Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-21
TEUT0NIC-BULGAR DRIVE
ON DURAZZO is EXPECTED
Movement Regarded as Effort to
Forestall Italian Occupa-
tion of Coast.
GREEKS FACE AN INVASION
Central Powers and Their Allies Ap-
parently Determined to Attack
Entente Forces at
Saloniki.

LONDON. December 2I. re:57
p.m.-Arrival of a Russian expe-
ditlon off the Bulgarian coast is
reported by the Athens corre-
spondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph Company. He says:
"A Russian cruiser and two
destroyers which are convoving
sixteen transports filled with
troops have arrived off the Bull
garian coast, and are bombarding
Narna vigorously"
Leading Black Sea Port.
The Bulgarian port of Varna is on the
Black sea few miles south of the
Rumanian border 1t is railroad ter
minus. This city and Burgas. fifty
Bulgarian Black sea ports
On several occasions since the begin.
ming of the Teutonic drive through
Serbia it has been reported that the
Russians would attempt an invasion of
Bulgaria from the sea. and it has been
said forces were being concentrated
for this purpose at Odessa. Previous
dispatches reporting Russian naval
demonstrations before Varna or Burgas
presumably preparatory to an effort to
land troops. were not borne out sub.
sequentIy.
Durazzo May Be Objective.
The Albanian port of Durazzo is said
to be the latest objective of the Teu-
campaign in the Bal
kans. Strong forces are believed to be
marching across Albania in an effort
to forestall Italian occupation of the
coast.
In the meantime there is no indica-
tion of the development by the central
powers of an offensive against the
allies in Macedonia. On the contrary,
II is reported the Bulgarians are in
trenching themselves along the Serbo-
Greek border.
The first concrete evidence of friction
between Greeks and Bulgarans comes
from Epirus. where Bulgarian bands
and Greek forces, according to press
dispatches. have come in conflict
dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Athens, coming by way of Messina,
ports that the Creek troops have oc-
cupied Doiran station and town, thus
interposing themselves between the en-
tente allies line and the Bulgarians
The correspondent also gives the re-
port that Greek troops have had a
brush with the Bulgarians in Albania
Advance Believed Certain.
Telesraphing from salonik. the Daily
Nails correspondent says:
Everything points to the belief that
despite Greece's protests. the Austro-
Germans. Turks and Bulgarians will
cross the Greek frontier directly they
are ready. 1t is reliably reported that
the Turks have concentrated two dfvi-
sions. with cavalry and artillery, close
to the Greek frontier at Nevrokop and
kustendil"
If an offensive movement toward Sa-
loniki is undertaken it is hardly likely
Greece will interfere seriously, as she
must grant the same facilities to the
central powers as she accorded the
entente allies if the present policy of
prevails. While the Ger
mans. Austrans. Bulgarians and Turks
are concentrating troops along the
front of Greeces Macedonian border
the entente allies are ceaselessly de-
Several months will be necessary. how
ever, before they can hope to under
take an offensive on scale which
could possibly succeed.
Halted on the Border.
SOFIA. via London. December 21-
The Echo de Bulgaria announces that
the Bulgarian troops have been halted
ON the Greek frontier for the present
in order to avoid embarrassing tho
Creek government. while the allied
troops are gradually massing around
Saloniki. 1t declares. however. that it
may become necessary for the German
and Bulgarian armies to invade Greece
n pursuit
The paper says that King Constan-
inc recognizes that the central pow
ers may be forced by military expe-
iiency to attempt to expel the allies.
md has cautioned the allies that they
cannot expect that Bulgaria's respect
or Greek neutrality will last forever.
French Reported in Clash.
BERLIN. December Il. by wireless to
,ayvilIe, n. Y.-The Overseas News
leency today gave out the following
tenn:
According TO the Frankfurter Eel
une. the Greeks, while Withdrawing
majority of their troops. from Saloniki.
.ept Fort Kara burma, which dominates
he town, in spite of repeated French
equests that they hand the fort over
.ast Friday a strong French patrol
pproached the fort and did not halt at
he sentry's call. whereupon the Greeks
pened fire and the French ied.
Historic Polish Name Restored