Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-17
BALKAN ARENA.

during the past week lay not SO much
in actual military accomplishments at
the announcement that Italy and Rus
STA would send armies to the aid OF
Serbia. along with France and Eng
land. Furthermore, it is declared that
the relations between Germany and
Run1ania have reached the breaking
point and that the premier OIL Rumania
is actively espousing the cause Of the
entente powers and urging active CO.
operation with them at once in repel-
ling the Germans, who are slowly con-
tinuing their drive to the southwark
through Serbia, to effect junction with
the forces of Bulgaria and open a road
from Germany to Constantinople.
Greece has definitely announced that
for the present she will remain neutral.
but armed. AS King Constantine ex-
pressed it. Greece Is loosening her
sword in it's scabbord." His further
declaration that Greece could not and
would not permit events to menace the
integrity of the nation or the freedom
of the Greek people can only be inter-
preted as meaning that war Is not out
strike when the right moment comes.
Berlin Hears Of Alliance.
Berlin has heard publicly that there
Is a secret agreement between Greece,
Bulgaria and the kaiser's government,
but inasmuch as the landing of allied
troops continues at saloniki and the
Greeks have shown them every cour-
tesy. in. fact according a warm recep-
ton. the allied capitals put no Gre
dence IN this report whatever.
Although the Nish-Saloniki railroad,
the one over which the allied troops
have been journeying to the aid OF Ser
bia. has been cut. French and British
troops are reported to have been fight
ing with the Serbians during the past
week. Thousands of allied troops are
being landed at Saloniki daily. Should
Italy dispatch troops to the Balkan
arena at the present juncture and the
Russians send another large force. the
allied armies operating against the
Advertisements and Bulgarians in the
next two or three weeks will number
more than 100000. France and Eng
land are insisting that an Anglo-Brit-
ish force of at least 100000 to 100000
be dispatched, in which case the mill
tary preponderence would be against
the Germans in this arena.
German Losses Heavy.
According to most recent advices. the
Germans, who have captured Belgrade
and are pushing the Serbians back at
many points, have suffered casualties
totaling $4,000 killed and $4,000 wounded.
Serbians are fighting tenaciously, with
the hopes that the allies soon will rein-
force them The heaviest fighting is yet
to come, however, for the main Serbian
forces are intrenched in the mountains,
and when the Teutonic armies ATTEMPT to
storm these terrible loss of life must
result.
Bulgaria formally declared war on
Serbia during the course Of the week.
there being some confusion as to the exact
time-on the pretext that Serbians had
crossed the frontier and attacked the
Bulgars. Be this as 1t may, the Bull
garian armies now are marching into
Serbia along a front from which thou
sands Of Serbians were withdrawn to
meet the Germans. Successes are re-
ported for the Bulgars.
Serbia's Peril Not Lessened.
Serbia's peril has not been abated. and,
furthermore, will not be until the greater
entente powers have established their full
force Of electives in the Serbian arena,
and even then the question will arise as
to whether or not the determined rush Of
the Germans can be checked.
In answering tho alleged German
dreams Of a great empire in the south
east, the conquering of Eeypt and tha