The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-26
Attacks Widely Diverted o
Land and Sea To Rush HeI,
To Little SIav Ally
ITALY LAUNCHES
MOVE ON AUSTRIA
British, French and Russian
Warships Shell BuIgar Ports
While Moscovites Start New
Menace at Rear of German
Force at Riga, Berlin Off,
ciaIIy Admits
(By the Associated pre>,

(By the Associated Pres.
London, Oct. 23.--Widely s,Ist.ta~
though synchrOnous. diversions r. tb4
entente forces on land and sea. de~.al-
ed evidently to relieve the strain o
Serbia pending the time allied tiuou>
Of sufficient weight can reach the IA
kan front. have marked the devotion.
ments Of the last SO hours
Italy. having confined her.rI E
weeks to local actions, has launched
general offensive along the INrol .u.
IrentinO frontiers of Austria allie,
warships, including Russian vessels
have battered the Bulgarian polt> i
the Aegean, and Russia has increased
| the pressure on the eastern front aro
| by coup of combined l@nd aud ~.
| operation has flung men aud guns a,t
| the coast Of Courland 90 miles horl-
east Of Riga, thus meua%ins I'll, re4.
| Of General Won Below s army men
| for so long has been trying to talt is
| Baltic port.
| News of this surprise landu- S a.--
| closed in the Berlin official couI.aI.-
cation, which describes th, lorcee
landed as of small strength
II The fact that a Russian vessel it.lt-
ticipated in the bombardfneut uf 1Ae
Bulgarian coast is attested by q Brit
ish official statement, and IS weic"ne9
in England as an incident which Vif
dlspel the idea supposed 70 Be held ~
many Bulgarians that they ar" no'
fighting for their former ally. The
Russian southern fleet, OF course, IS
| locked in behind the Dardanelles and
| the only Russian Warship III Aegean
| waters, so far as known, is the cruiser
| ! Askold.
II The admiralty statement speaks coli
llectively of british, French ana l;ns-
! | sian ships" SO it Is impossible to state
the makeup Of the squadron
Italian craft took part. it has not
- been made known in England.
Russian participation has given
! stronger color to the recent Tumors
j.. that she plans the landing OF troops
on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
What progress the British AMI
French troops are making II their
advance to the relief OF Serbia ~ still!
withheld, and there are misgivlh2s i,
many quarters that Serbia never VIII
: be saved in this way.
n Greece's apparently authenuc ue'
mand that allied soldiers, to Iu7ufe
;, | her safety rather than allied c"'ltes
= sions to expand her domlnions con
!. stituted her price for ahgning neI
70 against the central powers and TURKEY
carries the implication that shr s.
# | CARDS the forces landed at SALONS. a
- far from adequate for the puTpos'
s. Rumania's stipulation goVerh'A
her entry into the war IN behdil Z"
le the entente powers, has. accofdlhe
a. report, narrowed to q similar th'd-
n more specific demand for 49, IS
lie lied troops to insure her aSdliSs s.
Of vasiCn. France, it IS argued, lh S'i.i
quarters here, could hardly spar ~
men and 80 the burden would Ee' 2.
sarily fall on Russia and Gredt t'l1'.'
primarily Great Britain.
e The Kings appeal for ie5r.j53
- England has had q marked err =
todays enlistments, according Ce
London papers. and its ultimate etr'
= with a fair trial Of the Earl OF Defo>
- plan may decide the moot que9l'H
~ Conscription.
~ That the Serbians position Il +
is the opinion Of tho British Pi
ha With this admission there IS "eNt'.
7st ing daily an increasing rahcoI
- Creece's attitude, coupled WIN q
tn mands that the allies do not aiio@
policy to drift while there Il
s;bility Of her turning agalEs
entente.
A Serbian official conmun.s
e refers to the presence OF re.-
\ troops cooperating with the 81 r.. v.
forces in the neighbOrhOod OF : !
nitsa, but in none Of the comm
# h tions since the beginning OF the =
,ot Balkan campaign has the Enghsh =.
lie, mentioned.
ex- The BulGarians though harnpSi''t
ar weather are driving further into
her interior Of Serbia, while the Ae'.
C~rroan forces on the north ana
Ing frontiers are maintaining terrlnc ~
:aw sure and moving slowly ioi "e
ast They have gained another pas
rst. across the Dvina river near 1873