The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-10
BALKAN CAMPAIGN

neighbors.
 BALKAN CAMPAIGN "Our troops have fought in the Ser vian mountains brilliantly, overcoming all hardships We tender to them our warm thanks. as we'll as to our old loyal Aus tria- Hungarian comrades and to our new ly won friend. the Bulgarian army, which by our side is winning its due place in the Balkans.
 With heroic bravery the Turks have held watch over the Dardanelles, the fall of which MT. Asquth prophesied in the summer Today the Dardanelles stand firmer than ever. Also at Bagdad the Turks have given a perceptible blow to the English.
 ''The opening of the way in the near east is a landmark in the history of this war. Direct military connections with 1 Turkey is of inestimable value; econom- ically the imports from the Balkans com plete our supplies in most welcome man. ner. Prospects, moreover, for the future, are full of promise.
 Thanks to the foresighted policy of King Ferdinand, d firm bridge has been constructed between the indissoluby al lied Kaiser powers the Balkans and the near east. After the conclusion of peace, this bridge will not resound with the tread of marching battalions, but will serve for 1 works of peace and culture." Vigorous applause followed this remark, and Dr. Liebknecht interjected-"and of the Deutsche bank which occasioned d great commotion.
 Continuing, the chancellor said: 'In the reciprocal exchange of our goods we shall strengthen the friendship consolidated by the comradeship in arms, l not in order to stir up nations against each other but in order to participate actively in the rise of countries and peo- l pies desrous of vigorous development. 1 What our adversares have lost politically
 and miltarily in the Balkans they are | now attempting to compensate themselves | for by policy and actions of violence
 against neutral powers, thereby remain | ing true to the principles which they
 have followed from the beginning. GRECIAN SITUATION I "Now it is Greece's turn. The entente asserted at first that when the entente S i troops were landed at Saloniki. Greece, i had asked for their assistance. Mean while Venizelos tex -premier) has himself l expressly declared in the Greek cham 1 Der that the landing of the troops at 1 SaloniSi had no connection with his earl I fer inquiry as to whether the entente could place in readiness 150000 men for 1 the assistance of Greece against Bull garia.
 
 ! gan dsembarking troops at SaloniK and proceeded with the landing, in spite of ! the energetic protests of the Greek gov ernment Now they are behaving there as masters of the country. We are now | witnessing the interesting spectacle of 1 how the combatants of Prussian militar- I ism employ the dominating power of the | British fleet as brutal menace to com l pei the Greek government to violate it's duties as neutral
 l At first, the promise of benevolent neutrality was extracted When the prin- | ciple admitted they proceeded to inter- 1 pret it. From Greece was demanded the withdrawal of all Greek troops from 1 Saloniki and it's surroundings, free dis 1 posal of the port for establishing mili- l tary defensive measures. the transference ] of the Greek railways and roads to the 1 frontier for military transports and free 1 dom for military measures of all kinds 1 in Greek territorial waters That Is what
 the entente understands by benevolent neutrality.
 1 sThe Greek government, despite the difficult situation, is resolved to continue
 to preserve the neutrality which core 1 spends to it's desire and which takes | into consideration the dignity, independ- l ence and interests of Greece. The mat ter is not yet concluded.
 l with cunning stage management Eng : | lana lmpTeSStu OH lue WOIlu tiic lucSt | that in noble unselfshness it took up arms l for the sake of violated Belgium and l was called upon to infict punishment on | Germany for this act of violence. Eng 1 land succeeded in making capital out of | that but in time she had to give up Bel l gium as the motive for war.
 .It became publicly known. too, that | Great Britain's encircling policy, which had been carried out without previous | knowledge of Parliament. and the as- I sumption of obligations toward France l which was chained to Russia. had SC bound the hands of the British cabinet I that when Russian mobilization unclaimed l the war, Sir Edward Grey resolved to
 ] join in it, whether willingly or reluctantly
 I offer no opinion. The Times newspa-
 per was the first to admit that Belgium
 was not England's motive for war. Al
 the more persistently did England con
 tinue to denounce us to the neutral worle
 as a treaty breaking nation, lusting fol
 power and compelling the world to sub
 init to it's militarism, which might be de
 stroyed.
 Whoever pursues policy of oppres.