Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-05
ALLIES Do NOT EXPECT
A FAVORABLE RESPONSE
King Ferdinand Thought to Have
Committed Bulgars to Fight
With Teutons.
GREEKS READY FOR BATTLE
Rumania Still Holds Aloof, Declar-
ing Hour for Entering Con-
f1ict Has Not Yet
Arrived.

| ON'ooNi }, l-oo
p.m.-Whether by delay in tele-
graphic communications or bv
some other unexplained cause
Bulgaria obtained an additional
twenty-four hours in which to
decide her course. The time
limit of the Russian ultimatum
demanding that King Ferdinand
break with the central powers did
not expire yesterday afternoon, as
had been reported, and the Bull
garian government had the op-
portunity of delaying its de-
cision until midafternoon today.
The Petrograd dispatch MAX
ing this explanation reached Lon
don this forenoon, too late for
comment in the first editions of
the newspapers. All followed the
lead of the morning newspapers
that by her silence Bulgaria had
definitely committed herself to a
Turco-Teutonic alliance.
Allies Ready to Strike.
But with troops of the allies ready.
with Russian squadrons in the Black
| sea prepared to attack Bulgarian ports +.
and with Bulgarian forces along both
the Serbian and Greek frontiers, there
was believed to be little chance of any
development which would prevent Bull
garia from aligning herself against the
allies.
Special dispatches from Athens assert
that Greek sailing ships already have
been pursued by Bulgarian revenue
cutters, the Greeks being fired upon,
but escaping. -
Why Greece Protested.
The Greek minister at London, NJ
Gennadius, said today in regard to pub
lished reports from Athens that the
Greek government had protested
against the landing of troops of the
allies at Saloniki: Naturally, some for
maIity must be gone through"
The minister declined to say whether
he had filed such protest with the
British government. In response to a
question concerning the attitude Of
Greece to the landing of the troops, he
said:
The Greeks are glad that the troops
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Athens says:
THE Greek government has taken
possession of three railroads in the
Greek part of Macedonia, two of them
operated by Austrian companies and
the third by a French company"
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
Company from Sofia. dated October 2.
says:
TT is officially announced that the
government will Immediately reply to
the last note of the entente powers"
Allies Withdraw Offer.
Authoritative confirmation was OBJ
tained today of the statement that the
offer of the entente powers to Bull
earia, conditioned on her adhesion to
withdrawn.
Six German aviators have arrived in
Sofia, Bulgaria, according to a Reuter-
dispatch from Athens.
The dispatch adds that large numbers
of German skilled laborers are leaving
Constantinople for Bulgaria.
A dispatch to the Times from Bucha-
rest says:
premier Bratiano today received a
deputation of the opposition leaders,
who asked for an immediate mobiliza-
tion, in order to prevent Rumania, be-
ing surrounded by enemies. NJ. Bratiano
replied that mobilization was needless,
as since the crown council of last year
nothing had intervened to make Ru-
mania change her attitude"
A dispatch from, Berlin, September
21, 1914 said thai at a meeting of the
crown council at Bucharest it was de-
cided that Rumania should continue the.
strictest neutrality in the war.
Cars Ultimatum Delayed.
PETROGRAD. October s, via London,
12.05 p.m-Russia's ultimatum to Bull.
garia was not delivered to Premier
until four o'clock yester-
day afternoon. This statement was
made officially here today.
The foreign ONCE at noon today stated
that no answer had been received
from Bulgaria to the ultimatum
fee that the ultimatum will be present.
insist upon rehabilitation by Bulgaria,
but 1t Is expected that If this is not
done at once Bulgaria will gradually
reduce her army to a peace footing, in
case her reply Is favorable to Russia
The Russian minister at Sofia may
remain there indefinitely as a private
citizen owing to illness. even should
diplomatic relations be severed.