Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-12
LITTLE CHANGE Il
IN WEST OR
EASTERN FROM /
Germans Continue to Make Head
way Against Russians in e
Poland. .s,s,sss=
rs.srnED
ROUMANIA ALARMED
OVER SITUATION
Parliament Expected to Ratify
Loan at Its Session
Today.

London, Oct. 11.-While the armies
Of the Central Powers continue to- ad.
vance in Serbia, nothing has as yet
been made public to indicate any.
thing in the nature of an actual mill.
tary move by Bulgaria against Serbia.
while there is report that an assault
is momentarily expected on the rail.
road connecting Nish and SalOniki.
Roumania Nervous.
Roumania is showing increasing
alarm on account of the threatened
military Eovement by Bulgaria and
the Central Powers close proXir,i!y
to their territory, but neither Athens
nor Bucharest is exhibitin.; any evil
dence to depart from a policy Of bene.
VIOLENT neutrality toward tie Triple
Entente Powers.
The official report of the fighting
along the major fronts were unusual.
ly meagre today. The only signifl.
cant point in any of them being the
statement from Berlin that Field Mar.
shall Won Hindenberg, in the Dvinsk
ront, had repulsed Russians attacks,
which, seemingly, would indicate that
for the first time since the German
drive through Poland began, the Aus.
tro-Germa.ls are making no big Offel..
sive at any point along the whole ives.
tern front. IS,
Counter Attacks. H
Of the fighting in the west, the
French official communication. in re.
viewing the recent counter attacks on
Loss, says the Germans left between
1000 and 5000 dead before the, posi-
tions, which they tried IN vain 10 re.
capture. .4 ". s..s,. &, a.
The meeting Of the British Parlia-
ment tomorrow promises to be Of un.
usual Importance. The Anglo.French
loan. Of sS500,0O0,0OO obtained in the
United States will be discussed and
ratified, although there will probably
be a few dissenters, who have been
found to oppose every act of the gov.
ernment since the war was declared.
"fa Balkan Policy. Ji,+5 a
The country will await with far
greater interest, however, for what
light Sir Grey might throw on the
Balkan development, and whether he
or Premier Asquith will reveal the
cabinet policy on the vital alternative,
which confronts it. The alternative
Is whether Great Britain and France
will throw all the forces they can
command into the Balkan Peninsula
for the protection of Serbia and
Greece against Teutonic.Bulgar ag-
gressions, or will let events there take
their course. The military newspa.
per critics are agreed that one or the
other plan must be followed.
Activity ct DardanelIes.
The following official statement con.
cerning the operations against the
Dardanelles was issued today:
"Our artillery : yesterday silenced
the batteries which bombarded our
left wing near Anafarta. Near Ari
Bllrnu, we blew up enemy mines.
Enemy positions on Kojo Dere
were destroyed by the violent fire of
our artillery and the enemy was com.
PEELED to ovacuate the positions"
Italy's larger participation in the
war, according to a report current
here, is certain and imminent. Prem.
ier Salandra, during the course of his
recent visit to the Italian front, it is.
understood, laid before King Victor
Emanuel and Premier Cordana, Ital-
ian Chief Of Staff, various plans Of
campaign, before the finel decision
was taken.
A statement issued today by the
Serbian war Office said:
During the fighting at Belgrade on
October s, our artillery sank an enc.
my gunboat. Another, badly damag-
aged, ran ashore, near Semlin."