The Ordway new era., 1914-11-06
WITH PROSPECTS OF rHaEs
MORE -cREEcE, suLoARIA
AND RuMANiA-sEINe
DRAWN IN.
TURKS CROSS FR0N7IEl
sTussoaN FIGHTING RACES IN
FRANCE. BUT NEITHER SIDE is
AccREpirEo WITH RECENT
DECISIVE ADVANCE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
j.ondcn, Nov. 2.-Turkey has def
nitely thrown in her lot with Austri,
and Germany and If Portugal 4
connted. there now are eleven power
at war. with prospects Of three NOR
Greece. Bulgaria and Rumanfa-be
ing drawn in.
The note which Great Britain pre-
sented to Turkey Friday. demanding
an explanation Of the actions OF th'
| Turkish fleet in the Black sea and dis
| mantling OF the former German cruis
ers, the Goeben and the Breslau. wal
really an ultimatum to which TuFkeJ
was required to make a reply by Sat
urday evening.
| So far as Is known here, teleSraphlt
communications with Turkey being in
| terrupted. no answer was made. and
the ambassadors at tho Ottoman cap
ital OF the triple entente. 1t is under
stood, demanded and received their
passports.
Turkish troops. which had been on
the Egyptian border for some time. al
ready have crossed the frontier. while
the Turkish fleet continues to menace
Russian towns and shipping in the
| Black sea.
Neither Russia nor Great Britain
was unprepared for this move by Tur.
key. which. government officials say,
was known to have been under the in
fluence OF Germany. and the allied
powers have forces on hahd ready to
oppose Turkish invasion.
When the regular forces were. with.
drawn from Egypt 70 take part in the
war in Europe. they were Immediately
replaced by troops from home, much
| greater in numbers. at least, and only
last week they paraded through the
str eets OF Cairo. making splendid i'm.
preston.
The problem. both for England and
Russia, however. is the attitude Of
their moslem subjects. who under or.
dinary circumstances would prefer not
to fight sgainst Turkey. In this war.
however, they have rallied 70 their
flag. as have all other races under
British or Russian rule, and care IL
being taken to explain to them that in
this case Turkey. under the direction
Of Germany. has been the aggressor.
Bulgaria, owing her existence to Rus
sia. and being under many obligations
TO Great Britain, besides being desir-
Gus Of securing Thrace as far east az
tho Enos-Midia line. which she was
awarded by the London conference
after the first Balkan war. but which
Turkey retook when Bulgaria was at
tackled by Greece and Servia, would
naturally side with the entente pow
| ers, but objects. political observers
point out. to fighting side by side with
Greece and Servia.
Russia. however, 10 expected to ask
Bulgaria definitely on which side she
| is ranged as her mere neutrality, un-
der the circumstances. appears insuf.
ficlent. Should she Join the Austrians
and Germans. Rumania Is almost GER
tain to declare for the allies, and
Greece even before this may decide to
take her revenge on Turkey In fact
1t is believed that her treaty with Ser
via would compel her to take action
should the latter be attacked by Bull
garia or Turkey.
Italy, too, is brought nearer to war
by the entrance Of Turkey, for she has
large Mediterranean possessions to
protect, which would not be safe with
strengthened Turkey.
No Decisive Battle.
The fighting in Flanders and in
France has been but repetition Of
that which has been going on for days
past. The Germans have continued to
push their attack which aimed at
placing them in possession of the
French coast ports. but. as before. It
has been a dirg,dong Dffair. first one
side making progress only TO lose the
ground gained the next night or day.
From the point OF view OF the allies,
their position is satisfactory, as the
Germans are NO nearer their goal than
| q week ago. There have been tire.
mendous losses which, for once. can
not be exaggerated. While the cap
ture OF few prisoners and guns from
one side or the other Is matter Of
more severe along the Aisne, in the
Argonne forrest and anlong the Meuse,
between Verdun and Toul, but 60 far
without making any appreciable
change in the fronts OF the two armies.
The German armies are said by the
Russians to have been defeated before
Warsaw and Ivangorod. They continue
to fall back. and the new Russian front
now extends In semi.circle from
Plock. northwest Of Warsaw,
1t is officially announced that owing
to the Germans making prisoners OF
all Belgians and Frenchmen Of mill
tary age on occupied territory, German
and Austrian reservistst will be ar
rested on neutral ships. It is declared.
however, that the ships will be sub
jected to as little delay and inconven.
ience as possible.