The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-18
bERDS SURROUNDED DN THREE FRONTS BY eRMy OF TIE KAISER
Trench and English Minis ters Confer Regarding Situation

OltudtlOt BRITISH TO BLOCKADE ALL PORTS OF GREECE |brd Kitchener at the Dardanelles. Franco British Conference in Paris l Said to Be for Purpose of Co., E ordinating Forces in Balkans Rome. November 17.--A special dis itch to the Corrfere Della sera of Ian, from its Balkan correspondent, ys.
 Jacks. which were heroicaIIy sus- lned by the Servians. the Bulgarians Eve taken Babuna pass. Tine last two rvian regiments which still resist were confronted by 5000 Bulgar- ,s.
 From Babuna pass the Bulgarians E marching on PerIepe. The great distress and anxiety prevail at ,nastir.
 london, November 1Ss-Confirmation been received at Sa1ontI<i of the port that the Bulgarians have en- ed Prilep hitter a junction with the Igarfan army coming from Tetovo, .ordfng to an Athens dispatch to Exchange Telegraph company The servians, forced back by the hgar advance, have retreated to och- Ia, about 45 miles southwest of Pri- on the Albanian frontier.
 The population of Monastir is re- ted to be panic stricken and prep- tions are being made to evacuate town. The French have occupied sturinE.
 ondon, November 17--Both the mili- g and diplomatic situation of the all in the Balkans are disquieting. if critical, a fact which doubtless led 1.-the visit of the British prime min r, MT. Asquith; David Lloyd d-George A. J. Balfour to Paris for a con- <1 at ar,d Joffre, the French commander-in- bf.
 nils, operating in the north, is now 1mpassed on every side but one, and, ag cut off from the south by the Bull ian advance beyond Tetovo, must de- h on the rough roads through Monte To and Albania for any supplies from sea.
 lost as bad. The success of the Bull ans f1anking attack on Babuna pass their advance from Veles have pre- ted the hoped for junction of the Hian and French forces. This leaves servians only two lines of retreat, into Albania, where they may be issed by unfriendly tribes, and the fr across the Greek border, where they in danger of being disarmed and in- ed. It is to prevent the latter eventu-
 that the allies are putting forth |y effort and unquestionably this mat t,p i~. ~sr. I.~~ AL. ish and French ministers.
 BLOCKADE DECLARED Ae British government has taken fur action by the issuance of an order no Greek vessel, except those loaded oading, may proceed to it's destina- while Denys Cochin. member of French cabinet, who was given an usiastic reception at Athens by the icipal authorities and the people. is cted to express firmly the French pry reply of Greece to the entente ers' request for the safe conduct of
 Seryian and allied forces should be compelled to retire into Greece. rd Kitchener, the British war secre-
 
 M. Cochin, Is reported in Gallipoli pugh, according to rumor. King Con- tine expressed a wish to see him. xe Italy and France, England now ands that Greece either shall join the s or translate her benevolent neu- ty towards the entente into a clear Aration that she will attempt to dis neither the Servians nor the allies i'd they be forced across her from and that she will afford further facil- for the landing and transport of al- troops
 ere are no changes on the French, |an or Russian fronts, but the pres of Russian warships on the coast of land, where they have been bonn Ing the German positions, suggests
 General Ruzky has not concluded offensive which he undertook west eiga
 e loss of the British hospital ship lia in the English channel and an- steamer which went to her assist
 is believed to have been due to ss which broke from their mooring in recent storm. Of less than 400 per- Scontinued .. Page Twelve.) DDAY'S AGE-HERALD