New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-27
Drive BuIgars from Part
of the Nish Railway
Line.
GREEK CABINET
FACES CRISIS
Teutons Continue Slow Prog
ress-Serb Stores Capt
ured on Danube.

London, Oct 26. Progress continues
In clearing the Nish-Salonica road in
Serbia. tthe Serbs having recaptured
veles. the southernmost point on the
line in Bulgar possession, while Brit
ish troops, in an advance on Dorian,
near Strumnitza. have begun their CO.
operation in the campaign.
With the Berlin ana Nish reports
showing the position OF the invaders
practically unchanged. and with the
rapid advance OF allied aid. observers
here had begun to feel that the crisis
was over. and that. given five more
days. Serbia would oe saved.
But Lord Lsnsdowne's speech In Par
lament to-day has again plunged the
future into gloom. With a frankness
unapproached by a minister since the
beginning OF the war, the Unionist
leader. now a member Of the Cabinet
without portfolio. outlined the devel-
opments in the Balkans which led up
to the Salonics expedition.
Not only did Lord Lansdowne admit
that the Allies had practically de-
SPARED Of getting aid to Serbia in time
to prevent the union of the Teuton and
Bulgar forces, but by his statement
that only 10000 British troops had been
landed to participate In the expedition
the most sanguine were farced TO &C.
cept his gloomly prediction.
Greece Asked for Aid.
The expedition had been undertaken
in the first place, Lord Lansdownc said,
At the solicitation Of Premier Veni-
zelos, in the belief that it was to aid
Greece in the performance of her
treaty obligations to Serbia. Then
Greece's decision TO abandon her ally
had completely altered the situation,
while a substitute plan of action had
not vet been determined on, except in
general terms, by the Allies. Such a
plan, Lord Lsnsdowne said. depended
on tho report of General Monro, the
British commander, now on his way to
Salonica. and on impending military
developments.
But it Is not the pitiful smallness
OF the relief believed before to
consist at least of 10000 men-on
which Serbia has pinned her hope OF
deliverance from Mackensen's iron
heel. that arouses dismay here so much
as it Is that the move, like that at the
Dardanelles, seems 70 have been hastily
undertaken and based on q false re-
lance on Greece.
Lord Lansdowne's disclosures have
thus strengthened the agitation for the
adoption Of more forceful measures In
dealing with the mercurial govern
ment, Of Athens and Bucharest, IL not
to secure their allegiance to the cause
Of the Allies, at least to insure that
they will not follow Bulgaria's ex-
ample and Join their enemies.
New Crisis at Athens.
Thus the new crisis at Athens to-
day, where a break between the min
istry and the Venizelos majority In
the Chamber Of Deputies was avoided
only with the greatest difficulty, has
been followed with close attention, and
in many quarters the belief is ex-
pressed that the tenure Of the present
government will be short.
Sentiment in Greece and in Rumania
has been growing more vigorously for
intervention as the prospect Of Teu-
ton -Bulgar victory has increased and
thrown into greater imminence their
own peril. Despite German promises,
neither country feels that it could ex-
pect anything except still greater dan
ger at the hands OF the victorious Bull
gars.
A large mass meeting was held in
Bucharest 10 day, at which two Ruma-
nian ex-Premiers, Take Jonescu and
n. Filipesco, urged intervention on the
aide of the Allies. Calls for the over
throw of the Bratiano Ministry inter
rupted the passing Of resolution de-
manding mobilization and immediate
action 10 prevent a junction of the
Germans, Hungsrians and Bulgarisns,
which is threatening the existence Of
Rumania" Reports from Berlin say
IN. meeting was watched closely by the
government, and that a parade. at
tempted afterward, was suppressed by
the police.
Invaders Union Imminent.
Meanwhile the union of the invaders
becomes more imminent as along the
north and eastern fronts their slow
progress continues. Berlin announces