The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-11-05
WITH PROSPECTS OF THREl
MORE -GREECE, BULGARIA
AND RUMANIA-BEING
DRAWN IN.
TURKS CROSS FRONTIER
STUBBORN FIGHTING RACES IN
FRANCE, BUT NEITHER SIDE is
ACCREDITED WITH RECENT
DECISIVE ADVANCE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

and Germany and If Portugal is
connted, there now are eleven powers
at war. with prospects of three more
Greece, Bulgaria and Rumania-be
ing drawn in.
The note which Great Britain pre-
sented to Turkey Friday, demanding
an explanation of the actions of the
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 Turkey
was required to make reply by Sat
urday evening.
So far as Is known here, telegraphio
communications with Turkey being in
terrupted, no answer was made, and
the ambassadors at the Ottoman cap
ital of the triple entente. it 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 hand ready to
oppose Turkish invasion.
When the regular forces were with.
drawn from Egypt to 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
streets of Cairo, making a 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 against Turkey. In this war.
however, they have rallied to their
flag. as have all other races under
British or Russian rule. and care is
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 as
the 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. is expected to ask
| Bulgaria definitely on which side she
is ranged as her mere neutrality, un-
der the circumstances, appears insult
ficient 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
it 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
| a strengthened Turkey.
No Decisive Battle.
The fighting in Flanders and in
France has been but a repetition or
| 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, 1t
has been ding-dong affair, 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
n week ago There have been tre-
mendous losses which, for once, can
| not be exaggerated. While the cap
ture of a few prisoners and guns from
one side or the other is matter of
daily occurrence, fighting has become
more severe along the Aisne, in the
| Argonne forrest and anlong the Meuse,
between Verdun and Toul but so far
without making any apprectable
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 Frenchman of mill
tary age on occupied territory, German
and Austrian reseryistst will be ar
rested on neutral ships. 1t is declared
however, that the ships will be sub
| jected to as little delay and inconven-
ience as possible