The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-16
Gar Will Proclaim Ferdinand
Traitor for Taking Side Of
Anti-Slavic People
SITUATION OF GREECE
IS STILL ANOMALOUS
Jap Papers Are Reported OPP
posed to English Suggestion
hat Makado Send Army to
lake Port in Balkans

London. Oct. f5.--Greaf Britain
declared war on Bulgaria TODAY.
france aud Russia are cxerclea
10 take the same step at once
but no offit lad declarations have
Yet been issued by these powers.
III Is expected that Gar Nicholas
VIII Issue. as chief protector OF
All the Siisss, IA manifesto to the
Buigariafis declaring King E'erd,
haiid ~ guilty of treason i'm Join
ing with the Teutonic allies. the
enemies OF Russia. The Russian
government has let IL be known
that Russian army will be sent
mto the Balkans "a soon as the
necessary troops are available. 4
formal declaration of war by the
Gar against Bulgaria and the
sending OF this Russian army in
all probability Will sfoliow close
upon the heels OF the awaited
manifesto
italys aid in defending Serbia
against the Teutonic- Bulgarian Turk
ISM allies Is regarded as assured. In
ltaIy case there is peculiar circunl-
stance or Italian German relations to
be considered. and since these Two
nations nominaliy are at peace with
eacn other IN spite OF Italy's war vita
austria, Germany's ally. This diff
Guilty probably will be surrnouuted ~
Itaiy's sending troops against either
turkey or Bulgaria, thus not clasning
WIN the German invaders OF Serbia
directly.
No News From Satontca.
NO direct news has been made pub
nc here regarding the Anglo-French
forces at Saionica, and 1t is not known
whether they iistv-- nj essrt,.t.ri or mt
Inc lack of positive information re-
safding the movements of these troops
Is attributed to the censor A recent
report coming through German
sources stated that the entente forces
were still encanped within a six-nile
area OF Salonica, to which. according
TO the German information. Serbia
was entitled ito access under her
treaties with Greece 4 report that
Sir Ian Hamilton, comman4er-tn-chie
of the British forces at the parda-
neiles, has gone to Nish has not been
confirmed. A Vienna dispatch re-
ceived by way OF Amsterdam quotes
information from Saionica under date
of October liz TO the effect that tina
landing of Anglo-French troops con-
tnues ar the Greek port under tha
protection OF French and Russian
cruisers.
The position of the Greeks con.
tinues anomalous. A Salonca dispatch
to the Times under TUESDAYS date
says that martial law has been de-
-clared throughout Greek Macedonia.
ana that there are persistent. hut so
Tar unverified reports that bulgarian
troops are concentrating on the Greek
frontier. An Athens dispatch to the
Corriere Della Sera. Of Milan, saws
that the Greeks are cooperating With
entente by keeping their army mob-
lhzed, thus warding off any possible
bulgarian attack on the base of ope-
rations of the Anglo French expesii-
tionary force. The dispatch adds that
an return for this assistance Greece
is TO receive funds for maintaining IFS
ornaments and that a credit Of s6,-
100000 already has been extended %
the National Bank of Greece at Lon
don and Paris,
The probable attitude OF japan rv.
garding the Balkan situation is iudi.
Gated in Toxic dispatch TO the Times,
which says that both the military au.
thorities and public opinion in Japan
oppose the suggestion made in Eng
lish newspapers that Japanese army
be sent to Europe
Dispatches received IN London show
that Serbia is undergoing increasing
pressure on three fronts. The enemy
Is choosing vulnerable points. and is
endeavoring 10 cut the Serbian COM
munications. The Serbiars are 70.
sisting strongly. yielding only inch by
inch. The enemy has not vet reached
the railroads toward which ne Ii
striving, according 10 the dispatch.
and the Bulgartans have penetrated
the frontier at only one point to the
extent OF a mile.
Berlin announces the capture OF the
Serbian town of Pozarevac, twelve
miles northeast of Semendria Tho
German war office says that further
gains have been made south OF Bel.
grade and Semendria by the army Of
Field Marshal Won Mackensen. with
the capture of $50 prisoners and three
guns. The invasion OF Serbia by tho
Bulgarians also Is announced from
Berlin. with the capture of heights
commanding mountain passes between
Belereradjik and Kujazevie.