Evening star., 1915-12-17
BALKAN CAMPAIGN
ON LARGE SCALE
IS BELIEVED NEAR
Landing of Italian Force OF
10000 May Be Start of
Allied Effort.
4O,75O PRISONERS TAKEN
BY SERBS ARE IN FRANCE.
ustro-Hungarian Troops Take
Bjelopoje in Their Monte
negrin Campaign.
HALT ON SALONIKI FRONT
Greece Believes That for Time Being
Neither Germans Nor Bulga-
rians Will Cross Her
Border.
4O,75O PRISONERS TAKEN
BY SERBS ARE IN FRANCE
HALT ON sAL0NIKI FRONT

LONDON. December I7.-1t
is estimated there are 10000
Italian troops at .Avlona, AL
bania. While the Avlona posi-
ton is hardly favorable for an Of
fensive movement, a Milan CORE
spondent says, the expedition
may be regarded as the starting
point OF operations on large
scale.
Seven hundred and fifty Bull
garian, German and Austro-Hun-
garian officers taken prisoner by
the Serbs and 10000 soldiers cap
tured in Serbia. arrived here dur
ing the night on their way to a
concentration camp.
At German army headquarters
the announcement was made to-
day that the Austro-Hungarian
troops which are invading Mon
tenegro have captured BjelopolJe,
on the Linn river, about twenty
miles west of the Serbian border.
10000 Germans at Gievgeli.
According to infol nation from re-
liable source, says the correspondent at
Saloniki of the Havas News Agency,
10000 Germans are now at Gievgeli.
other German troops are reported to be
descending the valadovo-Doiran road
toward the Greek frontier. The railroad
station at Doiran. the correspondent says,
has been occupied by Greek troops.
The Bulgarian legation at Athens. ac-
cording to a Reuter- dispatch from the
Greek capital, has authorized the .declara-
ton that Bulgaria will postpone opera
tions against the entente allies out OF
desire to respect Greek neutrality.
IL is declared in Greek official circles
here that for the time being German
incursion into Greek territory from Ser
ba is considered improbable and it is be-
lieved to be certain that such a meas
ure would not be taken until it was
deemed to be unavoidable.
Suspension Is Expected.
The Havas correspondent at Athens
quotes the Journal of Embros as saying
tat the British military authorities re-
gard it as likely that military operations
will be suspended for some time at the
Greek frontier. the Germ ans not having
sufficient forces TO pursue the entente
allied troops.
King Constantine. though slightly in
disposed. received Premier Skouloudis
YESTERDAY IN his bedroom. and conferred
iIounced from official sources, is pro-
& essing normally. says Reuters cor
respondent at Athens.
Negotiations Satisfactory.
The progress of negotiations be-
tween Greece and the allies is regarded
in military circles as quite satisfactory.
At the same time the negotiations with
the central powers. directed against the
possibility Of Bulgarian incursion. are
going on well that the highest cpti-
mism prevails in authoritative circles
and the possibility that Buigarians will
cross the frontier is regarded as having
been excluded"
Greeks Transfer Base.
PARIS December IA Hayas dis
patch from Athens gays that following
"
trict between SaIoniki and the Serbian
border. the headquarters of the Greek
army has been transferred to Kezhani
nfty-five miles southeast Of Monastir
The third Greek corps has been Or
dered to Caterini and the fifth corps to
Nigrita.
One regiment of engineers and one
Of artillery remain at Saloniki.
Greek General Protests.
\ dispatch to the Temps from Salon
Xxi. dated December Is, says that the
general commanding the 5th Greek
Army Corps. which has been occupying
ssloniki. delivered to Gen. sarrarl. the
French COMMUNICATIVE chief. before the
Greek evacuation Of the city. a written
protest against the fortification work
that had been begun at Saloniki
The protest. says the dispatch. is
purely formal. resembling that pre-
sented in October against the landing
OF allied troops.
Will Stay at Saloniki.
"You may take this as final: The
allies will not quit Saloniki until Eu-
ropean peace is signed" said an officer
Of the allies to the Associated Press
correspondent today.
Outgoing ships are crowded with for
eigners. particularly Germans and Aus
trians. and the inha abitants of Saloniki
are ieayln. the city in fear OF siege
The British consul is advising civilian
British subjects. especially women, to
take their departure.
Hundreds of Serbian refugees and
Greeks living between Saloniki and the
frontier, on the contrary. are arriving
hourly. The greatest misery exists
among them They are coming on foot
because of the suspension of railway
:. traffic between Saloniki and Gievgeli
A 10 DO, S~l,o