THE BALKAN OUTLOOK
GERMAN SCHEMES WILL BE
DEFEATED
MR. BALFOUR ON THE MILITARY
PROSPECTS.
(MDIBR'S TELEGRAM.)
LONDON, 17th August. In. the House of Commons, Mr. A. X Balfour (Foreign Minister), dealing with the outlook in the Balkane, declared that he felt confident that the German schemes for expansion through" the Balkans and Asia Minor to-the Persian Gulf and beyond wouM be defeated. The Government was confident that its hopes for the restoration and glorious future of Servia would finally and adequately be fulfilled. He trusted ftrere. would be military activities in the. Balkan*, but the difficulties were very great, and operations comparable to those on the Western front were improbable m the immediate future. He assured the House and their Allies that he was giving attention to the question of increasing land transport facilities at Salonika.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 20 August 1917, Page 7
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136THE BALKAN OUTLOOK Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 20 August 1917, Page 7
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