent, says : "The only j stricture that might be passed on British diplomacy is that it ignored, or passed, that ignored or belittled circumstance that Bulgaria was bound body and soul to the Austro-Germans before we had moved in the matter. I am unable to share the belief that Bulgaria had any freedom of choice. "The Entente diplomatists persevered, ! and Servia, heroic in her terrible martyrdom, finally agreed to give up Macedonia. Thereupon Bulgaria, instead of being pleased, was profoundly troubled. While the Entente was pressing its case, King Ferdinand was compelled to act, and signed the mobilisation order." WHAT HANGS ON THE ISSUE BALKANS ARE A GATEWAY TO THE WORLD. (TIHIS AND STDXEY SDS SERTICBS.) LONDON, 11th October. Mr. L. C. Amery, Unionist M.P., in an address to the United Services Club, said :—": — " The seriousness of the Balkan situation could not possibly be exaggerated. If Germany, through Bulgaria, gained contact with Turkey, the latter would obtain unlimited munitions for the Dardanelles conflict, where our position would be rendered more difficult than the censorship or the smooth words of the Government have allowed the people to believe. " It would enable the Turks to send reinforcements to Macedonia and make a second attack on •■ Egypt. It would mean that when the German resources in men were beginning to fail, new Turkish ar,mies, would be ready to take the field. This would be more serious to us than to our Allies. "Egypt, Macedonia, and even India, might be opened to the unlimited passage of German guns and Turkish troops. " Bulgaria believes that Germany is going to win. The German advance in Russia, coupled with our failure to force the Dardanelles, greatly influenced Bulgaria. " I believe that the crisis in Greece is 'temporary. Her army stands on our side. lam confident that England will win the war, if only she uses her full strength." A PECULIAR INTEREST FOR AUSTRALASIA. (TIMES AND STDNET SUN SBATICES.) (Received October 12, 8 a.m.) LONDON, 11th October. Writing in the Sunday Herald, Sir Edwin Peafs describes Germany's, deterI mination and ambition to get through j Servia, Bulgaria, and Constantinople to | Mesopotamia and Egypt. The Balkan campaign, therefore, has a. peculiar interest for Australasia. RIVAL OFFERS TO BULGARIA i "GERMANY DESERVES PRAISE." AMSTERDAM, 11th October. A Bulgarian statement has been published in the Frankfurter Zeitung, saying : | " Germany deserves praise for giving Bulgaria financial aid after the Treaty of Bucharest. She gave the loan without political conditions, and also maintained Bulgarian credit by means of a recent loan." The document proceeds: "Servia is Bulgaria's greatest enemy. She is Russia's spoiled darling. Russia would never agree to favour Bulgaria at Servia's expense. " The Entente demanded that Bulgaria should participate in the war as soon as possible, and place her army at the Entente's full disposal ; also, that Bulgaria must take Constantinople and give it to Russia. " Bulgaria would receive the Enos- j Midia frontier line, and inadequate compensation in Servian Macedonia, for which Servia would be compensated at Austria's expense. " Germany offered Bulgaria, if she remained neutral, all Macedonia ; also friendly mediation with Turkey for the cession of the Dedeagatch line and the right bank of the Maritza. " Furthermore, if Bulgaria gave military assistance, she would receive great additional territory at Servia's expense, including portions of Old Servia also, giving a frontier on the Danube with Austro-Hungary. " THE SECRET TREATY. ATHENS, 11th October. The British Legation has unimpeachable information of the existence of a secret Bulgar.German Treaty. [A message from Athens published jr-es-

terday said : The newspaper Patiis states that during Prince Hohenlohe's sojourn at Sofia a secret German-Bulgarian treaty was signed on 17th July, awarding Bulgaria Northern and Southern Albania, Macedonia, and Servian territory, including Monastir, Ghergheli, and Doiran. Germany, under the same treaty, which Austria and Turkey signed, promised Bulgaria Salonika, Kavala, Drama, Seres, Fiorina, and Kavoria. The Patris states that the position has entirely changed since 17th July, and, judging by the' attitude of the new Greek Government, it presumably received official German assurances that' the treaty did not exist.] AGREEMENT DISCOVERED BY M. VENIZELOS. (Received October 12, 9 a.m.) PARIS, llth October. The Matin, commenting on the official German denial of the existence of a secret agreement, states that the information emanates from M. Venizelos, who discovered the agreement since his resignation. The British Legation at Athens considers the information unimpeachable, justifying a communication to Greece. WILLIAM OF WIED HIS HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS. (Received October 12, 9.15 a.m.) ROME, llth October. An arrival from Albania reports that Prince William of Wied is fighting with the German's against Servia, and is planning that wheD Servia is crushed he will return to Albania, disperse the Montenegrins, and re-establish himself at Durazzo, constituting Albania a kingdom under Austrian protection. HUNGARY ANNOYED BY PROVOCATIVE GERMAN METHODS. ROME, llth October. The Tribuna publishes Budapest I despatches which report that there are j grave dissensions between Germany and ' Hungary respecting the military operations against Servia. The Hungarian Government has protested against the provocative attitude of the German troops in occupying Temesvar, Versecz, and the whole of Banant (all in Southern Hungary) as if they were conquered territories. ANTI-WAR, DEMONSTRATIONS. (Received October 12, 9 a.m.) ATHENS, llth October. Anti-war demonstrations have broken out at Varna and Rustchuk. BULGARIANS ? TWO REQUESTS TO RUMANIA. BUCHAREST, llth October. Bulgaria has asked Rumania to facilitate fche transit of six thousand Bulgarians from Germany and Austria. The Quadruple Entente has requested Rumania to see that they are not m reality German officers and specialists. GREEK RESERVISTS ANNOYED. JOHANNESBURG, llth October. Two hundred Greek reservists refused to embark on learning of M. Venizelo's resignation. BULGARIAN WAR MINISTER. SOFIA, llth October. [ General Hajoenoff succeeds General Jekoff at the .Ministry of War. THE REALITY OF THE WAR GERMAN WARNING TO GERMANY. ' NOT TO BE TOO HOPEFUL. AMSTERDAM, llth October. The National Liberal paper Korrespondenz publishes a sensational article concerning the Government's prohibition of the discussion of Germany's object iv the war, and warns Germany against being too hopeful. The Germans are discussing the war in illusory paths, forgetting its reality, and this is likely to induce hopes which are doomed to disappointment, and to bring the most, intense bitterness to the people. The Korrespondenz formerly started an agitation for the immediate annexation of Belgium and Poland and all the occupied territory in Russia and France. ' ARMENIAN MASSACRES WHAT THE ALLIES ARE FIGHTING NEW YORK, llth October. The newspapers publish denunciatory articles on the Armenian massacres, many declaring that the Turk is following in the Teuton footsteps. The Tribune remarks that Americans have not yet fully grasped the truth that the Allies are protecting not only themselves, but the whole world, from becoming more Armenias and other Belgiums. MOST HORRIBLE THING OF ! THE WAR APPEAL TO GERMAN-AMERICANS. LONDON, 10th October. Right Hon. A. J. Blfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a letter to Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., says: "Amidst all the horrors of the war, nothing is more horrible than the treatment of the Armenians. Tile Germans could surely end this disgraceful condition of affairs. I suggest that German-Americans should use their influence to check these barbarities." The Daily Telegraph points out that Enver Pasha acted to avenge his defeats in the Caucasus, and recalls Count Reventlow's unscrupulous and callous judgment that German public opinion holds fch«t this is a matter concerning Turkey alona.